Pages featured in the April 2003 issue of Scrapbook Storytelling E-zine
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Nifty 50
A "rite of passage" page. Okay, so maybe you’re younger. (You BABY you.) But all of us have rites of passage in our lives that offer a chance to reflect.
Ideas to STEAL
The yellow in the paper I used for the page title was too vivid, and it really distracted making the title hard to read. So, I colored the yellow stars darker—they now look orange with a felt tip marker. Be sure to test the new look by coloring on a scrap of your paper first.
I scanned a pair of reading glasses. My dogs had broken off one of the stems, so I took off the other stem which enabled the disassembled glasses to lie flat on the scanner. (Grumble, grumble, thanks dogs. I guess.) The lenses are made of overhead transparency film which might not show up on your screen.
About the journaling—I enjoyed this journaling. It was neat to reflect on "What I’ve learned,""What gives me joy," and what has surprised me about life so far.
Star Power
An example of using tissue paper collage. The pinstripe taupe tissue paper is unusual, and I squirreled it away because it was so neat. It works well, I think, with the men’s suits.
Ideas to STEAL
I cut a frame out of cardstock that I’d goofed up, knowing that the tissue would cover up my stamping mistakes underneath. (My thrifty little self was pleased.) Since this photo is a Polaroid with the chemical pocket at the bottom, the frame was a great way to cover up the pocket. (Don’t cut into it or cut it off!)
I wrapped gold embroidery floss around the tissue paper frame. The gold is classy, but subtle. I taped the floss down on the back.
I colored in the page title lettering with a taupe crayon. Then I smeared gold ink over the colored letters. The ink fills in the spaces the crayon didn’t cover. The look is really rich and easy. You can combine any color of crayon and ink to get just the color combo you want.
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