How to Do an Acrylic Scrapbook

Make relationship-themed scrapbooks or use them to record single important events.

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Modern acrylic scrapbooking methods can make several layers of a scrapbook visible at once. Scrapbooking important photographs, articles and letters as well as travel and entertainment tickets help to keep special memories alive. However, traditional scrapbooks often end up as boring folders of documents which seldom get taken out of storage. Use clear acrylic pages to display images effectively. Add stamps, overlays, markers, stickers, embossing and rub-ons to frame and highlight important parts, as well as to fill otherwise boring empty spaces.

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Purchase a see-through acrylic album in the style of your choice. They come in different shapes and sizes and are usually ring-bound.

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Lay out the photographs and other documents you wish to display throughout the album. Bear in mind that parts of images fixed to the last page may show at the very front of the album due to its transparency. When you are happy with the positioning, stick in place with adhesive or double-sided tape. Use adhesives like Diamond Glaze or Glossy Accents which show less than other adhesives when dry. Also remember to cover the backs of objects you stick in your scrapbook. Placing photographs back to back, for example, hides glue and tape. Stickers, rub-ons and stamps are also useful as a disguise.

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Embellish the album using rub-ons, stamps, hand-drawn designs in marker, stickers and embossing techniques. To use rub-ons, print chosen designs on transfer paper and rub them on the acrylic page. Use solvent-based inks with stamps to add other patterns, words or images. Stick on transparency overlays as a way of framing images or filling spaces. Use permanent markers to add your own designs. Rub-ons, stamps, overlays and hand-drawn patterns have the advantage of showing on both sides of the acrylic page. Pretty, flat, stickers and stick-on, raised, embossing stickers are also useful for adding interest and dimension to an acrylic scrapbook. However, both flat and embossing stickers ideally need to back on to another image to prevent their reverse side spoiling the overall effect of a scrapbook page.

Tips & Warnings

Transparent albums come in materials like perspex, Lucite and Plexiglas, as well as clear acrylic. They are all similar products and are used in the same way. Some materials are tougher than others and while some acrylic sheets are thin enough to cut with scissors, other materials are too thick and hard for this.

Cover work surfaces before working with adhesives and markers. Use adhesives in well-ventilated areas.

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