For your HERITAGE and VINTAGE pages ... AGE YOUR PICTURES!

> How long do you scrap?

Since May 2005, I am passionate about scrapbooking as I discovered it thanks to my best friend, Sandrine alias "Gregre" (http://scrapgregre.canalblog.com/) who transmitted me the virus, lol!

> What do you do in Scrap?

My preference is the Heritage style... no doubt, but I also love vintage and shabby chic!
I make also more modern pages especially for my daughter who love the pages with any peps!

> What are your favorite colors?

The brown, pink, purple!

> What brings you scrap?

For me, scrapbooking has become vital, just not very ?........,!
I no longer have a job since several years and even keeping a house and being a mother at home is nice I found with scrapbooking a balance and well being!
My family appreciates my pages and I am pleased to see their eyes shining when I unveils them a page or a mini album!

Visit the Sylvia's blogs

Scrap'issia

and heritage scrapbooking

 Equipment

- 30x30 Paper My Mind's Eye Collection "darling": "Beauty" Floral Stripe
- ivory color simple printed paper
- Flowers Prima Marketing 130,268
- Ink Color Box "creamy brown"
- An American label (called tag)
- old lace and a piece of ribbon recovered from a garment.
- Printer, cutter, glue, sandpaper and "THE tool : the "Edge Distress".

 The Sylvia' advices

My advice is : dare ! Dare to go in the junk stores, run to "empty your attics", Retrieve the taste of "old", find wonderful small trinkets of the past that give life to our pages.

I told my best friend : "I will never make heritage pages... it is too complicated!"

She still laughs at it !

Favourite family memories...

Scrapbooking Your Family History
Creating Keepsakes

This guided workbook will help you get started, get organized, and preserve your favorite family memories in a way that's fun, easy, and meaningful.

It features 72 ready-to-use checklists, forms, page planners, and worksheets... The best !

Scrapbooking Family Heritage
Creating Keepsakes Editors

... The incredible stories and layouts will inspire families to dig through their own pictures to create priceless, lasting heirlooms ... Excellent !

While making more current pages (scrap'Issia) I am interested gradually by heritage style

The opportunity to showcase old photos of my family enchanted me and I finally became hooked about that.

I suggest you to follow me in this "step by step" that you allow you to produce a page in this style, with just a little equipment and a bit of scrap retrieving!

 The scan of the photo

For this page, I chose a very feminine picture because it seems easier to scrap this type of photo for a first heritage page.

As I never use the originals, I begin by scanning and printing my picture :

I cut it with a picture trimmer.

 The aging techniques

I age the edges with a special tool called the "Edges Distresser" (if the style you like heritage style, this tool is a purchase that's worth it!) 

I crumple a corner and I make a light sanding with sandpaper to enhance the old appearance of my photo:

Then there are different methods to age the paper: lemon, walnut, coffee, etc..

For my part, I use an ink that is able to give me this look without problems and without waiting. These ink "creamy brown" from Color Box : by inking, from inside to the outside, edges of your paper previously worked with the tool mentioned above (edge didtresser), then dabbing the surface of the worksheet, you can get a very aged paper quickly:

I use also this ink to age the contour of the image by rubbing the edges:

 Page lay-out

The result is much simpler.

I stick my photo on my inked ivory paper before placing on the 30x30 paper.
Then I position the lace and the flowers :

 The journaling

I print the title and journaling on the same paper ivory in style "yorkshire" font

I cut it with a pair of scissors.

I crumpled journaling "Etre soeurs". I work the edges with the Edge Distresser "and I ink it. I finally glue the journaling on the tag, too crumpled and inked:

I ink the contour of the title that I stick with 3D foam

 The embellishments

I add a bit of lace and a similar flower for the enhancement of the photo.

I finally created a pierced rectangular label for every name. I pass the ribbon through the holes and then I tie it to symbolize a bit more the link between the two girls:

I conclude by taking up the ink to age the 30x30 paper (edges and surface):

And now, the page is complete!