For your HERITAGE pages… AGE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS!

>Since how long do you scrap ?

Since May 2005, I impassion myself for the scrapbooking that I discovered thanks to my best friend, Sandrine alias “Gregre” (http://scrapgregre.canalblog.com/) who spun me the virus, lol!

> What do you prefer to make out of Scrap?

My preference goes towards the heritage style without any doubt, but I like also the vintage and the smart shabby!
I make more current and modern pages especially for my daughter who likes the pages with more peps and live !!!

> Which are your preferred colors?

The pink, chestnut, and the mauve !

> What brings scrap to you?

For me did scrap become vital, a little extremely ? not!!!
I have not worked any more for several years and now, my job is in my house : to keep it clean and to be a mom, it is very pleasant. But I find with scrap a balance and a good being!
My family appreciates my executions and I have pleasure to see shining their eyes when I reveal a page or minis to them!!!

Visit the blogs of Sylvia:

Scrap' issia

and scrap in heritage

 The material

- Paper 30x30 My mind' S eye collection “my darling”: Floral “Beauty” stripe
- Very simple Paper of color ivory
- Flowers Preceded Marketing 130268
- Ink Color Box “creamy brown”
- An American label (which one calls tag)
- Of the old clouded lace and an end of ribbon recovered on a clothing
- Printer, massicot, adhesive, sandpaper and “THE tool”: “Edge Distresser”

 The council of Sylvia

My council is rather to dare, to make the secondhand trades, the vacuums attics, to find the taste of “the old one”, to unearth small babioles marvellous past which will give life to our pages.

I had said to my best friend:

“never I will not make a heritage it is well too complicated!”

She still laughs at it!!!

While carrying out more current pages (scrap' Issia), I was interested gradually in the style heritage.

The possibility of emphasizing the old photographs of my family enchanted me and I finally became addict about it!

I propose to you me to follow in this “step by step” who will allow you to carry out a page in this style, with little supplies and a little “scrap”!!!

 The scan of the photograph

For this realization, I chose a very female photograph because it seems easier to me to scrap this type of photograph for a first heritage page.

As I never make use of the originals, I start with scanning and printing my photograph :

I cut out it with the cutterpade trimmer.

 Techniques of ageing

I age them by the edges using a special tool called “Edge Distresser” (if you like the heritage style, this tool is a purchase which is worth the sorrow of it !!!) 

I ruffled an angle and I carry out a light sandpapering with the fine sandpaper to accentuate the old aspect of my photograph:

There exist then several methods to age papers: lemon, husks of nut, coffee, etc...

For my part, I use an ink which manages to give me this aspect without difficulties, nor makes an attempt. It is about “creamy brown” ink from Color Box : while inking from the interior towards outside, the edges of your paper worked beforehand with the tool quoted above, then by stamping the surface of the sheet, you can obtain a aged paper very quickly:

This ink is also used to me to age the edges of the photograph by rubbing some the edges:

 Installation of the page

The continuation is much simpler.

I ink my ivory paper and then I stick my photograph on it before placing the unit on my paper 30x30.
I then position my laces and my flowers :

 The journaling

I print the title and the journaling on the same ivory paper , in the font “Yorkshire” :

I cut out them using a simple scissors.

I ruffled the journaling “être soeurs”. I work edgess with “Edge Distresser” and I ink them. I stick finally the journaling on the tag, ruffled and inked :

I ink the edges of the title which I stick with 3D foam :

 Embellishments

I add an identical piece of lace and a flower for the highlighting of the photograph.

I create finally a rectangular label bored for each first name: I pass the ribbon in the holes then I tie it to symbolize a little more the bond between the two little girls:

I finish by taking again ink to age paper 30x30 (edges and surface):

And here is, your page is completed!