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scrapbooks ecourse! In this ecourse
you'll learn all about:
1. Part 1 - How to prepare for your
scrapbook.
2. Part 2 - Organizing your photos.
3. Part 3 - Cropping your photos.
4. Part 4 - Creating your first page.
5. Part 5 - Adding your embellishments.
Let's go ahead & get started today with
"Cropping your photos".
Part 3 - Cropping your photos
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Cropping is simply cutting away the
distracting elements in your photos.
There are several techniques to achieve
this look. Listed below are some tips
to do so.
• Some of your photos you may want to
use can have distracting backgrounds.
You will need to crop out the elements
that take the attention away from your
subject.
• Some pictures may contain backgrounds
of personal meaning. Look over your
photos carefully before you crop them.
Perhaps the photo contained a home where
you grew up or a landmark from your
childhood. You may want to leave these
in your photo for your memories.
• The quickest and easiest way to crop
photo is to use a straight edge. You
can accomplish this by using a ruler,
pencil and scissors. After you are done
tracing the line with your pencil, be
sure to clear off any residue left
behind. You do not want to harm your
photos in any way. If your budget
allows, you can purchase a small paper
cutter. This technique is the safest
crop to use. If you use different
shapes to crop photos, you may regret it
later. Too many shapes can often make a
page look busy and cluttered.
• Another way to save time and money is
to over lap your photos. This can also
add different styles to your pages.
• To add a little creativeness to your
scrapbook you can crop your pages with
decorative sheers. Cropping your
cardstock with the same sheers will give
the photo a defined space on your page.
• To add a different touch to your page
you can get color copies made of your
photos. Then crop the photos in a
variety of sizes and styles. It does
not have to be perfectly cropped; you
can do this free hand with ordinary
scissors.
• If you have a photo and want to
display several elements you can make
copies of the photo and crop them
different ways. This technique is good
to use if there are several persons in
the photo or to capture a landmark in
the background.
• To make a silhouette, crop close to
your subject in your photo. Adding
black or another dark color of cardstock
will help with this design. You can use
the dark color cardstock to accentuate a
black and white photo.
Next time we'll be discussing alittle
about "Creating your first page".
For more information about this part of
Cropping your photos, please refer to my
definitive guide to scrapbooking at
http://craigmcpherson.info/scrapbooking
Take Care,
Craig McPherson
http://craigmcpherson.info/scrapbooking
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