Scrapbooking Pens

Get The Materials You Need For Scrapbooking

Adhesives are important to keep your scrapbook materials together. Buying the correct adhesives is just as important to keep your photos safe. Scrap bookers want to adhere to the "CK OK" seals when purchasing adhesives. Some people use rubber cement to create scrapbooks, yet recent studies has shown that the material will damage photos. You can choose glues, paste, or tape to create your scrapbook, which is your choice. The best materials however are provided to you in this article.

How to choose adhesives:

Adhesives include P.A.T. (Photo Activity Test) materials. P.A.T. has tested the adhesives to make sure that it will not damage your scrapbook. Adhesives include acrylic based or starched based products, which are safe keeps. Reversible adhesives, white and/or colorless, odor free, chemical additives, migratory, non-toxic, neutralized pH sever or higher, etc are safe keep adhesives to create scrapbooks.

Any glue you purchase should not run, relax, or have any odors once it dries. It should not transfer either. Moreover, the glue should not distort, color, or damage your photos.

TIP: Use heavy paper when crafting your scrapbook.

In craft stores, you will find a selection of glues, including sticks, bottle liquids, glue pens, etc. You can test the products to see which are best suited for your scrapbook process. The glue sticks are ideal if you want to produce a scrapbook with less the muddle. For smaller projects, you may want to use the pens. You will need to apply enough force to stick your smaller objects. Use the bottled liquid glue to stick die cuts, fragments, or scraps.

If you want to embellish, you can use the two-way pens. When the pens are moist it provides are stern adhesive, yet you can remove your scraps, papers, photos, etc, at your convenience.

Scotch tape is great to use as adhesives. Tape is easier to use than glues. When choosing tape however makes sure, you have a tape roller. Tape will provide you a reversal along with quick processing. Reversible tape includes the double tape also. To use tapes merely consign the scotch tape or double tape on your pages. On the opposite side, stick your embellishments, documents, photos, etc.

Glue and tape is cheaper than the Xyron machines. The machines will make up quality scrapbooks. The machines are ideal if you plan to create multi-scrapbook projects. You can use the machine as a laminator. In addition, you can make stickers with the Xyron machines

In addition to the machines, glues, tapes, etc, you may want to invest in photo splits and precut glue, paste, cement, etc.

How to use splitters:

To use photo splits you can drag out your tabs. Once you tug out your tab(s) submit them to your scrapbook page. You will need to skin, or unpeel the layers at the top.

Once you decide which adhesives you want to use you will need to consider ink. In the meantime, the glues should not have acids incorporated into its substance. In addition, the adhesives should be lignin-free.

Scrapbooks are a way to bring your family together. Down through the years you can review your scrapbooks to recall lost memories, or to spark fragmented memories, bringing them to a full picture. To craft your scrapbook however, you want to "Keep Safe" in mind. Keep Safe means to purchase materials that protect your certificates, photos, letters, news clippings, and related embellishments.

As I said, once you purchase your glues you want to consider ink. Ink is your writing tool that helps you to add journals, storybooks, records, names, dates, etc.

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what happens if you don't use acid free pens in scrapbooking?

I don't have any acid free pens. why can't i use a normal pen on scrapbooking paper
I'm not writing on pictures just the paper. SO does that matter?

The ink will damage the paper.
It will fade over time.
If the back of photos have been written on in pen make copies at a store or at home using your computer. The ink will leach through to the front and ruin your photos over time.

If you have a rubber stamp store or a scrapbooking store in your community you can purchase an acid free pen there. Michael's also sells them. If you have an art store that caters to artists who paint etc. they may also carry those type of pens.

There are several brands on the market. Zig or Zigg, not sure how it's spelled is one brand. Another is Sakura Micron pens are also acid free. You don't need all of the colors, just black will do.

The Micron pens are also waterproof. Creative Memories used to carry these pens in their product line. Back about 10 years ago there was some flooding in my area. A consultant was holding a class over a two day period in the basement of a building and left some of her albums there. The ladies taking her class had also left their items there over night. The basement got flooded but because those pens had been used none of the ink ran.

A black pen should only cost under $3. A Micron .05 pen is a nice size to use. the line width is pretty normal. As time goes by you can always add other colors to your collection.

Hope you found this helpful.

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