New Scrapbook Technique Gives Dimension to Photos

There are so many thousands of scrapbook techniques that you can do and each one gives a different look to the family photos. One technique that you rarely see is a layering project that brings photos to the foreground while inserting various related pictures in the background. The technique lends dimension and fun to ordinary photos and is very easy to accomplish.

Using cutouts from magazines, books, brochures and such is very important when it comes to the layering technique. Choose a photo then look closely at it to see what you can cut out to go with it. For example, if you have a photo of your child catching a football, obvious choices for cutouts might be trees, a football field or football goal, a clear blue sky, etc. Start by cutting a large photo of trees and paste it into the scrapbook. Then cut the football goal picture smaller than the trees picture and affix it to the tree picture. Next you can add the actual photo which has been cut to the actual shape of the kid with the football, rather than affixed as a rectangular photo.

The amount of dimension and cutouts you add to your photo is up to you. Leave your football arrangement as-is or continue adding more images to the collage. You can cut out the people from a group photo and put them by the trees, as if they were spectators, add birds in the trees, or even a picture of a deer in the background - the total collage is arrangement is up to you.

The dimensional scrapbook arrangements can be made with just about any photo. A wedding photo can have cutouts like a huge cake beside the couple, an angel hovering behind the couple, or even a picture of the president in the background, as one of the guests!

The layering technique makes fun scrapbooks for kids. Pictures of them in the tub can include a cutout of their favorite cartoon character playing in the bubbles with the child. Or, if you have a picture of your child outdoors you can put a swing set cutout in the background with several of the child’s favorite characters on the swings and slide.