artbabe
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Post by artbabe on May 9, 2021 15:17:23 GMT
Does anyone still scrap lignin and acid free?
I definitely don't. When wood first came out I wouldn't use it but now I use it a lot. I use all kinds of stuff on my pages and I doubt that any of it is acid-free. Are scrapbook products even acid-free anymore? Creative Memories and Creating Keepsakes used to really push that but I don't think I see it on any product packaging anymore.
I think my nephews are not going to want my scrapbook pages- they take up so much space. Even if one of them wants them, their children aren't going to care. So it doesn't matter to me if things will last 50 years from now. My pages are for me and after I'm gone I don't really care.
I am sorry that I used epoxy and flair, though. I've had to redo scrapbook pages that had those products on them. I'm sorry about October Afternoon flair because it was so cute but most of it has rusted.
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Post by lilacgal on May 9, 2021 15:39:21 GMT
I don’t worry about it anymore either. All I scrap are prints of digital photos so it’s easy to reprint.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 9, 2021 17:18:26 GMT
I never did go out of my way about it.
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Post by cmpeter on May 9, 2021 17:46:28 GMT
No, I don't notice or pay attention to that anymore.
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on May 9, 2021 17:56:06 GMT
Same, I don't really pay as much attention as I used to. Now I use whatever and don't expect for them to be around after I'm gone. It's kind of along the lines of "what would you grab out of your house if there was a fire" and I know some people would choose their scrapbooks but I honestly don't care. I'd be a bit sad for them to be gone but I have taken photos of the books that mean a lot to me and those images live on the cloud for me to view if something were to happen to them.
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on May 9, 2021 18:00:54 GMT
It doesn’t really cross my mind anymore. I use what I want to use on my layouts.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on May 9, 2021 18:09:42 GMT
I don't bother when I'm scrapping digital photos, but I pay attention when I scrap my pre-digital originals.
I won't use adhesive on originals either. It's photo corners or slits in the backing paper.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 9, 2021 19:01:14 GMT
I have my family photo album which is about 60 years old. Scotch tape and staples are sprinkled throughout. Nothing is “ruined.” I’m not concerned about my albums. They doubtfully will be around much beyond my life. My DS isn’t going to keep them up I’m sure. I’m okay with that.
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Post by myboysnme on May 9, 2021 20:11:01 GMT
Not really. I do use archival page protectors but just how archival they are given the price I have no idea. I have no problem using memorabilia as background paper nor do I mind using any kind of stuff on my pages. I sort of try not to put things on the photos themselves, but I have been known to overlap a sticker onto a photo.
I don't worry as much about the deterioration of photos because of the photo processes today. Then again, in 100 years, which is all anyone has ever really claimed anyway, there will be an overload of photographic images in all possible formats. So while I will be gone, my photos may live on in cyberspace or some other method.
I 'reinforced' my mom's high school scrapbook from 1950 and the cellophane tape had dried up and left brown staining. I removed all the cellophane tape, sprayed her paper scraps and pages with archival mist, secured the items using other types of adhesive, reinforced the holes and the string that held it all together and gave it back to her. It looks pretty much exactly the same, but I also put her dried flowers into clear bags so they wouldn't flake all over the place. One thing I do not like to see is when people take apart an old photo album or scrapbook that has safely held photos on black pages for half a century and more. Many photos were cemented in with rubber cement and disturbing that does not always work out.
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Post by amp on May 9, 2021 20:42:38 GMT
I have my family photo album which is about 60 years old. Scotch tape and staples are sprinkled throughout. Nothing is “ruined.” I’m not concerned about my albums. They doubtfully will be around much beyond my life. My DS isn’t going to keep them up I’m sure. I’m okay with that. Same here..I'm pretty sure they will go in the trash when I die...and I'm fine with that. I enjoyed putting them together.  |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 10, 2021 3:11:18 GMT
I don't worry about it. I just use the products I like.
In all the years I've been scrapbooking (since 1996), the only thing I've used that turned yellow were Creative Imaginations Epoxy Stickers. It happened before I ever had a chance to use them.
Thankfully I only had three sheets of them.
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Post by mikklynn on May 10, 2021 13:13:59 GMT
I do try to use acid free products. Like most of you said, it probably won't matter, because I am sure no one will keep all these albums.
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Post by Citygirl on May 10, 2021 17:05:31 GMT
I also don't worry about it too much. I do try to avoid embellishments that are known to rust, melt, turn yellow. I don't use wood veneer much either.
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Post by refugeepea on May 10, 2021 19:21:34 GMT
I don't care about it being safe. I'd prefer my scrapbooks be thrown away when I die.
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kitbop
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Post by kitbop on May 10, 2021 20:56:57 GMT
I abandoned acid/lignin free very early on preferring to enjoy my process. The actual "admission" of the fact came when I got my ATG gun (in about 2004?) - the acid free refills were so much more expensive I just opted for the "general pupose" refills.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on May 11, 2021 2:27:30 GMT
I cared at first because we were sold the idea that it was so important, I remember reading many magazines articles in the early days of the importance of everything we used being acid and lignin free for archival purposes, you could even buy that acid free spray. However as time went on I realised that I just didn't care, this was a hobby for me and sometimes I wanted to use a flower from a gift bag or a piece of wrapping paper. These days I scrapbook, project life, smash book, junk journal and I mix all the different stuffs together, its is a craft that gives me great enjoyment not a preservation effort.
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JRock
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Post by JRock on May 11, 2021 15:38:07 GMT
Nah. I have always bought acid free tape refills for my ATG out of habit but I think I'll abandon that too, save myself some cash. The only issue I've encountered in my 13 or so years scrapbooking is adhesive failing, but it think that was cheap tape runner or too little liquid glue from when I very first started.
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Post by kmage on May 11, 2021 15:50:03 GMT
I've been watching this you tube scrapbooker, she is AWESOME. She uses silicone glue to make stuff pop up a bit. I've been wondering about that, kind of scared to try, but maybe on a page I know I can reprint the pics.
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