SB - black and white photos

[d4disney]

Help! I need to make some baby and childhood scrapbooks with photos from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Many of these photos are black and white, but I don't necessarily want the "heritage" look. Any suggestions? Thanx

 

[Olaf]

PSX has some rubber stamps and stickers with a 50's theme. Here's the link.

Go to Winter 2001 Stamps and then it will load an Acrobat Doc, the stuff I'm talking about is on page 15. It's a cool look.

psx.com

 

[lisaschu]

I've done many layouts with black and white photos without the heritage look. I basically treat them the same as a color photos. I use colored paper (blues, reds, greens, purples, etc.), I cut them into circles, I corner round, I matt and/or double matt, etc.

The only word of caution is not to use a photo labeling pencil on the front of the photo. B&Ws are matte finish and the labeling pencil will NOT rub off. I made this mistake when I was doing a layout of my puppy's first bath. I wanted to cut the pictures into water drops and didn't have a template for it so instead I drew them freehand. I was more than a little surprised when I rubbed and rubbed and rubbed and I was left with a light blue line!! Fortunately, I cut really close to the line and matted each picture in a matching blue color. In the end it turned out really cute!

Lisa

 

[ScrappinBear]

I personally would use lots of soft colors ... you don't want to overpower the pictures !

Good Luck