Suzann said:
TracieD~
I added Pluto's signature by scanning in the signature I got from him while I was there (he signed with a sharpie in an autograph book, and I scanned it in) Then just added it to my page and put a background glow on it to pop out.
I've been doing exactly this as well!
Some of the first pages I did were scrapping Princess/Mouse/Villian character meets that we did with my niece last year. It was her birthday, so there were many characters who wrote special messages, etc. So I got the autograph book, and have been color photocopying them with my scanner.
They look great! They even look better than in the autograph book, because the ones in those books tend to get marred by indentations from other signatures, or just being dragged around a park. It's still a great souvie, especially since you carried it with you the whole trip (I like to think the imperfections as character LOL). These look crisp and clear.
So far I've just been copying them out of the autograph book as I need them, but I'll have to give it back soon (and I'm making duplicates of all the scrap pages for a book for my niece for Xmas), so I'm going to scan them all in and save them for good. I've found a nice 5x7, the autograph (even blew a few up), and a few embellishments make a VERY lovely page! Especially when you can find character-specific paper/etc. (Can you tell I am addicted to Disney scrap stuff, LOL.)
I've started to suggest this when I see people spending time making beautiful, complex autograph books to take to the parks. Those are awesome, but a) you never know what characters you will actually see, and b) as much as I love "character" in items (i.e. little dents, etc. that give stuff history) I'd be too afraid of losing embellishments, etc. So I find the small Disney autograph books great for this. Plus you still have the "original".
I actually going to dig out my old autograph book from the 80's to bring on my next trip with me. It will be so much fun to compare character sigs from 1986 - 2006. I'm going to be so careful with that book, though - it's an artifact!
NED