I attempt to decorate photos only on prints that can easily be taken to the local photo shop and have them printed again. Never, never, never on original prints dating back years.
Today I played with a print recently back from Walgreen's and decided to use one of the journaling templates bought, but rarely used. The template is plastic if that makes any difference at all. For the colouring medium, I decided on a Sharpie Marker. (Sharpie has such a great range of colour you would never expect, usually found in the art department of a craft store.)
Not the greatest idea I've come up with! The ink sets on top of the print and the moment the template moved the ink dragged with it. Fortunately, I was able to save the print because the ink sets on top of the print instead of quickly absorbing into the photograph paper. This is a mixed blessing.
I would have been much better off using a regular ink pen. Yes, I know: standard ink is bad for photos. Bad. And so, my first attempt of decorating photos with ink was a partial failure. Live and learn, right?
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The Peach Keen Stamp set arrived in the mail today. My first project using these stamp will surely involve anthropomorphizing a soccer ball, since the next scrapbook page involves documenting this winter's Futsol games. It's safe to say there will be many uses for the stamps throughout the hobby. Now I'm dancing around waiting for next month to buy the animal faces. I did decide that eventually the monster faces are a must.
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Getting down the right photography skills is a process and world into it's own.
Another projects finished in the past week:
Feeling A Little Snooty, Page 2
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