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Remember that having more does not necessarily produce a higher quality scrapbook. Have an idea of what you want to display as the focal point of each page. Make sure you actually have viewed and made a preliminary selection of the photographs and the items before you run to the crafts shop for your transparency overlays.

Next, browse available transparent overlays for the design and the estimated cost. You need to work in the binding based on the thickness of the scrapbook inclusive of the transparent overlays. If you are not sure, go to an established one-stop crafts shop with experienced scrapbookers to guide you through your production and give you helpful hints that may come free if you look completely helpless and totally lost.

It is easier to decide on the design of the overlays before you actually lay out your scrapbooks - the overlays help you decide where your photographs and embellishments would go. Bear in mind what you have selected as the focal points as you consider your overlays. It is more pleasant to the eye and the peace of mind to have approximately the same design through the pages of the scrapbook than have the position of the focal points at different spots on each page.

However, if by this time you have decided to purchase plain transparent overlays that you can put over the photographs and color up the blank parts, remember to get plenty of acrylic ink pens in the colors you want before you leave the shop with your purchased overlays.

Finally, remember the photographs and items are the things you want to show, not the transparent overlays, so use them to accentuate the right things, not steal the show.

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