Can Anybody Help Me?

I can be 100% sure, but I think other people have done that before. If there is a lot of concern though, you could always tear and then chalk the edges to looked burned.

HA! My idea exactly Dawn. Tear and chalk. Although I think with these albums with buffered pages I feel like if I want to do something a little ... well for lack of a better word... weird... I feel good about the buffered pages helping to contain any unwanted chemicals.

Lynne

I agree with the others about tearing and chalking, but also with Lynne about the buffered pages protecting our albums...so my opinion would be go for it, I probably wouldn't place a photo on top of the burnt part, but I would think it would be safe enough to include in your book. Arleen in GA

I was going to say the same - I did a layout last week and tore the paper and then chalked the roughest side in a darker brown and it looked burnt - in fact I actually said to a friend that it reminded me of a wanted poster!

Bws Jane

You can also use a method with stamping ink and a torn edge. I would tear my edges first and then use a sponge to dab on dark brown and light brown inks over the torn edges.

~Donna~ SAHM Val Gal 16, Wendy Woo 14, Seany 10 6 years of Stamping Bliss

If your useing a sheet protector.. and the actual burned part is not touching the pictures.. I dont see why you cant use it.. but all the tips and tricks sound good too... Ive personally used the burned.. and it looks soo cool..

Okay, I've taken a sample of the paper I was planning on journaling on. When I burn it, it burns pretty clean. . .so it doesn't leave much of a burnt edge. I tested a tear, thinking about trying the chalking method (even though I don't have any chalk) . . . and it tears pretty clean too. . .not much for rough edges left.

So. . .it's back to the drawing board. I'm heading off to a couple of scrapbooking stores today. . .maybe I can just find some antiquated looking paper!

Thanks for all your wonderful responses!

Sue

I don't know if this is what you are looking for but if you take white paper and soak in hot tea (hot water and a plain tea bag in a baking dish) it will give it an old-timey look then you try to crumple it up some while it is wet and when it is dry it looks really cool! I am not sure about if the tea dye makes a difference to archival quality though. It was a project my son had in school to make an old world map and I kept it in mind because it looked so good!

Lori K.

If you're unsure about the archival safett of the tes, you could do the same idea, but use brown acid free ink in a little water rather than the tea. Or, those little make-up sponges that you ladies often use can be used to transfer ink from a stamp pad to your paper, making it look aged. Brown and yellow inks work well together.

Kellar

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Good luck Sue :-) You started a really good topic. I was trying to burn edges a couple of weeks ago. Heh! I was surprised by how fast the paper actually did burn. For me, it was more frightful than it was worth :-)

Best, Christine