Sticking Photos!

We have all been there! I have even tore a couple that I wished I had taken a few minutes to just stop, and think about what I was doing.

Mostly I had a habbit of sticking my pictures in those magnetic albums. Well then when I started scrapbooking I started with my newer pictures always thinking I would get my other pictures out of those books. So here it is years later and I am finally attempting to get my pictures out of those books and into some layouts. I see some have faded and then of course a lot of them are stuck on those pages. Yes I did pull some off and the back comes off or I have ripped a corner or two. One of my albums all the photos are stuck to the pages and getting them off is almost impossible without some help.

So what do you do? Well I have tried a few ideas and here is what I am doing
There is a product out there called Undo. Its great it works by sliding the flat tip under the picture and then squeezing some of the solution under the photo. It turns the picture a wet sort of look but that goes away without any damage to your picture. Let is sit for just a few second and then take a flat spatula. I am actually using my Cricut spatula and it works great but there are others out there that will work just as well.
This is working great for me without any damage. This product is great as it will even work on your layouts that you have glued down and want to re-arrange. I won't have my scraproom without it these days.

In my attempts to look for a way to help myself out I found a few other tips that might help with this sort.

One place says to try and use a heat gun and heat your photos. Personally I wouldn't recommend this, as I know how hot a heat gun gets and just how fast it can burn. So if you are no expert at using one I wouldn't suggest you try this one only as a last resort.
Another was to try and use dental floss and slide it under the photo. This is harmless although I never gave it a try, but I might!

If you have any other ideas on how to help us out with a project like this, we would love to know your secret!
email your suggestions to me at debbie@accents2scrapbooking.com and I will gladly share them with our readers

Article by:
Debbie Ruggles