Hidden Journaling on Digital page

[Lfee12]

Hi all,

my father passed away in February and I want to include a layout in our family album. I wrote along text about that day and would like to include it in the layout, but I don't want to have it there on the first glimp. When I did "classical scrapbooking", I would have used an envelope with the letter in it, or would have covered the text with a photo, that you could lift up. Have you done something like that with a digtal paper book? I tought of doing a picture on the first page and the text behind it on the second page. When the book would arrive, I would cut 3 sides of the picture and glue the first page to the second one, so that I could open the picture to reveal the text. Do you think that would work or do you have any other ideas how to do something like that ?

 

[Sylvan]

I guess I would probably try to integrate an envelope into the layout as a placeholder, and then fix the envelope in the same place with the text inside once you get the book. If that's how you've "always done it", and it works for you and you like the look, there's no reason to make your life more complicated trying to find a work around.

I have done low-impact text to include details that mattered to me, but maybe not to anyone else- so I took cream paper, and used a scripty font to overlay with dark cream writing- it gives the paper dimension, but doesn't look like journaling outright.

 

[KatherineWoodin]

I have done that. If I don't want the journal portion read, I blur it for the sites I am adding to and leave it unblurred for my book.

 

[Pachimac]

I took a plain paper and wrote all my journaling. Then I changed it to a pretty illegible font and used my layers palette and played with the opacity until it was a texture but unreadable. THEN I copy and paste the journaling into the page info pane so that I can read it later if I want to.

 

[FormbyGirl]

Hybrid scrapping is a thing. You can absolutely design your page and leave a spot for a real envelope that you can attach after printing. You can definitely create the 'lift up' that you mentioned. You can journal on the page, then 'cover' it with a real photo afterwards.

There are lots of ways to do it. If your journaling should remain hidden so only you know it is there, then Susan's way is really good.

I am so very sorry for your loss. Creating something beautiful as a tribute to his memory is very healing, but the feeling of loss can be overpowering. Big hug.