With the shortening days, and with scrapbooking not likely to be just a daylight hour activity, I’m seriously considering getting a light box. Tracing on a window hasn’t exactly been easy. Not only is it awkward, more than once I’ve had to re-do the cut. Takes some of the fun out of scrapbooking.
If I had a glass coffee table, I might be able to make do by putting a light under the table, as some of my friends do. Others have made their own light box by creating a frame putting a white fluorescent bulb inside. Since they’re home made, they tend to be a bit bulky.
Thinking of a 12 x 12 or 10 x 12 inch light box.
Having to justfiy adding a light box to my scrapbooking toolkit, here are all the things I can do with a light box:
- Crop photos – with a light box, you can turn the photo over and still see through the photo. I prefer to cut from the back than the front.
- Trace designs
- Make cutouts
- Trace letters or letter cutouts
- Emboss designs
Embossing will be much easier. The light will make stylus movements more exact. The light box will be particularly useful when embossing by pressing onto a form. You can see through the paper to position the form, and then press down in exactly the right place. This has been a pretty awkward effort on a window.
