My flatbed scanner is one of my most trusted friends during the creative process when putting a kit together. I once balled up a piece of lined paper and flattened it back out, scanned it and pulled it up in Photoshop CS3 Extended to manipulate into to a journal.

I scanned a pair of feather earrings some time ago and created an overlay for a girls princess page. Braided pieces of leather in mutltiple colors ended up a perfect embellishment for my baby boy kit. All I had to do was scan it and then remove the white background to have a realistic looking embellishment.

Your imagination is the limit with this tip, if it will not damage the suface of your scan space (course objects that will scratch it or something sticky or oily) then you can scan it and use it. Scanning them is way easier than trying to take a picture and extracting everything from it but the subject. Most times the result is a blured and sketchy outline around your subject that you will have to clean up before using it. This can be a painstaking job that requires a lot of time and patience to reach your desired level of satisfaction with the end image.

Well, kiss your babies. 

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