How can I affix a medal to a page?

I'm trying to finish up a scrapbook of my son's battle with Darth Vader. I want to include the medal he received for winning. It is on a ribbon-type necklace (similar to Olympic medals). I don't want to take it apart but I do want to put it on the page in a way that won't damage the medal or the ribbon. I'm still new enough to scrapping that I have no idea how to proceed. Any ideas?

How heavy is it?

Can you have the page in two layers, the top one slightly smaller, and place the back of the ribbon between the two sheets? Just put your adhesive at the bottom and the sides of the top sheet to hold it in place. If you use paperclips to hold the ribbon in place, you can still have the ribbon and the medal removable.

Like this. Excuse the sketch, I was in a hurry. That frame is supposed to be your journalling spot!

That's cute! Good sketch

Great idea!! I added my son's medals to a shadow box but color copied the ribbons for his scrapbook page. I should have copied the medals too! But the copied ribbons worked great as embellishments and the ribbons themselves could then go in the shadow box.
http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/source/11/118 139/IMG_0...

http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/source/11/118 139/IMG_0...

Thanks for the sketch idea. Unfortunately, I don't really have any space to trim from the page. I think I might still be able to get away with using the paper clips on it, but will just have to put them at the very top of my page.

The good news is that it weighs less than 1/2 ounce so it's not heavy at all.

I'm going to try to attach the picture of it from the gallery that I posted last night so y'all can see the placement I have right now. Hopefully, it will work this time. I've have trouble attaching pics previously.

Thanks for the ideas & advice.

[image] http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/ 4006395.h...

If you're not planning to remove the medal from the page, I suggest Glue Dots.

Here's the link:
Caleb Vs. Darth Vader By CalebIsMyHero

(You go into the the Gallery item and on the right side under Share, click where it says Link and embed Image. That brings up a little window. Select the radio button for IMG code instead of the default of HTML, then click the code that appears on the line beneath, copy it and paste it directly into your post. You can make the image bigger or smaller by clicking on the radio buttons beneath the code.)

OK I didn't realise you had made the page already or that it was in your Gallery and one side of a double page. It would have helped to know that!

Having seen it, how about if you cut a slit through the paper about half an inch from the top, and thread the excess ribbon down the back. You could still use paperclips to hold it in place. If you wanted to, you could add some card to the back of the page to make a pocket for the back of the ribbon. How does that sound?

Thanks so much for the info on how to insert the pic correctly and the idea on the medal. That sounds like something I can do relatively easy & have it secure yet still removable if I need to.

I just love this helpful group of people.

And I apologize for the lack of info in my original request. I can definitely understand that more details would have helped. I didn't upload the pics to the gallery until after I had already posted my question.

Thanks again!

That's what we are here for!

You're very welcome. Thank you for sharing your LOs of Caleb. I remember looking at them before in awe and tears. What a special little boy.