Showing posts with label Layout Roundup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Layout Roundup. Show all posts

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Happy Easter!



Today, I will be spending time with my family, relaxing and enjoying the day together. With that time, comes many great photo opportunities and when the celebrating is over, a desire to scrap those pictures. I took a little time to look back over some of my past Easter layouts. I enjoy seeing how the way we celebrate has changed now that my son is older. I also look through these pages to garner inspiration for this year's Easter pictures. I thought I would share a short round up of some of my favorite Easter Layouts.


This is one of my favorite two page layouts. I used some of the cardboard superhero egg holders as embellishments on the layout.


We bought the same egg dying kit the following year. Once again, I used some of the egg holders as embellishments. This time, I also snagged a few of the stickers.


I decided to use an Easter napkin to create the background for this layout. It's not a napkin saved from the time frame of the photo, but I still felt it had a lot to add to the theme of the page.


I love finding props for my son to pose with. It's nice that he is willing to comply with my silly requests. Plus, I really don't think he minds when the prop is a lollipop with a silly face on the end of it.


Another example of my son humoring me by taking his photos with the Easter Bunny.

Now that my son is older, I miss the days of egg hunts and the excitement of Easter baskets. I still put a little something in my son's basket every year. Though the days of egg hunts are over, it's nice to look back on them and enjoy the day talking with my husband and son.I hope that, however you choose to celebrate Easter, you are enjoying a wonderful day with family and friends. Happy Easter everyone!



Monday, March 9, 2015

A look Back at Layouts with Large Photos

Large photos are something I have been playing around with from time to time. Sometimes, the page works well for me. Since I am talking about large photos today on MSE, I thought I would share a quick round up which looks back at some of my pages which utilize larger photos.

This is one my my very first pages using an 8.5 x 11 photo.The layouts was created around August of 2012. I kept embellishing to a minimum both due to the size of the photo and the busy background. I placed small embellishment clusters and the title in blank areas within the photo.












My second large photo layout. I created this page for an article from Get It Scrapped about using 3 photos on a page. Contrary to the advice I gave in today's MSE article, I chose a grainy photo for my background. In many ways, the photo has been used as though it's a sheet of patterned paper with photos and journaling placed on top. I made sure to keep the photo's subject visible and only placed the title, embellishment clusters, photos and journaling in the expanses of white space.







I created this layout for LOAD215. The waterspout was a bit lost in a smaller size photo. Large was the only way to go.
















Most of the layouts I shared featured an 8.5 x 11 photo. This one features a 5x7 picture as the focal point. I am sharing tips about how I integrate large photos into pages and my thoughts about moving away from using just 4x6 prints on my layouts today on MSE.













Using large photos takes a little practice but is an excellent way to step out of your personal creative box. I am still not always comfortable with using bigger photos, but as with anything, the best way to learn is by doing.

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