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Post by iammikki on Oct 17, 2014 15:56:42 GMT
Lately I have been inspired to use vertical 4x6 photos, but putting them on the page/page design has me running into a few road blocks, even when I go looking online it seems like most of the designs are horizontal photos or multiple photos with the vertical one.
Is there a particular size photo that you find challenging?
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Oct 17, 2014 16:49:12 GMT
I find it hard to scrap 4x6's when I have 1 that's vertical & 1 that's horizontal. That's when I rely on a sketch by Susan Stringfellow! She's awesome when it comes to different sizes together. Actually, I think she's just awesome period!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2014 16:52:45 GMT
I'm having a hard time scrapping anything bigger than a 4x4 right now.
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Post by Linda on Oct 17, 2014 18:19:45 GMT
I struggle with 8x10s - probably because I scrap 8.5x11 layouts and once I put the photo on...there's no real estate left.
I do find odd numbers of photos easier to scrap than even (the exception being 4...if I can cut them into equal squares)
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Post by penny on Oct 17, 2014 22:02:09 GMT
I'm the opposite - I struggle with horizontal photos...lol I take way more vertical photos than horizontal ones so maybe it's just how my brain works... I usually do 8x8 layouts so I work with 3x4 photos... I don't mind using multiple photos on a layout, but if they're small (like 2x2), I start feeling anxious - like there's too much going on all over... If I use multiple photos, I print them as big as I can and still fit them into my design...
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Oct 18, 2014 14:04:05 GMT
I'm solely a scraplifter, so I page thru all my books looking for a layout that will work w/the size & orientation of the photos I have. It never fails, when I've got vertical photos, every layout I see has horizontal. And when I've got horizontal . . .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 15:43:39 GMT
If anyone else is interested in Susan Stringfellows stetches: sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/I have a trip to scrap and I find my favorite pages are the ones with 1 5x7. I'm considering making this one with nothing else. It will be hard. Not sure I can leave all those little incidental photos out. Maybe I'll try putting them in the back of the book with all the journaling. |
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 23, 2014 16:25:37 GMT
I don't struggle with a certain size but with using 2 pictures or more than 5 pictures on a page. I either have too much empty space or not enough.
I'm currently working on a (rare for me) two page layout with a 5 by 7 and 4 smaller photos and I can't fit everything in... you would think a 2 page layout would have plenty of room.
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Post by infochick on Oct 25, 2014 2:07:03 GMT
If anyone else is interested in Susan Stringfellows stetches: sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/I have a trip to scrap and I find my favorite pages are the ones with 1 5x7. I'm considering making this one with nothing else. It will be hard. Not sure I can leave all those little incidental photos out. Maybe I'll try putting them in the back of the book with all the journaling. My favourite pages are those with one 5x7 too. I find myself picking my favourite photo or two for 12x12 layouts and then i put the incidental photos into divided protectors with my journaling. I find the little incidental photos are things we often end up laughing over and they often really help to tell the story. |
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 26, 2014 14:15:56 GMT
I struggle with really tiny photos - smaller than 2x3. I scrap 8.5x11 mostly, so I have been printing my pics as 2 pics on 1 4x6 to avoid using so many pages for one event. But if I have something smaller than that, like a school pic for example, it just seems to get lost on the page and I don't know where to put it. So it gets kind of stuck on - maybe on a tag or something.
I also struggle with 8x10 for the same reason as above - I scrap 8.5 x 11 and there is no room to do anything, although I usually think of something....
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Oct 26, 2014 15:46:53 GMT
I struggle with really tiny photos - smaller than 2x3. I scrap 8.5x11 mostly, so I have been printing my pics as 2 pics on 1 4x6 to avoid using so many pages for one event. But if I have something smaller than that, like a school pic for example, it just seems to get lost on the page and I don't know where to put it. So it gets kind of stuck on - maybe on a tag or something. I also struggle with 8x10 for the same reason as above - I scrap 8.5 x 11 and there is no room to do anything, although I usually think of something.... Where do you get your 2x3 pics printed? I would love to give them a try, but don't even know where to get them done. Wish Snapfish did it. Funny you should mention school pics. When I'm ordering, I always plan on 1 5x7 for each of the grandfathers. Since they come 2 to a sheet, I am conveniently left with one, which I scrap. Is that an option for you? Of course, this is going on the premise that I'm going to frame the 8x10s, which I never do. Guess I should start scrapping them instead, lol. |
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 26, 2014 21:04:35 GMT
I struggle with really tiny photos - smaller than 2x3. I scrap 8.5x11 mostly, so I have been printing my pics as 2 pics on 1 4x6 to avoid using so many pages for one event. But if I have something smaller than that, like a school pic for example, it just seems to get lost on the page and I don't know where to put it. So it gets kind of stuck on - maybe on a tag or something. I also struggle with 8x10 for the same reason as above - I scrap 8.5 x 11 and there is no room to do anything, although I usually think of something.... Where do you get your 2x3 pics printed? I would love to give them a try, but don't even know where to get them done. Wish Snapfish did it. Funny you should mention school pics. When I'm ordering, I always plan on 1 5x7 for each of the grandfathers. Since they come 2 to a sheet, I am conveniently left with one, which I scrap. Is that an option for you? Of course, this is going on the premise that I'm going to frame the 8x10s, which I never do. Guess I should start scrapping them instead, lol. I use Picasa (free download) and go to create, choose picture collage, then choose 4x6. Then I drag 2 photos over to it. Sometimes I have to edit the photo a bit to make sure the image is all on there. I've gotten where it takes no time at all. Then I upload them to where ever I'm getting my photos printed. I cut them apart when I get them. It does have a slight learning curve but once you play around a little bit it is easy. I have on occasion printed 3 or 4 on one 4x6 if I had a whole lot of photos I wanted to use and nothing was lost by decreasing the size. I did this for example when I had a bunch of animal pics from the zoo and just wanted to use the pics as little accents. |
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Post by angsandy on Nov 1, 2014 14:19:50 GMT
I struggle with really tiny photos - smaller than 2x3. I scrap 8.5x11 mostly, so I have been printing my pics as 2 pics on 1 4x6 to avoid using so many pages for one event. But if I have something smaller than that, like a school pic for example, it just seems to get lost on the page and I don't know where to put it. So it gets kind of stuck on - maybe on a tag or something. I also struggle with 8x10 for the same reason as above - I scrap 8.5 x 11 and there is no room to do anything, although I usually think of something.... Yes 2x3 or smaller really makes me struggle. I can't seem to get it to balance out against a suitable sized title, journaling and embellies combo, I guess mainly because I like edge-to-edge scrapping and don't work with a lot of white space on my pages |
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Post by angsandy on Nov 1, 2014 14:23:57 GMT
I struggle with 8x10s - probably because I scrap 8.5x11 layouts and once I put the photo on...there's no real estate left. I do find odd numbers of photos easier to scrap than even (the exception being 4...if I can cut them into equal squares) I love doing 8.5x11 pages too and conversely am obsessing with full-page sized photos that are very clean so I can include title / journaling and a little graphic detailing onto the photo itself. |
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