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Post by loco coco on Mar 16, 2015 21:37:12 GMT
The color card stock thread got me thinking... most layouts from designers I see are 1 photo layouts. I never see double page layouts!
To be honest, I scrapbooked for years and never knew there were designers/subscriptions/trends until a couple of years ago when I stumbled on process videos. I would just shop at Michaels and get whatever looked cute, never thinking to check the internet for my favorite hobby!
Anyway... I always do double page layouts. I cant really picture a book with single layouts but I would love to see one to get a visual. Also, I rarely do 1 picture layouts, I normally scrap events so my book would be huge if I did that!
Am I way out of date with how I scrapbook?? How do you scrap? I would love to hear how/what you do!
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 16, 2015 21:48:05 GMT
70% of my layouts are double pages. In my group of scrapping pals, I am probably one of the only ones that does occasional one page layouts. My one pages are mixed into my regular album. I also have a couple separate albums that are all one pagers (8 1/2 x 11) that is for favorite photos.
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Post by kellyinmn on Mar 16, 2015 23:35:26 GMT
I agree with cmpeter, I am one of the few in my scrap group that actually does an occasional single page LO. Most of my layouts are double page:)
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 16, 2015 23:51:59 GMT
I almost always do two pagers. If my layouts only need one page, I make sure that opposite pages use the same paper.
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Post by leeny on Mar 17, 2015 0:46:20 GMT
Double page doer here too. I rarely do a one photo page.
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 17, 2015 0:46:31 GMT
I scrap 8.5 x 11, and I will scrap 1 photo the same way I will scrap multiple photos. I am currently working on my teen years in the 70's, and most of the photos are square or 3x5, so I put between 1 and 5 photos on a page, but if I have 5 or 6 of an event, I do a 2 page spread.
I am trying to really enhance the original photos with 70's themed papers and embellies, and I think it is really changing how I feel when I look back on the photos. It's like I'm trying to record an era and not just photo memories. It's kind of fun to work with the theme of a decade in addition to the theme of the photos. I am much more interested in chronology than matching pages, so my pages rarely coordinate with an opposite page, and I frequently move pages around as I add other pages to keep things chronological.
I also scrap current photos the same way, but I have been printing the photos in 2x3 so that I can do one page of an event instead of multiple pages trying to fit 4x6 pictures on the 8.5 x 11 pages.
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Post by scrapbookdiva on Mar 17, 2015 0:49:03 GMT
That's what I think is funny about Project Life pages. Very rarely do I see a one page PL page. I have seen them, but I find they are usually two page spreads. I think it's a bit of the pendulum swinging back from the one page/one photo layouts.
I do a mix. I go by whatever story I am trying to tell. Sometimes that story has a lot of photos. Sometimes it doesn't. I have pocket pages mixed in with 12x12 layouts. I don't get hung up on either way.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 1:14:19 GMT
I'm a two-page spread gal, and I rarely scrap less than 5 photos per those two pages.
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Post by GiantsFan on Mar 17, 2015 1:36:05 GMT
When I paper scrapped I always did 2 page layouts, accept for the first page of an album.
Now that I'm digi I can do one pagers easily. I rarely do one photo pages.
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Post by sbee on Mar 17, 2015 1:43:49 GMT
Primarily I'm a multi photo double page scrapper but I've also completed single photo/page layouts...though it took me years to get comfortable mixing it up.
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Post by Mary W on Mar 17, 2015 2:07:10 GMT
I also do mostly two-page, multi-photo layouts. My pages are pretty simple because I want to keep the focus on the photos and the event. I'm also not very artistic, so if I tried to do an artistic, one-photo layout it wouldn't look nearly as pretty as the ones I see in the gallery and on other sb sites!
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 17, 2015 2:10:47 GMT
I have a lovely scrapbook room with cable. My husband often reminds me about this when he finds me spread out (paper wise!) all over the king sized bed in our bedroom.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 17, 2015 2:17:08 GMT
My layouts are as many pages it takes to use the photos I want. Sometimes all the pages match. Sometimes they don't.
I do a lot of single page layouts because I scrap many moments as opposed to events.
Funny thing said - single page layout
Christmas - could be five layout pages
I just scrap what I want, and don't worry about trendy.
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Post by scrapaddie on Mar 17, 2015 3:19:20 GMT
I sometimes think that the layout seen in magazines, the very intricate ones with one photo, have helped to decrease the popularity of scrapbooking. They make it seem very complex, very time-consuming, and very expensive. Yes, it is time consuming and yes it can be expensive, but not near so much as these layouts would suggest. And honestly, I don't think I'm artistic enough to put all those elements together and leave all that white space. So, my pages are much simpler and have many more photos. I try to make the photo the focus. And some layouts that I've seen published, you have to search for the photo or there may not even be one.
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Post by alissa103 on Mar 17, 2015 3:26:49 GMT
I am among my people here!!!  I too do a ton of two page spreads and it's very rare when any of my scrappy friends make them. I do make single pages, but it's probably 60-40 with doubles in the majority. I'm mostly scrapping pics of DS these days and have a zillion million cute ones so I need the space of a two-page spread. I also just fit my single pages in my albums and it usually works fine. I scrap enough singles that I always have a page that can go in the open spot. And I very rarely do single photo layouts, unless I have a story to tell that needs a single supporting photo or I have just one amazing picture. It's funny because I'm prepping for a weekend crop and I just counted... I have 16 layout kits prepped to do and... they are ALL doubles. Lol! |
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Post by oaksong on Mar 17, 2015 4:44:16 GMT
I'd say at about half of my page layouts are doubles. It all depends on how many pictures I want to show. I rarely have single picture pages. The latest trends in scrapbooking are fun to look at, but have very little influence on my pages.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 17, 2015 5:32:13 GMT
Two page layouts, multiple photos. I still love paper piecings and I usually design my own. I put titles and journaling on almost ALL of my layouts. I like my scrapbook layouts to look like the pages in a storybook because after all, it is the story of our lives. I tend to take a lot of photos and if they add to the telling of the story, I add them. I almost never do one photo pages, maybe one out of 100 or more layouts would have a single photo.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Mar 17, 2015 6:57:57 GMT
Nothing against two page layouts but even in the very, very early days when all you saw were double page layouts in the magazines I did not like them I am most certainly a 12x12 single page layout girl.
I openly embrace the single photo layouts but I am also equally as happy having multiple photos on the same page and these days I also include pocket page inserts so that I can add more photos to the story/event that I am scrapbooking.
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Post by christinec68 on Mar 17, 2015 7:49:54 GMT
I don't take a ton of pictures so I mostly make one page layouts. I have found that one or two photos along with the journaling enables me to tell the story I want to tell. It doesn't bother me that the facing pages don't match.
When I have a lot of pictures from one event but not much story, I'll make a two page layout. Off the top of my head, this would be from an event with a lot of people or something like a parade.
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 17, 2015 12:21:02 GMT
I sometimes think that the layout seen in magazines, the very intricate ones with one photo, have helped to decrease the popularity of scrapbooking. They make it seem very complex, very time-consuming, and very expensive. Yes, it is time consuming and yes it can be expensive, but not near so much as these layouts would suggest. And honestly, I don't think I'm artistic enough to put all those elements together and leave all that white space. So, my pages are much simpler and have many more photos. I try to make the photo the focus. And some layouts that I've seen published, you have to search for the photo or there may not even be one. I totally agree. Two factors significantly decreased interest in scrapbooking. The first is the sheer number of pictures we now have available to scrap due to digital photography, and the trend of putting only one photo on a page meant that no one would ever get their photos scrapped. Now die hards like most of us know that we don't have to scrap every photo, we don't have to print every photo, and we can include as many pictures as we like. But many scrappers early on used idea books and they would sit down with 8 pictures at the pumpkin patch and turn to a page in an idea book and lift it. Now the same person has 100 pictures from the pumpkin patch, there are no idea books and no products you can just walk around the store and match to the idea book, and you get the idea. Again, we know how to shop online, how to get ideas online, but that is not what the casual scrapper is willing to pursue. I am a big memorabilia scrapper so I do scrap it without photos though. |
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Post by LisaDorothy on Mar 17, 2015 13:27:33 GMT
Count me as one that does mainly one page layouts now. I like the look, and lately feel that too many pics of one event is just that- too many pics! I've been picking 1-3 pics and doing one page 12 x 12 layouts for the most part lately. If it's a longer event, say a trip, I've been scrapping those in pocket pages or mini-albums.
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Post by loco coco on Mar 17, 2015 14:08:29 GMT
thanks for the feedback ladies! That's what I think is funny about Project Life pages. Very rarely do I see a one page PL page. I have seen them, but I find they are usually two page spreads. I think it's a bit of the pendulum swinging back from the one page/one photo layouts. I do a mix. I go by whatever story I am trying to tell. Sometimes that story has a lot of photos. Sometimes it doesn't. I have pocket pages mixed in with 12x12 layouts. I don't get hung up on either way. thats a good point! most of the PL I see done are 2 pages, didnt think of that. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 17, 2015 16:20:15 GMT
I am mainly an event scrapper. I take a lot of photos, and I do 99% two page layouts. I have a large family. I can narrow down numbers of photos I print, but unless I do a group shot every time (which gets old very fast), who is going to be the family celebrity of that day for a one page, one to three picture layout? How many hurt feelings will there be among my kids and grandkids just because the picture of them would be one too many for the page?
For me, scrapping has always been more about the photos and who/what they are about, to get them showcased in a pleasing way, and where they will be enjoyed by everyone in the family. I suspect that for most designers, scrapping is more about the art form, and the photo is just one element of the artwork. I incorporate artistic principles, but my pages are not necessarily trendy or artsy. The photos themselves consistently drive how I scrap.
I have scrapped for over 14 years. I have seen a lot of trends come and go, along with designers and scrapping celebrities.
Like scrapaddie, I think that the trends contributed to the dwindling in popularity of scrapbooking. Most scrappers that I knew didn't scrap one page layouts, let alone ones that were more suited to being hung on a wall than placed in an album.
If I hadn't decided that I needed to scrap what suited me, no matter what the trends and designers did, I would probably have given up scrapping. I incorporate things that I like that fit my style. If a trend or designer inspires me, great, but if not, I don't worry about being out of step with the scrapping celebrities.
I scrap to retain the memories, and all the people who have been a part of my life matter to me. For those who are single, or who have small families, one page layouts with one to three photos might be plenty. For me, it just isn't going to work for me, never will, and that is okay.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 17, 2015 16:47:38 GMT
I am mainly an event scrapper. I take a lot of photos, and I do 99% two page layouts. I have a large family. I can narrow down numbers of photos I print, but unless I do a group shot every time (which gets old very fast), who is going to be the family celebrity of that day for a one page, one to three picture layout? How many hurt feelings will there be among my kids and grandkids just because the picture of them would be one too many for the page? For me, scrapping has always been more about the photos and who/what they are about, to get them showcased in a pleasing way, and where they will be enjoyed by everyone in the family. I suspect that for most designers, scrapping is more about the art form, and the photo is just one element of the artwork. I incorporate artistic principles, but my pages are not necessarily trendy or artsy. The photos themselves consistently drive how I scrap.I have scrapped for over 14 years. I have seen a lot of trends come and go, along with designers and scrapping celebrities. Like scrapaddie, I think that the trends contributed to the dwindling in popularity of scrapbooking. Most scrappers that I knew didn't scrap one page layouts, let alone ones that were more suited to being hung on a wall than placed in an album.
If I hadn't decided that I needed to scrap what suited me, no matter what the trends and designers did, I would probably have given up scrapping. I incorporate things that I like that fit my style. If a trend or designer inspires me, great, but if not, I don't worry about being out of step with the scrapping celebrities.I scrap to retain the memories, and all the people who have been a part of my life matter to me. For those who are single, or who have small families, one page layouts with one to three photos might be plenty. For me, it just isn't going to work for me, never will, and that is okay. ^^^ ditto to scrapnana!! I scrap 1-page/1-photo, 1-page/multiple photo, 2-page/multiple photo layouts, and/or pocket pages as the event and/or memory calls for, or whatever I feel like doing. I do NOT scrap chronologically; that's about the only constant in how I work. My photo sizes range from 4x6 to about 2x2, since I print at home on my Selphy printer-- 4x6, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2-- my photo sizes work out to be what's easiest to print on my Selphy, and easiest / most standard sizes to crop and work with sketches. I occasionally scrap some 'story' type pages that might only need one photo (or even no photos) to trigger the story/memory being told, but I also scrap two page / multiple photo layouts if it's a trip we took someplace and I took a lot of photos I want to showcase. I also will occasionally use pocket pages for my SB or to support a 12x12 'artsy' page, but I don't do 'project life' with divided page protectors. I sometimes use smaller 8x8 pages for a 'memory' type layout and those are usually only 1 photo too. I think a lot of design team pages are also made mostly (or only) to promote the product that goes onto them, so they really layer on the product which can make it look very over-crowded and over-done. (As well as expensive!) But design team scrappers get their product for free, so they don't have to think about factors such as cost and whether that page will actually fit into an album after it's made-- those design team pages are made for photographing for the company's blog or website, or being displayed at a trade show booth. |
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Post by doglover on Mar 17, 2015 16:59:19 GMT
I totally agree about some of the dwindling interest in scrapbooking being related to the increasing complexity.
When I see how non-Internet scrapbookers scrapbook, I realize how product driven the Internet is.
And now PL, which was meant to simplify, is becoming very complex also.
I love looking at simple or heavily embellished pages.
I've started scrapping 8.5 x 8.5 exclusively and do either 1, 2 or multi page layouts.
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Post by kristi on Mar 17, 2015 17:18:19 GMT
I am primarily a one page scrapper with multiple photos.
I have found that I can usually tell a story with 1 page. Occasionally I will use 2 if needed.
I also do weekly project life on 1 page. Keeps my book from being too bulky & still tells the story.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 18:08:38 GMT
Sometimes a single soloist's voice can echo across an audience in the most moving way. Sometimes it takes a whole orchestra.
So it is with Scrapbooking.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Mar 17, 2015 18:31:10 GMT
I'm just like you in a sense I had no idea about designers...design teams...YouTube videos..until around 2010. I have always scrapped 1 page layouts with the occasional 2 pager tossed in but I 1 pagers mostly because its easier for me. I get overwhelmed with 2 page ones. On my 1 page layouts I will often add more then 1 pic though.
So my hats off to all of you 2 page ladies because I just can not seem to make it work for me!
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 17, 2015 21:34:47 GMT
Sometimes a single soloist's voice can echo across an audience in the most moving way. Sometimes it takes a whole orchestra. So it is with Scrapbooking. Great comparison! |
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Post by KikiPea on Mar 17, 2015 22:53:40 GMT
All of my travel albums are 90% 2 page, multi-pic spreads.
When I'm scrapping every day things, it can be anything from 1 page, 1 pic LO to a multi-pic, 1 or 2 page LO, depending on how many pics I need to scrap of that memory.
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