Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Feb 26, 2016 18:13:17 GMT
I find that when I make a 12x12 layout I use 4x6 pictures and put them right up against each other with no space between them. I usually don't mat them either. But when I make an 8.5x11 layout I do mat the pictures and there is space in between. I've noticed that when I'm looking at layouts online I'm not as drawn to layouts with pictures up against each other because they kind of run into each other. I don't feel that way when I'm looking through an album, though. You can see more detail when the album is a foot away from your face. What do you all think? Some space in between pictures or not? Mat or no mat?
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 26, 2016 20:40:22 GMT
I do both. I generally do not like to lay photos over each other though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 20:47:32 GMT
Most of the time I want a little space. There are exceptions.
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Post by Crazyhare on Feb 26, 2016 20:55:24 GMT
I like my photos without the space almost all of the time on my layouts. It's just my preference. Occasional, I have had photos that need a gap. I don't usually use mats.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 23:04:35 GMT
I can go either way.
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 27, 2016 0:01:03 GMT
Both up against each other and with a little space in between. If I mat them, I create an over-sized mat for all of the photos together. I rarely mat individual photos.
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Post by cannmom on Feb 27, 2016 0:33:46 GMT
I do both. It just depends on what kind of look I'm going for with that layout.
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Post by grammadee on Feb 27, 2016 1:10:01 GMT
Both up against each other and with a little space in between. If I mat them, I create an over-sized mat for all of the photos together. I rarely mat individual photos. This is what I do as well for multiple photos in a block. I sometimes draw around each photo with a pen, but only if I really want them to stand apart from each other. |
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Post by KikiPea on Feb 27, 2016 1:16:46 GMT
I just do whatever floats my boat at the time of the LO, and will overlap, if one of the photos has some empty space, or something I'd like to cover up, but I don't want to crop the photo. Matting also depends on my mood. I don't always mat, and when I do, not all mats are the same. I might just layer a few papers behind the photos, or make an actual mat...or...LOL
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Post by thracian on Feb 27, 2016 1:36:33 GMT
I do both. It just depends on what kind of look I'm going for with that layout. I'm the same way. |
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Post by cmpeter on Feb 27, 2016 4:03:18 GMT
I do both too. Depends on the photos, quantity of pictures and my mood. Sometimes I mat and sometimes I don't.
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Post by camanddanismom on Feb 27, 2016 6:50:15 GMT
I do it every which way!  I think I tend to put pictures together if they are the same size and same subject and will often mat them together. I am more apt to separate them if they are the same event but a different shot. I do overlap photos, especially if I have 3. |
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Post by anniefb on Feb 27, 2016 8:52:19 GMT
I do both. It just depends on what kind of look I'm going for with that layout.  |
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craftykitten
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Post by craftykitten on Feb 27, 2016 9:17:53 GMT
I do both. I am most likely to give any photo a thin white mat, and if I have 2 photos I might put them on the same mat.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Feb 28, 2016 1:20:14 GMT
I do both and rarely mat anymore.
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Post by katlady on Feb 28, 2016 5:24:21 GMT
I do all three - next to each other, space in between, on top of each other.  Just depends on the layout and the pictures themselves. |
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Feb 28, 2016 12:33:45 GMT
I do both as well. I like using 4x6 photos in my scrapbooking the most and sometimes you just can't fit in that gap, other times it looks better with some mating, all depends on the layout I guess.
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Post by Linda on Feb 28, 2016 13:10:09 GMT
usually space and a mat - sometimes the layout works better either without a mat or without the space.
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Post by kitbop on Feb 28, 2016 13:43:41 GMT
Another "both" answer But don't you think (in general): - pictures with a similar background (like, a few grassy park pictures) look ok directly next to each other. But those with contrasting edges (eg. 1 of concrete, 1 of grass) are better with a "buffer" zone - it's too solid a barrier, and almost creates a design element in the page if there is a significant colour change from 1 picture to the next and they are butted up against each other - pictures of exactly the same moment, different expressions (like kid with birthday cake, kid next blowing out candles) need a buffer zone as well just to define the change in picture and moment |
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Post by chrispeas on Feb 28, 2016 15:27:28 GMT
I do it when I have a bunch of pictures to scrap. I do cut them so they aren't all the same size. Then I put them together like a puzzle. I don't usually mat those pictures.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 28, 2016 15:58:15 GMT
I mat almost every photo. I prefer to have some separation between images.
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Post by susancinpa on Feb 29, 2016 16:52:59 GMT
I do both, depending on which looks best with the photos.
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Post by woodysbetty on Feb 29, 2016 17:10:06 GMT
I just do whatever floats my boat at the time of the LO, and will overlap, if one of the photos has some empty space, or something I'd like to cover up, but I don't want to crop the photo. Matting also depends on my mood. I don't always mat, and when I do, not all mats are the same. I might just layer a few papers behind the photos, or make an actual mat...or...LOL That!!!! |
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scrappyesq
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Post by scrappyesq on Feb 29, 2016 19:59:56 GMT
A little space or on top of each other as a layering piece. Not right next to each other.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 1, 2016 11:02:52 GMT
What do you all think? Some space in between pictures or not? Mat or no mat? Every layout varies for me. And I do both, pics right together, or sometimes space between them. And some pics get mats and sometimes they don't. Sometimes I mat just one, the "highlight" photo. I do both sizes, too. On some 12x12 layouts, when I have a ton of pics that I want to include, I'll make a two page layout. Page one will be photos more spaced apart, and the page more artsy. Page two will be five photos all close together (two on the left, three down the right). On the empty space, I'll put a journaling tag and some embellishments just to tie it all in with page one of the layout. |
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Post by craftykitten on Mar 2, 2016 9:06:20 GMT
Another "both" answer But don't you think (in general): - pictures with a similar background (like, a few grassy park pictures) look ok directly next to each other. But those with contrasting edges (eg. 1 of concrete, 1 of grass) are better with a "buffer" zone - it's too solid a barrier, and almost creates a design element in the page if there is a significant colour change from 1 picture to the next and they are butted up against each other - pictures of exactly the same moment, different expressions (like kid with birthday cake, kid next blowing out candles) need a buffer zone as well just to define the change in picture and moment Ah, I would agree with you on the first point. But on the second, I think it often works better if very similar photos like that are placed right next to each other so they become almost one image. Each to their own! |
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Post by LisaDV on Mar 2, 2016 21:56:10 GMT
I'm a both. It depends on the photos. Some work butted together and some don't. And depending upon the other elements i may or may not mat the photos with a big frame or just one matted to be a focal point.
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Post by stampbooker on Mar 4, 2016 3:11:58 GMT
I do both, but I would say I more often have the pictures right up against each other. I almost always use a sketch, so however it is in the sketch is how I do it. I almost never use mats though.
Julie
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Just depends on the layout and the pictures themselves.
