Fran has sent me this little tutorial as an idea you might like to use when you are stuck in a rut and tend to place your page elements in the same place over and over.
Treat your page like a grid (using as many “squares” as you like - you might use just four or heaps). The idea being to have a space for everything - even if it’s just white space - it gives you a guide.
Fran has completed two samples below - one using just one big picture and the other using the grid to your advantage in using multiple photos.
Supplies
Step One - For the first LO Fran has used a background cardstock and five different patterned papers - but you could use only one or two if you like.
Step Two - Envisage your page as a grid in your head - you don’t have to draw it, but Fran has drawn it to illustrate what she means…
Step Three - Cut or punch out a line of squares to go under your photo.
Step Four - distress the edges of the squares to give a bit of texture. For added texture, sew your squares to the page.
Step Five - Cut another piece of pp big enough to cover two squares of your grid.
Step Six - Stitch on your kaisercraft flower - or add whichever embellishments suits.
Step Seven - add your title in the bottom left hand corner - Fran has used Heidi Swapp stamps. Fran has also stitched around her title to make it all match in and has also added some Basic Grey Buttons - the Urban Prairie ones were a perfect match!
DONE (now onto layout number two - multiple photos)
For the multiple photo layout Fran has used vanilla bazzill cardstock, BG Recess pp, Sass Lass Woodland Whimsy alphas and AC Foam Thickers.
Arrange your photos in a grid - this works better with smaller pictures. Fran used a bunch of wallet size pictures, placed them in a gird and added a piece of the same sized PP in each row. She added some file tabs and her title over one of the squares and there you have a multiple photo layout that doesn’t get overwhelmed by busy-ness! Why not give it a try?
Thanks Fran!
