Allison Cope's "Today"
Jacqui Jones' "Stitched Together Always"
Michelle StClair's "Christmas Eve"
Sarah Mullanix' "Scenic Route"
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Jessica Salber's "1st Day"
Shanna Vineyard's "5 Years"
Jenn Bertsch's "All You Need is Love"
Celia King's "Leaf Inspector"
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"The Treat"
"Jump"
"So Proud of You"
"The Great Escape"
Thanks Meera! Posted with permission.
Donna's "San Fran"
Emine Pala's "Stronger"
Nicole Martel's "Beautiful Hot Springs"
Karen Melbourne's "Turning 4"
I'd love to see your layouts! Don't forget to send them in! :)
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Corinne Delis' "Cool Pool Party"
Laina Lamb's "Wild Ride"
Amy Wolff's "Leaf Fight"
Colette Bate's "With This Swing"
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“Are you caught up?” How far behind are you?” This measurement is one we all do the math on; look at the amount of photos you have divided by the number of layouts you create in a week, month or year. It can be a daunting number; the equivalent of a buzz-kill to your creativity. It certainly doesn’t help when you’re a multi-photo scrapbooker in a single-photo layout world. And what if that one picture is an enlarged photo and you crop with the standard 4x6 photo. If you browse layout galleries or scrapbook magazines, you are bombarded with the one or two photo layouts.
Now, wait, this isn’t to say one-photo layouts are bad or unnecessary -- sometimes a gal needs just one photo to tell the story, even an oversized photo is a good thing. Single photo layouts also are great when you have a stellar photography. They can help emphasize the theme of a layout. And when there are tiny details in a photo, sometimes a 4x6 just doesn’t do them justice. However, knowing this doesn’t always help relieve the pressure we put on ourselves. Frankly most of us just don’t have the time to enlarge photos or to select just one “defining moment” photo from the small mountain we take at any given event. Not to mention there would
be a shortage of bookshelf space because scrapbookers would have hundreds of albums.
So . . . what’s a gal to do?
Find the inspiration in what you see to create layouts in your own style. The one-photo layout allows you to see great products – look at them to see how they’re used, where they’re placed and how they draw your eye. Use the space taken by the one enlarged photo and break it into equal sized smaller photos. If you have 25 pictures from your birthday party, don’t feel you need to weedle the number down – instead weed out the bad or missed shots and create that multi-photo layout. Do you have one outstanding photo from that event? Enlarge it and use it on one side of your layout and put the supporting photos on the other. Or create an entirely
separate layout using that photo but take the opportunity to talk about something other than the event the photo was from; create a personality page, a wish for you page, a year in review, thoughts or perspectives completely separate from the event itself. Even the journaling found on the layout may inspire you to write similarly.
When you look around, you’ll see that most scrapbookers are just like you; they’re creating multi-photo layouts on a regular basis. So, don’t let the inspiration to be found in the single photo layout pass you by. How will you be inspired?" -Feb Newsletter from Apron Strings Designs
Tenika's "Finely Crafted"
Tenika's "Lucerne"
Sheredian Vickers' "Being Silly"
Heather Verrier's "Puddles"
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Michelle Lanning's "Just a Swinging"
April Derrick's "Holiday Layout with Flair"
Nicole Samuels' "10 Things I Love About You"
Abby Schultz' "Christmas 2006"
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"Joy"
"Pool Fun"
"Still (Me)"
"The Holiday Stuffing"
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To the contributors, your work is amazing. Thank you for sharing with me & the world. ESP. my "go-to girls" [all 93 of them so far!] thank you for volunteering your galleries that help keep my work load less & being so willing to give inspiration to all. XOXO! THANK YOU!
Viviane Amaral's "Always & Forever"
Brook Stewart's "Hearts"
Valerie Jordan's "I Love You"
Lisa Dorsey's "Love Notes"
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Renae Clark's "Baking Cookies"
Patti West's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Revlie's "Hug"
Kelley Popp's "All Mine"
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