this here is one of my all time favorite layouts. i created this last new year's eve, and posted it on new year's day.
i posted about this HERE. this was a lift of the amazingly talented sarah klemish. and my theory is "why mess with a good thing". it's a great design, and perfect for a year in review. so why re-think it? i lifted my lift of sarah's layout for this past year. i created the collaage on new years eve, and was going to post this yesterday (new years day). but i finished it a little later than planned, and i lost the sun for my good lighting. geez, it's january 2nd, and i'm already behind. lol! i still don't have good lighting, but i'm not about to sit around all day and wait for the sun to come out.
this time, i added some photos of myself and joe in there. this collage took me about 30 minutes to put together and print. the photos are all 1 x 1.5 inches, and the entire collage is 8 x 7.5 inches. i typed the journaling in the same format, in the same font, and on the same pattern paper. used the same chipboard numbers. i did use a flourish sticker, instead of a rubon this time. and i went with different colors. i might have used something other than yellow, now that i'm looking at this. but i picked stuff out, while talking on the phone. so it was impulse scrapping.
i was emailing my good friend carla, as i was creating this collage. and she said that she really wanted to do one, but that the photos would take her forever. i mentioned the crop tool, and carla had never known about this little trick. after i showed her, she said it was genious and such a time saver. and i felt the same way when i discovered it. i'm not sure how i used to crop my photos, before i learned about this. and trust me, i didn't learn about this until about 2 years ago. simply pull up your photo, and then select "image" across the top toolbar. then select "crop".
now check for these little boxes, marked "width", "height", and "resolution". i took these screenshots in elements, since i figure that's what a lot of you are using. i personally, do all my collages in CS2. this is where you can enter the exact dimensions that you want your printed photo to be. i typed in 1 inch x 1.5 inch, at 300 dpi (always print at 300 dpi). then you just select the part of the photo that you want, and it will keep that size. so if you were cropping to a 3 x 3 size, it will keep the cropping in a square shape. this is such an easy way to zoom in, crop out the stuff you don't want, and focus on the main subject of the photo.
supplies:
swiss dot cardstock – bazzill
chipboard numbers – basic grey
flourish sticker – adornit
label sticker and phrase sticker - creative cafe
font – old remington, by autumn leaves
Laura Vegas 
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