Wednesday Layout.
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[ supplies: cardstock: Bazzill; photo turn: 7gypsies; trim: Papier Valise; metal clock face: unknown; font: Avenir ]
Today's layout is a simple combination of memories + sentiment + an enlarged focal photo (10 inches tall and printed at home on my HP Photosmart D7360
I love photos like this that give me some working space to add text right onto the photo. I also like having the opportunity to tell this sort of story - one that is inspired by the memories that are conjured when I came across the photo. Telling stories does not have to be complicated nor does it always have to be complete. Stop worrying and just get to writing.
There were a few questions in the comments section yesterday that I want to answer:
1. Am I doing anything to my mail scraps to make them acid free? No. If you want to make sure the things you are adding to your projects are acid free you can use a product such as Archival Mist
2. The canvas size for yesterday's photo gathering was about 10 inches x 6.5 inches. After printing I cut the individual photos out and rearranged them on my layout.
3. Do I use a Mac or a PC? Mac.
4. What camera do I use? Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
5. There is a step-by-step for creating photo gatherings in Photoshop listed in issue four of my newsletter.
I am really enjoying reading through all the ways that you come together as a family. Thank you for sharing what is important in your lives.
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Hi Ali... I have a question for you... well more like I am curious. I love to take pictures but majority of the time, I am never in it. I notice that there are a lot of pictures of you with your son or you with your husband or you with your family, who usually take the pictures in those situations?
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The printing directly on the photo is very nice. I enjoy the completed look of this layout and it might be simple enough for me to accomplish! Thanks.
Sue
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Gorgeous layout! I love the clock with the arrow pointing to the photo. Nice touch!
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This layout just blew me away! I will steal it immediately.
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this is perfect and something I need to try. thanks for sharing the layouts this week.
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Your life and your art is always a great source of inspiration to me! I love how you create without 'rules', that is very freeing & I am learning to do more of that! Thank you for the design tips...I am a photoshop novice (sad to admit!) so the simple ideas let me explore a little at a time!
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This is absolutely gorgeous. My kinda layout, simple clean lines, just tells the story with no other interference from the page. Great Job!
can I scrap lift this one? with minor changes of course.
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I'm so enjoying your simple & beautiful daily layouts- this one is amazing too. :)
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Am slowly catching up on this week of blog entries---I really appreciate your journaling, and love that you write it out for us in your blog entry!!! One of my mini-pet-peeves with some magazine layouts---(and other shared layouts) is that the journaling is too tiny to read! A layout isn't complete without the story, and when it's unreadable, it's almost not worth looking at in my book! Ha :). So thank you for sharing the words along with the photos & layouts!
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