Full Page Photo Foundations + Gratitude + Using What You Have

In this week’s Craft The Story video (Episode 10) I’m talking about why I like full page photo foundations, using what you have, stories of gratitude, and showing you my process for bringing it all together + the choices I make along the way.

Let's dive in:

Here's a look at my completed page:

Full page photo foundations are one of my favorite ways to approach storytelling. The basic idea is this: rather than using cardstock or pattern paper as the base of my page I love using photos. I take photos with this concept in mind and look for opportunities to include more white space when I'm composing my photos which results in space on my photos for embellishments + words. White space in photos doesn't mean it's white - it just means it's an area/space around/surrounding/between your subject. It's also called negative space. It can be something like the grass in this photo, the sky, cement, etc.

This layout is a 12x12 but you can also do this in really any size.

In the video you'll see me try out a variety of different ideas before settling on this simple grid of circles on top of my photo. I used these circle stickers as home for my thankful list and paired them with gold puffy numbers and a One Little Word® phrase stamp. For this project I used a Micron pen from this pack.

SUPPLIES

• Epson XP15000 Printer

• Epson 13x19 Photo Paper

• Fiskars Paper Trimmer

• Past Day In The Life™ Tags (digital option)

• March 2021 Stories By The Month Kit

• Storytelling Basics Circle Stickers

• Storytelling Basics Gold Puffy Number Stickers

• One Little Word® Phrases Stamp

• Action Story Kit Fabric Add Ons

• Micron Pen Set

• Memento Black Ink

• Circle Stamp Block

• StazOn Black Ink

• Foam Adhesive Squares

• Chipboard from past projects

• Plastic Sunshines from past kit

• Rolling Date Stamp

• 12x12 Album