When choosing a photo to print in A4 you need to pick something that is high quality and deserves a very special layout. I picked this lovely landscape photo that I took at sunset whilst out on a dog walk. We are very lucky to have this stunning countryside at the end of our road.
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Lovely | Amy Kattenbelt | Large Photo
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Chasing Rainbows | Large Photo | Kirei Baldwin
Hi UK Scrap Addicts!
It's Kirei here with my layout for this month's 'Scrap a large photo (at least A4)' challenge and this one was definitely a challenge for me!
I used the brightly coloured Amy Tangerine 'Picnic in the Park' collection as it has lots of rainbows and rainbow colours that were perfect with my photo! I added a rainbow striped patterned paper to the left edge of the layout. Then I mounted my photo on one of the patterned papers and distressed the edges before attaching it to the left side of the white cardstock with foam pads.
I added an embellishment cluster to the top left of the photo and this is where i also added my title directly to the photo. I dug into my alpha stash and made up the word 'rainbow' in rainbow colours.
Happy Scrapping!
Monday, 23 November 2020
NYC | Sheena Rowlands | Large Photo
Hi there UK Scrap Addicts x
It's Sheena here again and for this month our challenge was to scrap a photo at least A4!!
I have scrapped A4 photos before but not often so I thought I'd challenge myself a little bit more and I had 2 photos printed 12 x 12 for me to choose one to scrap.
NYC.
I have to admit initially I was stumped as to how to 'scrap' this photo so I decided to concentrate on areas of empty space and use embellishments only. As embellishments are my favourite bit of a scrapbook collection I had plenty that are travel related to go through. I've used mainly Vicki Boutin Let's Wander pieces on here.
I decided to concentrate on 3 places on my photo to add embellishments to help your eye travel around.
I added my title of die cut letters to the largest one.
I tried to add repeating features and colours to these embellishment clusters including stamps, circles and stars.
As the science viewer I was looking through in the photo took coins I added a small American coin as a little reminder.
I'm quite pleased with how it looks finished and would certainly try it again for a special photograph.
We would love to hear from you over on our FB group or tag us on Instagram #UKScrapAddicts if you have played along this month?
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Loving This | Large Photographs | Jackie Ashton
Hi crafters, Jackie here with my layout using a large photograph on your layout. I love how a large photograph offers an impact to your page. I often scrap large photographs specially for my travel albums and use them as a page divider, when I documenting a specific area.
So today my layout is using a A4 photograph, which was taken on my iphone and printed at home, so no fancy camera or editing done.
Since lockdown started back in March, my son and I have been having regular walks, we don’t go daily now but we try to go at least a few times a week. This photographs was taken on one of these walks in some woods near us.
Using a larger photograph limits what other craft supplies you add to your page.
The collection I used for this layout is Pink Fresh Studio - Days of Splendor.
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I added the photograph to the lefthand side of the page, and added a cluster of embellishments to the bottom righthand side of the photograph.
Keeping the cluster simple, I added a few puffy stickers and die cuts around the cluster. I also cut out a die-cut using a Bramble Fox metal die and patterned papers from this collection, which added as an extra interest to the cluster.
I also added a small cluster to the top right side as well.
And on the left side on top of the photograph, I just added a die-cut banner from the collection.
Do you use large photographs on your layouts, if you do please share in our Facebook group, we would love to see them. If you haven’t scrapped a large photograph why not give it a go.
Thanks for stopping by,
Till next time
Happy Scrapping
Monday, 16 November 2020
She Has Fire In Her Soul | Karen Moss | Large Photo
Hello - Karen here with my November page using a large photo.
You can see how I made this page here on our YouTube Channel.
Saturday, 14 November 2020
Fresh | Sam Ball | Large Photo
As a scrapbooker who inherently tends to only scrap small photos, rarely even scrapping as big as a 6 x 4” photo, this months’ challenge certainly took me out of my comfort zone!
I did order a print 12 x 8”, but try as I might, I really struggled to scrap it… I can only put it down to the lack of ‘white space’ left on the page. Plus, because the photo itself was quite busy, there was little room to layer any embellishments over it.
After what seemed like an inordinate amount of time spent paper shuffling, I decided to look for another photo and settled upon the one I ended up using. It’s a print that I’ve had for years – the image, which must have been taken about 20 years ago, is grainy, but I’ve always loved it, and whilst it isn’t ‘officially big enough’, I was finally feeling inspired…
Having cut up the sentiments, I sorted them by colour, then arranged them in a waterfall effect, in the same colour order as the photo.
I used clear gesso on the background, then reached for my gelatos to create a watercolour background to match the colour run of the words.
It’s not my usual style to place the photo centrally either, but it felt right! After distressing the edges, I stuck each word down, curling one long edge in the process.
After that, there wasn’t a lot of room for embellishments, and whilst I initially thought I would be adding them in and around the words, I wasn’t keen so kept them to the right of the layout.
Would scrapping a ‘supersized’ photo take you out of your comfort zone? If so, it might be worth giving it a go, as I really like the way this layout has turned out!
And if you do play along, don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram!