miranda = cute . . .

ok, you all surprised me ... i guess there are more people than i thought stopping by on the weekend. lol! but enough of 14 year old photos. this blog is desperate for some layouts ... how long ago did i even share one?!?! i feel like it's been way too long. but i finally made a layout last night.

  

i love making photo collages ... just love the look of them. and i know how to make them ... and size them all up to fit my photos. but it does take a little planning ... and some basic math skills. lol! so i was really excited when scrapbooks etc finally got their photo collage templates up on the site a few weeks ago. you can check them out HERE ... and download them all to try them out. i used this one for this layout. i'm all for doing my own collages ... but i'm also all for letting others do the thinking for me. lol! and sometimes i don't want to do the math and figure it all out ... sometimes i just want to plop the photos in and be done with it.

now, i admit that it took me a while to figure it all out. it looks simple enough when you watch the video on how to use the templates. i honestly think my main problem was that i had never "unzipped" the files after downloading them ... because once i figured that out, everything worked so much easier. you can just pull up your photos and drop them into the templates ... and then size the photos to fit. you can then print your collage right out. the square template came up as 8x8 ... but you could change that to a 10x10, a 6x6, or whatever you wanted. i scrap a lot of 9x9 layouts ... so i can see printing some at 6x6 to still give me enough room to play with. i did print this as 8x8 though ... and made a 12x12 layout with it.

as for the page itself ... i used a large piece of ki memories lace cardstock that i had. the tag is actually covering one of the photos on the collage ... that photo ended up looking a little distorted the way i had cropped in in there. so i just added the tag on top. the stamped images are hero arts ... and i colored them in a little with some colored pencils. to be honest ... i kept feeling the need to add more embellishments to this. and journaling. but i ended up leaving it just like this ... i think it was just enough.

supplies:
lace cardstock - ki memories
tag, label - creative cafe
stamps - hero arts
chipboard - american crafts
brads - making memories
colored pencils - ek success

Comments

[Carla]

I love this collage look Laura...yes, its nice to have someone do the work for you, leaves you more time to scrap!! TFS...glad you shared a LO with us!
And you posted on Sat and Sun...woo hoo!

[lisa]

I love this layout. Thanks for sharing the templates too. gotta give that a try.
Great photos of you jumping in the river. Wow and look at "Grammy" jumpin' in! Awesome!
Thanks for sharing these! I love the photos of Miranda too. Is she ever adorable! And, I could simply not get over how much OLDER haley is. (did i get that name right...I'm going on memory here, which isn't saying much! lol)

[Heather Crawford]

Yay, was wondering when you were going to post this!! hee hee! It turned out great!

[Sara]

Now I've REALLY got to figure out those templates! I LOVE the look on the LO! Might even use it for pics of our trip.....

[Marissa]

Thanks for all of the collage info! I had seen those a few weeks ago, and was overwhelmed by it, but I watched the video, and I think I can do it! Cute layout and great pics- I think a jumpin the river layout is coming soon! Have a good week- my summer is o-vah!

[Leslie]

Very cute - just like the title! I'll have to check out those links you left us - thanks. Lovin' the blue lace cardstock!!!

[christine]

Yaaaa...I can't wait to try out the templates!
Your layout is beautiful! The collage look seems to be very popular now and I am lovin' it! I think it is really eye catching.
I also love what you did with the tag, I think I am tag challenged! LOL I never have a clue what to do with them other than a date!
TFS

[Sasha Farina]

i am tag challenged like Christine! LOL :D you're always so inspiring Laura!

[Laura T.]

Love the layout - I'm going to see if I can download the templates. Sometimes I have a hard time downloading files at the office.

[kelly]

LOVE how you used that ki paper!!!

[Lynn G]

Oh I was just playing with those templates this weekend! I love them and think it's such a great way to showcase lots of pics on one page like you did with this little cutie! I love the KI Lace too - that stuff is one of my favorites!

[Sandi]

Laura

Oh my!!! I can not wait to load these tonight and play with them. Costco is going to love me. LOL

Your layout looks great, love the paper and extras you added to pull it all together. It looks well thought out:)

Thanks for sharing this site and your tips!!! I might just finish an album in less than a year:)

Blessings
Sandi N.

[Robyn Longhurst]

Laura,
Thanks SO MUCH for sharing these templates. I tried them a while back and didn't know Photoshop at all then. I'm more 'informed' now and can't wait to put some layouts together using these.
Thanks again!

[Cheryl]

I love this layout! So pretty! I'll have to try downloading that template.

[Raewyn A]

thank you for sharing all your lovely layouts Laura, and also the links for the templates and video. I don't seem to be able to download the video, any ideas what programs I am missing to enable this? I have the latest version of Flash Player but still no luck.

Thank you, Raewyn downunder NZ

[Leslie]

Great layout Laura!

[kim]

cute page! Love the use of the templates! :)