Multiple Photo Layout Inspiration How Many Can You Get on a Page

 Edit Out Your Favorite Photos?!  No!!!

Have you ever had so many photos for a project that you thought you could never get them all in one book? I found myself there, too.Recently I made a book for my nieces and there were so many photos that I thought just HAD to be in there. Another challenge needed to be met.Check the results out for yourself and add more photos to your next project.

Give your next project a different angle.

Liam's page is very symmetric.  The viewer can really focus on the pictures. Cut out some formed pictures, add some reinforcement, ribbons and embellishments and you've got yourself little puppets that seem to come to life.  The girls thought this was very cool and fun. Check out the flowers that are cut in half. I very often cut out regular papers and use them for embellishments, but then I end up with a lot of half flowers such as these. Put them to use like they are here.  

You don't always have to use the entire picture. Besides, what else would you put in tiny frames like these? Framing draws your eye to the picture and makes a pretty princess even more adorable.

Wow! You can find 9 pictures in this layout. Now, that is maximum usage.

Above, is one of my favorite pages from the book. Again, I had so many pictures of my niece. I wanted her to be able to see them all next to each other, so that she can view her own progression through life. I am so glad I have nieces. Finally, I can use flowery, girly stuff. Hehehe...These foam flowers were made with a stencil as well. 

Remember to take your layouts out of the protectors before you take the picture. Otherwise, you end up with serious glare. Hard to fix once you give the book away. "Note to self".

Turn your pretty flowers into their own little flowers with this layout. I don't have a die cut machine. So, I use stencils. This is more time consuming, of course, but the result is still spectacular. 7 pictures adorn this layout, yet it still doesn't look cluttered. Pull out colors from your background page when looking for the perfect embellishment to make your layout more cohesive.

This page is very attractive. Coordinating papers help make the look.

Fun pictures are usually the favorite.

Is this page kicking or what?! Sporting 14 funny photos, a page like this is bound to bring a boat load of laughter and pleasant memories. Fun pictures deserve fun colors. I just eyeballed it. No measuring. It went very fast. Make sure if you only have the fewest of tools for your projects that a paper cutter is one of them. You will save so much time.

Unlike the layout above this one, that was spaced out, these pictures overlap a little. The pictures blend into each other a bit more. It goes twice as fast, too.

This layout is actually a bit chaotic for my usual tastes, but somehow I still love it. Count the photos? There are over 10. Another great time saving tool is a shape cutter, which I used for all of these circles. It took a bit of time for this page. Cutting out all of the circles then playing with the layout until it was just right. For this kind of overlapping, it is best to strategically place your glue dot or double sided tape so that you have some flexibility to possibly put another photo slightly underneath. First, play with the pieces and photos before you adhere them. It was worth the time. Don't you think?

Using maximum pictures for one or a double page did prove a bit difficult, but this is one challenge we can tick off. Check!

Feel free to share your multiple layout projects.

Happy scrapping!

Designing and Creating Beautiful Tags for Scrapbook Cards and More

TAG! YOU'RE IT!

Don't you just love making tags?!  They can really be the cherry on top when giving a gift.  It gives a personal touch to your token of appreciation and might distract them from the actual gift. hehehe... I often put a piece of magnetic tape on the back of my tags so that people can hang them around.

The other great thing about tags are you can use all of your scraps to make them.  Since the tags are typically smallish, they do not require a lot of materials.  Often when we receive a multipack of embellishments we get these tiny frames, like the one you see here.  They are perfect for on tags, but often a bit too, small for larger scrapbook projects.  I also have many letter stickers that get drowned out in bigger scrapbooks, but they fit nicely on tags.

Above, you will see the tiny clothes pin with flower embellishment.  This is what I used to attach the tag to the gift and of course, the receiver of the gift tag can use it for the same purpose.  My ribbon remnants were just right for this small tag.  Fabric ribbons and flowers give the tag softness and dimension.

This layout is full of tags.  There are three small tags across the top and the pocket is full of tags, too.  On the front of each tag is a sport picture.  The design for the tag is more like a frame so that when you take the tag out and turn it over you will see all of the information on the other side of the sport picture.  Name, year, team name, etc.  GOAL!!!!

These two tags are directly attached to the page and cannot be removed.  The tags with card stock background gives the project more dimension and fun, of course.

More fun with tags and pockets.  You can put notes on the back of the tags or information about the picture as well.  Tags are a great way to be able to take a picture from the project and hold it in your hand or look up close making the layout even more personal because you can feel it, too.  These tags have been reinforced with card stock and each have a different fastener.  Eyelets, brads, buttons and much more can be used to fasten your tags either directly to the page, the ribbon or other material that you may use to lift the tag from the layout.


Tags are excellent embellishments.  You can buy them already made or you can make them yourself.  Use them with gifts or for in your scrapbooks and cards.  Big or small, thin or thick, lavish or plain, tags are totally fan-tag-stic!

Inspiration to go and make some tags of your own?  TAG!  You're it!