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Brothers and Sisters: Step-by-Step
by Andrea Steed
(Jul 28, 2005)
Rarely do I create a layout with only one photograph. When choosing photos for a layout, I typically look for one focal picture and add two supporting photos. That way I’m able to focus on my favorite photo, but still include others that I like as well. This particular layout of my brothers and sisters is no exception. Here’s how you can copy this design. Supply List  Choose Photo Placement: The first thing I do when starting a layout is to play with photo placement. Beginning with a basic photo placement plan helps me decide what type of papers and embellishments I’ll need to fill the rest of the page. These photos had an obvious focal photo--the photo of all four of us together. I cropped the other two photos into squares to remove excess background from the image and to create two smaller supporting photos. I wanted the focal point photo to be the first thing that was noticed, so I placed it above the other two, which I layered in the bottom right corner. Select Colors and Papers: Now that I had a plan for the photo placement, I looked for papers that would complement the colors in the photographs. Since we were all wearing several different colors, I wanted to try and incorporate all of them in some way so that no one person stood out more than the others. I chose a turquoise blue cardstock as the base for the page, and then selected a patterned paper from Lazar StudioWERX that would coordinate with the turquoise blue. It still needed one more color, so I added maroon and a little bit of white as accent colors to contrast with the blue. Make Layers: Once I had chosen the colors and papers to use, I started creating layers of color to place behind the photographs. First I cut the patterned paper to an 11” x 11” square. Next, I cut the maroon cardstock to 11 ¼” x 11 ¼” to mat the patterned paper. Because both sheets of cardstock would be covered from the front of the layout, I removed the center of them to use as part of the photo mats for the focal point photograph. I removed a 10 ½” x 10 ½” square from the center of both the maroon and turquoise cardstock. This is a great way to stretch the use of your paper! Next, I cut a large rectangle (about 8” x 6”) from the leftover turquoise cardstock and matted it with white cardstock. Finally, I matted the focal point photograph with a portion of the leftover maroon cardstock. Once all of the pieces were cut, I began to lay them on top of each other and place all of the items where I wanted them to go. I placed the turquoise mat at an angle in the upper left corner to fill the space across from the supporting photographs. Then I placed the focal photograph in the top right corner of the mat, which happened to be the center of the page. I added the supporting photographs to the bottom right corner and layered them with each other and the large focal point mat to tie them all together. Once I was happy with the design, I began gluing all of the pieces together. Add Embellishments, Titles and Journaling: Unless I have several paragraphs of journaling to write, I usually add journaling, titles, and embellishments last after everything else is glued down. I considered adding the journaling to the empty space below the focal photograph, but I only had a short sentence to write. Instead, I decided to add my title to that area and journal around the photograph. That allowed me to add a more dynamic title to the page with the Pressed Petals metal words and letters. As final touches, I added the journaling, some pen markings around the outside border of the layouts and the QuicKutz ampersand. I was very pleased with the final result.  Shop at the Scrapbook.com Superstore for all your Scrapbooking Supplies!Enjoy 5-Star service, HUGE selection and LOW prices! Click here to start shopping! Featured Scrapbooking Supplies (from Scrapbook.com):
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