Scrapping Large Photos

Although I'm a multi-photo scrapper for the most part, occasionally I'll have one picture that can really stand on its own. Typically I'll enlarge that photo to a 5x7 and scrap that. Once in a while, for an especially favorite photo, I'll enlarge the photo to an 8x10 or an 8x12 size because this really gives the photo more impact. Scrapping a huge photo is tricky, though. You don't have much room to embellish and you don't want to overpower the photo, but you also want to be able to accent the photo and maybe include a little journaling.

**SNEAK PEEK ALERT**
In this first (landscape) example, the papers in this upcoming April kit were just perfect for this favorite photo. I was able to include my title in the "dead space" part of the photo. Notice the rule of threes with the placement of the embellishment, located in the upper right, lower left, and then lower right hand corners. I also layered my embellishments to add some interest to the lower right hand corner.


The next example is by Linda (2sweetgirls) and you can see how she adds some interest with the added curve in her portrait photo. Notice how she also used the rule of threes here with her accents in the upper right hand corner, then her title on her photo, and lastly, her journaling in the lower right hand corner. She has also done some layering of embellishments with the journaling tucked into the ribbon with the word accent and heart on top of that.


So, the next time you have a favorite photo, enlarge it to 8x10 or 8x12 try scrapping this size! :-)