Sketches by Suzy » Large Photo

Sketch 83

scrapsuzy — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:15:00 +0000

This 13-photo sketch is a great way to get lots of photos on a layout, without overwhelming the eye. The grid format helps keep everything orderly.

The free download template is for digital scrapbookers. It comes as a 2 pager, but if you would like to use only one side, all you have to do is crop 12×12 at a 300 dpi resolution!

The first layout is very true to the sketch. It uses 2 patterns and 3 (mostly) solids, from the Falling for You Kit by Mari Koegelenberg at The DigiChick.

The second layout has just 12 photos, to make room for a larger title. I also used large partial circles instead of triangles on the outer edges, and left more room for journaling by altering the placement of embellishments. This layout uses 4 patterns and 2 solids, from the Deck the Halls kit by Connie Prince at Gotta Pixel.

Sketch 76

scrapsuzy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:00:07 +0000

This 12 photo sketch is very versatile. Don’t have 12 photos? Take out some of the small 2x2s on the left side and use embellishments instead, or place larger photos there instead. Want a larger title? Remove the lower left photos altogether! Don’t like to journal? Stick another photo there instead! All sketches are just suggestions, so don’t feel locked into creating it just like you see it.

left side template
right side template

As you can see from the layout, I certainly don’t follow the sketch exactly. I’d had those male/female chipboard accents for awhile and wasn’t sure how I was going to use them, but they were perfect for this layout! And over on the journaling block, I included both journaling and a photo! This layout uses just 7 photos, along with 6 patterned papers and 1 solid.

Sketch 74

scrapsuzy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:34:59 +0000

This 6 photo sketch uses all uncropped 4×6 pictures and can be created with just 5 sheets of 12×12 paper. It uses a large title, and the large right side circle balances that.

The layout uses 8 photos, and arranges them just a little differently. On the left side, a photo was used in the title, and 4 2×3 photos replaced the 2 6×4 photos. On the left side, the journaling circle was replaced with a photo, and two larger photos were used instead of the four. Three patterned papers were used.

Sketch 71

scrapsuzy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:32 +0000

So often I see 1 page layouts with 1 large photo, but what do us 2-pager-multi-photo gals do with that? How about something like this 6 photo layout?

I cropped my photos a little more than called for in the sketch, because I had an extra photo and wanted to add some embellishments. I didn’t need to journal, so replaced the journaling block with another embellishment. There are 4 patterns and 2 solids used in this layout, all from the Basic Gray Granola collection.

Sketch 67

scrapsuzy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:49 +0000

This 6 photo layout is another that is friendly to those who don’t want to crop their photos, or to those who are fans of the zoom button on their camera, and just can’t cut or they’ll lose something!

The layout, using BasicGrey Marrakech, does have cropped photos on it, because I wanted to show the paper a little more, and add some journaling and embellishments.

Sketch 65

scrapsuzy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:32 +0000

This 5 photo layout could be put together fairly quickly. If you don’t have a 5×7, you could use 2 horizontal 3.5×5 inch, instead. The photo hanging off the mat on the right page helps break the lines of all that vertical paper, giving your eye a rest.

The layout uses 5 patterns and 1 solid, but only 3 photos. I had never done a 3 photo layout before, but this time I didn’t have much choice. I’m very pleased with the result, though! And while I didn’t have a photo to hang off the mat, the over-sized numbers work just the same way.

Sketch 63

scrapsuzy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:38 +0000

This 7 photo sketch is great for when you have some strong photos that you not only don’t want to crop much, but you want them bigger! If you don’t want to add a sub-title, you could add even more photos there, instead. There is more visual white space than in most of my sketches, so if that bothers you, add more photos or stuff!

The layout uses 7 photos, though one of them is tucked into the title. There is no journaling, just a quote, because the pictures and title say it all. I don’t usually leave so much space that doesn’t have photos in it, but the busy word paper made me okay with the idea. As it turned out, this is one of my favorite layouts I’ve ever done.

Sketch 59

scrapsuzy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:36:27 +0000

This 8 photo sketch is another with a “big circle”, but this time the big circle is a photo instead of patterned paper. To successfully do this, you will have to put a little bit of forethought into what photo you want to enlarge, and if it will be “crop-able” into this shape.

The layout is exactly like the sketch, with 2 patterns and 3 solids.. With the size you see here, you can’t see the fuzziness of my large photo, but I want to point it out to you. Why point out a “flaw”? Because I believe that it is okay to use a less-than-perfect photo as your enlargement/focus. If it is the only photo that you have, and important to the story, use it!

Sketch 57

scrapsuzy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:34:58 +0000

Lots of photos on this sketch… 13 to be exact! You could use more, or less, depending on how you crop them.

This layout actually uses 23 photos, because one of the original spaces is used by a photo-editing program created photo collage (the fireworks). The 3 patterned papers and 2 solids are BasicGrey Boxer. I know it looks like more, but I really did only use 3! The stripes were such that I was able to cut them into several pieces and make it look like I had more papers than I really did. The original sketch calls for 4 patterns.

Sketch 55

scrapsuzy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:50 +0000

This 9 photo sketch makes good use of a 3 inch circle punch. After that, there is very little cropping of the other photos. The collage on the left page is balanced by the large circle and focal photo on the right page.

The layout only uses 6 photos, to allow more room for journaling. And instead of a large photo on the right, I used Tim Holtz Grungeboard Numbers (which I love!) I used 3 patterned papers and 3 solids.