Tutorial: Using a Big Photo to Anchor a Page | Ania-Maria Wolniak

In this tutorial I'd like to focus on a layout composition with a big photo. Lately this is my favorite way to create a page. I choose the best photo (in my opinion) from the whole bunch of pictures in a folder and than I print it on a custom cardstock or on a piece of vellum. For this project I collected supplies from the scrapbook main 'PopArt' kit and add-ons: Warhol and Hockney. I decided to stuck in a bright, white-navy-blue-green palette with a pop of gold. All of these colors you can find on the photos I chose for the projects previously.

I am still not sure if I will use all of the details, but I already know that I am in love with those transparent circles and blue 'relax' brad. Recycles glasine bag is always my 'must have' element on a layout too. This is a great place to hide a little note or some souvenirs.

I created a double page mixing a white cardstock and exclusive pattern paper from the main kit. A piece of the fern was cut and it will be stick and visible on a white part of my project. It was impossible to hide all of this amazingly beautiful fern pattern unders the photo...

The next step was to combine an embellishment composition with various goodies. I grabbed transparent circles, brad, stickers, I cut few circles from the exclusive vellum from the main kit and some enamel dots...

In my opinion the big photo should be decorated too. I covered a top of the sky by the glassine bag and I wrote a short note about that day on a printable journaling card. I added a gold sticker under the envelope to embellish the ensemble.

I added a piece of white paper cut from the package to highlight the tiny, square photo. In my opinion it looks a little bit better than without.

Now it's time for my favorites - alphabets! I love to mix various fonts and shades of alphas. I limited the 'writting' area to the the lenght of the picture with a white frame. The navy foam letters are coming from the Warhol add-on and the tiny ones are from the main PopArt kit.

The circle composition under the photo was enriched by the stamp from this awesome set from the add-on. I missed something black what would suit to the black triangles from the transparent circle. This 'chill' word was perfect!

At the end of my creative process I added few green splashes as a perfect finish :) When they were dry I looked once again for both pages together and start added more embellishments - those tiny once like colourful pluses from the Hockney exclusive add-on or few enamel dots. Please check out all the detail photos to find all of these 'last touches'.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope my tutorial inspired you a little bit. Hope you want to try with your own favorite photo and a mix of favorite embellishments.
Have a nice day, waiting for your creations in a gallery!
Anna-Maria

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8 comments

  1. paperedpine says…
    08/04/2015

    Love how the fern is cut out!

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  2. christinepalka says…
    08/04/2015

    This layout is so peaceful and filled with lovely details. Thank you for sharing your process in such detail.

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  3. Brinkleyboy says…
    08/04/2015

    Love that big photo and your layouts are always just divine! They always have that "soft" feeling to them, love that! Can't wait to get my kits after looking at what you created!

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  4. denisea says…
    08/04/2015

    Beautiful. l love seeing your process of creating.

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  5. pinksoup says…
    08/04/2015

    Love that all your embellishments enhance the beauty of that photo! Perfection.

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  6. shann says…
    08/04/2015

    Genius. I love every.single.bit

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  7. jamiewaters says…
    08/04/2015

    SO gorgeous. Love seeing this as a tutorial!

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  8. aniamaria says…
    08/04/2015

    Thank you so much guys!

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