From Start to Finish: May 2010 in Review

This week's From Start to Finish layout showcases creating and using photo collages on a layout. I have been sneaking in these month in review layouts from 2010 when I can. I think I only have five more to finish for last year...ha.

Just like last week's layout + video (can be seen HERE), I showed more of my process, starting with the supplies I pulled to use, creating the photo collage, figuring out the layout design and ultimately changes I made in some products that weren't working with the design. 

Another thing this particular page demonstrates is how to incorporate a lot of patterned paper in a design that is photo heavy and make the design work.

I have been using the outline type monthly titles from Silhouette for all these layouts, so I continued that on this page using the following design by Loni Stevens:

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I used October Afternoon label stickers and punched hearts as a design element on the cloud paper strip. I enjoy including a pop of red on my pages.

All the photos in the collage are 1x1" or 1x2". I opened a bunch of photos in photoshop and cropped them to size. Then I click and dragged them to a new document to create the collage. Once I was happy with the design, I "flattened" the image and printed it as a single photo.

HOW TO

 

SUPPLIES

Silhouette SD	Tim Holtz Scissors	Tiny Attacher
Mini Paper Clips	Circles Foam Tabs	Premium Cut Line Paper Trimmer
Blue Jean Dot Grid Petite Print Paper	Swimming Pool Dot Grid Petite Print Paper	Ladybug Dot Grid Petite Print Paper
Swimming Pool Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper	Ladybug Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper	Sleeping Bag Campfire Collection Paper
Skipping Rocks Campfire Collection Paper	Animal Tracks Campfire Collection Paper	Chance of Rain One Fall Day Paper
Needle In A Haystack One Fall Day Paper	On the Shore Seaside Collection	Fly A Kite Word Stickers
Farm Fresh Words Stickers

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES:

• Heart Punch & Scallop Border Punch by Stampin' Up
• Coluzzle Circle Cutting Tool

I have received several questions regarding where you can find this series at Two Peas in a Bucket.

The whole series can be found HERE. 

If you are on 2peas and want to find it without linking from here, there is a dropdown box under "Designer Garden". Right now it says "Finally Friday Videos". The tech guys are working to change the name. In the meantime, if you click that, down on the left side of the screen is says, "Designer". If you click my name under that it will take you to all the videos in the series.

Have a super day!