Double Layout Comeback!

 WooHoo! Double Layouts are making a comeback and I could not be happier about it! I mean what could be better than twice the beautiful creativity, Right!?!  

It is very true that the recent trends in scrapbooking have taken us away from creating double layouts.  It seems that we are headed back the way we came with this one though!  

It really creates an impression when you are looking through a scrapbook and it has double layouts throughout.  It gives it a continuity and consistency that it might otherwise lack.  

This layout has lots of fun little details:

A little paint, a little pen, and a little ink brings it all together nicely!

Next time you are sitting down to scrap, consider placing two pages next to each other and see what you come up with. you might be pleasantly surprised! 

p.s. Stop by Practical Scrappers to see what other amazing double layouts my design Teammates are sharing! 

4X2=FABULOUS!

 Back in the 1990's when I began scrapbooking it was about getting the pictures on the page and writing about them and adding a title and you were done.  The more pictures on the page, the better.  Scrapbooking as an artform has evolved so much over the years.  Now it can be a much more creative and artistically challenging endeavor.  The trend has become that less pictures on a page is more.   Most of the time I agree with that and most of my current layouts only have 1-2 photos on them.  I think these pages are more impactful and make more of a statement.  With that being said, I have a trilllion pictures to get on the page and if I only do 1-2 pics on every page I will never catch up!!!  So this week at S.W.A.T. Drill #3 challenges us to use 4 photos on a layout.  I was so excited about this that I did a double layout with 4 pictures on each page!  

I fell in love with the My Girl collection from My Mind's Eye when I first laid eyes on it!  It was perfect for this fun layout!  

I made a tiny little pinwheel for the center of the 4 photos on this side.

Simple, yet perfect title "Girl Time"

This was my first attempt at these trendy little bows! So glad I gave them a try, they were the perfect compliment!

Such wonderful Brads in this collection I could not choose so I created a trail from the journaling to the title!  

I hope this inspires you to get more pictures on some of your pages.  

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Double Christmas Layout: Get those Pictures on the Page!

It is hard to come up with a layout that you love that includes more than one or two photos!  I know!  I created this versatile layout for 4 4X6 photos.  I hope to give you an idea for getting all your Christmas (or any other) photos out of their boxes and onto the pages of your scrapbooks for everyone to see!

I am guilty!!  I have several years worth of pictures to scrap and most of my pages have only one or two pictures on them.  At that rate, I will NEVER catch up!!  It was time to come up with a layout that will display more than one or two photos at a time.

I found that if I took four 4X6 photos and laid them out in a square formation like this they fit with a perfect one inch border.

I placed the word Christmas between the pages to bring the viewer's eye together to see this as one layout.

A few other embellishments really brought this layout together!

Have fun with it!  You could even use one box for journaling and use 7 pictures!  This layout can be used for any event that you have numerous photos for that you want to get out of their boxes and onto the page!!

Check out the feature over at Practical Scrappers!