Studio J Online Boot Camp Day 7

Kit: Lucky

Pattern: Reflections: Sidebar-Photo Accent/Sidebar-Balancing Act

Photos: 1 vertical, 5 square

Kit Mix 5

Techniques:

• Using a single photo in multiple photo wells 
• Spreading a single photo across multiple photo wells to look like one photo.

Putting the layout together:

1. Drop the photos in wells on left page.
2. Choose one photo from left page and drop it into well on upper right corner of right page. Flip horizontally and zoom in to make it appear different from original photo. (I didn't do this, but this is a great way to create more photos when you feel like you don't have enough)
3. Add 1/8" mat in Cocoa to each filled photo well.
4. Select a photo with a single subject and quite a bit of background space. Drop into each of four remaining wells on right page.  Scale photos up to at least 200%, using the same percentage on each.  Arrange photos to appear as a single photo. (I had to do more % on my photos. Also, you need a high resolution photo.  The lower the resolution, like pics taken with a camera phone, the less you will be able to enlarge the photo.  You will get an error sign if you make the photo too big.  The slider bar will have a green, yellow, and red area.  Keep out of the red!)
5. Delete title and journaling wells.

 Finishing Touches:

1. Turn off toggle accents.
2. Crop two Sunset diagonal edge ribbons to use just left tip to create ribbon tab on left page. Right-click and send each ribbon to back, then send Outdoor Denim cardstock to back. Add two Grey Wool staples to finish.
3. Add two Grey wool staples to right page. Note: Copy and paste staples from left page onto right page if desired.
4. Add two Sunset center knotted ribbons to right page. Crop to appear to wrap around journaling piece. Note: Zoom in all the way to make sure you cropped to ribbon at the right spot. To give ribbon a "wrapped" look, edges should extend on or two pixels past the edges of the cardstock.
5. Add two journaling areas above and below ribbon. Add journaling in scaled Cobbler font, no background, Colonial White text, center-aligned.
6. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, rotating and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
1. blue striped border (Borders) at 100%
2. five diamonds (Medium Accents) at 100%
3. flourish (Large Accents) at 85%
4. two orange stars (Small Accents) at 100%, 80%
7. Add title in scaled Cobbler font, no background, Colonial White text, center-aligned
8. Add the following My Stickease images to left page, rotating and resizing as desired. Right-click to bring layers forward or send backward as needed.
1. four diamonds (Medium Accents) at 60%
2. flourish (Large Accents) at 45%
3. fleur-de-lis (Large Accents) at 45%
4. two orange starts (Small Accents) at 55%
9. Distress base pages using direct tool and Cocoa, adjusting intensity to 65%.