Using Large Photos | Digital Scrapbooking Skills

If I had to name one feature of digital scrapbooking that impressed me more than any other and caused me to change from a traditional scrapper to strictly digital, it would surely be the fact that I could use a very large photo on a page. Traditionally, my prints were sized at 4” x 6,” but digitally, I could make a photo as large as the whole page! A large photo makes a large impact, and isn’t that what we want so often? Chelle’s team members have been making pages with large photos to show you some inspirational examples.

Kayla showcased a photo of her children, all wearing Santa hats at a party. The smiles on their faces are reason enough to make this photo as large as half the page. I love how she repeated each child’s image individually down the left side of the page. She used  We Wish You A Merry Christmas Bundle, Lovin’ from the Oven {bundle}, and Me & My Shadow.

Kassie also made a Christmas page (she used Naughty & Nice) and she used a blend mode on her large photo. A photo with Santa only happens at most once a year, so it deserves prominence on the page, but her children are so cute, they would deserve that anyway. Kassie also repeated the image on the frame in a smaller spot. I love the way she has the elf sitting on top of it.

In keeping with the Christmas theme, Shanell made a page about a recent trip to Williams, Arizona, to ride the Polar Express to the Grand Canyon. I am totally jealous. It even snowed on them while they were there! What a magical experience it must have been and definitely deserving a large photo page. By the way, she used Chelle’s Choo! Choo! Bundle, CU Evergreens, and the Winter Thrills snowflakes..

Finally, to show you a perfect example of when to use a large photo that is NOT a Christmas page is Melissa. Every newborn deserves to have at least one scrapbook page in which his sweet baby face photo takes up at least half the page. Melissa’s new baby is adorable, and I LOVE the page she made with his picture. Her clusters of baby elements from Beary Cute Baby Boy were the perfect addition to highlight the theme of the page without distracting from his face. He looks so peaceful there, I want to reach out and stroke his baby soft cheeks.

I’m sure you have a photo or two from the last month that deserves its own page. If you are usually a multi photo scrapper, challenge yourself to try this approach for just one page, and share it with us in Chelle’s Gallery. I would love to see what you do!