Have you ever tried one of these PhotoCuts Masks designed by Carina Gardner? They are so fun to use!I am typically a one photo per page scrapbooker because I hate it when things looked cluttered. I've discovered that with these photocuts I can use several photos and they never look cluttered!
For this layout, I took one of her masks, copied it in Photoshop, flipped it vertically (using Edit>Transform>Flip Vertically) so that I now had two templates that were a mirror image. I used a clipping mask (for Elements users that would be the Group with Previous command) to attach my photos to the individual black blocks. If I had any excess from the photo that went into one of the other black photo blocks, I used the eraser tool to remove it. For a few of the blocks, I added patterned paper so that the layout wouldn't feel so busy.
There is a store a couple miles from my house called Details that was LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT when I stepped into it. It is mostly reproduction French vintage with a little bit of real vintage thrown in. I would love to just buy the whole store and put it in my house exactly as it is displayed...but since I don't have a trust fund, I'll have to settle for just picking up a couple of pieces a year and slowing try to recapture that same look in my house.
The products I used for this layout are:
PhotoCuts Mask v.8
Background brown paper and paper on scallops - Sidewalk Chalk Papers
Blue and brown patterned papers - Garden Vignette Paisley Bed
Flower - Bookish Elements
Lined vintage paper - Basic Backgrounds v.2
You are Beautiful Word Art - French Revolution Word Art
