same size or create emphasis with a larger photo?
same orientation? and, thus, stacked or side-by-side?
all different sizes and orientations?
When your photos are of similar size and the same orientation, the "three-in-a-row" or "side-by-side" approach is a quick way to get started. You can do many things to "shake it up" and keep this configuration from looking the same all the time: tilt a photo or two, take things off center, or stagger photos to begin with.
Witch or Fairy? by Kiki Kougioumtzi | Supplies: Patterned paper: Bo Bunny, Prima, K&Co; Cardstock:Canson; Alphas: Tattered Angels, Making Memories, Cosmo Cricket; Chipboard shapes: Advantus Ideaology; Other: Sizzix die, Plaid acrylic paints, Viva Decor crackle paint.
Hogwarts by Lynnette Penacho | Supplies: School Days by Zoe Pearn, Take Out Tuesday 4/5 Blocked Background freebie by Meghan Mullens, Fonts are DJB Brewhaus Special, Jailbird Jenna and Harry P. Inspiration Source: Harry Potter logo.
Big by Dina Wakley | Supplies: Ink: Dylusions by Ranger, Paint: Golden, Alphabet: Thickers by American Crafts, 7 Gypsies, Pencil: Ebony by General, Paper: Tim Holtz. Inspiration Source: Painting by Jylian Gustlin.
With three landscape-oriented photos, rotate the "three-in-a-row" composition for a stacked variation.
Meghann Andrew combined a band of patterned papers with "burst" stitching to make a foundation for three photos. A larger, color photo is the focal point of the page and two smaller black-and-white photos support the page.
This works with a variety of photo sizes and orientations. Place your photos and then add journaling, paper bits, embellishments, and title building a blocked arrangement.
Erin Bassett says, "My niece loves to play with sidewalk chalk and she just looks so darn cute doing it that I had to capture the moment!" Erin combined one larger photo with two smaller shots, placing them in a blocked arrangement.
Debbie Hodge scrapbooked three very similar shots of herself with her youngest son, liking the way they reveal how they interact. She had extensive journaling to include and place bits of the journaling and each of the photos in a "compartment" of a blocked design.
Overlap and cluster your three photos, adding tilts and staggers as needed.
Doris Sander arranged a triangle of blocks (two photos plus red patterned paper) with a long title and accented with three round elements to create a visual triangle around her photos.
Lisa Dickinson wanted to include a quote about the relationship between horse and man along with three photos on this page. Lisa says, "I arranged the quote it in a column down the left hand side of my page. I enlarged certain words ("horse" and "man") to further reinforce the page theme. To keep the text from overwhelming the page, I applied a 50% brown tone just slightly darker than my background cardstock. It works similar to a watermark, being visible, but also blending in with the overall tones and colors of the page." Her cluster of three photos, tilted and with narrow mats, sit alongside the quote, in a second column defined by striped patterned paper.
Love these different ideas for the 3 photo layouts!! Great work Ladies!
Amazing how you can get so many different looks with the same number of pictures! Thanks again for the inspiration; I found several "scrapliftable" ideas in this article.
THANK-YOU!!! I now have layouts to lift for my 3 photo heritage photos…..
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