FotoInspired March 2021

Today, I’m sharing my FotoInspired March 2021.

FotoInspired March 2021

New to FotoInspired?

Learn about FotoInspired.

Join the dedicated FotoInspired community on Facebook.

The FotoInspired Stats

A total of 5 double-page spreads.

• Lots of skiing post COVID making the most of the little snow we’ve had this year.
• My Father-In-Laws Birthday.
• School at home prior to returning full-time.
• Denver’s 4th biggest snow storm in history.
• My birthday.

Here are my layouts plus some thoughts on ‘Stories Big and Small.’

March 2021

Week 9 | Skiing + Week 10a | Richard’s Birthday + School at Home Week 10b | Richard’s Birthday + School at Home Week 11a | Big Snow Week 11b | My Birthday

Stories Big and and Small

Make these templates work for your photos and I life.

• What I LOVE about the FotoInspired template format is the FLEXIBITY.
• They work for ANY number of PHOTOS or STORIES.
• Create a SINGLE layout with multiple photos and smaller stories.
• Stretch a BIGGER story over MULIPLE pages to showcase more images.

Let the stories and photos lead your layout design.

• The NUMBER of photos per story will GUIDE you.
• You might have a layout dedicated to a single STORY with lots of supporting photos.
• The design might be made up of unrelated SNAPSHOTS offering a variety of TALES.
• There really are NO RULES to the composition of your layout designs.

Guidance for Planning your FotoInspired Layout Designs

1. Assess Photos

• Decide on WHICH photos you want to use in your layouts.
• Ideally you will want to COPY these images into a SUB-FOLDER.
• GROUP images together according to their STORIES.
• Mentally gauge this or create a Folder System as outlined in the aA Project.
• You are essentially establishing NUMBER of stories and photos.

2. Choose Template(s)

• Choose one or MORE templates to accommodate the NUMBER of photos.
• Pay attention to the SIZE and ORIENTATION of masks in each FotoInspired template design.
• Ensure enough masks in the template(s) to include ALL photos with some remaining for EMBELLISHMENT.
• It is BETTER to create 2 layouts than try to SQUEEZE all the photos into one template.
• Too many photos creates OVERCROWDING and hinders desired BALANCE.

3. Adding Photos

• You can group a SEQUENCE of photos together to UNIFY.
• There is, however, BENEFIT to spreading photos with SIMILAR photos across a layout design.
• Intentional placement of such photos allows same COLORS and SHAPES to lead the viewers eye.
• Leave ’empty’ masks at intervals offering WHITE SPACE for the eye to rest.

4. Embellishing with DigitalART

• Fill the empty masks with Artsy Papers, Brushes and ArtsyKardz.
• Embellish with Stitching and embellishments from ArtPlay Palettes and MultiMedia elements.

5. Journaling

• Be sure to leave space for your STORIES too!

WATCH MY FOTOINSPIRED PROCESS IN THIS FREE 3-PART VIDEO SERIES:

• Artsy Digital Pocket Scrapbooking 1/3
• Artsy Digital Pocket Scrapbooking 2/3
• Artsy Digital Pocket Scrapbooking 3/3

Note. Make you own rules when creating your layouts.

See more FotoInspired posts.