Experimenting with hybrid ...

It's not today, but it was very recently ...

 

As the subtitle says ...

 

... and sorry to keep you in suspense - bear with me! In order to have plenty of photos, but not take up more than a page, I designed a 'brochure' to house them on the layout, with two unequal folds. Tilt the chipboard arrow, and open the first page to the left ...

--- and there is still a fold to the right. Open that too, and there's the interior view with more journalling.

Fully open, it looks like this:

The 'brochure' is printed on two sides onto Innova Photo Paper, which is archival, two-sided and comes in A4 and A3. As I print my photos at home, it was cheaper to print directly onto the Innova paper - which, at 225 grms is more like a good quality card, but not as thick as Bazzill - rather than the more usual silk or gloss photo-paper. It just needed folding and adhering with Herma on the back, though strips of double-sided tape would do just as well. The rest is simply smooth white card, onto which I printed the journalling and some recoloured digger shapes, and added two strips of stripy paper. The page will be spiral bound, eventually, within my home-made album, and looks like this:

Experimenting was great fun, and I loved the hybrid process - all the enjoyment of accurate photo-placement and the satisfaction of plenty to look at and open and touch, as well as the fun of getting the inks and Herma all over my fingers!

Thank-you for looking today; and if you're into hybrid scrapping or attaching mini-books to the page, I'd love to see, so please point me in your direction!

Comments

[Sian]

Alexa, that really is a work of art! It's beautifully done and I love how you have photographed it with the green underneath so we can see the punched edge.

[Jacky S]

It's wonderfully made,Alexa....a great way of using lots of photos on one page.I love the way the thin stripey strips bring it all together.

[Michele]

Wow - this is fab, Alexa! Beautifully put together - I love the little digger stamps/wingdings!

[Amanda]

You are clever and I love the chipboard arrow used as a catch. I like the way you say 'simply smooth white card......' I'm sure it wouldn't be simple if I tried achieve what you do :)Just fabulous.

[Sally]

That is absolutely gorgeous

[Alexa]

Thank-you! Glad you liked it :).

[Alexa]

Yes, it's made me want to have green under it permanently, Sian!

[Alexa]

They were little gif files, Michele, which had to be recoloured - once I'd worked out how!

[Alexa]

It was one of those serendipitous things, Amanda - not planned at all. :) In lifting out the letter 'D', I pulled it out at the same time, and it lay just to the right of the layout for a good ten minutes before I spotted its potential!

[Mary Bainbridge]

I think this is a very clever idea I love the fact that you have a mini book on this LO and I love the clean lines of the whole thing.

[Amy]

Oh to be sitting happily under a tree at completion of a project! What a great way to showcase a large adventure within the one scrap page - I love it .... however, my photos from three weeks of renovation are already in the triple figures!

[claireliz]

thats really cool Alexa, love it :)
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[lin thomas]

What a fantastic piece of art Alexa. It sounds like you are undertaking a huge project with your building work and I love your "book" idea. I think the most photos I've ever achieved would be 12 when I did a sort of grid layout but then the photos are really tiny

[Andie]

You always inspire me Alexa I love your style. xx

[Jimjams]

Found it - just brilliant - love your style. I must get on with our extension album ... this may be a good way to get through a lot of photos is one go ... after all it was finished THREE years ago!