The first page is a major challenge to some people and to others it comes quite easily. Just remember that each page doesn’t have to be perfect and elaborate. Keep your pages simple.

 

Here is a step-by-step guide to making your first page:

• Select your photos making sure that they are of a single event eg. birthday, family event or a holiday. Two to four photos for a single page and four to six photos for a double page.

• Pick out the best photos. Get rid of the blurry photos and photos that aren't well composed. Try to select one photo to be the focal point of the layout.

• Select acid and lignin free paper to compliment your photos. Experiment with different patterns and colours. You could use themed colours, such as red and white for Valentine's in day. Alternatively you can select papers or cardstock that enhance the colours your photos.

• Crop your photos to take out any unwanted backgrounds and feature the subject of the photo. You don’t have to crop every photo. You can't un-crop a photo so make sure you are able to reprint the image if you make an error.

• Matt your photos – make a showcase of your main photo by making the matting different to the other photos. You don’t have to matt all your photos.

• Consider adding embellishments to your page by stickers, headings, die-cuts, stamps or memorabilia. Ensure that the embellishments do not overshadow your photos

• Place the photos and embellishments on the page. Ensure that the pages are balanced

• Add your journaling – you need to tell the story of the page/s. When journaling write the who, when, where, why and what.

• Attach all your elements to the page

• Congratulations you have just finished your first page.

 

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