Thanks for all your sweet comments about Sketchbook, my colorful Project Life, and every other random thing I post. Have I told you lately how much your comments brighten my day? Well they do. So thank you for that.
Some of you asked how I made the collage of my January photos.
It’s super easy, and I have Elise Blaha to thank when years ago she posted about Big Huge Labs, as it’s been one of my favorite sites ever since. Seems to work perfectly for projects like photo-a-day and really, anytime you want to use a collage of photos. So here’s a little tutorial on how it came together.
1) I uploaded all my images (taken with my iPhone) to flickr. I put them into a set labeled 365 of 2012.
2) On Big Huge Labs, I chose the Mosaic Maker. You can adjust the settings for whatever suits your need, for example, when I just did the 1st week seen here, I made my settings for Columns: 7 and Rows: 1. For the entire month of January, here is what my settings look like:
3) After changing the Columns to 7 and Rows to 5, I chose Flickr photoset and entered the URL for the 365 of 2012 set, and hit create.
4) Once created (which feels a lot like magic), I saved it to my computer and opened it up in Photoshop to add the JANUARY. These fantastic letters are from Design Editor’s Glitter alphabet, available on etsy. I also added my camera icon from my first release for American Crafts. We don’t have a digital version for sale, but you can get the same camera in the Love Struck stamp set as well as The Good Life paper.
If you’re looking for more digital tutorials or options, Pugly Pixel is a fantastic resource. Not to mention she always has fun stuff she’s blogging about.
So there you have it – if you happen to make a collage and want to share it, please link it up in the comments.
Love those photo collages and use Big Huge Labs a lot too
Happy Monday Amy!!
Thanks for the info Amy. Have a happy week xxx
Nice info. I usually use Picasa for collages but might have to try this out too
http://avinashhecker.blogspot.com/2012/02/3-3-and-under-go-to-zoo.html I made this for our little zoo trip, in anticipation for printing it out for my project life album. Just split it up into two 4×6 s and had it printed today
I love the Mosaic Maker from Big Huge Labs and used it recently to showcase my 12 on the 12th Instagrams (and planning on doing the same thing every month):http://anounceofcreativity.blogspot.com/2012/01/take-twelve-january.htmlI have never thought of leaving some of boxes blank to use later though so thanks!
Thanks so much for the info, I loved your collage and wondered how you did it. I hope Big Huge Labs ships to Canada….Amy, I look forward to your blog everyday, you are so fun and creative,keep them coming!!!
Thanks for the tip. Love the way your pages came out!
Awesome post Amy! I love using Mosaic maker.so much easier than making a grid in Photoshop. I used this for my January snapshots recap too;)
wow, thanks. big huge labs is rad. love it. i don't have photoshop so always wonder how to get it done. love the tips and tricks;)
Love the collages!!
Thanks for this tutorial Amy !! I gonna have to make one with all my silly face photos lol
How cool, thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Thank you so much for sharing! I just tried it and it turned out awesome. I love being able to put all of my life’s most wonderful moments down on paper to remember for years to come.