Still scrapbooking?

Have a stack of old photos

all of the same subject?

In a pickle as to what to do with them?

Don't throw them away,

Photomontage

them!

For this Christmas tree album page, I trimmed around

the tree branches for a lacy effect,

  then arranged

the tree cut-outs onto a piece of heavy weight, acid free

card stock, cut into the shape of a Christmas tree.

I placed the edges of the cut trees so they

extended over the tree form a little.

Photos with gifts visible go on

the bottom of the layout. 

When I found a pleasing composition, I glued them down.

The "new" tree, made up of many trees, was then put onto

a 12" x 12" piece of scrapbooking paper.

I used the same idea for jack-a-lanterns, 

using a pumpkin shaped base and filling it with

cut-out

jack-a-lantern photos

AND

with birthday desserts using a candle and flame

shaped form.

(Obviously, this "candle" is stuck in ice cream or whipped

cream, and is beginning to lose its footing.)

This collage of photos creates a novel

page out of a

repetitious subject.

The process reduces that stack of pictures that always get snapped

at annual family events and that look similar year after year.

The one new image, made from years of photos, makes a 

powerful statement about the longevity, vitality and

steadfastness of family and family traditions.

Easy, effective, inexpensive, and fun.

t.t.f.n. ~ Carol