Double It Up!

Coming at you late tonight (which is what happens when I don’t take time to schedule my blog posts, lol), so I’m going to keep this short.

Have you ever scrapped a 2-pager? Do you even know what a 2-pager is? A 2-pager is a 2-page layout (or 2-page spread), typically for one event. I haven’t done one in a long time, so I don’t have an example to show you at the moment, but I plan to play along in Scrap Orchard’s Make Mine a Double Challenge this month … when they post the challenge, since I’m not sure what day it’s supposed to be posted.

Anyway, back to 2-pagers. First, I’m going to share a little trick with you, and then point you to 2 fabulous articles Janet posted last year on The Daily Digi.

So, for those of you who have ever done 2-pagers — have you ever wished that designers would design 12×24 size backgrounds so your 2-page spread would look good? Well, with this trick you won’t need a background that size. If you want the edges of your 2 layouts to meet up nice, all you have to do is flip the background.

PHOTOSHOP:

1. Create a document that is 24 inches wide by 12 iches tall at 300 ppi.
2. Pull your background in and slide it all the way to the left.
3. Now duplicate that layer.
4. With the duplicated layer active, go up to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.
5. Now slide that layer all the way to the right. Presto! The edges in the middle will match up perfectly.

ELEMENTS:

1. Create a document that is 24 inches wide by 12 inches tall at 300 ppi.
2. Pull your background in and slide it all the way to the left.
3. Go back to the original background you opened — go to Image > Rotate > Flip Horizontal.
4. Pull the transformed background in and slide it all the way to the right.
5. Close your original background and say NO, you don’t want to save.

Now go read Two-Page Layouts and Two-Page Layouts {Using Templates} to learn some more great ideas and tricks. I’ll be back tomorrow with some template resources for you!

P.S. Did you see that I’m a contributing designer in The Digi Files #12? Squeal! I’m so excited. Run on over to The Daily Digi to grab my kit (plus 6 other fabulous products!) for only $5! This is a smashing deal, because each of the products in The Digi Files will retail for at least $5 when they’re released in the individual stores next month. My kit alone is worth $6.49. So wait are your waiting for? Don’t miss out on this deal, ’cause after February, it’s gone!

P.P.S. I’ll post winners from last month’s Lucky Post and the challenge tomorrow. I need to go to bed.