Why it Works: Fill your Canvas from the Edges/Corners in

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  1. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    awesome @Cristina ... showing the background is a great reason to move towards the edges! and I seriously love the one with all the circle clusters. so fun! :)
     
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  2. Lindzee

    Lindzee Aging gracefully

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    Have to try this idea. Intriguing
     
  3. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    I found a gorgeous example by @scrappydonna where she only uses 1 photo and has lots of clustering coming from her edges! Beautiful!
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  4. MrsPeel

    MrsPeel LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

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    so delighted to see you spotlighted Kelly!!!!!!!! awesome pages!!!!
    @jenn mccabe awesome post!!!!!!!!!
     
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  5. MrsGaramer

    MrsGaramer Using my imagination

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    I really love this. I am also a center starter so I'm going to try this out to see if I can shake things up on my pages
     
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  6. JenniferJ

    JenniferJ Ain't nothing that a Krispy Kreme can't fix

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    I've not tried this technique before but it does make for a pretty page! Thank you for sharing this! Got to try it now!
     
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  7. Vrielinkie

    Vrielinkie Rub-a-Dub-Dub

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    Here's my LO:
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  8. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    I love it @Vrielinkie !! Such a great idea to try this with that background paper! Awesome!
     
  9. Serena

    Serena Squishy soul poet who loves Walter Hunt

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    Oh my Gosh! This came up in the feed from yesterday and I started a page to try and utilize this and then I saw your new post about the graphic magazine and was like.. wait.. I'm not done with the first! Then saw the date on this! December 2016!! LOL! Okay, off to try the graphic one! <3
     
  10. LynnG

    LynnG Designer

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    Love all the examples, and your sample page is a stunner Jenn.

    This really interested me and I looked through my gallery and realised I, too, nearly always start from the middle. I could only come up with a couple of examples where I didn't. I feel like those pages where I worked 'from the sides in' have a certain energy though, so maybe I will have to try this more.

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  11. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    oh wow @LynnG ... your samples for this style of scrapping are SO gorgeous! and the journaling is so fun too! oooh ... maybe a "from the edge out" template set on the horizon from you?
     
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  12. EHStudios

    EHStudios I am more clever than I think

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    I really don't start with the edge often enough. Or at least not all the edges like this!

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  13. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    love it! that title and the colors! and the way you linked the photos with the swirly brushes so subtly, you rocked this design technique!
     
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  14. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    This is an interesting concept and I realized that I almost always start in the middle, too. I'm going to experiment with this idea. LOVE all of the examples!!
     
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  15. EHStudios

    EHStudios I am more clever than I think

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    It did take more thinking to intentionally start on the edges & work my way in! Will try to use it more often!

    Can't wait to see your experiments!
     
  16. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    I think it might wake up my creativity. Sometimes I get stuck.
     
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  17. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    I finally tried this concept and am really happy with the outcome. In face, even though this was a template, by Dawn Inskip, the photograph was the last thing I added. I usually start with the picture and work from there, but this time, I didn't even know what photo I was going to use until I got to the photo frame. It's fun to try new things.

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  18. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    It's beautifully balanced Cheryl! I don't think that is an easy thing to do - leaving the photo to the very end. I'm impressed! I pretty much always start with a photo (or maybe an idea and then find the photo right away) too. I love this so much!
     
  19. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    You can achieve this look with everything still in the center, but just adding some elements or details to the edges in a big way ... look how @chigirl did this with cut outs falling off the page. pretty cool!

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  20. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    totally in love with this page design as well @LynnZant
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