Selecting paper, photos, and inspiration | Day 12

[@JaymaMalme]

Join the 31 Days of Christmas Cards event here: www.cdtcreatives.com/

[@journalsay]

Thanks for sharing how to print photos with the Epson Creative Print app, Jayma. This trick is super handy

[@JaniceGilhooley]

You are making me want to get that Autumn kit!!! Love how the card was inspiration for the jumping off point for your layout. I'm going to have to try printing my photos that size - such a great alternative to 6" x 4".

[@JaymaMalme]

It’s the best kit that was released I think, in terms of the extras! It was a really nice photo size to work with, good for when you want some just a bit smaller than 4x6!

[@taniab2018]

By the time this series is done you'll have me convinced it's time to get a photo printer. :) I love your photos & the wreath idea. Look forward to seeing more.

[@JaymaMalme]

Hahaha! I hope you do…it’s seriously a game-changer! Enjoy! 😊

[@tammcanally1109]

I hadn’t thought about setting the 5x7 to get a 3.5x5! Thanks for sharing the info. I have the 8500 for photo prints.

[@JaymaMalme]

It does a great job too!

[@gloriacolston6674]

I love the Creative Print app! I use it all the time.

[@sandyjustian7873]

Jayma, thanks for posting a list of your favorites. I was looking for a good 5x7 photo paper for my Epson 400. Some photo paper is awful with the PM400. I did buy your favorite, the Canon paper. It was great!

[@JaymaMalme]

I am so glad you like it too! I’ve been very happy with it.

[@JulieCarriere_TheScrapZone]

Can't wait to see the finished layout

[@CraftyConceptswithErin]

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video!

[@JaymaMalme]

Me either! 😆

[@stampinndahood]

Android user here, so i do use that same feature for printing. Sunflowers! With my gbabies in KS, i get those pictures every year and I'm running out of that kit! But Amy Mc showed a beautiful layout using SU Cheerful Daisies. Great interpretation!

[@JaymaMalme]

I will have to go check out her video! I am glad this app works well with android!

[@tait13]

Such a helpful video. I have an Epson PM-400 but I've never tried their Creative Print app!! So easy to use to print smaller size photos. Thank you!! 💜

[@JaymaMalme]

I’m so glad this was helpful for you! Have fun 🤩

[@chrisjindra6702]

I have enjoyed this series and have learned a lot. I started using PicFrame and it’s a game changer. You talked about organizing photos on your phone. Can you show us more of that? And where do you store your really old photos? I have so many photos on my phone😊. Thank you for all your inspiration.

[@JaymaMalme]

Yay, I’m so happy you have found this series so helpful! Here’s a video I did a couple years ago that shows how I organize photos on my phone. I still do the same thing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGOscnl3rtmnZ80si=9AX-apz-ZhW7X2pj I hear ya, I’ve got sooooo many photos on my phone. I pay for extra icloud storage and I keep only the low-res version of the photo on my phone. If I ever need to download the full resolution I just need to tap on it to download from the cloud. This has saved so much space. This will automatically store full-resolution photos in iCloud while keeping smaller, optimized versions on your phone, taking up less space. To do this, go to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Photos, Turn on iCloud Photos, and Select Optimize iPhone Storage. I also have the 256GB phone so there’s a lot of storage. Definitely need to go up with my next phone though, with all the videos I do! I don’t keep YT videos on my phone, but sometimes there are so many clips for the video I’m working on that it fills up 😅 Hope this all helps! Maybe this is an upcoming video idea! 🤩

[@annochs1046]

Did you do a video on how to organize your photos on your iPhone? How to set up folders and favorites?

[@JaymaMalme]

Sure did! You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGOscnl3rtmnZ80si=dzMTOCQ88YpAyL2e

[@MotherTrece]

Just so you know, you can actually use the app away from home. The app allowed you to create the collage & save it to print later.

[@JaymaMalme]

Well that’s interesting…it required me to connect to the printer. Maybe after I do it once, it doesn’t have to be in range after the first time? Thanks for sharing.

[@ChelleStamps]

@@JaymaMalme It might just require you to connect the first time you use it?

[@ChelleStamps]

The reason I like to use the Epson apps is because if you just print a 4X6 direct to the printer, the colors are never as good as if you print it from the Epson iPrint app or the Epson Creative Print app. Maybe that's just my printer. IDK. I bought it used, so not sure if it is defective for some reason. But, it prints great out of the Epson apps. Weird. I use the Project Life app to create my collages and then print from the Epson iPrint app. It would be super pretty to color your circle with a blending brush in brown. It would look a bit like water color.

[@JaymaMalme]

That is exactly why I don’t print from my other app! I printed from the Epson app for this and it printed very nicely. Gotta say I still prefer PicFrame personally if only for the way I don’t have to start over in the albums, but I definitely see the appeal of this app. 😊 The nice thing is we have options, right?

[@hoodie427]

I use that app and have found it to be a solution to a problem I was having when printing through my computer on the PM-400 where it was cutting off the sides of my photos a good half inch... with this app, it doesn't do that. One thing you can do to minimize all the scrolling is you can select an option in the menu to "select multiple photos" - then when you go to your album, you can pick all the pictures at once. Only problem is, I'm not sure what order it will place them in, especially if you have more than just 2 pictures, and so far I haven't figured out a way for it to let you reposition photos from one cell to another.

[@JaymaMalme]

Thanks, I will try that! Definitely a perk to not have it cut off the white border. I don’t often print a border but when I do, that happens. Will keep this app in mind for that, thanks!

[@Scrappychic]

Quick question. Will you use your stash or new products from Stampin Up for your 31 days of Christmas?

[@JaymaMalme]

Both! We will often show the feature card using new products but we then show MANY examples using other products to give you an idea of what else you can use from your stash. We even often explain what types of things to look for and show other things that would work, even if we don’t have an example to show. But we do show several alternates!

[@bobbiannday5681]

Hi Jayma, I watched this video and your other one on using PicFrame. On the bottom of my photos it says PICFRAME in white on the right hand side. I did print on and it does show up on photo. What did I do wrong do you know? Thank you

[@JaymaMalme]

Hello! You need a paid version to remove the watermark. Sorry I forgot to mention that in this video, mentioned it in my previous videos! I paid a looooong time ago a one-time fee of like $3 to remove it but I think it may be a subscription now for like $2/mo.

[@bobbiannday5681]

@@JaymaMalme Ok thank you 😊

[@LoriVerhasselt]

Where will you cut the new wreath from?

[@JaymaMalme]

My Cricut 😊

[@candyclay01]

select multiple photos option if you are using the same album!

[@leslieo8062]

Select multiple photos is on the same drop down as change paper size.

[@JaymaMalme]

Thank you! I definitely need to play with this app more 😊

[@JaymaMalme]

Ok so I did the “add multiple photos” to do some 3x4’s. But it only lets me do one collage at a time. So i could only select 2 photos from that album at once but I have 4 to do. Is there a way to do all 4 as 3x4’s without having to go all the way thru finding the album again?

[@candyclay01]

@@JaymaMalme it only lets you choose multiple photos that match the spaces on your layout and so far it only works with photos from the same album.

[@leslieo8062]

@@JaymaMalme No, unfortunately. If I am scrapping Easter, for instance, I will put all my photos for Easter in an album. Then at least I only need to go to that one album and not sort through all photos on my phone or in my favorites. I then delete the Easter album from my phone when I am done scrapping those photos. I delete the album, which does not delete the photos. Hopefully that made sense.

[@aimeegill]

I signed up for 31days. Will there be a supply list ahead of time so we can shop for supplies in advance?

[@JaymaMalme]

Yay! So excited you'll be joining us! We will give an idea of a supply list, usually we post it in the private FB group. But we don't plan all of our cards very far in advance. Between all of us, there will be a LOT of different supplies used, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to purchase EVERYTHING. We give tons of ideas within each class for alternate stamps and supplies you can use for the cards and encourage you to use your stash. If you want to see the supplies I have and I gave a few hints at what I'm planning to use, you can watch my Christmas supplies unboxing here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKDOcn6bntp1gpo

[@aimeegill]

@@JaymaMalme thank you. I don’t have many Christmas supplies so I definitely need to purchase some items.