S/O - Changing 12x12 paper to 8.5x11

[ESNQueen]

When you've got a paper that's definitely got to be 12x12 to look right, do you try to adapt it to a rectangle, or just skip it and move on? There are a lot of papers that I can just cut my rectangle out of, but things with grungy borders or some kinds of patterns just don't work well that way. And resizing squishes the border and makes it look strange. I've already tried going 11x11 and working from there but I just can't make some of them work.

So, do you just give up and find a paper that does work, or is there a magic way to do it that I just can't think of?

[cats4jan]

How about using that paper for a top layer - like a edge or a ripped page - use the grungy edge about a third of away over. That way you won't have to give up using the paper all together.

[Kathryn Balint]

I am a designer who designs 12 by 12 papers but scraps in 10" by 8" size. I know what you're talking about. What I do when I encounter paper with a grungy border that is supposed to be 12 by 12 is cut out the middle using a feathered edge selection. Then I carefully put it back together. After the two pieces are together, I'll merge them, then use a clone tool to cover up any obvious places where they come together. One of my biggest challenges was taking apart Corina Nielsen's 12" by 12" printer drawers and putting them together in my size to use.

[LoLo]

Awesome tip Kathryn!!!