Phone case collage ideas

10 collage ideas

1. Photo grid. Four to nine small photos in a tidy grid. Works for a trip, a year or a friend group.
2. Photo-booth strip. Three or four stacked photos in black and white, down one side.
3. Polaroid scatter. Photos with white borders at slight angles on a plain colour.
4. Ticket scrapbook. Real tickets, receipts and wristbands on a printed paper-texture background.
5. Mood board. Colours, textures and cut-out words around one favourite picture.
6. Magazine cut-outs. Words and pictures cut from magazines and glued onto a plain insert.
7. Travel map. A vintage map printed as the background, with small photos from each place.
8. Photocards. A standard photocard is about 55 × 85 mm, so one fits on most phone inserts with room for a coloured background. Check your own card’s size first.
9. Pressed flowers and photos. A cottagecore background with a dry, flat flower beside a photo.
10. Pet or kid gallery. One big photo with three small ones below, all in the same colour tone.

How to make a collage insert

1. Get the size. Open the insert maker and choose your phone, or look up the size on the size table.
2. Pick the route. For a printed collage, combine your photos into a single picture in any photo or collage app, using a tall shape close to your phone (about 1 wide to 2 high). Then upload it in the photo insert maker. For a paper collage, print a plain or patterned design and glue things on top.
3. Print at 100%. How to print at true size. Use photo paper for photos.
4. Cut and test. Cut the outline and the camera window, slide it behind the case and check nothing important is hidden.

Tips for a collage that works

• Keep faces and key details out of the camera corner. The maker shows the camera window while you place a photo.
• Use one colour theme or one filter on every photo. Mixed styles look messy at phone size.
• If you glue real items, keep them thin and flat. Anything thick makes the case bulge.
• Use a glue stick, not wet glue, so the paper does not wrinkle.
• Make a second copy of the base print. If a glued collage goes wrong, you can start again.

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