Penny’s Big App Challenge so far

The Kodak Big App challenge continues, with a chance to win a Kodak printer or camera. If you haven’t got on board yet, here’s a run down on how to turn your photographs into art, and maybe even prizes. And if like me you need to see some before you get inspired, I have collated some great ideas too.

In a nutshell
Take one cool snap, give it the Big App treatment via the free Big App on the Kodak site. The App will turn it into a PDF, dividing the image into as many A4 sheets as you choose. Print the PDF, then either fix it to the wall directly, or frame your creation. Kodak ink is more affordable than many other inks so you can go as big and as colourful as you want. It’s also great quality and highly smudge resistant, so perfect for little fingers.

My projects
So far I have used the Big App to remind myself to keep practising the skills I learnt on my photography course, by turning this picture into a collage above my desk. Here I am looking pleased with it:

I blew up this photo of my daughter shell hunting on the beach in Wales for her bedroom wall.

And I captured my son in the midst of his favourite activity, pirating! A little Jack Sparrow appearing out of the bushes. He loved it, even if he has moved on to being a rock star this week.

Then my husband wanted to know where his photo was. So the next one’s for him… I have some ideas. And I will remember to lose the margins when I print to make this one seamless, and stick it up straight, and perhaps even frame it to give it an even bigger wow factor.

Challenge entries

Still looking for inspiration for your entry? You have until Tuesday 22 November. Let me share some ideas I really like from the entries so far, it was impossible narrowing it down, but here goes…

I love Kate of WitWitWoo‘s Skimming Stones, moments like this encapsulate so much about the parent child bond, about growing up and learning. They totally deserve to take over a whole wall.

Again, this shot is just pure magic, and it took Rebecca of Here Come the Girls hours of manipulation to achieve (pop over and find out how she did it). I can imagine it looking absolutely amazing blown up, and Rebecca’s talking a whole 24 A4 sheets. She would easily get this many sheets, and many more, out of £10 Kodak colour cartridge. Bargain. You can’t beat fairies for capturing small people’s hearts and minds.

Mammasaurus is going to put this in her dining room. For me it is a million times better than any plaster cast or handprint kit of your baby’s hands, and so much cheaper to achieve too. Plus the colours are just awesome and it’s going to inspire more fabulous art, whilst looking every inch a piece of modern art in itself.

Although I am rubbish at minimalism in my interior design life, I can dream. I can dream of clean white flowers, blue cloudless skies and a very different, and beautifully relaxing approach from Gadget Mum. I love the way it changes my perspective, literally and mentally.

So that’s what we did with the Kodak Big App, what would you do?

All the information on the Big App Challenge you need is here.

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