## Choose by layout burden
Compare motif scale, background value, color concentration, edge crop, overlay quiet area, and layer-stacking burden before choosing by a Mediterranean-like, Amalfi-lemon-like, or terracotta-rainbow-like label.
## Compare the exact active packs
The [Mediterranean-coastal-like eighteen-paper pack](/products/35-mediterranean-coastal-digital-scrapbook-paper-18-pack) is $5.99. The [Amalfi-lemon-like pack](/products/80-amalfi-lemon-mediterranean-digital-scrapbook-paper-18-coastal-patterns) and [terracotta-rainbow-like pack](/products/81-terracotta-boho-rainbow-digital-scrapbook-paper-18-earthy-patterns) are $4.97 each. Prices and availability can change.
## Verify eighteen distinct papers
Each approved package records eighteen distinct JPG papers at 3600×3600 pixels and 300 DPI. Hash checks confirm eighteen distinct customer images per product.
## Verify archive structure
Products 35 and 80 split the eighteen JPGs across two ZIP archives; product 81 uses one ZIP. Each ZIP also contains a README, and every package supplies a separate illustrated guide PDF.
## Confirm the warning state
The three approved packages currently record no warnings. That is evidence about the inspected files, not a promise about software, printing, materials, crop, layering, or results.
## Keep customer and preview files separate
Use the customer ZIPs and JPGs for projects. Listing galleries, styled pages, device scenes, paper mockups, and physical props are previews, not customer files, shipped materials, scale evidence, or output evidence.
## Confirm digital-only delivery
No physical paper, print, frame, ink, printer, cutter, mat, adhesive, tool, packaging, or shipment is included.
## Treat each file as finite paper
The supplied JPGs are complete square papers. Do not assume seamless repeat behavior unless the exact product and file provide explicit repeat evidence.
## Measure motif count
Count major and minor visible forms inside one consistent square area. Record the threshold so dense and sparse pages are compared consistently.
## Measure motif scale
Record the width and height of representative large, median, and small motifs relative to the 3600-pixel canvas and the intended crop.
## Measure background value
Sample the lightest, median, and darkest broad background areas. Use those observations to plan overlays without promising mood, accessibility, or exact output.
## Measure color concentration
Estimate how much of the canvas is occupied by the strongest saturated or contrasting forms. Recheck after crop and layer placement.
## Inspect edge crop
Mark motifs meeting or approaching each edge. A portrait, landscape, label, or card crop can remove a form or create an abrupt fragment.
## Find overlay quiet areas
Locate relatively low-detail areas large enough for the actual text, photograph, label, or embellishment. Recheck at final size rather than using a thumbnail.
## Test text overlay
Place the real text at intended size, weight, and line breaks over light, medium, and dark candidate areas. Add a tested panel only when needed.
## Test image overlay
Place the actual photograph or illustration above the paper. Inspect subject-edge separation, masking, shadows, color competition, and crop.
## Count layer stacking burden
Count backgrounds, masks, photos, labels, text, panels, shadows, and adjustment layers needed for a usable composition. More corrective layers increase revision burden.
## Use non-destructive crops
Duplicate or mask a working copy for square, portrait, and landscape crops. Preserve the untouched customer JPG.
## Test rotation
Rotate a working copy in quarter turns and inspect directional forms, shadows, balance, and trim edges. Do not overwrite the original.
## Check export dimensions
Record the working canvas and exported pixel dimensions. Reopen the export and confirm size, color mode, crop, compression, and visible layers.
## Proof the densest page
Choose the page with the highest measured motif density and test text, image, crop, edge activity, and print coverage at intended scale.
## Proof the sparsest page
Choose the page with the broadest quiet area and verify that it remains usable after the exact crop, overlay, and export.
## Proof the darkest field
Test the largest dark region for shadow separation, ink coverage, banding, paper response, and overlay contrast.
## Proof the palest separation
Test the weakest light-to-light boundary on intended paper. A bright display is not proof that the printed boundary survives.
## Proof the smallest motif
Choose the smallest recognition-dependent cue and inspect it after crop, scale, compression, printing, and viewing distance.
## Correct one measured variable
When a proof fails, name the crop, overlay position, panel opacity, text weight, scale, export size, compression, paper, or print setting and change one variable.
## Reopen the project
Close and reopen the working document and export. Verify product, paper number, source dimensions, crop, rotation, layer order, opacity, overlay identity, export dimensions, and revision.
## Archive and restore
Retain the original ZIPs, eighteen JPGs, READMEs, illustrated guide, working files, exports, proofs, and notes. Restore to a temporary location and verify counts, hashes, pixels, DPI, and revision.
## Use the paper-format guide
The [digital-paper and seamless-pattern guide](/blog/how-to-choose-digital-scrapbook-paper-or-seamless-pattern-files) explains finite-page and repeat-edge differences.
## Compare palette and motif scale
The [palette-contrast and motif-scale guide](/blog/choose-digital-scrapbook-paper-by-palette-contrast-and-motif-scale) adds crop, overlay, and proof checks.
## Compare adjacent Mediterranean and boho evidence
The [Mediterranean-versus-boho guide](/blog/mediterranean-boho-digital-paper-motif-scale-background-value-layering) and [four-paper palette guide](/blog/mediterranean-boho-rainbow-terracotta-digital-paper-palette-motif-scale) provide broader comparisons.
## Plan overlay and repeat boundaries
The [paper-versus-tiles overlay guide](/blog/mediterranean-papers-retro-fruit-tiles-page-seam-text-overlay) and [finite-paper preflight](/blog/finite-digital-paper-celestial-tiles-page-crop-repeat-overlay-preflight) help separate page crop from seamless repetition.
## Protect privacy and license boundaries
Remove names, addresses, private photographs, order details, QR codes, device identifiers, and collaboration links from shared evidence. Confirm the current license before sharing, transfer, resale, redistribution, upload, or modification.
## Keep labels descriptive
Mediterranean-like, coastal-like, Amalfi-like, lemon-like, boho-like, terracotta-like, earthy-like, and rainbow-like describe visible directions only. They do not establish geography, culture, food, material, artist, handmade process, origin, or provenance.
## Reject unsupported promises
These papers do not promise software or device compatibility, accessibility, exact color, print quality, seamless repetition, material behavior, durability, decor results, or commercial results.
## Follow manufacturer-led safety
Follow current software, device, printer, ink, paper, cutter, blade, mat, adhesive, electrical, tool, ventilation, PPE, cleanup, and disposal instructions from manufacturers and qualified professionals.
## Expect result variation
Screen, software, crop, scaling, rotation, layers, export, compression, printer, ink, paper, coating, light, environment, and operator choices can change color, detail, fit, and output.
## Final buyer checklist
Confirm eighteen papers, ZIP and README counts, illustrated guide, distinct hashes, 3600×3600 pixels, 300 DPI, warnings, prices, active destinations, customer/preview separation, motif count and scale, value, color concentration, edge crop, overlay space, stacking, export, proofs, correction, reopen, restore, license, privacy, safety, descriptive limits, and variation.