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Scrapidees Sketch Blog

I was asked to create a sketch for the Scrapidees Sketch blog. Their blog is full of inspiration. Their team is amazing!

I have a really hard time when I'm asked to guest design because I never think I'm good enough. I tend to put a lot of pressure on myself when I commit to doing them, which is why I never seek out guest design gigs. When someone seeks me out, I'm always a little amazed. I loved this blog when I took a look and I'm so glad I commited.

I'm realtively new to creating sketches. I'm a hacker in photoshop and it's my understanding I do sketches backward, in that I create my layout, then do the sketch. I don't think I would be a very good digi sketch designer because I can't look at that blank white canvas and visualize a sketch from scratch. So, I cheat, apparently, but it works for me. Here is the sketch:

 

And here is the layout I created:

I like to use themey products in non-themey ways. This is the Holiday Collection from Girls' Paperie (sniff, sniff) and I thought the colors in the background would really help the photos pop off the page. These two are always joking around when we take family photos and those photos are always my favorites.

Thanks to the Scrapidees team for having me this month!

Lori

 

 

Some Layouts to Share...

We have just returned from vacation. We went to visit the Grandparents and hang out on the lake. My Father-in-law lives in a cottage on a small lake and it's wonderful. This year, the boat wasn't working, so no water skiing or tubing for the boys, but they did go sailing and rafting and had a blast. I'm processing pictures and will upload a bunch soon.

Creative Imaginations June layout sketch challenge is quickly coming to an end. This is my take on the sketch.

   

I used the new Christine Adoph Boho Collection. It's a baby collection, but it is super versatile. The backside of all the papers are non-babyish, so they can be used in any way you can dream up if you. I still have baby pages to scrapbook, and I'm thrilled to be able to use this line for that, too.

On this layout, I wanted to scrapbook my son's T ball experience. He really enjoyed playing this year. It was his first time playing and he wants to play next year, too. He wants to move up and be pitched to, so it will be interesting. Baseball is a huge commitment. I had no idea, but we did enjoy it. On this layout I used Crate Paper and October Afternoon.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lori

June Card Sketch

Creative Imaginations June card sketch is up. It's a cute one, too! The winner this month will receive a prize package worth over $25. If you like the sketch and want to participate, simply create a card using CI products and post it to the gallery. The winner is picked at the beginning of July and announced on the blog. 

I was able to make a card this month and I chose to use the new Christine Adolph Boho Boy and Girl lines. There are several designers from CI that I'm a tad bit obsessed with and Christine is one of those. Before I was on the team, I purchased almost everything she came out with. I love her artsy style.

The Boho line is a baby line, but I'm using it in an upcoming class for a non-baby theme. The reverse side of every paper is non-themey and oh so lovely. 

For the card, I did use the Boho line as intended, by creating a baby card. Welcome to the world baby!

 

I love the punch of orange in the lines. It's an unexpected twist and makes the line really versatile. I know I say that a lot, but really once you've used any line in a way other than it was intended, it's pretty easy to use any line that way.

Have a wonderful day!

Crate Paper Card Sketch

This week on the Crate Paper blog cards have been the big feature. Yesterday, a card sketch challenge was posted and there are two collections up for grabs. The sketch is really adorable and below is my take on it.

 

I used the Pink Plum collection to create this card. I love pink, orange and brown. They are happy colors to me. To create the petal effect, I cut the scallops off the scallop die cut paper, inked them, curled them, then adhered them to the edge of my circle. You could, also, punch out circles and cut them in half, if you didn't want to use the die cut paper.

This is a fun challenge if you love making cards. It's definitely worth trying.

Sketches, Sketches, Get Your Sketches

Creative Imaginations started monthly sketch contests in January. It's been wonderful to see everyone's take on the sketches in the gallery. One super, cool thing that Creative Imaginations is, also, doing is giving away prizes to the winners. And, to appeal to more of us, they are running not one but two sketch contests each month; a card sketch contest and a layout sketch contest.

This month's layout sketch can be found here. The sketch is wonderful! Even better the prize is $50 worth of CI products AND a blog feature!

This month's card sketch can be found here. There is a prize package for this, too.

So, what are you waiting for? Get thee to CI and play along!

Last month, I did an example for both the card sketch and the layout sketch. For the layout, I used some pictures of my youngest playing in a Spring rain storm. He refused to wear a hood, but insisted on his dinosaur rain boots, so I went with a little humor. The journaling reads "Real men do not wear hoods in the rain, but they do wear dinosaur rain boots". I used the Real Wood for the background and sprayed it with Luminarte, which will be in stores very soon! I, also, used a bunch of Petaloo's fun glitter flowers and their glitter paper.

For the card sketch, I just did a simple "hey" card. I love having these simple cards around to send out for no other reason than to say "Hey!".

If you love sketches, I highly recommend checking into CI's sketch contests each month.

Thanks for the feedback on what you love to see on blogs. I've got my thinking cap on.