CHRISTMAS 2003

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Christmas-2003. sketch used: MY SKETCH WORLD

Kept the LO simple and used XR Solid/Plaid and BS Gray/red behind the pictures.

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TURTLE

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Turtle.  Sketch used:  Scrapbooks, Etc

I followed the sketch and added knotted KB Green Plaid, in place of a flourish. WH Blue/Green Reversible Grosgrain, was also used.

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READ

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 Read.  Sketch used: Aug 2009 Pagemaps.

 5 different ribbons used, all sewn on w/ zig-zag stitch.  (Ribbons: EX  Satin/Cutouts , TS antique gold, TS Champagne, BA satin center ruffle, WP chenille dot)

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SWEET PETS

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 Sweet Pets. Sketch used: 52 sketches

 WPP Green chenille dot and 337-14 olive satin were pleated, and sewn in place.

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1ST GRADE

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A center border was created with 3 different ribbons: EM Orange Net, EX37 Satin/Cutout, BS38 Solid/ Iridescent.TS antique gold and the Satin/ cutout were used as a corner embellishment.
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Scrapbook sketches can be a wonderful guide for a scrapbooker.

 
A lot of elements go into the process of scrapbooking.  You have to make a lot of decisions, and getting hung up on any of them can stop your creative juices in their tracks and turn something that should be a relaxing creative outlet into an exercise in frustration.

 
6 years ago, as a brand new scrapbookie,  I was relieved and oh so happy to discover an amazing tool called the scrapbook sketch.  A sketch showed me possibilities for picture placement, title placement, even where to put embellishments. 

 I might use  PART of a sketch, or the whole thing.  It became a blueprint, a pattern, a recipe for me to follow—or to tweak—as needed!

Of course there are still many many creative decisions to make:

• What topic will be selected (kids, pets, occupation, vacations, holidays, recipes, home, family history, babies, travel, dreams, goals, favorite things…the possibilities are endless!)

• Which pictures will be used and how many are needed to tell my story. Digital, or vintage pics, color or black and white, “photoshopping” elements, size of pictures, etc.

• Which supplies will you use?--patterned papers, embellishments, AND OF COURSE…which May Arts ribbons to use!

If you use sketches the placement is all done for you!  You can then focus on all these other creative elements.

Currently scrapbook sketches are so readily available and easy to find, they are really a scrapbooker’s friend.  Many blogs are devoted to the sketch.  This week, I decided to use some of the sketches, and demonstrate how you can follow and adapt them to create a few pages.  Of course I can’t scrapbook without my May Arts Ribbons, so they feature prominently on my pages.

Here are just a few wonderful sites that offer free scrapbook page sketches.

52 sketches - http://52sketches52weeks.com/ 

Got Sketch - http://gotsketch.blogspot.com/

Inspired Blueprints - http://inspiredblueprints.typepad.com/

My Sketch World - http://mysketchworld.blogspot.com/

Page Maps - http://www.pagemaps.com/

Pencillines - http://www.pencillines.com/

Scrapbooks etc. - http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/sketches/index.html

Scrap sketch - http://www.scrapsketch.com/

So Sketchy - http://sosketchy.blogspot.com/

Twisted sketches - http://www.twistedsketches.com/2009/08/twisted-sketch-011.html

Unscripted Sketches - http://unscriptedsketches.com/

(Or google “scrapbook sketches” and select the “IMAGE” option.  I found 572,000 in 8 seconds! )

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Blog Posted by: Leah Farrar-White

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