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Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge - February 2010

This is a true sketch!  It’s even still in pencil - I haven’t drawn it out in pen!  I’ve just photographed my sketch for you here.  I actually sketched this one whilst sitting in the hairdresser’s chair last week.  I always take a scrapbook magazine and a pad and pencil with me… but I digress!
This [...]

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge January 2010

A really multi-photo layout sketch this month!  Please excuse the shading… the scanner was having a funny half hour!  This sketch is based on a layout by Rosemary Merry in the December 2009 (and sadly last ever) issue of Scrapbook Inspirations Magazine.
SKETCH

CHALLENGE
And so to the challenge… Hmmm… let’s try limiting supplies!  As I have moved [...]

Scrapbook Page Sketch and Challenge December 09

Another multi-photo layout sketch.  This time we have 2 photos, but the emphasis is on the journaling, the story of the page.  And it’s a pretty simple page too.
SKETCH

CHALLENGE
The challenge this month is to make a page where the emphasis is on the journaling and not the photographs.  Maybe you have something to say, but no photos to back [...]

Multi-photo scrapbook layout Disney Rain!

I am in the process of making a scrapbook about a holiday we took in 2007 to Disneyland Paris.  I realise it’s nearly 2010, but I’ll get there eventually!
I just thought I would show you this page because it is a page made using the Sketch from the September Newsletter.  I always had these pictures [...]

Adapting a Scrapbook Page Sketch to a Card Sketch

The November 09 Sketch for the Newsletter is a multi-photo Scrapbook page.  One large photo and up to 4 smaller photos (and/or blocks of embellishment).  As part of my demo at my crop last weekend I wanted to show that you can easily adapt a scrapbok page sketch into a card sketch with only a [...]

Scrapbook Page Sketch and Challenge November 09

I want to keep the Multi-Photo layout theme going, which is my intention for most of my sketches, and so here is a sketch for one large, main photo and up to three smaller photos.  You could keep this layout really simple with plain colours or pep it right up with some feature patterned paper.
And…Or… [...]

Mickey Mouse Layout - Basic Grey Challenge

I decided to join in with the Basic Grey Challenges Blog this week and so here is my interpretation of the sketch…

It’s an 8×8 scrapbook page.  I have noticed that there are mostly cards posted on the challenge blog as examples, but I scrapbooked it.  Here is the sketch…

The Red and the Grey papers are Basic [...]

October 09 Sketch & Challenge

Here is the Sketch for this month.  It’s a multi-photo (well dual-photo anyway!) scrapbook page, however I think I may use one large photo instead of 2 smaller ones when I create my page.  I made the sketch from a layout by Courtney Baker (see this blog post for her layout and links).
SKETCH

 

P.S. I don’t know [...]

September Sketch and Challenge - Birthday Issue!

This month of September marks the first birthday of the SimplyScrapbookingNow.com Newsletter, my Ezine.  So the theme for this month’s sketch and challenge is birthdays!  Get scrapbooking a birthday!
However… to keep to the usual schedule I have September’s sketch for you… another multi-photo layout ( I know that you are always looking for ways to use [...]

Scrapbooking Sketch and Challenge for August 09

Here is the Scrapbooking Sketch this month.  It’s a multi-photo layout, well it makes use of two photos at least!  If you don’t have scalloped paper, but you have a corner rounder punch (athough some corner rounders aren’t suitable) you can make your own scalloped paper… see this article.

As for this month’s Challenge… What do [...]