Sketches

Scrapbook Sketch for March 18, 2024

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I know it has been a while, but I am back to posting sketches on Mondays. I will alternate between scrapbook sketches and card sketches.  Anyone who completes the sketch AND sends me a picture to post here on the site will be entered to win a retired stamp set from me.Scrapbook sketch 03182024

You can really use the size photos you want, as there is a lot of extra room on the two pages.  I hope to have my interpretation of the sketch posted before Friday.  I can’t wait to see what you come up with!  E-mail your page to Carol@CreativelyCarol.com or text to 801-800-0884.

Single Page Scrapbook Sketch – 3 photos

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While the image to the left doesn’t have the
edges of the pages, I am sure you can figure out where the edges of the paper are.  I show three photos in this layout, how will you do yours? Do you have an opinion about the sketch? Need something else? Tell me below what kind of sketches you need, and anything else I can help with.

A Simple Card Sketch for a Quick and Easy Card

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Simple Card SketchIt’s Monday, since my focus has been on scrapbook pages, I thought today was a good day to do a card sketch.Happy Birthday, Make a wish! If you missed sending out a card for Mother’s Day, you can knock this out pretty quickly and stick it in the mail today! My example is themed Happy Birthay because my son will be 41 at the end of the week…

The card base is not outlined in this sketch, so I wanted to point out that the first two strips going from the left cover the card base completely, the third is a little shorter and is set just a bit below the base of the card. As I look at the finished card, I think edge distressing the card would have added a bit more dimension, and would point out the edge better.  See, I make errors in judgement too, often seein what I “should have done.” But you have to remember, there are no “shoulds” in papercrafting, unless you are following scoring lines to put something together. In this case, you could alter any part of this card and it would still be fine.

Here is my finished card. Please leave a comment below and tell me your thoughts on this card sketch and card.

 

Creatively, Carol

 

The Other Side of the Page

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Happy Monday!

Since today is a holiday here in the US, I hope you are doing something fun, and took lots of pictures and are here to get ideas on how to get them on the scrapbook page.  Last week I showed you the left side of the sports page for my son, Will. Today I want to share with you the companion sketch and resulting scrapbook page.  In this layout, I used a double mat to increase focus on the largest photo of the layout. I chose this picture because Will seemed to enjoy wrestling above all other sports in his school days.  He turned 40 last year and I remember him telling his nephew he could still take him on… that didn’t go so well 🙂

I chose a tag to feature the football picture from his freshman year, the only year he played high school football, and a pocket for the journaling. This is a great way to include events or stories on your pages without putting that story out there for just anyone to see.  I like to use pocket journaling when a detail might be a bit private, I still want to document the memory or thought, I just don’t need anyone else to read it, at least not at this time. Someone would have to make an effort to read the journaling, and that is not likely if someone is just flipping pages in your book.

Leave a comment below and tell me how you would use hidden journaling on your pages.

Creatively, Carol