January 2010 Sketch challenge

[tulip918]

It's hard to believe that we are starting a brand new year. I hope that you are truly blessed in 2010. I hope you have been enjoying these sketch challenges.

I have posted this month's sketch below. Once again, the sketch is from Becky Fleck of Pagemaps (http://www.pagemaps.com). She is an incredibly talented sketch artist, be sure to check out her site for more inspiration.

Chris has created a few cutter files to help us in completing this project.

The only rule for this challenge is to use the sketch to create..... That's all. Super easy!

[tulip918]

Your cutter files are attached.

[rsmobley85]

Oh My!

I love this, and you know, I took the next 2 months off to work on Wedding stuff.

Dont pass out y'all, but if I do this layout, in wedding paper for the album, that counts as wedding stuff right, LOL.

I think I might just try and do it, I haven't done a layout in a few years. Wish me luck on this one, It should be easy with the file Chris provided. Thanks Chris.

Have to work on it when she is as work so its a surprise.

And you know, I love Becky Fleck sketches, when I started scrapbooking I thought I was going to be a scrapper so printed out over 600 of her maps and make a book, but them went and printed all the tags and cards and I do those now. So this is perfect.


Sharon

[aussie_caz]

great choice Rosalie! Thanks for the files Chris!

[scramper75]

Ooooo this looks like an awesome Sketch, will have to see if I have time to play.

[ChrisDurnan]

The little circles are tight cuts. I test cut out of thin paper so keep that in mind, but I really liked the multi photo box and thought it would be good for just the Christmas past photos because everyone usually has many of those. and/or good for the front of a valentine day card if you could rig it and put pictures in the front of your loved one. or of the places you "love" together and replace the circles with hearts. just ideas... :-)

Thank you Rosalie for hosting again!

[Games]

Looks like a good sketch to me. :D

[tulip918]

Wedding photos would be really cute...Oh My!

I love this, and you know, I took the next 2 months off to work on Wedding stuff.

Dont pass out y'all, but if I do this layout, in wedding paper for the album, that counts as wedding stuff right, LOL.

I think I might just try and do it, I haven't done a layout in a few years. Wish me luck on this one, It should be easy with the file Chris provided. Thanks Chris.

Have to work on it when she is as work so its a surprise.

And you know, I love Becky Fleck sketches, when I started scrapbooking I thought I was going to be a scrapper so printed out over 600 of her maps and make a book, but them went and printed all the tags and cards and I do those now. So this is perfect.


Sharon

[tulip918]

You are very welcome, it keeps me scrapping as well. I was even thinking how easy it would be to rotate this layout and use vertical photos. Lots of room for a really big cut, embellished title.... Super flexible sketch. Great choice. The little circles are tight cuts. I test cut out of thin paper so keep that in mind, but I really liked the multi photo box and thought it would be good for just the Christmas past photos because everyone usually has many of those. and/or good for the front of a valentine day card if you could rig it and put pictures in the front of your loved one. or of the places you "love" together and replace the circles with hearts. just ideas... :-)

Thank you Rosalie for hosting again!

[rsmobley85]

Im thinking this would work good for maybe the reception page, always a lot of pictures for that.

Im cleaning today so I can work on this tomorrow.

Sharon

[Sandra from NC]

Count me in! Love the sketch challenges.

[tulip918]

I had a little time today and could not decided how to use it. So, I decided to try and accomplish several things at once.
1. Get a sample made for the January sketch - Completed
2. Finish my mom's 2010 Calendar - only 2 months to go. Maybe if I wait, I won't have to complete January's page.... ;)
3. Figure out how to import some of Chris's files to Photoshop elements. - done.
4. Grow my digital skills- making progress.

This is multi-tasking to the extreme. :D

Here's my sample and the photoshop template I made with the sketch. I am still learning, so any thoughts on the template would be great.

I am having a little trouble getting the psd file to upload. I will try it again later.
Rosalie

[rsmobley85]

Looks Awesome to me.

You did a great job on that.

Im so behind on that digital thing, if I ever get caught up on stuff, I want to try it.

Thanks for posting.

Im slowly getting to this sketch, We have all month right?

Sharon

[ChrisDurnan]

zip the psd file. I don't think I have psd as an option cause the files are so huge. Do you have the different colors on layers. I always find that most helpful when it comes to the gray layouts. just thoughts. :-)

Looooks awesome!

[tulip918]

The PSD zipped is 2.13 MB. Everytime I try to upload it, the site gives me a database error.

[aussie_caz]

You might have to upload the zip to a file hosting site, like Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com) or 4Shared (http://www.4shared.com) and then provide the link here.

Looks great !

[Games]

Looks great. And it is to big for the forum. I suggest using the same sites Caz said. Then just post the link. Your template looks great to me. ;) Awesome multi-tasking today. Hoping to do some Sunday.

[gadgetgrl]

LOVE the template..

Way to go Great Job!!!!

[gadgetgrl]

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu117/gadgetgrltekkie/ASquirrelsGottaDoWEB.jpg

Here is the one I did using AussieCaz designs paper and ribbon and the AI files from this challenge. Great job ladies.. Loved working with everything..
Enjoy!

[rsmobley85]

Oh My Gosh! That is too cute.

I miss all our squirrels. We moved, and in 3 years. only see one here.

I am so amazed at how these files can be used for digital, One day I will figure it out. Just need to find more time in a day.

Thanks for sharing.

Sharon

[gadgetgrl]

Thanks Sharon.. We have a TON of squirrels here as well as birds. So I take a Lot of nature type photos..

[ChrisDurnan]

cute!! cute i miss watching squirrels

[Games]

Great LO. Cute little squirrel. :)

[Games]

This uses Chris' files for the January sketch challenge along with Crystal's (Little Creations by Crustal) LC0001 Pigeon Forge File. Great Sketch and file Ladies. Thanks!

My LO (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=56&pictureid=466)

The Starts are also Crystal's little star but blown up bigger. They are made of gold mirror board. Photo isn't shiny but they are in person.

[rsmobley85]

Ginger, that layout turned out adorable. Great Job.
Love the torn paper.

Sharon

[ChrisDurnan]

That came out super cute! Great job!

[aussie_caz]

great layout! I really like the paper you have used and torn :)

[ewoobenjamin]

Really nice LO Ginger.
Esther W-B

[Games]

Thanks Ladies. Don't look close at that paper, the map is not the USA. Oh well I thought I grabbed the US states one, oops. :o

[gadgetgrl]

Great job Ginger I Love it!!

[paminsd]

GREAT layout!
Pam in SD

[bzyPTmom28]

Tina--love the squirrels--I miss seeing them around, none here in
AZ! Ginger, love the LO--papers and photos-looks great!

[aussie_caz]

Here is mine for this challenge. I have used Tina's freebie "1800Mom" for this layout, it was perfect!. I have also used Chris's files as supplied for the challenge.

1800 Call Mum (http://visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=26&pictureid=494)

cheers, caz

[rsmobley85]

Caz! That is too Sweet! I love the how you used staggered pictures of her face for the frames. Cool Idea.

Sharon

[Games]

Love that photo! ;)

[scramper75]

great LO Caz, i love those papers.

[scramper75]

I am sooo excited. I stayed away from crackbook and managed to complete a LO. What is so exciting is I have done two LOs in two days and completed two challenges. Now I only have one more challenge to complete for PT and I am done. Hope to get to that one tomorrow. Yipppeee.

Anyway, attached is the LO and I used Darcys girly girl file and the notebook page from the sketch file. I love the way it turned out.

[rsmobley85]

Great Job! You go girl!

Okay, I need to get off of this forum so I can finish my layout for this challenge and try and add my challenge to it to do both. LOL!

Back in a bit.

Sharon

[paminsd]

Wonderful layouts girls. I really need to get busy and make mine soon.
Pam in SD

[scramper75]

Thanks ladies. I am so glad to be scrapbooking more and not being a collector of supplies.

[aussie_caz]

great layout Elizabeth! very "retro" feel to it! :)

[ewoobenjamin]

Great LO Elizabeth, love all the colors.
Esther W-B

[rsmobley85]

Woo Hoo! I finally finished my first layout in almost 2 years.

I never would of made it with out this great sketch (Becky Fleck sketches are my favorite) and Chris's awesome file. This now gives me the ideas to do some more of these sketches and make some files to get the album done.

I altered the Note book paper file a little and made it a closed spine, made 2 of them, one smaller then the other, then used ribbon to lace the spine to make it 2 pages for journaling.

I also made several of the embellishments and cut one in half and glued to the front and one to the back then together, to make it a decorative tab for the first page. With a half pearl in the center.

I made a few extra in different sized, and matted them with pop dots.

The back paper is really shinny from DCWV Luxury pack, and Bazzill, and Bazzill Bling in glass slipper. Because the paper is shinny, I couldnt use the flash, so the pics are a little dark.

I also used my file for my weekly challenge this week, Using my knk to cut the file, and used Justrite stampers wedding ensemble to stamp it. I have info on how I did that on my blog.

I love how this turned out, cant wait for the for next months sketch challenge.

Sharon

[aussie_caz]

Sharon, your layout is stunning! I love the colours you have used, so elegant, perfect for the Wedding!

[ChrisDurnan]

Wow Sharon those are awesome!!!

[scramper75]

Great LO Sharon, very impressed with it being your first one in two years. Love the colors.

[tulip918]

Sharon, Those are really pretty, Nice to see you out of the cardmaking / designing world! You are welcome to join the layout world anytime. Every 2 years in not frequent enough! :D Thanks for sharing. Rosalie

[rsmobley85]

Thanks every one. It actually felt good to get some thing completed. I have a hard time working with pictures. So with these not having any, I just might be able to get it done.

My daughter loved it, Which is a good thing, That girl is so picky. I fell in love with that DCWV luxury pack, the papers all have a shimmer to them, and the colors are pretty muted. The stack has 4 colors. Blue and White, Pink and White, Brown and cream and Sage and Cream. So I bought 2, and just took out the Pinks and Blues. So I have plenty of pages to do the whole album.

Now have to find a really nice album to put them in, right now, they are in page sleeves.

Sharon

[paminsd]

BEAUTIFUL, love it.
Pam in SD

[Games]

Both Elizabeth and Sharon have done wonderful pages. Love them! :)

[scramper75]

Thanks Ginger.

[luv2bmamaw]

WOW! These LO's are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing! =)

[Sandra from NC]

Both layouts are awesome! I finally have an idea for this challenge :D.

[Rockin Robin]

How long do we have to complete this challenge? I should have asked before I downloaded it. Hope I can live up to the challenge...being time challenged as I am!! I am not a scrapbooker by the way!!! I need to be though, as my pics are not happy in their shoe boxes!! Hugs, Rockin Robin Caldwell

[Games]

Robin, The end of January. :) Get busy!

[tulip918]

Robin,

We are not really strict with our deadlines. Our goal is to get you scrapping and using your cutter more. We will be posting a new sketch in early Feb.
I hope you do participate.

Rosalie

[rsmobley85]

That's good to know Rosalie,

I plan to go download all the past sketches, to use to get my DD Wedding album done. They will help me a ton.

Sharon

[Sandra from NC]

Here's mine. I also posted it on the CT Blog.

Files used:
VDC January Challenge file;
VDC Paint Diva (CD00350), I cut the Paint part off.;
Sam and Hailey Designs "Itty Bitty Christmas" (JB00241) found at PaperThreads.com

That is my niece. She is modeling a neck scarf my mom gave her - lol. She is a ham.

I plan to journal on the blank piece of pink. can't decide if I want to make that whole part solid pink or just take off the word piece. The word piece just seems out of place.

[paminsd]

Love the colors, great layout Sandra.
Pam in SD

[ewoobenjamin]

Very cute Sandra.
Esther W-B

[aussie_caz]

great layout Sandra!

[ChrisDurnan]

Nice Sandra I like the pink and black together!!

[rsmobley85]

Beautiful layout Sandra, Love the colors.

Im really liking this layout challenge more and more. I did one 2pg layout and want to do some more now.

Sharon

[aprilpzzl]

Oh, I love the photos of the squirrels! Great page! Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration.

April :D

[Games]

Love it Sandra! So fun!:)

[paminsd]

Here's my layout for the challenge. I really like it. Used Bo Bunny papers.
Pam in SD

[aussie_caz]

So pretty Pam, love the colours!

[rsmobley85]

Beautiful Layout, I like the Bo Bunny paper.

Sharon

[Games]

Another fine job Pam. :)

[scramper75]

great LOs ladies.

[paminsd]

Thanks everyone.
Pam in SD

[Rockin Robin]

Love it!!! Very creative. I need to start scrapbooking. Rubber stamping, I can do!! Scrapbooking??? Not so much, yet. I need to get some books or something to get me going. Hisses, Rockin Robin Caldwell

[ChrisDurnan]

Robin just start with the sketch challenges. By the end of the year you'll have about 12 done. or you can challenge yourself to do a spread (2 pages)..

They don't have to look like the sketch. jsut to get you ya in there!
Enjoy!
Chris

[Games]

I agree, Robin start with the sketches. You can get scrapbooking magazines at the grocery store. I grabbed one and now I have a subscription to it. ;)

[Sandra from NC]

Pam - I love your layout! Love the colors too.

[lisaavolio]

Here's the link to my page:
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=42&pictureid=539

I used the notebook paper from the challenge file, plus CD00499 Wedding Words 2 for the "Smiles" title, and baby feet circles from the Cricut "New Arrival" cartridge.

The printed paper is from a package I got from Chris as a prize for one of the Anniversary challenges. Since it's only 8x8", but I was determined to use it anyway, I had to cut diagonal strips from the centers of 2 different sheets to get the 2" wide border.

Lisa

[aussie_caz]

Lisa... that is too too cute! love the colours you have used as well!

[ChrisDurnan]

Sooooo cute!!!! glad you got to use the paper!

[rsmobley85]

beautiful layout, love the little feet circles.

Sharon

[Games]

Adorable! Love the colors as well. ;)

[Sandra from NC]

Ahhh that is so cute!