Sketch Thursday : 6.2.11

Thanks to the short work week here in the United States, it’s hard to believe that it’s already Thursday and time for another sketch!  From the first moment I saw this layout from Design Team member Mandie Pierce  I was smitten.  I still haven’t quite put my finger on why.  Perhaps it’s the eye catching blue polka dot patterned paper.  Or that fabulous scripty font she used for her title.  Or her strategic placement of embellishements.  And then of course there’s the adorable little boy featured as the layout’s subject.

This week’s sketch features two photos, one horizontal and one vertical.  The photo placement gives you the perfect opportunity to tuck your journaling in between them.  The strength of this sketch is the placement of embellishments.  There’s plenty of room to adorn your layout as you’d like this week!

I used this week’s sketch as inspiration for photo arrangement – although I flipped the arrangement so it worked better with the photos I selected – and patterned paper placement.  I also let the sketch be my guide as to where I placed embellishments although I did stray a bit.  The only real difference between the sketch in my layout is that I moved the location of my title.

Elle’s Studio products used : Handmade Layers Blank Pennants, Handmade Layers Circle Tags, Vintage Baby Flashcards – Pink and  Handmade Layers 3″ Circle Tags.

Other product used : Studio Calico’s Lawn Party kit.

Design Team member Jennifer Chapin created this multi-layered layout based on this week’s sketch.  She chose to highlight two vertical photos instead of utilizing a horizontal photo but her layout is balanced by the large patterned paper block holding her title work.   

Although I chose her layout as the inspiration for this week’s sketch, Mandie was able to create a second layout that looks nothing like her original.  Don’t you just love that about sketches?  Her second layout still utilizes two photos and many embellishments but you’d never guess they were inspired by the same sketch.

Design Team member Rebecca Keppel followed the sketch closely.  Ironically, she also chose to ultilize polka dot patterned paper as in Mandie’s original layout to make her layout shine!  Did you also notice that Jennifer, Mandie and Rebecca all used stick pins with an ES tag to create a banner style embellishment?  Clever girls!

Last but not least, Design Team member Melissa Mann went with a literal interpretation of the sketch.  She flipped her photo arrangement from the sketch but otherwise stayed true to the original design.  I love that the tags along the edges of the patterned paper draw your eye around the entire design.

corrie said…

Corrie, please e-mail me the following information to : melanie [at] shopellesstudio [dot] com  by 6.7.11 and I’ll get you your gift certificate!

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