Hello, fellow scrapbookers! This is Kim, and I’m happy to be here on sketch day! I will let you in on a little secret. I use a sketch almost every time I scrapbook. I keep a sketch notebook to collect my sketch ideas, and I also love to try my hand at Elle’s Studio sketches. I had so much fun using the May 2021 kit and add-ons with the new sketch to tell a story about a skating outing with some of my daughter’s friends. Let’s get rolling!
This sketch has space for several photographs, journaling, embellishments, and a large three-line title on the left. The great thing about a sketch is that it can be altered to suit your needs. A sketch simply provides a road map so that you know which direction you want to go. For my take on this sketch, I didn’t change much except the scale on some items, and I chose to use an enlarged photo for my background.
Supplies | May 2021 Kit, Noted Printables, Puffy Banners and Border Stickers, Tiny Shapes and Dots Puffy Stickers – Warm Tones
I wanted to recreate the fun and bright vibe of a skating rink, and I knew the colors of this kit would do just that. Looking at my photos, however, I realized that they were full of color already, and I didn’t want my layout to be overwhelmed with too many competing hues. Therefore, I opted to make my images black and white, and to let the kit’s colors really shine. I love the result!
The title in the sketch is bold and playful, with three lines of large text divided by borders. You could use alphabet stickers here, but I opted for a digital font, which I colored to coordinate with the kit, and I used those adorable Puffy Banners and Border Stickers to embellish. I know I am going to use all of those cute stickers up too quickly!
I placed my journaling to the left of the title as it is in the sketch, and I printed it onto one of the Noted Printables.
I also kept the photo to the left of the journaling, but I scaled it down and added a border that I trimmed from one of the journaling tags in the May 2021 Kit. Here’s where it becomes important to customize a sketch and make it work for you: If I had kept the photo in the proportion shown in the sketch, it would have concealed my daughter’s face in the larger photo.
There is space for more elements below the title, or it could be two photographs. In this case, I chose to use a photo and another strip cut from a journaling tag in the May 2021 Kit, which I positioned as a border. Again using the sketch as a guide, I added finishing touches using the Puffy Banners and Border Stickers as well as the Tiny Shapes and Dots Puffy Stickers.
I challenge you to try starting with a sketch next time you make a page! I’d love to see what you do with this one and the May 2021 kit and add-ons!
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