Two-page Week, Part 1

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Two-page Sketch #19

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"Breakaway..." by Christine Chain
Supplies - patterned paper: My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket; transparency: Fancy Pants; letter stickers: American Crafts and Basic Grey; flower stickers: Basic Grey; scalloped punch: EK Success

I love this sketch! I got quite a few good sized photos on this layout, plus a ton of patterned paper. The bonus was that I had the die-cut transparency in my stash that worked perfectly with the rest of the layout.

I pretty much stuck exactly to the sketch, except I added in a few flowers that I had in my stash. I like how it added an extra pop near the journaling strips.

Here's a closer look at the details:

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"You Make Me So Very Happy" by Lynette Jacobs
Supply list - Cardstock: Bazzill; Printed papers: Echo Park (For the Record); Doilies: Maya Road; Alphas: Echo Park; Other: DMC Cotton

• My dear husband always plays the fool when I am taking photos and I have always threatened to do a layout of his "silly pics". This sketch was perfect for them.

• I kept to the sketch and replaced the striped striped with the "remember this" strip.

• I stitched around my die cut and did faux stitching on the blocks.

• I replaced the small scallops with the doilies.

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"Treasured Memories" by Carolyn Wolff
Supply List - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Papers: We R Memory Keepers, Basic Grey; Die-cut Embellishments: Imaginisce; Corrugated Hearts: Jillibean; Mini Tickets: Maya Road; Bakers Twine: Jillibean Soup; Rub-ons: Pink Paislee, My Mind’s Eye, Me & My Big Ideas; Date Stamp: Close to my Heart; Ink: Ranger; Brads: We R Memory Keepers; Buttons: Basic Grey

I love a sketch that gives me a challenge, and this one did for sure. In the end, I think it may be one of my favourite layouts.

Variation #1 – I used a horizontal photo as the main photo for my layout rather than the vertical one that is shown on the sketch. I used the 4x4 concept for the rest of the layout, but I chose to mat my photos so they ended up being a bit smaller.

Variation #2 – I used rub-ons in the place of the bracket shapes shown in the blank squares on the right page

Variation #3 – I added clusters of die-cuts and embellishments in a few different spots on my page. This added a few focal points and some dimension.

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"Two Cute" by Janette Kincaid
Supplies - Patterned Paper: Sarah Milne for Scenic Route (North Shore Sunset); Cardstock: Bazzill; Accessory Sheet: My Mind’s Eye (Ooh La La- For Him); 4x6 Transparency: My Mind’s Eye (Bohemia – You Are My Sunshine); Corrugated Kraft Alphas: Jillibean Soup; Adhesive: Helmar Scrapdots and 450 Quick Dry; Journal Pen/Marker: Zig Black; Distress Ink: Ranger (Pine Needles); Floss: DMC; Misc: olive eyelettes

I followed the sketch almost to the letter with just a few little variations:

Variation 1: The most obvious change is the left page and the location of my title – framing the top left corner of the photo with the corrugated alpha. I used a little of Ranger’s Pine Needles Distress ink to highlight the edges.

 Variation 2: I added a cluster of embellishments to the bottom left corner of the featured photo – it was one of the last things I added to the layout – it just needed something – so I repeated the eyelette and floss details from the grid on the second page and layered some of the tags from the Accessory Sheet over top.

Variation 3: The sketch called for stitching along the 4x4 grid of photos. I loved this idea but thought the stitching might take away from the photos (plus I didn’t really want to spend the time – wink!) so I added some eyelettes and threaded the floss through to create large loops of thread.

I love how it turned out! To keep the floss straight on the inside edges, I cut tiny slots/notches for the floss to sit in. I think this is my favourite part of the whole layout!!

Variation 4: I switched up the location of the plain 4x4 squares. I played around with the location of my photos and found a configuration I liked. Then I filled in the empty spaces with patterned paper and more bits from the Accessory Sheet.

A few other tid-bits:
• I used a 4x6 transparency over my featured photo. The transparency is hard to see in the images - and even looks white in the full layout image – but there is a teal coloured scroll pattern around the outside of the transparency.

 • The dots for the ‘j’ and ‘i’ in the corrugated alpha sheet make perfect circles to add more detail.

• The brown vertical strip of paper on the left page is actually the bar code/name strip from the My Mind’s Eye patterned paper. The company logo and collection name are hidden under the featured photo!
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