Two-page Week, Part 2

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Two-page Sketch #24

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“Winter Wonderland” by Sue Althouse

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Journaling Tag, Sticker: Cosmo Cricket (Odds & Ends); Alphabet: American Crafts, Bella Blvd.; Tools: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Sew Easy; Stamp: Technique Tuesday; Ink: Hero Arts, Creative Memories; Other: black brads, black DMC floss

I really like the sketch as it is, so my alterations are minor. Since my photos are colorful and bold, I decided to go with more muted and simple color choices for my paper.

Variation #1 - Substituted one 4x6 photo for the three smaller photos.

Variation #2 - Altered the wavy pattern and cut the strips 2" tall.

Variation #3 - Inked the striped strips with brown chalk ink.

Variation #4 - Omitted the small journaling strips.

Variation #5 - Added brads to some of the holes in my scallop strip.

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"Summer Fun at the Lake" by Christine Chain
Supplies - patterned paper: Echo Park, Little Yellow Bicycle, Technique Tuesday; journaling block: Technique Tuesday; chipboard and cardstock stickers: Bella Blvd.; letter stickers: American Crafts; pen: Slickwriter by American Crafts

Variation #1 - It's not a winter layout! Ha! So far we've had a mild winter in northern California, so there hasn't been any snow to visit. However, the wave in the sketch reminded me of water, and I had plenty of lake photos from last summer so I played with those.

Variation #2 - Since it's a summer layout, I left off the snowflakes and used some fun journaling spots and chipboard accents instead.

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"Presents Galore" by Jill Sarginson
Supplies Used - Pattern Paper: October Afternoon; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Stickers: October Afternoon; Tools: Fiskars Threading Water border punch; Floss: DMC; Alpha: Bella Blvd

Variations:

• I substituted circle embellishments for the snowflakes in the upper left corner.

• I added a matte around the entire layout.

• Because of the matte, I had to resize my photos. They are all 3.5 inches high and vary in width - the photos I wanted to use were vertical vs. horizontal so I used five on the left hand side vs. the two shown in the sketch. On the right hand side, I used two vertical photos and one horizontal photo to span the page. My large photo is 5.5 x 3.5.

• I layered my patterned paper with black cardstock
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