"Meet the Creative Team" Blog Hop

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Welcome to our "Meet the Creative Team" blog hop!

What better way for our readers to learn a little about our Creative Team than with a blog hop! I've had the opportunity to get to know these girls beyond their scrapbooking talents and I just don't know if it's possible to have a better group of women. I am so thankful for all the time and effort that they all put into Sketch Support. I'm also excited that you'll get to know them a little better with this hop!

Of course we are going to do the blog hop in Sketch Support style. We've got:

• a new sketch (a sneak peek from our new Sketches for Scrapbooking: One-page Sketches, Vol. 2)
• lots of different examples of how to use the sketch
• and lots of giveaways

Here's how the blog hop will work:

At the bottom of this post you will find links to each of the Creative Team member's blogs. You can jump around if you like but we recommend starting at the first on the list and at the end of her post you can click the link and "hop" to the next blog.

Along the way you'll find projects based on our new sketch, One-Page Sketch #20

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the one-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar. 

You'll also find some giveaways as you travel along to each blog. To be eligible for those you'll have to visit their blog and read their requirements. And, of course, we have to do a giveaway here at Sketch Support too! Our favorite giveaway is:

"The Ultimate Scrapbook Generation Kit Club Sampler" 

The winner of this giveaway will receive:

• Super Sketch Club kit - includes the materials and sketches to make five two-page layouts.

• Boy Crazy kit - includes the materials to create a two-page boy themed layout with a sketch.

• Girl Crazy kit - includes the materials to create a two-page girl themed layout with a sketch.

• Generation Page kit - includes the materials to create a two-page layout with a color photo of the layout and directions.

• Hall of Fame Page kit - includes the materials to create a two-page layout with a color photo of the layout and directions.

• Generation Card kit - includes the materials to create four cards with color photos of the cards, directions, and a cutting guide.

To sum it up that's seven sketches and the materials to make nine two-page layouts and four cards!

And not to sound too much like an infomercial but, that's not all! We're also going to throw in a copy of our two newest sketch books:

• Sketches for Scrapbooking: Travel Sketches

• Sketches for Scrapbooking: One-page Sketches, Vol. 2

To be eligible for "The Ultimate Scrapbook Generation Kit Club Sampler" and books you have to leave a comment at each Creative Team member's blog/post along the hop. After you do that, come back here and let us know in the comments on this post.

It's time to get to hoppin'! We are actually starting off the first post in the hop here at Sketch Support. The link to Penny's post will take you to the post below this one. You'll be able to follow the rest of the hop from there! Have fun!

Penny Grimsley

Andrea Friebus

Megan Bickers
Janette Kincaid

Christy Arthur

Suzanna Lee

Michele Edwards

Sue Althouse
Virginia Nebel

Ashley Horton

Jill Sarginson

Cherie Nymeyer

Katrina Hunt

Noey Hunt

Christine Chain

Lynette Jacobs
Melissa Bell

Jennifer Larson

Allison Davis

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Two-page Sketch #22

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You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the two-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

 Photo possibilities:

• use a 4 x 6 photo in place of a 4 x 4 and adjust the papers as needed
• use four 2 x 2 photos in place of a 4 x 4
• use four vertical 4 x 6 photos and adjust papers as needed
• use four 3 x 3 photos
• use one vertical 4 x 6 in place of one of the middle 4 x 4 photos

Check back tomorrow for Two-page Week!
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One-Page Week, Part 5 and more bonus sketches

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One-Page Sketch #9

 

 You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the one-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

"My Sweet Little Dreamer" by Amy Roller

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill, Stampin Up!; Pattern paper: Pebbles; Stamps: Papertrey Ink; Ink: Stampin UP!; Letters: Making Memories, Prima, Basic Grey; Chipboard: Maya Road; Metal embellishments: Lil' Davis Designs, unknown; Thread, Rhinestones: Close To My Heart; Border punch: Martha Stewart; Circle border: We R Memory Keepers; Cross stitch: made by Alma Benfield

I decided to make the one-page sketch into a two-page layout this time around. I followed the sketch pretty close, I just continued the wavy line, and strips across the page. I did add an extra strip of a glittered circle border across the page.

 I added 1" cardstock circles behind it of the same color as the border strip across the top of the page to tie the two together. The strip across the top was made wider than the sketch because I used a border punch across it and then stitched part of the strip to help bring a touch of white to the top as well. It felt more balanced to me.

I used different sizes of pictures and had more due to changing from 1 to 2 pages but I kept them along the same placements and also added a cross stitch my grandma did for him. It was a good way to preserve it.

I also added several more embellishments up the right side to help fill in the area.

I made the title out of chipboard letters and had it stretch across both pages and added a cluster of embellishments and words at the end.

The letters I used were the wrong color so I inked them to make them match and then drew a line around the edges to make them standout. Because I used a larger title, I moved my journaling up next to one of the photos which helped fill in the white space on the photograph as well.

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"Sweet Boys" by Shari Thurman
Supply List - Pattern Paper: Crate; Foam Alphabets: American Crafts; 3D adhesive: Thermoweb; Tools: punches by EK success and Creative Memories; Other: buttons, cardstock, pens, machine stitching

The most noticeable of all the changes I made to this weeks sketch was stretching it to a two-page layout. I extended the curve and stretched the background.

I then relocated the title to the top left, detailing the letters with a pen creating faux stitching .

I moved my photos down a bit and matted them on a coordinating color of cardstock and zigzag stitched around them for interest.

For my embellishments, I created stitched stars as shown on the sketch. I inked and layered 3 cirles, a stitched star and a button threaded with twine. I used 3D adhesive between them for dimension.

To finish the layout, I added my journaling strips to the page on the right and added extra stitching around the layout.

"The boys had fun crawling around on the hay bales at my parents farm for these fall pictures. I love the pretty sky full of clouds. I'm so glad my sweet boys can experience being on a farm, even if it's just for a visit. Fall 2010"

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"Flying High" by Allison Davis
Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Alphabets: Prima (flying) and American Crafts (high); Stickers: My Mind's Eye; Memory Thread: DMC

Variation #1 - A lot of times using a one-page sketch for a two-page layout is a breeze because you can just continue the design onto the second page. With this sketch, while you can continue or "stretch" the design of the papers across the page the photos might not exactly work that way. Because the title and journaling are below the photos on the left page, chances are those two elements aren't going to stretch across to the right page. (Of course it can, especially if you have a need for more journaling space.) The problem with the title and journaling absent from the right page is it will leave you with a gap on between the photos and the striped strip. This is one of those that you might have to come up with your own photo design to help fill in that gap.

It's not a big hurdle at all, it's just finding a way to make the photos you want to use work with the design of the papers. I went for a super easy, (one of my favorite no fail solutions) and created a rectangle grouping of photos.

Variation #2 - Since a lot of the photos I wanted to use were vertical I decided to use a mix of wallet size photos ( 2 1/2 x 3 1/2) and then cropped my horizontal 4 x 6 photos to the same 3 1/2 height for the top row of pictures. On the bottom row (right page) I used an uncropped 4 x 6 and a 3 x 4 photo.

Variation #3 - I added stars across the wavy line on the bottom and then added a line of hand stitching across the top of them.

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 Bonus Sketches

Card Sketch #7 - based on One-page Sketch #9

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the card sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

Two-page Sketch #15 - based on One-page Sketch #9

 

 

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the two-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.
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Card Week, Part 5 and a bonus sketch

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Shari, Christy, and Suzanna have all created wonderful layouts based on the card sketch. Each one uses the sketch in a completely different way.

We've also got our first bonus sketch in celebration of National Scrapbook Day and don't forget to check back tomorrow for our National Scrapbook Day blog hop! 

Card Sketch #6

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the card sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

"Sunset on the Farm" by Shari Thurman
Supply List - Pattern Paper and Die Cut Elements: Kaiser Craft; Tools: Martha Stewart border punch; Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink; Other: Machine Stitching and Cardstock

I loved the bright and cheery sun on this weeks sketch and knew right away I wanted to use it to make a layout about my parents farm. I had to adjust the circle. I used a 5" circle instead of the suggested 2" and then cut strips in random widths for the sun rays as shown on the sketch. I used yellow cardstock as my base and then attached the strips of the lemon paper on top. I then stitched between the sun rays on the cardstock and attached the sun to kraft paper.

I hand cut the green curve using a template I made earlier this year based on a previous sketch by Allison. I loved that sketch so much that I hid my curved template away for later use. I just love circles and curves on layouts.

I then tucked in my red fence border. To get the fence to curve, I simply snipped the bottom of the border and bent it gently. I held the fence in place by using my sewing machine to stitch around the green patterned paper.

Journaling reads: "It's so nice to be at my parents farm at sunset. Jackson and Mawmaw enjoyed looking at the cows and the other boys enjoyed running around in the barn. Fall 2010"

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"Beautiful Little Girl" by Christy Arthur
Products - Crate Paper: Emma's Shoppe Phrase Stickers, Playhouse, Accent Cuts, Word Stickers - Toy Box Trims; October Afternoon: 5&Dime Shape Stickers, Root Beer Barrels, Bubble Gum, Circus Peanuts, Butterscotch, Label Stickers, Word Stickers and Miscellany; Echo Park: For the Record Table Cloth; Hero Arts: Typewriter Stamps; Studio Calico: Mister Huey Calico White, Schoolhouse, PonyBazzill: In Stitch'z Red/Orange

I simplified the diagonals in the sketch for this layout. I used circles that are stitched together to form the diagonal lines that meet at the green circle in the top left corner.

I chose to keep the diagonals very simple for this layout. To make them more pronounced, I could have stitched all the way across the layout.

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"Good Day Sunshine" by Suzanna Lee
Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill, Coredinations; Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Best Creations, Bo Bunny; Paper Ribbon/Frills: Oriental Trading, Doodlebug, K & Co; Ribbon: Recollections, Doodlebug; Puffie: KI Memories; Dimensional Sticker: Jolee's; Letter Stickers: American Crafts, Jenni Bowlin; Ink: Ranger Distress Ink; Misc: crepe paper

The most obvious variation here is that I made an 8.5 x 11 layout instead of a card. I scanned in Allison's sketch and enlarged it in PhotoShop so that I had templates from which to cut the pieces of paper. I chose not to use the clouds as they detracted from the tone on tone feel I wanted to create for my layout. I also added a few extra circles as the sun center.

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Bonus Sketch

One-page Sketch #6 - based on Card Sketch #6

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the one-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

Each Friday in May, in celebration of National Scrapbook Day, I'll be sharing bonus sketches. All of the bonus sketches are based on the sketch for that week. Today the one-page bonus sketch is based on the sunshine card sketch. 

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One-Page Sketch #2

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I'm so very excited to reveal the January one-page sketch. Just like the add-on sketches, these are something new to us.

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the one-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

With several different sized strips on the left and the four photos on the right, this sketch has lots of possibilities.

The photo block should be very easy to adapt to fit the photos you want to use. There are tons of photo size combinations you can use to get the same 6" x 10" block of photos without having to adjust the sketch to fit them. I always look at photo blocks as a puzzle to figure out. Usually it is easier to start with the largest one or two and then build around them with smaller photos.

The strips are great for playing around with your creativity and adding your own style and finishing touches. Like the photos, you could use so many different combinations of sizes or maybe strips of all the same size or even one big block of paper. And the strips are perfect for pulling out those scraps and putting them to good use.

This week we'll show you lots of layouts based on this sketch from our creative team and we've also got some fantastic giveaways from American Crafts and My Mind's Eye (trust me you won't want to miss those!) Check back tomorrow for the beginning of our one-page week of fun!
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Two-page #6

Two-page sketch #6

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the two-page sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar. 

"Autumn" by Carolyn Wolff

Supply list - Paper, Alphabet, Stickers, Brads: Karen Foster Design; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Ink: Tim Holtz (Ranger Industries); Markers: American Crafts; Font: Bradley Hand ITC; Stamp: Close To My Heart; Other: sewing machine and die cuts.

"Hey Goodlookin’" by Melissa Elsner
Supply list - Paper, Chipboard, Journal Spot, Twine: Jillibean Soup; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Alphabet: American Crafts; Brads: BasicGrey; Marker: Marvy Uchida; Pen: Zig Memory Systems (Kuretake)

"My Friend Flex" by Christina Hoffman
Supply list - Paper: Fancy Pants Designs; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Alphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Design; Bling: The Paper Studio; Paint: Making Memories; Floss: DMC; Other: ink

"Caught {On Film}" by Katrina Hunt
Supply list - Paper: Studio Calico; Cardstock, Alphabet: American Crafts; Ink: Memento (Tsukineko); Pen: Sharpie; Punches: Martha Stewart (EK Success); Stamps: Unity Stamp Company; Digital Supplies - Overlay: Hollie McCaig; Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7

"Show Me The Money" by Stacey Atchley
Supply list - Paper, Stickers: Scrap Within Reach; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Chipboard: Bo Bunny Press; Alphabet: American Crafts and KI Memories; Ink: Colorbox (Clearsnap); Pen: Zig Memory System

"Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes" by Allison Davis
Supply list - Paper, Stickers: October Afternoon; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Chipboard: Maya Road; Alphabet, Paint: Making Memories; Alphabet Stickers: Doodlebug Designs; Specialty Paint: Tim Holtz (Ranger Industries); Ink: Colorbox (Clearsnap); Floss: DMC; Font: CK Classic

"No Jumping on the Couch" by Allison Davis
Supply list - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Scrap Within Reach; Alphabets: American Crafts; Chipboard: Maya Road; Metal Accents: Tim Holtz; Paint: Ranger; Ink: Colorbox

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