I hope you have enjoyed the Summer of Sketches series! Today I am sharing a PDF file with all 17 sketches, so that you can have them all in one place. The sketches are free for personal use. … Read More...
Tutorial | Embossing Paste Backgrounds
Rachel at rwkrafts shares her techniques for making colorful backgrounds using embossing pastes from Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. She created her card for the challenge at PaperTrey Ink, and used colors inspired by the Curtain Call Challenge. In her video … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 17| Landscape Portraits
Here’s our last sketch for the summer! I hope you’ve enjoyed playing around, and that you found some inspiration from everything we shared in July and August
I went with a digital page this time, sticking really close to the … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 16 | Lots and Lots of Photos!
With enough space for 11 photos, you can use this sketch to capture a major trip or event all on one page. A great one for scrapping Instagram photos!
Vernell documented her visit to Paris
She added an extra photo … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 15 | Three Photos Top Down
This sketch has enough room for three photos, and room for journaling too.
Vernell used all three photo spots
Hey! That’s us when we were little!
Francine used just one photos, and put embellishments in the place of the top … Read More...
Tutorial | Make a Photo Collage Monogram with Hybrid Techniques
Head on over to Cynthia Runs With Scissors to find out how to use both digital and paper techniques to make this hybrid photo collage monogram. She explains how she created the photo collage in Adobe Photoshop Elements, … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 14 | Portraits
Got a couple of nice portraits printed out? whip up a special page using this sketch as a jump off point!
Vernell used a photo and a printable caricature on her page
I (Francine) used two … Read More...
Summer Sale at Everything 4 Scrapbooks
Summer of Sketches 13 | Get Painty
Use a painted background to let one photo stand out on today’s sketch
Vernell stuck close to the sketch.
Francine used two 3×4 photos instead of one 4×6
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Summer of Sketches 12 | 7 Photos
Trying to get lots of photos on a page, but not have it too cluttered? Try this sketch!
With space for seven photos, you can scrap an event, or a series of photos over time, or a bunch of … Read More...
Show & Tell | USA Pin Map | Track Your Travels
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Track your travels across the United States, with a pin map made from the Jet set line of papers by We R memory Keepers. Caroline from Homework, explains how she made the map for her son to … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 11 | Four Photos
Here’s another multi-photo sketch: enough space for 2 4×6 photos and 2 2×2 photos. A good layout for mixing regular prints with Instagram shots.
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Freebie | Label Branding Pack for Small Businesses
Cathe Holden has designed a pack of free editable printable labels, that are great for small craft business owners. You can edit the templates to change the colors as well as the fonts, as shown above.
Looking for more fonts? … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 10 | Tilt It
On this sketch the photo is tilted for a new twist on a basic one photo layout.
In addition to the main photo, she placed several smaller supporting photos as the top element.
Francine’s take:
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Summer of Sketches | Three Photos
There’s enough space for three photos on this sketch.
Vernell used all three slots to show off some blooms
I did a spin off and only used a single photo.
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CHA Armchair Attendee at Right Side Up
Once again Vivian Masket takes us on an Armchair Attendance for the 2014 CHA Summer Show. she highlights the current trends: bold patterns (like the paper from My Mind’s Eye seen above), diamond motifs like this paper from Gossamer … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 8 | In a Circle
Today’s sketch includes a background circle element to complement the square layout of the photos.
I used machine stitching to make my circle, and used s series of small photos.
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Vernell used a circle decorative … Read More...
Tutorial | Print Your Own Journal Cards + Free Template
Download a free layered template from Heather Greenwood, and follow along as she shows how to use it to make and print out journaling cards from digital elements.
Her detailed steps take you through downloading, unzipping and saving the … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 7
Today’s sketch is good for highlighting one main photo, with a smaller supporting image.
Francine
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Summer of Sketches 6 | Make One Photo Shine
This sketch is perfect for highlighting one very special photo. use embellishments and journaling to support the story.
Francine
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