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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Not Where I Was Headed

I'm having a lot of fun with the sketches from the My Scraps and More Sketch-a-thon this month.  And most of the time my layouts end up looking something like the sketch I started with - even if I turned it or changed the angle.  But once in a while, the sketch and my finished layout part company by the time I'm done. 

Saturday I started with this sketch.  It called for 3 photos.  I only had one, but I had a plan.  I was going to use one of those Maggie Holmes acetate letters and a piece of patterned paper for the the other two photos.   I think that's when I started to go my own way.


Then I looked at all the layers drawn under the two photos on the sketch.  Those became two strips of paper under my "substitute items."



The same kind of layers were drawn down by the other photo - suddenly those became four strips of patterned paper.  And that fun diagonal frame in the sketch - it became another square of patterned paper that connected the two components.  And now  that pretty sketch had turned into a grid style layout - still pretty, but very different from the sketch.

It just took a couple of things to finish off the layout.  I added small alphas right on top of the acetate alpha to create my title, added some ink splats (of course) using tinsel, seafoam and blush colorshine, a couple of bits from the new Pink Paislee collections, and some veneer butterflies from my stash. 

This is what I love about sketches.  They provide a great starting point and leave a lot of room to bring your own style to your finished project.

What would you make with this sketch.  If you give it a try, link me up.  I'd love to see.

Thanks for stopping by.

5 comments:

  1. I LOVE how you interpreted my sketch! Great job!!

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  2. Love this layout. Awesome. Michelle t

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  3. Despite how different your page is from the sketch, I can TOTALLY see how you got to where you did on your page! I love all the little strips and bits! So glad you are playing along this month, Julie! You are doing some beautiful things!!!

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  4. love how you put your own spin on it!!!! sketches are amazing that we can still come up with our own plan and start with one thing and have it not look exactly like the original!!!

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  5. Such a fun take on the sketch Julie!

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