Six Weeks of Sketches: WEEK #3

Hi Everyone! I have really enjoyed reading through the comments on the challenge posts and seeing that you have been inspired by Ella’s sketch challenge. It has been a lot of fun for me too and I can’t believe we are already at week three! Oh, and talk about an amazing grand prize –
a Cricut Expression! I wish I were eligible to win! Unfortunately I’m not, but what I can do is present you with this week’s sketch.

So far we’ve had a two photo sketch and a three photo sketch. This week I decided to really challenge you all and give you a five photo sketch. What do you think? Personally, I love multi-photo layouts, but it can be tough to fit a lot of photos on a layout without it looking busy and cluttered. Which is one reason that I love sketches. Sketches help me to “see” the finished layout before I’ve even started working. I can look at the sketch beforehand and get an idea if my completed layout will be balanced or not. This week’s sketch also repeats a favorite technique of mine from last week and that is it mixes up the sizes and orientations of the photos on the page. It also features three square photos. In all honesty, the photos on my page needed to be cropped anyway. They were too busy in their full size so cropping them allowed me to add them to the page and tell a more complete story but without adding too much visual clutter.

As for the 8.5 x11 version of this sketch, it pretty closely resembles the original design. I decided to adapt it to the landscape orientation (so it’s actually 11x8.5) and the photo sizes have been decreased in order to maintain the overall feel of the 12x12 sketch. Sometimes when converting sketches that have a lot of photos I like to break them up into two pages but since this design is asymmetric I decided to keep it to one page.

(By the way, you can see examples of how to convert a one page design into two pages in Angie’s article Stretch your Sketches in this month’s issue of Scrapbook Ellaments.)

Finally, here is the layout I made using this sketch. I documented one of our family’s weekly activities – our visit to Trader Joe’s. Usually I go by myself with Gabe and Nathan, but sometimes we all go as a family. What can I say? We really do love TJ’s! I kept my page fairly simple since I had a lot of photos on my page. And, notice the wording on the top left-hand corner? In the sketch, I included a space for additional journaling in that spot but you can always place some word stickers or an embellishment there instead.

Have fun with these, can't wait to see what you do. Post a link to your layout in the comments of this post by Thursday, February 4 to enter this week's contest! Three winners will each receive a free eBook. And everyone who participates this week will get another entry into our grand-prize drawing for a Cricut Expression (a $349 value)!

(And remember to check out my new eBook, Stretch your Sketches)

Wow, this will definitely be a challenge for me. More than one or two photos is intimidating! Is there a deadline?

Enjoy your day!

Lee
Oakville, ON
http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife

Great question, Lee! I just updated the post to include the deadline: Thursday, February 4.

Wow! Great challenge! It is quite overwhelming for me to fit more than one or two pictures on a layout. Your challenge will make me work on this. Thanks!

Done! I missed last week. So.........done!

http://blessyourhearteh.blogspot.com/2010/01/ella-sketch-3.html

I wish that I could post a pic. Good luck to all that can. I would LOVE to have the cricut expression!

Here's my take on the sketch...thanks for the chance to win some fabulous prizes!

http://sunflower722.blogspot.com/2010/01/christmas-blizzard-layout.html

I did mine - love this sketch - www.cjandmac.blogspot.com

Perfect sketch for the photos I already had in mind to scrap next. Loved that I could use 5 photos! See mine at
http://andrea-learn-something-new.blogspot.com/2010/01/ellas-6-weeks-of-sketches-3.html

Loved that so many photos were used on this sketch -- it is keeper for me! Wish my photo of my layout was better -- may retake later if I get time.
http://creatingdaybyday.blogspot.com/2010/01/ella-sketches.html

Here's my week 3 sketch - and I'm loving the new e-book!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40214031@N05/4316403427/in/pool-sixweeksofsketches

Valerie

here is my layout for the sketch
http://mylifeexpose.blogspot.com/2010/01/ella-sketch-3.html

Here is my take on week #3 sketch. Love your ideas so far!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47114229@N02/4319598931/

I have been meaning to do one every week already, and finally found the time to scrapbook! Here's my take on sketch #3: http://greenpixel.blogspot.com/2010/01/layout-and-picture.html

Thanks for the inspiration!

My take on the sketch is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tauzell/4320729857/in/pool-sixweeksofsketches

Thanks for all the great sketches! I'm having fun playing with them!

You can find my take on week 3's sketch over here: http://famille1999.typepad.com/colle_papier_ciseaux/2010/02/welcome-february.html

Thanks for the inspiration! :)

I'm a bit late to the sketch party, but here's my take on week #3. Loved all the photos I could fit on this one!

http://lifemadecreations.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-at-ecotarium.html

Thanks so much!

Hope I'm not to late to play. Here is my take on the sketch. I love multiphoto single & double layouts because I have way to many photos.
http://kimberlyisalwayslookingup.blogspot.com/2010/02/pie-anyone-or-maybe-some-ella-fun.html
Thanks for letting me join in.
Kimberly

I did it! woo hoo. It took the LOAD challenge to get me going, thankfully!

Here's mine: http://christinacostain.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-means-2210.html

ps. I heart Trader Joe's, too! I made a LO of my first trip to TJ'sa few years back! he he

This was great. I used the sketch to make a present for my FIL. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30383941@N08/4326120503/in/pool-sixweeksofsketches

Great sketch! I added it to the Flickr pool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44277300@N03/4327696058/in/pool-sixweeksofsketches

Thanks for the fun sketch! I love all the inspiration found here! Here's my take on this week's offering:

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/214607-natalie8817/1575191-ella-publishing-sketch-contest/?c=t

I had so much fun to do this! Thanks Donna!

http://underconstruction-agata.blogspot.com/2010/02/sketch-della-ellas-sketch.html

Here's my take on the sketch: http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife/2010/02/ella-sketch-3-load-so-far.html

Thanks so much, this was a fun sketch :)

Here's my take on the sketch.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34574216@N06/4328601700/in/pool-sixweeksofsketches

Here's my layout for the sketch challenge.
Thanks!!

www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/380734-seaken/1574908-soccer/.

I finished my layout for sketch #3 - thanks for the challenge

http://pkod.blogspot.com/2010/02/moxie-fab-ella-publishing-and-starbucks.html

Wow, there are some great takes on the sketch from the above posters! Here's where you can find mine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48764592@N00/4328206752/in/photostream/

ohh i so wanted to play this week but i just couldn't do it. i love the sketch though and plan to use it tomorrow night while cropping! cannot wait to see all the layouts!

love this!

Here it is! WooHoo! I wanted to play along last week so badly, I had a great page planned and I just could not pull it off...but I did this week.

Check it out here... http://www.thepaperpeddler.blogspot.com/

or here...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24994471@N02/4329494986/

Here's my take! Thanks. : )
http://xnomads.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/ella-stretch-your-sketches-week-3.html

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