Tag Archives: sketches

Card Sketches

If you have been scrapbooking for awhile you know exactly what a sketch is. They make creating a page or layout a little easier and faster while still allowing flexibility in the products and photographs that you select. A sketch allows for a lot of versatility and Did you know they also have sketches for card making too? Card sketches were virtually the exact same way that a layout sketch works. I have been using them for a very long time, but just recently got very into using them. I love to make them myself and then when I am … Continue reading →

Finding Scrapbook Sketches Online

My favorite place to get inspiration is online. There are hundreds of websites that offer layout ideas and inspiration. I am addicted to sketches so finding the best sites to get great sketches was important to me. There are dozens of great sites that have sketches, but these are my favorites. Scrap Maps This is probably one of my favorite sites, because it is categorized perfectly, and its as simple as clicking on what you are looking for. A great site! Sketch Me If You Can This is a blog, but she has dozens of beautiful sketches to use. Scrapbook … Continue reading →

Where To Find The Best Sketches for Your Scrapbooking Layouts

Sketches make scrapbooking fast, period. Just choose the photographs you want on a layout and find a layout depicting that number of photos. You can choose our own papers, embellishments and other coordinating pieces to your layout, but the design is basically done for you. You just gotta love sketches! So how do you find all the wonderful sketches available to you? There are dozens of places to look. Find Them in Scrapbook Magazines Magazines are a great place to get sketches. Typically they have sketch ideas and then sample layouts. It is an easy place to find them, and … Continue reading →

Classy Coordinates Sketches Subscription

It doesn’t matter if you have just started scrapbooking or if you have been scrapbooking for years, looking at sketches can be a wonderful way to get a start on a layout. If you are not familiar with scrapbook sketches, they are drawing that show where you should places your photos, journaling and embellishments. When I started scrapbooking, I didn’t know about sketches. I think that they just we not a popular concept. Now there are books full of sketches and sites online full of ideas. I just came across a site that offers a monthly subscription for sketches at … Continue reading →

Book Review: Layout Blueprints

Book Review: Layout Blueprints As scrapbookers, we are usually looking for ways to simplify our scrapbooking process. A new book, Layout Blueprints, is an excellent source of ideas for scrapbookers who are looking for ways to make scrapbooking a little easier. Layout Blueprints is an idea book full of sketches and example layouts based on those sketches. A scrapbook sketch is a simple drawing that shows the basic placement of photos, cardstock, patterned paper and embellishments. One of my favorite things about sketches is that they give you a starting point for your layout. Sometimes when I use a sketch, … Continue reading →

Adapting Sketches

Using sketches when creating your scrapbook layouts can save you a lot of time. You can use sketches from other scrapbookers or create your own. A sketch is a drawing showing the outline of where you will place items on the page. For example, you draw where you will place your photos, patterned paper and embellishments. I recently drew up a sketch that I thought would be a fun way to include 7 pictures on my album. The journaling space is around the perimeter of the picture square. Here are two different layouts I created based on this sketch. I … Continue reading →

Use a sketch, create a layout

This past weekend I had the great opportunity to attend the Creating Keepsakes Convention here in Arizona. This has been an annual tradition for me for the past six years. I was able to enjoy time with friends while attending some fun classes and browsing around the vendor faire. One of the classes I attended was a layout sketches class taught by Becky Higgins. She was such a down to earth, friendly person who is well known for her layout sketches. We worked on two layouts, using two of her sketches as starting points. Here is a picture of one … Continue reading →

Friendship Theme Album – My Personal Album Day Six

I’ve been working on this album practically non-stop. I want to get it done before my friend visits, and so everything else is set aside. At this point it’s time to actually get started on the album. I needed to figure out the layout I’d like to use for each page. And how I want my album set up. It always works better, and helps avoid problems that I originally faced, if you pre-plan what you want. I created a sketch to go by, though I knew the sketch would change as I went through each page. Having a sketch … Continue reading →

Sketches: A Simple Way to Scrapbook

Scrapbooking becomes more complicated everyday. With all the new techniques to try and new embellishments and styles, it’s so hard to keep up. Using sketches to create layouts, is a fast and simple way to get more done. Several years ago, Becky Higgins of Creating Keepsake’s fame, came up with an idea for sketches, which are penciled drawings (or sometimes digitally created), that provide the “basic recipe” for a scrapbook page. They are simply guidelines for creating a beautiful page without all the hard designing work. She promptly put out a book titled Becky Higgins Creative Sketches for Scrapbooking. She … Continue reading →