this past saturday, we had our first sketch for april up on the bella blvd blog. we are really excited to have the one and only becky fleck designing exclusive sketches for us! i got to work with this sketch:
i knew i wanted to use a few horizontal photos, so i decided to flip the sketch counter-clockwise, one turn. when i was teaching at the CKC's the last two years, i taught a lot of the sketch classes. i always reminded everyone to rotate their sketches. you get so many more options out of a sketch, by simply turning them around and around.
i used some of the simply simona chipboard alphas for my title. i LOVE these letters! i added a few threaded buttons to the centers of the O's, and a chipboard accent to the center of the P.
i didn't really have any specific journaling for this layout. i have TONS of photos every year of the girls in the pool. we don't have a pool, by my parents and my brother have pools. there's only so much i can say, year after year, about them swimming and having fun. lol! so i decided to use the "summer checklist" sticker in place of my journaling. I used mini brads to "check" off the things that applied to these photos.
the sketch had a fun little banner on the top of the layout. since i had flipped the sketch for my layout, i didn't want to add a sideways banner. so i created a fun little banner to add to the opposite side of the page. I used a banner punch from fiskars, stapled the top of each piece, threaded some string through the pieces, and then adhered them using pop dots.
Beautiful layout!
I might give this sketch a try :-)
Posted by: Shir Benovich | April 16, 2012 at 04:00 AM
Thanks for reminding me I can turn sketches. Sometimes I just stick with exactly how they have it.
Posted by: Mandy Szeto | April 16, 2012 at 06:35 AM
that's a great sketch, love how you used brads on the checklist, very clever! a fun colorful layout for pool photos, very nice!
Posted by: laurie lariviere | April 16, 2012 at 07:45 AM
Definitely using this sketch. Your layout is beautiful. Like Laurie, I love how you used the brads on the checklist.
Posted by: Sandra A | April 16, 2012 at 09:38 AM
Awesome layout Laura, and I love the sketch! Thank you for the inspiration. :)
Posted by: Kim Thomas | April 16, 2012 at 01:20 PM
SO loving the sketch! GREAT layout Laura!
Posted by: Diana Waite | April 16, 2012 at 01:34 PM
Fantastic! As always, M'lady! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | April 17, 2012 at 05:43 AM