Sketch #8

Sketch #8 is up! This is a great one for all those circular, die-cut papers that are out on the market now. You can choose to back it on a square, or just leave it as is.

Check out the lesson and great samples here: . 
http://www.thecreativesoup.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1420

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Sketch #6

Oops! I totally forgot to blog Sketch #6 last Friday. So much going on at home that it completely slipped my mind.

Here is Sketch #6 -- A very basic, one large photo sketch with lots of white space for whatever might strike your fancy.

And here is my take on the sketch, all supplies came from the Studio Calico Boardwalk kit.

You can check out the lesson in its entirety here. Only six more sketches left! Thanks for playing along. 

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Sketch #7

We are half-way through Sketch: Back to Basics, and I really want to thank everyone for playing along. Here is Sketch #7---a great way to use up all of those 4x6 photos you have hanging around the house. 

Check out the .pdf and the fantastic samples here at Creative Soup: Sketch #7

PS: The Creative Soup 4th Quarter Creative Team call is up, check it all out here: www.thecreativesoup.com/. 

I would love to work with some great new and inspiring talent!

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Sketch: Back to Basics - Sketch #5

Sketch #5 is up! Check out the lesson here at Creative Soup: Back to Basics - Sketch #5

And my take on the sketch, using Studio Calico's Boardwalk kit. 

Thanks to everyone who is making Sketch: Back to Basics a possibility, I'm really loving creating inspiration for you all!

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Sketch: Back to Basics - Sketch #3

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, on Tuesdays and Fridays, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Here is Sketch #3

And my take on the Sketch, using October Afternoon's Rocket Age:

You can download the rest of the lesson here:

http://www.thecreativesoup.com/

Thanks for playing along, Sketch #4 will be up on Friday.

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Sketch: Back to Basics - Sketch #2

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Here is Sketch #2

And here is my take on the sketch. You can also check it out in the .pdf file, along with the other fantastic layouts from our designers. 

Head over to Creative Soup to join the discussion and play along with us! 

You can also download the .pdf here:

Sketch #2

Thanks for visiting, there will be a new sketch up on Tuesday! 

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Sketch: Back to Basics -- Sketch 1

Welcome to Sketch: Back to Basics! Over the next 6 weeks, I'll be providing 12 brand new sketches, along with great inspirational samples to get your mojo flowing. This class is provided totally free, and brought to you by the wonderful Creative Soup.

A new sketch will be provided in .pdf form, along with several samples and notes from each of the designers. You can pick up the .pdf here on my blog, or over at Creative Soup.

Today's sketch features room for two 4x6 portrait photos, a strip along the right border, and some embellishments on the left side.  Feel free to change the sketch to suit your needs, flip it, add to it, take away from it, whatever helps you to create! Sketches are supposed to be the basic building block on which to start--and you can take it wherever you want!

You can download the lesson here:

Sketch #1

Please head over to Creative Soup and make sure the ladies who designed the fabulous samples know how much you appreciate them! 

And if you're interested in a Sketch: Back to Basics blog badge, you can pick one up right here!

Thanks for stopping by! A new sketch will be up on Friday. 

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Sketch: Back to Basics

September is here! There are just so many reasons to be excited. Football starts next week, as well as my totally free online sketch class.  Sketch: Back to Basics is brought to you by Creative Soup.  New sketches will be up every Tuesday and Friday starting next week, through the middle of October.  There are some really great tips for kickstarting your creative process through sketches, as well as some kick-ass samples from some really talented ladies!

I will be posting the lessons here on my blog as well.

I've also designed a couple of blog/forum badges. Feel free to take them and use them anywhere you'd like. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you join me next week for Sketch: Back to Basics!

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