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Here we sit half way through the year, and it’s high time I share some of my favourite scrapbooking projects you’ve posted in responses to the sketches and so forth here. I’m hoping to make this a weekly thing, so fingers crossed it will work!

Heading back right to the beginning of 2013, the first sketch of the year challenged you to scrapbook with a large photo , and you were certainly up to the challenge. A few favourite pages shared from this sketch include this page by Jamie Leija, this page by Avinash & Nandini, and this page by Alinor.

One of my favorite element from these pages is from Jamie Leija’s layout ‘The Great Wall’. I particularly like how she carried the brick print carried down from the photo onto the background: great detail! Avinash & Nandini’s page shows something different to the other two. I love that the photo has been split up, like a jigsaw puzzle, to fit a divided page protector. It’s an awesome way to use a larger photo and incorporate a sketch even if you keep a Project Life album rather than full-size 12×12 pages.

If you find that you prefer to scrapbook with one large photo then take a look at the other layouts that were shared as they show some great ideas! You can view them here and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.

Sketch two for January follows on with scrapbooking two portrait 4×6 photos, and the layouts you all made were lovely! I’m particularly fond of Cal’s Page, Lythan’s page and Christy’s Page. It was so hard to chose my favourite three!

Christy’s page definitely made me smile. It’s vibrant, colourful, and has a simple charming theme! Very much like Lythan’s layout, the colours and patterns run throughout the page, making everything link smoothly.

It was fabulous looking at all your layouts for these sketches and I can’t wait to share more with you next week! If you have some scrapping time this week, take a look at the current sketches. You still have a few days to share your interpretation of sketch 18’s sunburst design. I’d love to see and share your work! Happy scrapping.

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07 July 2013

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