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Time to take another look back at what you’ve been making in response to some of the 2013 sketches. Today we’re going right back to some designs from January, with Two Photos in Quadrants and Scrapbooking with Square Print Photos.

Continuing from last week, let’s start with the third sketch challenge, Two Photos in Quadrants . Looking at the sketch, it is quite simple. However, sometimes that’s the best way as it gives you more freedom to add little embellishments and really show off your photos! In Lori’s layout I love that she has sneakily added in more photos but kept to the overall photo size. It doesn’t look overcrowded, which I think it shows that you can have fun with a simple sketch and turn it into something truly creative. The choice of colours in Tilla’s layout is so lovely. The blue in the photos look so vibrant amongst all the browns, with just the right amount of contrast. I feel like I can really capture the beauty of her holiday from this layout. Unlike the other two, HokieCoyote’s Layout is digital. I like how the background is more sparse, which makes the photos the main focus and you turn to the journaling to see what it’s all about! I love that your eyes sweep across the page, as it tells you the story.

If you’d like to take a look at even more pages from this sketch, then have a look here.

The fourth sketch is quite a contrast to the previous sketch as photos had more focus whereas this time you had more room to journal and add embellishments.

Don’t you think the little photo boxes look like a strip of film negatives? I didn’t even think of that when I drew the sketch, and now it’s all I see. I get the feeling that Debbie had the same thinking when it came to her layout. When you read through her journaling, you notice that the pictures & the writing on the little tabs all match as you go along. It’s a wonderful use of design elements to help tell a story. In Leanne’s layout, she’s made the sketch spread across the page and let more of the photos do the talking, as it were, rather than a big amount of journaling. Maya’s layout has many added elements to it such as the zig-zag stitching and layered patterned paper, making it very colourful. I like Maya’s layering, making you feel like you could lift up those tabs, revealing some hidden journaling. The dots between the letters are a great touch here, a mix of both cute and purposeful so as you’re reading, you’re joining in the cheerleading!

It’s great seeing how different all the finished pages can be when it comes to a sketch and remember, if you wish to look at the other wonderfully creative responses, you can find them here.

It’s been great looking through all your layouts and I hope you can take something away from them! If you’ve been inspired to do some scrapping, four new sketches got put up last week, so if you wish for your work to be featured on ‘What You’ve Been Making’ you have three more weeks to submit your layouts. Find all the scrapbooking sketches here.

Happy scrapping!

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21 July 2013

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