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Post by cannmom on Jan 26, 2017 10:59:06 GMT
I find that I have been using sketches more and more when I scrap. I really love Scrapbook Generation's sketch books. I have a Pinterest board full of sketches. It just makes things easier to me to have a starting point for a layout. Do you like working with a sketch?
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Post by maribeth on Jan 26, 2017 11:09:09 GMT
I have just started to use sketches this year. So far I am enjoying it. Maybe because I have scrapped for so long I feel like I have come up with everything I can come up with, so using a sketch helps me "feel" like I am doing something new.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jan 26, 2017 11:50:02 GMT
I have in the past.
I think maybe I should more in the future. Sometimes I feel like I am just sticking photos down wherever I have space.
But I do generally like my layouts. Even if they're not art quality. They're still fun.
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Post by jtmom on Jan 26, 2017 12:27:03 GMT
Sometimes, lately more because for some reason I have no mojo and at least its a starting point! I usually use Pinterest board but will check out Scrapbook Generation.
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Post by grammadee on Jan 26, 2017 13:14:39 GMT
Sketches are a great way to get the mojo going!
I find them most useful when I want to do something out of the usual. For example, I usually do multi photo 2 page spreads, but I use sketches for ideas for one-page-one-photo LO's. Sketches also help bring variety when I feel I am "in a rut". I have pinned a lot of sketches, and I go to Page Maps often.
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 26, 2017 13:22:42 GMT
I almost always start with a sketch but very often by the time I finish the layout it looks so different that you'd never know!
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Post by anniefb on Jan 26, 2017 13:26:50 GMT
Yep I use sketches a lot - both for scrapping and card making.
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Post by threegirls on Jan 26, 2017 13:30:44 GMT
I use them off and on. As other poster have said, they are great for when you are in a rut or just need to get going on a page.
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Post by amom23 on Jan 26, 2017 14:30:07 GMT
I used to use them all the time. I loved the sketch books by Becky Higgins. A few years ago I almost completely switched over to pocket scrapbooking so no need for the sketches anymore.
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Post by christinec68 on Jan 26, 2017 14:56:20 GMT
I don't use them all the time but I love them. Especially for 2 page layouts since I don't make them too often.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 16:03:40 GMT
I have to use a sketch! Otherwise I just sit there staring at my desk wondering where to start. What are everyone's favorite sketch sites? Here are mine: Scrapbook Generation Page Maps Hip Kit Club Cathy Zielske templates and a handful of online scrappers that I admire, so I steal their layouts for ideas.  |
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Post by Elsabelle on Jan 26, 2017 16:21:05 GMT
One of the reasons why my most recent themed album came together so quickly was because I used sketches. I planned my layouts ahead of time by finding sketches and then choosing picture size and how many pictures per page. I love SG sketches, too. I like how the results are layouts that are photo focused and clean looking. I used this sketch last week and also used this layout by Tina Gale for inspiration on a layout of my kids and I loved how it turned out. I love sketches, even if I use them as a starting point and change things up. They're so helpful to me. Less sitting there staring blankly and more actual scrapping. I'd say I use them 75% of the time. |
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Post by bklyngal62 on Jan 26, 2017 16:34:36 GMT
I use sketches most of the time. They help me get my mojo back and give me an idea of where to start my layout.
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Post by msliz on Jan 26, 2017 16:53:25 GMT
I've been looking at them lately to try to look for new ways to use up my smaller scraps
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Post by KikiPea on Jan 26, 2017 22:59:56 GMT
You can also join us on my monthly SKETCH/SCRAPLIFT challenge thread!  |
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Post by cannmom on Jan 27, 2017 0:17:49 GMT
You can also join us on my monthly SKETCH/SCRAPLIFT challenge thread! I always look at the challenge thread. Sometimes I use your sketch. I'm a bad Refupea and don't post my results though.  |
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Post by KikiPea on Jan 27, 2017 0:20:16 GMT
You can also join us on my monthly SKETCH/SCRAPLIFT challenge thread! I always look at the challenge thread. Sometimes I use your sketch. I'm a bad Refupea and don't post my results though. Ah, but you should! |
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Post by ecvnj58 on Jan 27, 2017 1:35:44 GMT
I love sketches. I start almost all my pages with a sketch. You wouldn't know it though because I'm not really a rule follower and change halfway through to whatever is easier.
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Post by tinksmommy on Jan 27, 2017 2:00:52 GMT
I use sketches and scraplift layouts quite often with tweaks to make them my own. Pinterest is an awesome resource. I also watch a ton of YT vid's and have gotten in the habit of trying something I see right away. Both are great for waking up the mojo.
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Post by sophikins on Jan 27, 2017 14:34:53 GMT
Yes yes yes. I love sketches. But because I always have lots of photos I just can't do those pages with just one photo. So I follow the sketch, then I put more photos in a lot of the "white space" places.
I have many of the Scrapbook Generation books and I use the Page Maps sketches. I also use the sketches on the SKETCH/SCRAPLIFT challenge. Shimelle's recent Design Decisions class had some sketches too.
Scrappymom, thanks for posting those other sites.
Any other favorite sites for sketch ideas?
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Post by grammadee on Jan 27, 2017 15:03:52 GMT
I love that KikiPea posts a sketch challenge here every month. I have attempted most of them since I joined. But could always go back and check out these challenges from past years. The Creative Scrapbooker magazine posts It's a Sketchy Challenge every month. The link is to the 2016 sketches. They are part of a Gallery that includes all the sketches and all the takes on them, so lots of ideas there. Debbie Hodge's Get It Scrapped has a Template and Sketch library but I don't know if it is accessible if you are not logged in as a member. |
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Post by julieinsweden on Jan 27, 2017 16:47:53 GMT
Another fan of scrapbook generations sketches. I most scrap double LO with 7 to 10 pictures.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jan 27, 2017 19:50:45 GMT
One I haven't seen mentioned is Stuck?! Sketches.
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Post by myboysnme on Jan 27, 2017 19:54:25 GMT
I have never used a sketch, my own or someone else's. On my 8.5 x 11 real estate I don't have much room to work with anyway. On a 12 x 12 I love having a bigger canvas to do my thing and explore the possibilities. A sketch would not work for my scrap style.
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Post by katmandu on Jan 27, 2017 20:20:19 GMT
I love sketches and scraplifting are both so inspiring for me!
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Post by ctpea on Jan 28, 2017 0:32:52 GMT
I love sketches. Sometimes I follow them exactly but most times they inspire me and get me going enough to make it my own by the time it's done. I just purchased the latest volume from Creative Scrapper on Easy. I can't wait to use it. I also have an arsenal of pins on my pinterest divided up on different boards by the number of pictures in the sketch.
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Post by oaksong on Jan 28, 2017 2:25:05 GMT
I have never used sketches. I never really paid attention to the resources available, just always did my own thing. I've seen some great ideas though, especially for cards, so I might start. It looks like a nice way to incorporate little embellishments and touches, which is something I sometimes struggle with.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jan 28, 2017 3:03:51 GMT
I find sketches help me think outside my normal page designs. I know I'm guilty of using the same tried and true formulas for my pages and sometimes it takes a sketch to make me see there is another way to place the photos.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 28, 2017 5:02:37 GMT
I like them when I'm at a crop away from home because that's when I use manufactured stuff like stickers and printed diecuts and it's easier for me with a sketch. When I'm scrapping at home, I have my laptop and cutter, so it's easier for me to design custom stuff (titles, paper piercings, diecuts) to fit the page than the other way around.
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Post by warrior1991 on Jan 31, 2017 20:17:15 GMT
I use sketches a lot, more to get me started and then I take off from there. The other day I had 3 photos of my nephew. One picture was 4x6 and the other 2 were 3x4 size. All the sketches I was finding had the photos all in a row. I didn't want to do that. I knew how I wanted the photos to look, but was stuck on the rest of it. I started mindlessly looking through my card sketches and then instantly had an idea when pulling out a card sketch I really like. I had the layout done in about 30 minutes. A major record for me, as I can work on one layout for several days. |
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