Sunday Sketch I Martha

This week, Martha (SC username MarthaBonneau) is sharing her take on our sketches! Martha's gallery is full of projects in her fantastic simple, graphic style. We love her contributions to our gallery and couldn't wait to see what she'd do with this inspiration.

First, let's look at this week's sketches - our layout comes from Lisa Truesdell's "Someday" :

And our card sketch comes from Dana Fleckenstein's gorgeous birthday card :

Martha created an adorable layout based on the sketch from Lisa's layout:


I was inspired by this sketch in so many ways! First I positioned 3 pieces of overlapping patterned paper to mimic the layout of the 3 photographs. Using more than 1 photo on a LO is always a challenge for me, this sketch made it easy to position the 2 pictures I wanted to use. I love using clusters of embellishments and this sketch provided lots of opportunity to do that, I used my favorite Printshop wood veneer stars layered with vintage sequins and a few assorted tags. The strips of pp at the top and bottom of the sketch were a fun touch, I layered strips of Printshop patterned paper at the top and bottom of my layout and stitched them into place. Lastly I loved the big title work so I used the same technique with the Printshop Transparent Alphas and then stamped sentiments to the right to mimic the title in the sketch.

Martha did such a fantastic job adapting the sketch to fit her own style and we love the results! Thank you for joining us this week, Martha! If you'd like to see more of Martha's work, follow her here at Studio Calico, check out her blog, or follow her on Instagram.

Now it's your turn! Make a project using one of this week's sketches as a starting point, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Use the hashtag #SCsketch to make it easier for other members to find! Leave us a link to your project by December 23rd in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop.

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22 comments

  1. jenrn says…
    12/15/2013

    Awesome layout Martha!!

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  2. Scrap2day_Barb says…
    12/15/2013

    Love how the photo's pop!

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  3. juliee says…
    12/15/2013

    great layout

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  4. ekskou says…
    12/15/2013

    Gorgeous Martha!!!!

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  5. mrschez says…
    12/15/2013

    Love it Martha, her hair is amazing.

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  6. christingronnslett says…
    12/15/2013

    Sweet pictures on a great layout !

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  7. amy_coose says…
    12/15/2013

    Love your work so much, Martha, and those precious pics!!!

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  8. aimeemaddern says…
    12/15/2013

    Martha, as always I am so inspired by your work! Love!!!

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  9. AshleeTownsend says…
    12/15/2013

    Great layout Martha. Here is my take on the card sketch: http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/105585-runaway-with-me-sunday-sketch

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  10. Alex says…
    12/15/2013

    Your girl always make me smile, Martha :-) Gorgeous layout! Love your work ♥

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  11. Vyacosta says…
    12/16/2013

    I love those stars. They make anything lovely!

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  12. poldiebaby says…
    12/16/2013

    Great sketch ans all the LO`s are sooooooooooooooo gorgeous !
    Here is my LO http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/105650-santas-little-helpers

    #SCsketch

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  13. Umichka says…
    12/16/2013

    What an amazing sketches! thank you for inspiration!
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/105680-cute-baby-deer-card

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  14. kimthomas says…
    12/16/2013

    I love this layout, and the sketch is awesome! Thank you for the inspiration. Take care. :)

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  15. Nnylyssim says…
    12/16/2013

    I love this sketch. Here is my attempt ;)

    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/105703-cake-and-candles

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  16. mariettehealy says…
    12/17/2013

    WOW! THAT is the PERFECT GIFT! ALL i wanted for xmas! Stagnated with my scrapbooking and hope so i win this, coz then i can finish so many projects! Relocated from SA to UK and couldn't bring all my scrapbooking tools and stuff. SO SO need this! xoxo

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  17. patricia says…
    12/18/2013

    Gorgeous, Martha! I think I may play along!

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  18. Johnnyssa says…
    12/18/2013
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  19. Anna_Ignatenko says…
    12/19/2013

    Hi, i love this sketch and my new celebrate card) http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/105889-celebrate-card

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  20. cheniros says…
    12/21/2013

    What a great card sketch!
    Here's my take -
    http://cheniros.blogspot.co.il/2013/12/thank-you-card.html

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  21. Leah says…
    12/21/2013

    here is a card using the card sketch
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries?filter=all

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  22. lindam says…
    12/23/2013

    Sorry for the blurry picture. Better in person. : )
    Here is my take on the layout sketch:
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/106434-he-loves-his-girls-to-the-moon-and-back

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