August 27, 2017

Sunday Sketch | Mandie Pierce

This week our scrapbook sketch is an 8.5" x 11" layout featuring a centered photo over layered elements with circular embellishments and journaling in the bottom half of the page. Our card sketch has a centered focal element and title with stamping. And our pocket page sketch features a 3" x 4" card with journaling on a tag and a 3" x 4" photo card with a title on a banner. Creative Team member Mandie Pierce is joining us this week and sharing her take on the week's scrapbook sketch! Be sure to follow Mandie here at SC to see more of her work and keep up with her.

Our scrapbook sketch comes from Nancy Damiano's Swing layout:

Our card sketch comes from Carson Riutta's Dream Big Little Ele card:

And our pocket page sketch comes from Nicole Harper's Beyonce + CHI + Us spread:

And here's Mandie's take on our scrapbook sketch:

I am a huge fan of sketches. They generally make for quick layouts and are great when I'm on a time crunch or feeling stumped.

For this layout, I stuck pretty close to the sketch. I generally do! I used the adorable Halloween card set from Life Love Paper and the "In the Spirit" add-on. I layered the cards in place of patterned papers (I just loved the patterns on the cards!). I used the "hocus pocus" stamp from the stamp set in the add-on kit for my title (the ink I used didn't stamp darkly on the card). I love the stamp set in the add-on kit—so many cute phrases and the stars!

I can't wait to see your take on the sketch!

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 September 4th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 gift card to Studio Calico Shop. This week's sketch winner will be announced in the September 9th Layout of the Week post.

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