Sunday Sketch

Hey there! It’s Jen Schow and I’m here to share my final layout with the November kit using this week's Sunday Sketch.

I love sketches because it really gives you a running start and helps me complete layouts fast!

This layout only took me 30 minutes - maybe less - and that’s fast for me! You can see that I shrunk it down to fit my 8.5 x 11 page, but I stuck pretty closely to overall design.

I used that awesome Maggie Holmes ticket paper as the main paper layer behind my photo. I love that I was able to create a tab at the top and have a home for my journaling because of the way that paper was created! I also used another one of the glitter Thickers for my title - so easy.

I stamped my date on the tab I created with the ticket paper and used some of the floral die cuts and the striped bow to add a bit more femininity to the layout. The journaling talks about how I don’t look good in hats (but my daughter told me that this one looked good on me), so I wanted to add some of those girly kind of embellishments.

I scattered stars around my page, as shown in the sketch. I love that the die cuts and the Thickers both had the star icons so I could have some variety. I also decided to doodle some of my own with a black pen. I really love that sketchy, doodled look! I added in some little droplets of blue to finish off the page.

Here’s another look at the final layout. Do you use sketches? You should definitely give this one a go and see how quickly your next page comes together!  

Jen

**To play along with this week's sketch challenge and to be eligible to win a $5 gift certificate to the CTK Store, create a layout based off of today's sketch and post it to the gallery with today's date (11/19) in the title. 

Tuesday Tutorial with Guest Designer Jen Schow

Hey there! It’s Jen Schow again to share a fun little tutorial on how I created the stamped, watercolor-y (that’s a word, right?) background on my layout for today.

The best part about this technique is that you can use any stamps that you have on hand. And if you are a Citrus Twist subscriber, you probably have a few! 

I simply stamped and heat embossed the words and then smooshed some spray mist on top of it. The embossing creates a nice resist effect that I absolutely love! You can see how it came together in the video.

Here are a few more close up photos of the finished layout. You can see that a lot of the background was covered up, but the details peeking out from all of the edges of the photo really make the page.

I hope you’ll keep this technique in mind and give it a try when you’re creating your next layout!

Jen