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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Sketch Thursday : 7.7.11




Happy Thursday - a short work week here in the US as we celebrated Independence Day on Monday!  Are you finding inspiration in our weekly sketches?  We hope so!  This week's sketch is based on this layout by former Design Team member Melissa Mann.  This layout is nothing like my usual style but something that I absolutely loved looking at in the July gallery.  The stitching, strips of patterned paper and many layers are just so appealing to me!



This week's sketch is perfect for smaller photos and simply tucking them behind a strip of patterned paper.  Or what if you rotated the sketch so that it was horizontal in format and used photobooth style strips of photos in place of the patterned paper?  I love the endless opportunities a sketch presents! 


For my layout this week, I was definitely inspired by those strips of patterned paper.  I'm more of a clean lines and linear type of scrapbooker so I simply adapted the look to fit my layout.  I used the patterened paper strips to create a large block and then set to work embellishing them with border stickers, my title and of course, a few ES tags!  I think this is the first layout I've created where all my Elle's Studio product has ended up in the same location of my layout - but it works!


Other product used : Studio Calico's Back 40 kit.

Looking for an incentive to use our sketch this week?  We can help with that!  Post a link to your layout created using this Sketch Thursday sketch for your chance to win a $5 ES gift certificate.  Link must be posted by 11:59p on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Gift certificate can be used towards purchase of products only and can NOT be used for shipping charges. Gift certificate balance must be used in a single transaction.

Congratulations to last week's winner :


angie, please e-mail me the following information to : melanie [at] shopellesstudio [dot] com  by 7.13.11 and I'll get you your gift certificate!

Name :
Contest : 6.30 Sketch Thursday

10 comments:

borcherding said...

LOVE those layouts!!

Gail said...

i just love to see the different interpretations of one sketch. . . the imagination and creativity are awesome!

Michelle*G said...

Love that Stamps LO. Nice sketch!

CraftCrave said...

Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [08 Jul 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

corrie said...

WAY TO GO ANGIE!!!! Gorgeous!!!!

5littlechickens said...

I loved this sketch, I will be using it again!!
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/45089

Meghann said...

This sketch was great, and the original layout was so amazing! Can't wait to see it in print! Here is my take: http://meghannslittlecorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/elles-studio-goodness.html

Jennie M said...

This one was really fun!! Thanks for doing the sketches!!

http://scrappywifehappylife.blogspot.com/2011/07/fun-layout-and-woohoo.html

sophie said...

love this sketch!! here is my take,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sophversionscrap/5933177592/in/photostream

Lynley Jill said...

I loved this sketch! So fresh and fun!! Here is my take on it:)

http://lynleyj.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-beautiful-and-sweet.html

Thanks! Lynley J

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