Sketch Monday...for real this time

Well, it is late but finally here...the sketch and corresponding layout for today.

First, though, I wanted to tell you ladies thank you for your well-wishes. Matt was nice enough to take the two older kids to his parents' house for a little while this afternoon and I was able to get this page done.

I have to be fast because Matt is upstairs waiting for me so that we can watch the finale of a certain reality show that ends tonight...

I started out planning to do an 8 1/2 x 11 page per the sketch and ended up with a 12x12. It's kinda fun that the sketches are adaptable that way.

I used some of the cute new Sassafras Lass Me Likey collection for this Sarah page and lots of American Crafts Thickers. You know what? Me likey :)

Sketch Monday!

I don't know about you but when I get stuck on a scrapbook page and don't know what to do next, or sometimes even where to start, I head for inspiration from a sketch. Whether I follow the sketch exactly (not too often) or simply use it as a jumping off point for my page, sketches always my creativity going.

So, today I am going to introduce Sketch Monday. Each week I will try to post a sketch for a card or layout along with a project using the sketch. Most of these sketches will be pretty simple and easy to adapt to your own style and tastes. And, because I don't have any fancy programs to draw the sketches they will mostly be hand-drawn.

Here is your first sketch! It doesn't look to fancy but makes for a quick and easy page.

Here is the page I created to go along with the sketch. The papers are from K&Co. and the journal spot from October Afternoon, alphas are American Crafts Thickers and the lace is from Webster's Pages. And, that's my little Aimee. Cutie, isn't she?

If you like the sketch and create something for it please leave a comment here with a link to your page so that I can see!

Have a wonderful day!