Here is this weeks sketch for you! Pretty straight forward for those who don't like to cut a lot of shapes! As you can see though, I am still on the circle thing :) I just LOVE my new circle cutter...it is the Curvy Cutter by EK Success. I got the circles on sale at Target a few weeks back for only $16, and the glass mat at Michael's with a coupon for just $9. I have been eyeing this system for a while now, and after using Heather P's I fell in love and had to have it!
This weeks sketch is based on one of Becky Fleck's Page Maps. Here is her original map from September of 2007: 
I love going through her archives...there are sooooo many sketches there! But I think some of us, me included, get a bit overwhelmed at such a detailed sketch. You feel as if you need the same elements, same size photos, same exact layout. The thing with sketches is that they are a STARTING point...you can go in any direction with them.
So, I minimized this sketch a bit and changed it a bit so that maybe it is easier to visualize YOUR photos and embellishments on the layout.
For this week you guys actually get 2 layouts! The first is one that Heather and I put together last week for a class she is doing. The supplies are all Close to My Heart (thats what she sells). The paper is from a pack called Sweet Pea. I was hunting for a layout for her and stumbled on this one. I told her what I was thinking with simplifying it and she jumped in on it with the flower idea and moving the title. I hunted through pics since we were at my house and found these of Easter morning this year...the colors were off so I printed them in B/W, but the theme was perfect for the paper pack that Heather had chosen. 
The title is stamped with Breeze using Boutique alphabet, the Easter is from the March word Puzzle stamped in Kiwi. The flowers were dabbed with the breeze pad using a dauber, and the centers are unched with 1/2 and 3/4 inch circle punches. Very simple and beautiful result, don't you think?
Next, I just had to have a sample for you using Stampin' Up! products, Ive been a bit neglectful (like my new word??) lately. I started with a Kraft base and used the new Summer Picnic DSP from the Occassions mini catalog. The other cardstock colors are based on the one print: Bashful Blue, Real Red, and Old Olive. I used the Die cut blooms for the flowers in the circles and added some of the gorgeous new Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware jumbo brads. 
I originally had some cute strwberries on the page instead of the fowers but couldn't find any pics to go with that theme! SO, now we have a home for the hamster pics! Meet Remy and Emile, Rachael's newest rodents :) I stamped the letters with Big Deal alphabet and then cut them out. It all looked kinda blah so I added a bunch of dots with my White gel pen, you can see this better in the closeup below. The ribbon is Striped Red grosgrain, and I even added a rubon to one of the photos!
Please play along with us this week, and don't forget to send me a link! Use CSS12 if uploading to a gallery like SCS. There is no time limit, just have fun with it! Check out Heather's blog later today...she is back from Bermuda and hopefully scrappin' again! Click here for ----> Stamp with Heather.
Thanks for visiting and happy scrapping! -Cyndi
These are both fabulous Cyndi - I love this week's sketch and REALLY want to do this one so I am taking it to the crop with me!! I will share it on my blog - you have awesome sketches, girl! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Posted by: Alexandra Hobson | April 11, 2008 at 11:42 AM