Getting the Most out of Using Sketches

Hello and Happy New Year!!!!!!

hope you had a very safe and fun celebration!!! and welcome 2014!!!!!

I'm up over on the Scrapbook Steals blog with a fun post about sketches you can see HERE.
. If there’s anything I love, it’s a GREAT sketch to get your mojo flowing and to take some of the thinking time out of your projects.
Today I am sharing with you one of my card sketches and am going to show you how to really work that sketch. I used the same 6×6 My Mind’s Eye paper pad and sentiment to be consistent with the examples.

 First: Follow it. Use the sketch the way it is layed out.

 Next: Flip it. Whether you flip it 90%, 180% or just flip some of the elements. Have fun playing around with the positioning of the sketch.

 Third: Open Space. Use only a smaller space of the sketch. For this card I cut down the size of the elements used, then I left some open space and used some mist splats on it.

 Last: Make it your Own. Believe it or not, the same sketch is in here. I added tons of layers. I changed some of the shapes and made it my own. There are times when I use a sketch as a jumping off point and my project doesn’t resemble the sketch very much. That is totally fine, because it gave you that boost and you let your creativity really flow.

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Have a great day!!!!!