Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Saturday Sketches

It's time for another round of Saturday Sketch's. Twice a month, we'll be bringing you a new sketch, and showing you a few takes on the sketch by our designers. Today, we have the second sketch for the month of November!

"Fall Fun", by Lynn Ghahary.

Fall is such a fun time of year here in New Jersey. e always make a point to visit some of the local farms and pumpkin patches. This year we went to Sun High Orchard and you boys just could not resist posing for a picture in the wooden farm animal cut outs. What a pair of goofballs!

Supplies:
Finally Fall: Alpha & Bits 12x12 Stickers, Just Write 12x12 Stickers, Icons Chipboard Stickers, Miniatures Stickers, Borders, Leaf Pile, At the Patch, Cute Cuts

"Me And Rogue", by Janis Medina.

This is my first time to make a layout after a loooong time and I did it on the floor as my scraproom is an unusable mess!!! Using minimum tools, I based my layout on the sketch and added my layers and textures. I also used different sizes of the same photo for added interest.

Supplies:
Finally Fall Collection: Autumn Splendor, Apple Holler, Cute Cuts, Bliss, Leaf Pile, Ciao Chip Icons, Alpha+Bits stickers, Just Write Journaling stickers; Simply Simona chipboard alphas: Oreo

"A Wonderful Day", by Vivian Masket.

When I work with a sketch, I find that the final product rarely looks exactly like the original sketch, as I tend to use sketches more as starting places than as blueprints. I started this layout by turning the sketch ninety degrees to the left, which placed the circular elements at the top right and the bottom left. After rotating the sketch, I decided I wanted more circles, so I altered the design to add those in, combining woodgrain patterned papers from three different product lines. I kept the idea of four photos, but put them in one horizontal strip rather than in a grid. After that, it was simply a matter of adding embellishments (a chipboard border and leaves punched from the same paper used for the circles), journaling strips, and a sticker for a title. While my final layout doesn't look exactly like the sketch, I would never have done a layout with large circles like this without the sketch as a starting place!

Supplies:
Finally Fall: Quadrants, Autumn Splendor, Miniatures Stickers; Christmas Wishes: Ciao Chip Icons; Mr. Boy: Quadrants; Family Dynamix: Quadrants

"Christmas", by Julie Johnson.

I love circles so I had fun working with this sketch. If your not familiar with working with sketches this would be a great one to try because it was easy to follow and made a very fast page. The best part of a sketch is that you have a foundation to work with but you can add your own touch. I added a few extra borders to the top of the page and instead of using four wallet photos I decided to use two 4 x 6 photos. I added some Icon chipboard embellishments and title, and some miniature stickers and alpha + bits stickers to make the details and finishing touches on the page.

Supplies:
Christmas Wishes: Christmas Love, North Pole, Gifts Galore, Star Stripe, Quadrants, Cute Cuts, Icons, Miniatures, and Alpha + Bits.

"The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree" card, by Kathy Martin.

This sketch was challenging since I needed to create a card using a scrapbook page sketch! And you know what, it was fun! I opted to use the Finally Fall collection for this project because I adore this collection, and because we’ll be knee deep in Christmas and snow projects soon enough!

Supplies:
Finally Fall: At the Patch, Leaf Pile, Borders, Alpha + Bits, Ciao Chip; One Fall Day: Just Leafy

"Thanks A Lot" card, by Deanna Misner.

When I saw this sketch I instantly thought of the circles as Mickey Mouse ears. I don't know, call me crazy, but it could be that I still had Disney on the brain since we just went in October. And since my parents went with us and helped us so much while we were there, I thought I'd use this sketch to make them a card. I used my die-cut machine to make the Mickey cut-outs and used a hodge podge of Bella products to create my card the way I envisioned it.

Supplies:
Sophisticates: Sprinkles and Lace MacIntosh, Miniatures stickers; Socialite: Cute Cuts, Alpha+Bits; Making the Team: Chipboard Icons

We hope you will take some creative time for yourself, and try out our sketch! Whether it's a card, or a layout, we would love to see what you come up with. You can link them here in the comment section, or share them on our Facebook page!