Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Saturday Sketch

Who doesn't love a good sketch? It helps to take the guesswork out of the page and/or card design, but still allows you to put your own spin on things just be turning the sketch or altering it here and there. A few times 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 our second sketch for February. I asked one of our own talented designers, Diana Fisher, to create a sketch for us based off of a previously shared layout, by designer Becki Adams.

{Original Layout - by Becki Adams}

“Love You”, by Kay Rogers.

I loved working with the sketch from Becky's amazing layout! Sketches are my go-to creativity starter. It gives me that starting point I need when I am feeling less than creative! I modified the sketch a bit, but it is amazing how quickly this layout came together with just photo placement!

Supplies:
Lucky Starz: Punch Starz, Peep Starz, Pickle Juice Starz, Bell Pepper Starz, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Candid Cards; Crochet Hearts: Punch

“Valentine’s Day 2013”, by Wendy Sue Anderson.

I love using a sketch as a starting point for a project – it’s so easy to get started when you have a plan laid out in front of you. Sometimes I stick close to the plan, and other times the end result deviates far from the beginning … but either way, I love having a plan to get started. For my layout I wanted to use blue, along with shades of pink to match the only photo I took of my kids last year on Valentine’s Day. I love sorting through all of the collections to find the colors and patterns to mix and match for a layout!

Supplies:
Molly: Unlimited Text, Treasures & Text, Trinkets, Paper Pieces, Candid Cards; Lucky Starz: Trinkets, Treasures & Text; Love and Marriage: Wedding Day Miniatures; Kiss Me: Love Notes, True Love, Alpha & Bits; All American: United We Stand; High Five Alpha Stickers: Color Wheel; Button Market: Fruit Punch; Designer Tape: Navy Dot, Hot Pink Dot, Piggy Pink Stripe

"Twelfth Birthday", by Laura Vegas.

I love a good sketch to work with, as it gives me a great starting point when sitting down to work on a layout. It allows me to have fun picking out products, and just plug them into where everything is mapped out on the sketch. I started this layout with the one polka dot border strip from the Kiss Me collection, and then pulled all of my colors straight from there, pulling patterned papers and embellishments from several different collections.

Supplies:
Kiss Me: Borders & Cute Cuts, Bouquet Kisses; Play Date: Chasing Rainbows; Snapshots: Free Time; Birthday Boy: Chipboard Icons; Birthday Girl: Alpha+Bits; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Borders; Crochet Flowers: Dahlia; Baby Blooms A Bella: Rossini; Flags: Birthday Girl 2