Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Sketch Week - Day 4

Hello Bella Blvd friends!

Nathalie with you today to continue this week's Sketch inspiration. Sketches are like a blueprint for your page, as it provides a good foundation/idea of where all your papers, photos, and embellishments are placed for a cohesive look; the rest is up to you. Let me show you the sketch (provided by Nikki) we are working with this week:

In addition, we are using Squeeze the Day and Bella Besties collections to complete our projects, and here is my layout...

As you can see I stayed pretty close to the original sketch, but added a few changes.

I started by creating the fold (as per sketch on the Lemon Fresh paper. I then, backed the fold with a piece of the Fruit Salad paper (the b side is more of a solid pattern that matches my nephew's shirt). I then glued this to a Bella Besties Heart/Ombre in Gulf, this completes my page foundation.

I followed the location of the photos and embellishments as per the sketch. I added tags behind the photos, and replaced the stars with all the hearts from the Squeeze the Day collection. For the title, I am using a piece of ephemera and Florence Alpha Stickers in Bell Pepper.

Here is where I made the sketch my own. I decided to move my lines of journal away from the main cluster next to the photos. There is already plenty of pattern and script, which will make it hard to read the journal. My choice was to create a smaller fold at the bottom left corner of the page (just as on the opposite corner). I added a bit of interest in a cluster of embellishments, and then added my lines of journal at the bottom of the page.

I added a few drops of black ink -as per sketch- to complete my page. I love how this turned out, and how fast it came together using the sketch as inspiration. Remember to share your projects inspired by the sketch. WE would love to see your takes on the sketch, too!