June Contest Winner!

Congratulations goes to Rachel H. for her layout entitled "Papaw".


Congrats Rachel! I will contact you for your mailing details in the next 24 hours!

Thanks for playing along everyone! Good luck in the July sketch contest!

June Contest Voting!

As part of the June Contest, YOU get to pick the winner of the goodies from our June sponsor, Ormolu!

Here's how you vote....
1. Take a good through the entire Slide packed full of wonderful creations by our creative participants this month.
2. Scroll over the images with your mouse to reveal the image titles and designer's first name.
3. Now pick your favourite creation (card or layout) and vote for it in the poll on the right hand side of the blog.

Only ONE vote per person.

Poll closes: July 10th at 12:00pm MST

The person with the MOST votes when the poll finishes, is our June Contest winner.

Good luck to all those who participated this month!

June Sketches - Download Day!

Today's the day I know all of you look forward to.... DOWNLOAD DAY!

All I ask for your chance to download the June sketches for FREE is that you leave me a comment below! That's all I ask.

Here are your download links:

12x12 & 12x24 Page Sketches
8.5x11 & Circle Page Sketches
Card Sketches

Please do not share the links to these pages but send your friends to this post! Thanks!
These links will remain active until the end of July.

Don't forget... you have until July 4th to enter the June Sketch contest. See details here.

June's LAST Sketch!

Here's the last sketch of June! Goodness this month has gone by fast!

Baby Love
by Nicole


This beautiful page by Nicole has use the basic sketch but adapted it to fit just 4 photos. I love that she's taken the little circle element from the sketch and made it into a heart! Another amazing page by Nicole!

Fore
by Julie

This super fun page by Julie is a great example of simple scrapbooking. All Julie has used is two pieces of patterned paper, a few alphabet stickers, some simple cardstock and a pen to doodle some designs! A fabulous page Julie!

With today being the last sketch for June.... that means tomorrow is DOWNLOAD DAY! Yippee!

June Sketch: Card

Here's a fun circular card for you....

You Raise Me Up...
by Melanie

Don't ya just love this fishy card? I love the scalloped edge and the fun embossing Melanie used on her card. Super cute card Melanie!

Miss U
by Dawne

Dawne took the sketch and dropped the circle shape and juts used the inner core of the sketch design. Isn't her kitty adorable? Fabulous card Dawne!

Baby
by Leah


I love that Leah took the square from the sketch and used a graphic flower shape instead! I love the dots of pearl paint on her large bloom. Great card Leah!

June Sketch: 12x12

Here's a fun sketch for you today....

Painting Fun
by Jana P.


This fun page by Jana P. also illustrates that you can get your kids involved in your art too! I love the fun zig zags of faux paint strokes with her journaling on them. Great use of the sketch Jana!

June Sketch: 8.5x11

Here's a great multi-photo design for you today!

But Goodies
by Abbie


For this beautiful page, Abbie has rotated the sketch and combined all the mini photos into one large photo instead. I love the way here title wraps all around the wonderful photo she has. Gorgeous page Abbie!

June Sketch: Card

Here's a fun rectangular card for you today....

Your Love Keeps Lifting Me
by Melanie

I love the way Melanie has used this sketch for her card! The circle shape on the card she has used as the sun in her card front design. She's also used the 3 small circles as her pretty bright red heart eyelets! So creative! Wonderful summer feeling card Melanie!

June Sketch: 12x12

Who can resist stitching and circles?

All American Family
by Kristii


I love the way Kristii has incorporated her patriotic theme with the sketch design. The stripes go just perfectly with her theme and all the fun papers she's chosen to use! A stunning page Kristii!

June Sketch: 8.5x11

A fun sketch with circular photos for today!

Fed Up?
by Wendy
Wendy really had fun with this sketch! She took the diamond grid and converted it to a crown shape for a back ground. She took the 2 circular photos and stretched them out to use 2 small rectangular photos. I love all the fun colours she used for her page! Gorgeous page Wendy!

June Sketch: 12x12

Another fun sketch for a single photo....

Mud Surfing
by Tonya

I love Tonya's interpretation of this sketch! I love the fun wave shapes she's mimicked from the sketch's flower design and to tie the water theme back to her page. Did you notice, Tonya even wrote her journaling around the waves shapes! Very cool! Fabulous page Tonya!

My Girl Tila
by Cherie


Cherie took the sketch and flipped it from the right to the left of her page. An easy way to make a sketch design your own! I love her simple title treatment on the clear bracket shape too! Super cute page about your fur-baby Cherie!

June Sketch: 12x12

Here's a fun sketch with some symmetry to it!

Generation to Generation
by Jana

Jana has expanded the photo area to include 4 photos on her page. I love that she's taken the strip of paper down the center of the sketch and used to point out her title with an arrow. A great page Jana!

Guest Designer: Jen Benoit

Jen Benoit, our Guest Designer for June is back again today to showcase another fun sketch! To find our more about Jen, see our introductory post here.


I just love the way Jen has used this sketch! Look at all those fun circles! She's taken the 8.5x11 sketch and stretched it out to suit the size of her 12x12 page. Super cute page Jen!

Thanks so much to Jen for joining us this month! You'll be seeing more of Jen's work starting in July as she is one of the our new So Sketchy Sistas!

June Sketch: Card

Here's a fun circular card sketch from the past year....

Hello Friend
by Leah

I love that Leah has thrown in a scalloped square into the mix of circular layers here! It just makes her center of her cool card pop! Wonderful card Leah!

June Sketch: 8.5x11

I am a real sucker for anything with stitching so that's why I picked this sketch to revisit again!

New
by Nicole

I love that Nicole has taken the stitching from the sketch and created strips of fun patterned paper instead! I love the soft colours she has used and SO many of them throughout her page. Adorable layout Nicole!

The Girls
by Cherie

Cherie took the large circle on the sketch and enlarged it even further to act as a mat for the photo of her and her sisters. I love the super sweet hearts that she's attached to her bright blue stitching! Such a wonderful page Cherie!

Diamond in His Eyes
by Julie

For Julie's page, she has taken the basic shape of the sketch and used to create her page. I love all the circles she has used! Wonderful page Julie!