Awesome Ladies Sketch Challenge | January

Sketch challenges are coming to rukristin! Each month, in conjunction with the Free Awesome Ladies Project Community Workshop, I will be posting a sketch challenge and prize. The sketches are designed by Allie Trumpower, and interpreted by the Awesome Ladies Creative Team for your inspiration! Why Sketch Challenges? Accountability. I need it in my life to keep me on track -- I do better when the accountability has an element of fun to it. Very Mary Poppins-esque, I know. This is especially true when it comes to memory-keeping. Sketches take the guesswork out of 'where things are supposed to go' and lets me just concentrate on telling the story. Sketches designed for scrapbook layouts are easily translated into multiple sizes -- so it doesn't matter if the sketch is designed for a 12x12 page -- just pick out the parts that work on your 8.5x11 or 6x8 layouts. They're also great for other papercrafting projects -- greeting cards, mini-album pages, pocket page spreads, art journals, and even more awesome outside the box projects. I get super pumped when I see creative takes on sketches. Sketches are a starting point. They provide a basic roadmap to creating a single page -- and sometimes that's exactly the kick in the ass that I need to get going. I've shared the January Sketch and my interpretation below. The rest of the creative team inspiration can be seen in the January Sketch Challenge assignment.

January Sketch Challenge

Use this sketch to create your next scrapbook layout, art journaling page, handmade card, or any other creative project. Designed by Allie Trumpower and inspired by Geralyn Sy, this sketch features a grid-based design and can be easily translated into any size.

Some words about the sketch from Allie: This month the sketch plays on my love of grids and circles. And spots for flair. I love flair/badges right now. This is based on a page from Geralyn Sy. I love the circles-- you could fill them with patterned paper, photos, flair... I love the look! Challenge: Upload a photo of your finished sketch project.

RUKRISTIN

CA: I started by pulling the grid elements from the sketch and corralling them into the corner. I had a bunch of 2x2 photos from our trip on the PCH, and I thought this paper from the January Studio Calico kit was a perfect background.

Supply List: (Studio Calico January 2015 Scrapbook Kit, StazOn Jet Black Ink, Tombow Xtreme High Performance Adhesive, Freckled Fawn Cork Arrow, Misc embellishments from my stash)