Lucky Girls Friday Fun Day: sketch challenge

Hey there, all you Lucky Girls: I'm issuing a challenge to you for today's FFD!

I am a sketch-a-holic. Whether I follow them closely or not-so-closely, I almost always start my layouts by choosing or drawing a sketch. It helps me plan my photo sizes and placement and just generally gets me started creatively.

When I ordered photos recently, I drew this sketch to make a layout about the fantastic bed and breakfast where we stayed for our 3rd anniversary:

As soon as I laid eyes on the MME circle die cut in the June 2011 Lucky Girls kit, I knew it was perfect for the photos I'd just printed. I modified the sketch a bit to make my layout, but the general idea is still pretty obvious-- the photo placement is the same, and I've kept the circle motif.

My challenge to you is to use this sketch to make a layout! Get out your Lucky Girl kits and get creating... and be sure to link up your layouts so that we can see what you've come up with!

Need some supplies to get you started?? Don't forget about this awesome Lucky Girl Crafts deal!!

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To participate in the FFD challenge, you must create your own project inspired by any of the following from the June Friday Fun Day projects:

Overall Design

Color Combination

Title of the Project

Use of Embellies

Be sure to post your project to InLinkz gallery at the end of this post no later than July 2nd! You can post any kind of project (layout, card, altered item, home decor, etc.) that has been inspired by any of the June Friday Fun Day Challenges. We love to know how you are being inspired by the Lucky Girls!

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"Comfort" supplies:
from the Lucky Girl Crafts June 2011 kit "Hullabaloo":
die cut: My Mind's Eye Lime Twist (Fly a Kite/Wish Confetti Paper)
patterned paper: Imaginisce Berrylicious (Cherry Lemonade)
alphas: American Crafts Dear Lizzy Puffy Thickers (Berry)
flowers: Petaloo Color Me Crazy paper roses

other supplies:
cardstock: from stash
brown pen: American Crafts Slickwriter
brown ink: Stampabilities

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Midweek Mojo - SSC Sketch Challenge - show your Lucky Girl!

Hi friends! Happy almost-end-of-the-week! We've been getting tons of dreary, rainy weather lately - the perfect kind for crafting! Did you know that our very own Senior Lucky Girl, Emily, is also a huge part of the Simply Scrapping Crafts group? With daily challenges, monthly contests, blogs, forums & more, it's a great place to go for everyday inspiration. Em wears several hats over there, including Sketch Challenge Director. Lucky Girl Crafts is sponsoring April's sketch contest, and here's my take on it:

I used TONS of the Crate Paper - Toy Box items from my April Lucky Girl Crafts kit, "A Boy & His Toys". The Toy Box line of stickers, chipboard, journaling cards and incredible papers were {naturally} a perfect choice to document my handsome little man.

I did a lot of layering of all the different elements and added dimensional glaze to a few pieces for a little extra visual interest.

I circled Andrew's age on the bingo card using the Making Memories teal elastic cording, and trimmed out the the letter "A" from the Toy Box - Build paper. You can really see the dimensional glaze on the letter - the shine is a lot of fun!

One of my favorite parts about the Toy Box - Playdate paper was the extra fun you had with the word search. What a unique way to add extra journaling to your layout!

Here I also hand-stitched the Making Memories bakers twine, which coordinated perfectly!

Pull out the journaling cards from behind the picture to get the full story.

Here's the sketch that I worked with:

Now, how about a few extra chances to win?

Head on over to Simply Scrapping Crafts and play along with one of this month's sketches for a chance to win $25 Lucky Bucks to our store. (For this, post your project to the appropriate challenge over at SSC.)

And/OR

Using this sketch and ONLY products you've received in any Lucky Girl Crafts kit, post a link to your project in the comments section below to win a scrappy inspiration pack valued at $10+. Inspiration kit will include one set of alphas and coordinating ribbon & embellies.

This is open to anyone who uses the above sketch as inspiration and 90% products received in a Lucky Girl Crafts kit!!! (Products can be combined from any past kits.)

For a chance to win the inspiration pack, projects must be posted no later than next Wednesday, April 19 by 11:59 p.m. MST