tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309163752024-03-07T12:55:44.396-05:00The Chou BlogYour source for free scrapbook ideas, tips and information!!<br><a href="http://www.choubox.com">http://www.choubox.com</a>Chouboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854641748096957717noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30916375.post-63870012420862384672012-05-07T21:51:00.003-05:002012-05-07T21:52:37.483-05:00Sketch of the Week: 2012-05-06<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week's <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a> is an 8.5" x 11" two-page layout format. You can swap out pictures for patterned paper blocks, embellishments or journaling</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who voted!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Weekend!! I've got a few more card samples up my sleeve, but the weather is beautiful and my bike is calling, so....I'm headed outdoors for a little while.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sticking with the 5.5" x 4" size card format for now (it really is a very convenient size). In this example, I've used three 1.5" high strips with three different lengths (4", 4.5" and 5"). You can choose to put a large embellishment on the card or leave as is - it's all up to you! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.choubox.com/" target="_blank">Happy Scrapping!!</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Friday - Here is your second Mother's Day Card Sample! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the size measurements if you'd like to recreate one or more for yourself! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a 5.5" x 4" horizontal flap card and the big pink strip on the right hand side is 1.5" x 4". The three blocks are 1.25" (blue square), 1.5" (polka dot square) and 1.5" x 2" (pink/blue swirl).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi! Hope everyone is having a good week. I'm trying to get some of the Mother's Day card samples out quickly, since I'll be traveling yet again for work next week!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This sample is based on a 5.5" x 4" horizontal card and the strips of paper are 1", 2" and .75" high each. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A great way to add some dimension to a card, or layout, is to replace polka dots with brads (look closely and you can see that I did that here). Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to those who voted for this week's sketch! It's a 12" x 12" two-page layout and features and entire "string" of vertical 4" x 6" photos.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK, so I promised both a 12" x 12" and an 8" x 8" two-page layout sketch this week and this is the latter of the two.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, with Mother's Day coming up, I'm transitioning to handmade card sketches, but you can still <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">vote</a> for the Sketch of the Week (I'll still keep posting those too). Happy Scrapping!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a tie in this week's Sketch of the Week (between a 12" x 12" two-page and 8" x 8" two-page layouts), so I'll post one of each. The first one is the 12" x 12" and probably looks pretty simple, but that's the point.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This two page layout will display at least eight pictures (wallet size). If you crop a bigger picture and use in the big strips, you can display even more. My vision for the large strips are for patterned paper with a simple adjective vertically along the far right edge describing the picture (joy, smile, hope, courage, fun, summer, etc.) - the adjectives are your journaling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my take on the <a href="http://creative-scrapbook-layouts.blogspot.com/2012/04/dont-forget-to-vote.html" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a>. My version incorporates the arrows in the original sketch and is actually a 12" x 12" single page layout. Since the base paper had stripes, I used those as the lines for my journaling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you to all who voted - this week's Sketch of the Week is an 8" x 8" single page layout sketch. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This 8" x 8" version can be converted into a 12" x 12" to support a 4" x 6" photo (with slightly larger background pieces) and you don't necessarily have to use arrows in the layout (that was just part of the inspiration for the sketch - my love of travel and always being on the go). You can change the large arrow into a large horizontal patterned paper piece and the smaller arrows can be switched up for buttons, eyelets or brads. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, if you'd like to see a sketch in a different format (6" x 6", 8.5" x 11" or 12" x 12"), you can vote for your favorite @ the <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html#survey" target="_blank">Choubox Scrapbook Design Sketch Pad</a> and maybe it will be the next Sketch of the Week!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.choubox.com/" target="_blank">Happy Scrapping</a>!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone who voted for the <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html#survey" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a>!! This week's sketch is for an 8" x 8" two-page layout and incorporates <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/scraptionary.html#W" target="_blank">Washi Tape</a> into the layout to add some visual (vertical) interest. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like a different sketch, make sure to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html#survey" target="_blank">vote</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! The format of the sketch can change every week depending on your votes alone! Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to be traveling with my family tomorrow, so I wanted to get the <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a> (or in this case, sketches) posted for your use! Based on your votes, the winning format was 8" x 8" single. I got some extra inspiration today, so I decided to make two. :-) I really liked the simplicity of these sketches. If you prefer a different format, make sure to <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">vote</a> and then you'll get a free sketch next week!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Scrapping!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we've had a page in your new baby scrapbook featuring Mom, Dad and even siblings, but what about <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/heritage_scrapbooks.html" target="_blank">Grandma and Grandpa</a>?!! We can't forget about their first visit, especially if they travelled many miles to get there. And...just so there is equal "billing" among the two sets of grandparents....this layout features two 4" x 6" pictures. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd rather, you can use this layout for other "introduction" pictures, like your new son or daughter meeting their Aunts, Uncles, Cousins or family friends for the first time. Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You saw this sketch 10 days ago, but I wanted to put I wanted to put it in its proper context....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The design of this layout is taken almost directly from (of all things) a birth announcement. I loved the design of my cousin’s announcement and thought it would make a great layout for a <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/new-baby-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">new baby scrapbook</a>. Unlike “traditional” scrapbook layouts, where the focal picture is on left….this one has the focal picture on the right. Now, while it may go counter to standard design criteria, it still maintains proper visual flow from left-to-right (those standard design criteria are more like guidelines anyway...). You can use store bought patterned paper for the one-inch strip that runs across the bottom of the page or you can make your own with your new baby’s birth information (<a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/baby_scrapbook_layouts.html#paper" target="_blank">click here for more information</a>) and for a title, you can put your baby’s name in big chipboard letters. Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ve waited nine months for the stork to arrive with a “Special Delivery”, so find two of your favorite pictures (4" x 6") of your little one or two pictures from the hospital to fill in the next two pages of your <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/new-baby-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">new baby scrapbook</a>. Of course, you can always use this layout for something completely different, like baby’s first bath, pictures with siblings, the trip home or baby’s first Christmas.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gather up those precious
pictures of Daddy with his “Little Angel” or “Little Man” and show them off on
these two pages of your <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/new-baby-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">new baby scrapbook</a>. </span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You’ve got room for a 5” x 7” and two 3” x 5”. You can switch up the title based on whether
or not your new bundle of joy is little girl or a little boy and…if you’ve
rather use another format for your “Daddy” pictures, then you can use this for “Big
Brother/Sister” pictures because they are important too and it is too cute to
see your first born cradle their baby brother or sister. Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, how many of you loved to collect stickers as you were younger? Or maybe you just love to accessorize?... Then you will probably love to embellish your scrapbook pages too, but what is a scrapbook embellishment? <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/new-baby-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">Click here to learn more</a>!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Precious “Mom”ents… You can’t have a new baby scrapbook without a layout featuring Mom! In this example, the two-page layout calls for three average size pictures (4” x 6” and 3” x 5”), but you have the room to turn your <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/scraptionary.html#F" target="_blank">focal picture</a> into a 5” x 7” or change the two 3” x 5” pictures into four 3” x 3” pictures. <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/new-baby-scrapbook.html" target="_blank">Click here to learn more!!</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Spring (or Fall depending on where you are in the world)!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week's winner of the <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a> is a 12" x 12" double page layout. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This sketch was actually inspired by a magazine ad....there were huge letters across the middle of the page with pictures all around advertising clothing and jewelry. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought it might make a good layout, especially for a birthday. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd love to see what your layouts turn out like!! You can post them in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/choubox/" target="_blank">Choubox Scrapbook Layout Gallery</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and don't forget to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">VOTE</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for your favorite layout size for the Sketch of the Week. Happy Scrapping!!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These three sketches are all in the "baby" scrapbook series. They are 8.5" x 8.5" and two of them are actually new....I was inspired to make the first one based off a baby announcement I recently received and the last one was actually inspired by a website for one of our fine State Capitols. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is truly amazing where inspiration will come from, so always keep your eye out for it. Happy Scrapping!</span></div>
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Last year, I took my first trip to New Orleans. It was....an experience. It was beautiful and crazy and tasty all at the same time. This is a digital 12" x 12" layout based on my trip using the <a href="http://creative-scrapbook-layouts.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-sketches-please.html" target="_blank">March 13th sketch</a>. This particular layout uses the "muted" photo idea I mentioned in that blog post. Happy Scrapping!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say that I "cheated" when I came up with this sketch....I saw a similar design on the front of an informational magazine and thought it would make an interesting layout. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cool thing about this design is that you can make the squares whatever size you want. It's a 12" x 12" single layout and in this example I used 3" squares throughout. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, the 3" squares that surround the four pictures can be (1) patterned paper blocks or (2) other pictures that have an opaque layering on them that make the main pictures stand out even more (<a href="http://creative-scrapbook-layouts.blogspot.com/2012/03/nola.html" target="_blank">see example here</a>).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, if this format isn't your favorite, then all you have to do is vote for the <a href="http://www.creative-scrapbook-layouts.com/choubox_sketch_pad.html" target="_blank">Sketch of the Week</a>!! Right now, the front runner is a 12" x 12" double page layout. I count the votes each week and whatever layout format has the most votes wins - all you have to do is vote! Happy Scrapping!</span><br />
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