Hi all! It's Jill here with this week's sketch, which continues the grid love that started with last week's sketch. This design invites you to rethink the grid: is it possible to work within a grid and break out of it?
The inspiration for this sketch comes from one of my favorite and most frequent Pinterest searches -- bulletin boards and inspiration boards. There are so many amazing ideas out there, featuring grids made from a variety of materials such as ribbon, hemp, and chicken wire, with items clipped on or tucked here and there.
The layout that I created based on this sketch definitely reflects my bulletin board fascination.
To create the grid, I punched equidistant holes in the patterned paper (I went with a grid-based pattern so that no measuring was needed), and then I threaded a (very) long length of twine through the holes, overlapping the vertical lines with just three horizontal lines so that I could leave room to insert items.
I clipped the photos and journaling cards to the twine, securing them over, under, and within the grid, and then I layered a few chipboard shapes and die-cut stickers from the Boarding Pass and Sidewalks lines. The journaling cards at the top and bottom of the layout are actually cards from the Sidewalks Miscellany collection; I flipped them over and ran them through the printer. The middle card is one of the new Sidewalks journal cards. Isn't it cute?
Amy also reconceptualizes the idea of the grid in her layout:
Amy explains her process:
"When I created my page, I decided to use grid-based papers to replicate the cross-hatched main element in Jill's super cool sketch. By using several different grid based papers, it makes them all stand out, which is important in her sketch. Another liberty I took was using journaling stickers layered upon each other (inspired by Jill's work!) as my three-piece stacked element on the left of my vertical photo, as in the sketch."
The idea of using grid-based paper rather than a literal grid is brilliant, don't you think? As for Amy's multi-layered approach to the journaling? It is simply amazing. I can't stop looking at it!
We would love to see your take on this week's sketch. Be sure to share your interpretation of the sketch in the October Afternoon Flickr gallery, and link us up in the comments below!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61291223@N03/6278724470/in/pool-770617@N25
My LO "Wild Ride" for the Challenge. I have to say, this happened very organically. I just happened to be sitting with all these OA papers and realized that a grid would be perfect. I did a mirror image of the sketch for mine.
Thanks for the inspiration, you know I love your page Jill!
Posted by: Nirupama Kumar | October 24, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Amy your work is stunning, as always! Love Jill's sketch, very cool LO too!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | October 23, 2011 at 08:00 AM
Love both these LOs, lots of great ideas! Love OA grids too, I buy extra sheets just so I can use the B side :)
Posted by: Olivia | October 20, 2011 at 05:58 PM
These are just stunning - I am really tempted to go back to paper and card ...
Posted by: alexa | October 20, 2011 at 04:10 PM
Jill - that is such an amazing layout!!
Love the idea!!!
And Amy, I love the typed journaling on your stickers! I would love a tutorial on that one.
It looks complicated but I'm sure it isn't.
Posted by: Mary Jo | October 20, 2011 at 09:38 AM
I LOVE the idea of the twine grid. I have to go find some mini-clothespins: so cute!
Posted by: Cynthia B. | October 20, 2011 at 09:07 AM
This is fantastic, Amy!
Posted by: Becky Williams | October 20, 2011 at 05:18 AM
Amazing work jill. Love that look of twine with clips.
Posted by: nirupama | October 20, 2011 at 01:30 AM