Thursday Sketch Challenge

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Hi everyone! It's Amy here this week for our weekly Thursday sketch challenge. Last week I had so much fun using Pinterest finds for my sketch inspiration, I headed back into my boards and found this gem of a layout starter! I just love the variations of grids, and the swatches of patterns had me thinking straight away!

Let's take a look at the sketch I came up with for this week's challenge. 

I kept the sketch pretty literal, but also very open to interpretation. I didn't assign firm photo spots, journaling spots or patterned paper spots, so this should be a pretty versatile design and one that can serve many needs. 

For my page I swapped the orientation of the larger rectangles from vertical to horizontal and rotated the sketch 180 degrees, placing my verical rectangles on the right of my photos. As I was working with my layout I found that I preferred my title on the top of my page rather than the bottom.  

For the vertical rectangles to the right of my photo grid, I mixed Rocket Age and 9 to 5 patterned papers. They created the deep, dense color saturation I was looking for, so that my photos would pop right on off the page.

For my embellishments, I mixed in some Sidewalks, Boarding Pass along with Rocket Age. I LOVE how they all work so beautifully together, even with 9 to 5!

This week, I sent my sketch over to Marcy, and true to her beautiful style, she came up with a super fun take on the sketch. 

Here's what Marcy had to say about her project:

I used a combination of the inspiration piece and the sketch.  I created a chevron background with my Sihouette and then used the grid design from the sketch.  I used three photos to represent the larger 4 photos on the right and then used patterned paper blocks (which I tucked under the photos) to represent the smaller squares on the left.

Things were getting a little busy on my page and I like my white space, so the chevron and the title are more tone-on-tone to help reign in the colors and design.

Such a gorgeous layout, Marcy! 

Would you love to play along with us this week? We'd love to see your work! Simply upload your fabulous creation to the October Afternoon Flickr Gallery and let everyone see your gorgeous take on this week's sketch! 

That does it for me this week. Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a fantastic week!