THIS WEEK'S SKETCH

THE 'YOU ARE' SCRAPBOOK SKETCH IS A 12X12" LAYOUT WITH 11X11" WATERCOLOR TEXT OF SONG LYRICS AS THE MAIN BACKGROUND. THE FOCAL POINT IS A 3 1/2" X 4" POLAROID STYLE IMAGE MOUNTED ON KRAFT COLORED BACKGROUND WITH FLORAL EMBELLISHMENTS TO FINISH THE GROUPING. KEEP SCROLLING TO SEE MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS LAYOUT SKETCH!

'YOU ARE' SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT FOR SUNDAY SKETCH SERIES | THE PAPER CURATOR

MY FINISHED LAYOUT TURNED OUT LIKE THIS! BUT IF YOU KEEP READING I'LL SHOW YOU THE STEPS I TOOK TO GET THIS LAYOUT WHIPPED INTO SHAPE + ALL THE DETAILS OF THE PAGE AND SUPPLIES.

STEP ONE: THE MAT PAPER

THE FIRST STEP I TOOK WAS TO CHOOSE THIS POLKA DOT MAT PAPER, I LOVED THE SMALL DOTS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK PERFECTLY. THE PAPER IS FROM STUDIO CALICO'S ODYSSEY COLLECTION AND SINCE IT'S DOUBLE SIDED AND I ALSO LOVED THE REVERSE IMAGE, I CHOSE TO MARK AND CUT OUT THE CENTER SO I COULD PRESERVE THE PAPER THAT WASN'T NEEDED FOR THE MAT. I MARKED THE CORNERS 1" INSIDE THE EDGE OF THE PAPER (THIS IS WHERE MY WATERCOLOR PAPER WILL SIT) AND THEN CUT WITH MY X-ACTO KNIFE (NO NEED TO BE PRECISE) ABOUT 1/2" INSIDE THE MARKS.

STEP TWO: THE WATERCOLOR PAPER

THE SECOND STEP I TOOK WAS TO TRIM MY 11X14" FABRIANO WATERCOLOR PAPER DOWN TO AN 11" SQUARE. THIS PAPER IS THICK AND WONDERFUL FOR ANY PAINTING SO THAT THE PAPER DOESN'T WARP TOO BADLY ONCE IN YOUR FINAL LAYOUT.

STEP THREE: PAINTING THE LYRICS

THE THIRD STEP I TOOK WAS TO PAINT MY LYRICS (OR WHATEVER SAYING YOU WANT TO BE YOUR BACKGROUND). I CHOSE THE SONG BRAIN BY BANKS BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE SONGS I'VE BEEN LOVING LISTENING TO LATELY ON MY DAILY COMMUTE. I JUST TOOK A THIN BRUSH WITH CHEEP GREY WATERCOLOR AND SCRIPTED THE LETTERS FREEHAND UNTIL THE PAGE WAS FULL. THEN I ALLOWED IT TO DRY.

STEP FOUR: PULL YOUR MATERIALS

THE FOURTH STEP I TOOK WAS TO GATHER UP THE MATERIALS I WANT TO USE. SO I GRABBED THE FLORAL PIECES FROM HEIDI SWAPP'S MAKE PRETTY STUFF POUCH AND THE KRAFT PAPER + RIBBON I WANTED TO USE AND MADE SURE THAT I LIKED THE WAY THE STORY WAS WORKING WITH MY ALREADY CHOSEN BACKGROUND MATERIALS.

STEP FIVE: LAYING YOUR PAGE DOWN

THE FIFTH STEP I TOOK WAS TO START LAYING OUT MY PAGE ROUGHLY (WITH NO ADHESIVE YET!) I LIKE TO MOVE OBJECTS AROUND IF THEY DON'T FEEL RIGHT BUT HAVING A SKETCH LIKE I DID DRASTICALLY HELPED TO DIRECT THE PLACEMENT OF THIS PAGE AND I ENDED UP STICKING PRETTY CLOSELY TO MY ORIGINAL IDEA.

STEP FIVE: FINISH THE PAGE!

THE FIFTH STEP I TOOK, ONCE I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE GENERAL PLACEMENT WAS TO START ATTACHING THINGS AND FINISH THE PAGE WITH ADDED EMBELLISHMENTS LIKE SEQUINS, SOME STAMPING AND SOME EXTRA PAPER PIECES, AS WELL AS FINISHING OFF MY TITLE BY HIGHLIGHTING THE WORDS 'YOU ARE' FROM THE LYRICS WITH PINK GOUACHE. ONCE THAT WAS DONE, MY PAGE WAS FINISHED!

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THANKS FOR STOPPING BY FOR THIS WEEK'S #SUNDAYSKETCHSERIES. IF YOU GIVE THIS SKETCH A TRY - BE SURE TO USE THE HASHTAG SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU CREATE! BE SURE TO STOP BY TOMORROW TO CHECK OUT ANOTHER INSPIRING MOOD BOARD AS WELL. TILL THEN...