Sketches
Sketches
What are sketches?
Sketches are an outline of how your scrapbook pages or cards will be layed out.
Why should I use a sketch?
Sketches save you time because the layout is already planned out for you. You do not have to worry if it looks designed well on the paper because the sketch easily lays out the elements for you.
Sketches are great if you are stuck and need some inspiration, or for everyday scrapbooking to create layouts efficiently. Why spend time designing a good layout for your page, when instead you could be scrapbooking those photos?
Where can I find sketches?
There are a huge amount of sketches on the internet, in scrapbook magazines and published books.
Here is a small sampling of sites that offer free sketches.
52 sketches
CISter's Stylish Sketches
Gettin Sketchy
Got Sketch?
Little Book of Sketches
PHutch Sketches
Scrapbooking Sketches Aussie Style
Scrapbooking, Sketches and Life... Oh
Sketches for freestyle scrappers
SketchThis
Stuck?!
Pagemaps
ScrapRoomBluePrints
How do I make my own sketches?
There is the old fashion way or drawing on on a piece of paper; however, if you are more of a computer person like myself you may like the digital way better.
After spending a lot of time searching the internet to find a step by step guide to create sketches I still came up blank. I have since experimented with making my own sketches that I will be sharing on my blog, but I also decided to design a tutorial to help you make your own.
Making Sketches with Paint Shop Pro
Click on each image for a detailed view
1. Creating a new image
2. Using the flood fill tool to color your image
3. Using the swatches side bar to fill in your color
4. Selecting a shape for your images
5. Coloring in a shape
6. Inputting text
7. Changing font size
8. Basic sketch completed
This should get you started and once you are confortable their are many other colors, patterns
and elements you can try.
