Hi Everyone!  For week 5 of our 6 week challenge, I did things a little differently.  I wasn’t lying when I said that I have been inspired by all of the participants in this six week sketch challenge!  I looked through the comments on last week’s blog post and saw this great idea from reader Christy (clcbug1):

"I love the sketches! Thank you for doing the challenge for us. I do love the challenge of putting lots of photos on a single 12 by 12 page. I am normally a double page scrapper. Having said that, how about a double page spread with multiple photos? If you do 7 of them, the 365 folks can jump on it as well."

So I took up Christy’s challenge and I created a two-page spread with 7 photos.  Now, I know you’ll just have to take my word for it, but this time around I also designed the 8.5x11 spread first and then adapted it to 12x12.  This was a definitely a change from how I normally work, but I’m hoping you like the results.  The 8.5x11 spread features three 4x6s, one 4x4 and three 3x4s.



For the 12x12 spread I enlarged the photo sizes of some of the photos so that the spread would be more balanced; it features one 5x7, two 4x6s, a 4x4 and three 3.5x5s.  Even though one page has three photos and the other page has 4 the margins on the side of the spread are the same.  Having the enlargement on the side with fewer photos also helps the spread to feel more balanced even if the overall design is asymmetric.



For my take on this sketch I decided to do only one side of the 12x12 spread.  I just took these photos of Nathan learning to use a fork on Sunday and as I was looking through them I realized they would be perfect for this sketch.  I did have a lot of shots but I didn’t really want to include 7 of them which is why I decided to go with one page instead of two.  I shifted the design upwards to make room for my border and I also trimmed my 3.5x5s to make room for journaling, but you’ll see that the basic arrangement of the photos and the title stayed the same.



I hope you’ll find this sketch a lot of fun.  I think it is really versatile since you can always do just one side of the spread like I did, you can do both pages, you can flip the pages, etc.  The possibilities really are endless.  I think it’s a sketch I will turn to again in the future and I can’t wait to see what you all do with it.  I have loved looking through the flickr gallery and visiting everyone’s blog these past weeks.  And thank you for all the comments and suggestions on last week’s post.

Post a link to your layout in the comments of this post by Thursday, February 18 to enter this week's contest! Three winners will each receive a free eBook. And everyone who participates this week will get another entry into our grand-prize drawing for a Cricut Expression (a $349 value)!