I love all 4 layouts. What a great way to show the versatility of your sketches including making a two page layout from a one page sketch. The Up and Down layout design is simple but oh so effective with the multitude of arrows. Love all of them!
This is really great. I used to feel like if I used sketches or scrap lifted someone else’s design, I was cheating my family for not coming up with the designs on my own. Not only did I learn to look at sketches differently but I immediately thought of perfect photos that I haven’t scrapped yet for 3 out of the four layouts. I feel very inspired to pull out my silhouette & get designing & cutting. Thanks so very much!!!
Thank you, Sidney! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I used to feel the same about using sketches, that I was "cheating," so I definitely understand what you mean. My mom, the one who owns Scrapbook Generation, was the first to start making sketches in our business and I thought I would never use them. Then I tried one for the first time and I loved that the design was done for me and I didn't have to sit there for hours pushing stuff around on my layout until I found an arrangement and design I liked. I felt like using that sketch made the design part go so fast and it gave me more opportunity to play around with the fun stuff.
OMG! Now I see why Janet at RTS raves about your instructional videos. You are a great teacher! Your adaptations of the sketch are so creative, and your layouts are inspiring. Thank you for this series.
This was a fabulous instructional video. The layouts are beautiful. Janet Maddison is a big lover and supporter of SG and I am definitely going to buy some of your classes. Thanks for this new UA-cam channel. Jeannine
UAU!!! Amazing! Thank you so much! You taught so much from just one sketch!!! I loved the way you teach and I loved your creativity!! looking forward to watch more of your videos!
Wow! This video is an amazing class for me who is starting the adventure of scrapbooking. I've purchased tons of tools and materials but ... I am struggling on how to begin the works! I figured out that using sketches/layouts will help me durante the process. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us! Keep on doing the good work! Love and respect all the way from Brazil 🇧🇷!
I'm so glad to hear it was helpful! And, welcome to the world of scrapbooking! It's a such a fun hobby!! It can be overwhelming at first, but you'll get the hang of it in no time!
Superb ideas!! It is always so helpful to have a visual to go along with the explanation. This is my first time watching a video by you, but you can bet it won’t be the last!! TFS.
I watched Janet at RTS Scrapbooking when you did your 6x6 class. I purchased the mini class about a week ago. Today I was able to get the 6x6 Volume 1. And I can't tell you how happy I am so see that you started a UA-cam channel. Just let me thank you in advance we all are going to love it!
Thank you so much for the explanations, particularly the way you centered each of your photos inside the designs. Love the stitching and tips. It's been years since I've pulled out my embroidery floss, but now I'm excited to dig those supplies out of the back of my closet!! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
You are welcome! I'm so happy that you thought the video was helpful. That's my goal! Dig out that embroidery floss!! It's one of my favorite go-to techniques to use on my layouts. I can't get enough of stitching!
Great video ! I am new at scrapbooking, so this offered me so much information. I love that you show several ways to create the single page layout plus the double page one. I have subscribed and can’t wait to look at your previous videos. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity and talent!
I hesitate writing here because I know these are over a year old....I am so grateful there are still here. I was and still am completely lost when it comes to sketches. I love the idea but I cant work this old brain around the concept so I am hoping this will help. I signed up for your 6x6 pad class but purpose to learn this first. I love your journal strips on your pages. Any tips? I notice that they are not completely flat. You are beyond talented, THANK YOU for being so generous with your talent.
Thank you so much, Margi! What a wonderful compliment! I get that sketches can be a little tough at first, but the main thing that I try to tell people is that sketches are not a rule you have to follow, they are simply a starting point. You can follow them exactly if you want, or you can change things up to better fit your photos, supplies, and style. I always tell people that are just starting out that it might be easiest at first to follow the sketch as is. As you do that you will start to see and learn what you tend to like the most. Once you know what you like, it gets easier and easier to adapt the sketches to better fit your needs. It's just like any other technique, it takes practice and using them a lot to figure it all out. I'm here if you have questions about them! For journaling strips, I type them on my computer with double spacing so I have room to cut them out. Then after I print them, I cut the horizontal cuts on the left and right of the text first so you end up with a long strip of paper with your text on it. Then I do the vertical cuts above and below each line of text to cut out each strip. I with the top line and cut just above the line of text. Then I cut the top line below the text and I have my first strip. Then I just repeat for all of the remaining lines of text. I almost always adhere my journaling strips with foam adhesive so that they stand up off the page a little. I like that the dimension it adds makes my story stand out. I hope that's helpful!!
@@allisondavis4sg944 That is beyond helpful. Sometimes watching someone who is so good at what they do...you think you can just jump on because they make it look so simple. I appreciate your tips and advice. Thank you so much. I am determined to learn these because many times I am stuck on a page for placemat and you have some really cool sketches.....thank you for your time......
You’re welcome!! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I feel like it’s kind of easier to explain a lot of the detail via video over text and photos. I’m really enjoying putting these videos together!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've been plotting and planning my classes for We Create over the last few weeks. I'm super excited for what we've got planned!
I love your designs! I love that the pictures are the stars and the embellishments only add to that. This is a great series. Your explanation helps tremendously too. Sometimes a sketch can feel intimidating, but the explanation helps me to understand how to make it similar to yours.
What a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. I felt the same way about sketches when I first started using them, but I think the more I used them, the easier it was to adapt them to fit my style.
That was a great teaching demonstration on using sketches! It was very helpful to hear you explain and show the process! Love these layouts! Love hexagons too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your explanations- perfectly detailed and expressed. Your layouts are gorgeous and keep the photos centric to the design. The sketch was "too busy" for my brain to see how I would use it with my style, but your discussion and examples helped me see how it works for me. So glad you are on YT!
You're welcome! This sketch definitely has a lot going on, but I'm glad that the video helped you see how to adapt it to fit your style! That's so awesome!
Thank you for all the information/tips. This has reminded me of all the reasons I fell in love with your style back in the good ol creating keepsakes magazine days
Allison thank you, thank you, thank you !!! I’ve been waiting for this since a looooong time !!! I love to see how we can use a sketch in so many different ways !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Loved the video! Thanks so much for the ideas. I took your Sketch Support Class many years ago and have been a big fan since then! So glad to see your videos!
Thank you so much and you're welcome! I'm glad to hear you learned some new things. I love teaching this kind of stuff so it makes my day to hear that someone learned something from me!
This was a fabulous video! Thank you so much. I’m definitely looking at sketches in a new way. I’ll be looking forward to your next video. I got a lot out of this. Thank you again. 😊
Absolutely LOVE all of your series. Complete genius in my book. Just curious if & when will we be seeing the "bonus" sketches for sketches 1-10? Thanks so much!
Thank you so much, Pam! I do have plans to do those, but I don't have a set time or date. It will probably be one of those things where I'll squeeze one in here and there when I can.
Now I fully expect you to start using the sketches and scrapbooking some layouts. The boxes and boxes of pictures in our house aren't going to scrapbook themselves!
I needed this! I always thought I had to follow a sketch exactly ... thank you for showing four different layouts inspired by the same sketch! #gamechangervideo
Love that hashtag! Sketches are so fun to play around with. I see using them multiple times, like in this video, as a way to exercise my creative brain. It's good practice to push yourself to see outside of the box, or sketch, I should say. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
Hi im new just found you how amazing you are so inspirational love your layouts so helpful what font do you use on your journalling its so nice to see journalling on layouts 😊
Love, love, love the layout “Say Cheese.” Now, other than the wood veneer cameras where do I start? Was this paper printed w/camera border & then you used a camera die cut or stamped the camera onto the page or both? If the paper was preprinted w/a few cameras, do you remember the mfg.? TFS these awesome layouts!
Thank you so much!! The camera border was created by arranging camera die cuts and cameras cut out of patterned paper all around the edges. The camera patterned paper was a really old paper from American Crafts.
Thank you a thousand times as a newer scrapbooker I can’t make heads or tales of sketches and I get kits and have no clue where to start. this video was so helpful . Thank you . Do you have any on line classes I would be interested to purchase them .
I'm so glad you found it helpful! Sketches can be such a valuable tool for new scrapbookers and once you get the hang of using them, they will save you so much time. I do have some online classes, including one that is specifically about using sketches and how to adapt them. I also have a lot of sketches too. The classes are all downloadable and self paced. You can find the classes here: (scroll down to see them all) scrapbookgeneration.com/downloads/classes/ The sketches I have come in a wide variety of themes, number of photos, size of layouts, etc. All of my sketches can be found here: scrapbookgeneration.com/sg-exclusives/downloads/ If you ever have any questions about anything, don't hesitate to ask! I'm always here to help!
I love all 4 layouts. What a great way to show the versatility of your sketches including making a two page layout from a one page sketch. The Up and Down layout design is simple but oh so effective with the multitude of arrows. Love all of them!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!
This is really great. I used to feel like if I used sketches or scrap lifted someone else’s design, I was cheating my family for not coming up with the designs on my own. Not only did I learn to look at sketches differently but I immediately thought of perfect photos that I haven’t scrapped yet for 3 out of the four layouts. I feel very inspired to pull out my silhouette & get designing & cutting. Thanks so very much!!!
Thank you, Sidney! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I used to feel the same about using sketches, that I was "cheating," so I definitely understand what you mean. My mom, the one who owns Scrapbook Generation, was the first to start making sketches in our business and I thought I would never use them. Then I tried one for the first time and I loved that the design was done for me and I didn't have to sit there for hours pushing stuff around on my layout until I found an arrangement and design I liked. I felt like using that sketch made the design part go so fast and it gave me more opportunity to play around with the fun stuff.
T Y. I have have a number of your Sketches for Scrapbooking books but I love seeing it come alive on the screen!
That's awesome! Thank you for your support!
OMG! Now I see why Janet at RTS raves about your instructional videos. You are a great teacher! Your adaptations of the sketch are so creative, and your layouts are inspiring. Thank you for this series.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video! Janet is so awesome!
This was a fabulous instructional video. The layouts are beautiful. Janet Maddison is a big lover and supporter of SG and I am definitely going to buy some of your classes. Thanks for this new UA-cam channel. Jeannine
Thank you so much! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it! Janet is amazing and I have loved watching her videos! She’s so great!
UAU!!! Amazing! Thank you so much! You taught so much from just one sketch!!! I loved the way you teach and I loved your creativity!! looking forward to watch more of your videos!
Thank you so much! That's so very nice of you to say!! 😀
Wow! This video is an amazing class for me who is starting the adventure of scrapbooking.
I've purchased tons of tools and materials but ... I am struggling on how to begin the works!
I figured out that using sketches/layouts will help me durante the process.
Thanks for sharing your ideas with us! Keep on doing the good work! Love and respect all the way from Brazil 🇧🇷!
I'm so glad to hear it was helpful! And, welcome to the world of scrapbooking! It's a such a fun hobby!! It can be overwhelming at first, but you'll get the hang of it in no time!
What a fabulous video! You're a natural! Your camera layout is definitely a WOW!
Thank you!!
Superb ideas!! It is always so helpful to have a visual to go along with the explanation. This is my first time watching a video by you, but you can bet it won’t be the last!! TFS.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Totally late to the party! This was amazing!
Thank you so much!
I watched Janet at RTS Scrapbooking when you did your 6x6 class. I purchased the mini class about a week ago. Today I was able to get the 6x6 Volume 1. And I can't tell you how happy I am so see that you started a UA-cam channel. Just let me thank you in advance we all are going to love it!
Janet is so awesome! Her videos on the 6x6 class were so good! I hope you’re enjoying the classes and sketches!
I love your videos. Your layouts are so pretty! I would love to see more of them.
Thank you, Nancy! I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the videos. If you want to see more layouts I share a lot on my website: www.allisondavis4sg.com
Want to give this a thousand likes. So excited that you're doing videos now. I use your sketches for 95 percent of my scrapping. Love them.
That is awesome! I'm glad to hear you enjoy using the sketches. I love making them so hearing that others enjoy using them, makes my day!
Thank you so much for the explanations, particularly the way you centered each of your photos inside the designs. Love the stitching and tips. It's been years since I've pulled out my embroidery floss, but now I'm excited to dig those supplies out of the back of my closet!! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
You are welcome! I'm so happy that you thought the video was helpful. That's my goal!
Dig out that embroidery floss!! It's one of my favorite go-to techniques to use on my layouts. I can't get enough of stitching!
Great video ! I am new at scrapbooking, so this offered me so much information. I love that you show several ways to create the single page layout plus the double page one. I have subscribed and can’t wait to look at your previous videos. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity and talent!
Thank you so much, Sandra! Welcome to the world of scrapbooking! It's such a wonderful and rewarding hobby. :)
This is absolutely fabulous! Thank you for all your hard work in creating this.
What a great video and fantastic resource; thank-you Allison! Off to watch the rest :)
Thank you, Moira! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful video. Very informative. I am so excited that you have a channel now. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
You are a natural! Solid teaching skills and full of creativity!
Thank you!!
I love how you put it. Imagine dragging the sketch out to make a 2 page layout. Light bulb went off. Thank you for this series!!
You're welcome! I love those light bulb moments and I'm happy to hear you had one from this video.
Allison, I really like this, thanks for sharing your talent
Thank you so much!
I loved this video. I’m looking forward to the next. I always start with a sketch.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Sketches just make life easier! :)
I hesitate writing here because I know these are over a year old....I am so grateful there are still here. I was and still am completely lost when it comes to sketches. I love the idea but I cant work this old brain around the concept so I am hoping this will help. I signed up for your 6x6 pad class but purpose to learn this first. I love your journal strips on your pages. Any tips? I notice that they are not completely flat. You are beyond talented, THANK YOU for being so generous with your talent.
Thank you so much, Margi! What a wonderful compliment!
I get that sketches can be a little tough at first, but the main thing that I try to tell people is that sketches are not a rule you have to follow, they are simply a starting point. You can follow them exactly if you want, or you can change things up to better fit your photos, supplies, and style.
I always tell people that are just starting out that it might be easiest at first to follow the sketch as is. As you do that you will start to see and learn what you tend to like the most. Once you know what you like, it gets easier and easier to adapt the sketches to better fit your needs. It's just like any other technique, it takes practice and using them a lot to figure it all out. I'm here if you have questions about them!
For journaling strips, I type them on my computer with double spacing so I have room to cut them out. Then after I print them, I cut the horizontal cuts on the left and right of the text first so you end up with a long strip of paper with your text on it. Then I do the vertical cuts above and below each line of text to cut out each strip. I with the top line and cut just above the line of text. Then I cut the top line below the text and I have my first strip. Then I just repeat for all of the remaining lines of text. I almost always adhere my journaling strips with foam adhesive so that they stand up off the page a little. I like that the dimension it adds makes my story stand out.
I hope that's helpful!!
@@allisondavis4sg944 That is beyond helpful. Sometimes watching someone who is so good at what they do...you think you can just jump on because they make it look so simple. I appreciate your tips and advice. Thank you so much. I am determined to learn these because many times I am stuck on a page for placemat and you have some really cool sketches.....thank you for your time......
I really love your sketch series, but hearing you explain it on video is even better!! Thank You so much!!
You’re welcome!! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I feel like it’s kind of easier to explain a lot of the detail via video over text and photos. I’m really enjoying putting these videos together!
Love this! Thanks for sharing! Here’s to hoping I can take a class with you at We Create!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I've been plotting and planning my classes for We Create over the last few weeks. I'm super excited for what we've got planned!
Love you ideas on stretching sketches. These are beautiful layouts! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, Tiffany!
I love your designs! I love that the pictures are the stars and the embellishments only add to that. This is a great series. Your explanation helps tremendously too. Sometimes a sketch can feel intimidating, but the explanation helps me to understand how to make it similar to yours.
What a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful.
I felt the same way about sketches when I first started using them, but I think the more I used them, the easier it was to adapt them to fit my style.
That was a great teaching demonstration on using sketches! It was very helpful to hear you explain and show the process! Love these layouts! Love hexagons too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad it was helpful!
So happy you are doing this UA-cam tutorials. Love, love you and your Mom’s designs 😍
Thank you so much! I happy to be doing them and I'm glad to hear you are enjoying it!
This was absolutely wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! 💕 I can’t wait to see the next sketch and video!!
Thank you, Adrienne!
Awesome information and video! TFS.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Love love love this
More please
Thank you! Definitely more to come!
Thank you for your explanations- perfectly detailed and expressed. Your layouts are gorgeous and keep the photos centric to the design. The sketch was "too busy" for my brain to see how I would use it with my style, but your discussion and examples helped me see how it works for me. So glad you are on YT!
You're welcome! This sketch definitely has a lot going on, but I'm glad that the video helped you see how to adapt it to fit your style! That's so awesome!
Thank you for all the fabulous tips! Look forward to more of the series!!
You're welcome!
Thank you Allison for showing us how far we can go with just one sketch. Love it. Feeling inspired.
You're welcome, Janette! Thank you for watching/commenting!
Oh my goodness!!! This was fantastic! Can’t wait to see more videos!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for all the information/tips. This has reminded me of all the reasons I fell in love with your style back in the good ol creating keepsakes magazine days
You're welcome! Those Creating Keepsakes days feels like a lifetime ago! What a fun and memorable experience that was!
These are all fabulous!! Thank you for the informational video and gorgeous inspiration!!
You are so welcome!
Awesome! Thank you for doing this.. Lots of ideas and tips :)
You're welcome!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Fabulous information. Very comprehensive. I am a new subscriber and I'm looking forward to future videos.
Thank you for watching and subscribing! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Allison thank you, thank you, thank you !!! I’ve been waiting for this since a looooong time !!! I love to see how we can use a sketch in so many different ways !!! ❤️❤️❤️
You're welcome X 3!! I happy to hear that you enjoyed it! I looked forward to doing this every month!
Gorgeous layouts! I especially like what you did with Shimelle’s triangle paper. So much inspiration!
Thank you so much! That has to be one of my favorite patterned papers ever!
Fantastic sketch with amazing tips! Thank you so much.
You're welcome! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it!
So many great ideas!!! Can't wait to see more!
Yay! Thank you!
Brilliant layouts!
Thank you!!
Loved the video! Thanks so much for the ideas. I took your Sketch Support Class many years ago and have been a big fan since then! So glad to see your videos!
Thank you! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it! That was the class that started it all! I’ve been thinking about doing an updated version of it.
Great video! I love to learn new things and you really accomplished teaching me some new things. Thank you
Thank you so much and you're welcome! I'm glad to hear you learned some new things. I love teaching this kind of stuff so it makes my day to hear that someone learned something from me!
I love your sketches it really does help me a lot. I’m a first subscriber and looking forward to more videos
Thank you for watching and subscribing!
This was a fabulous video! Thank you so much. I’m definitely looking at sketches in a new way. I’ll be looking forward to your next video. I got a lot out of this. Thank you again. 😊
Thank you and you’re welcome! I’m so glad to hear you got something out of the video and enjoyed it!
Wow you're layouts are just amazing. I want to try my hand at all of them. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Loved this, thank you!
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching/commenting!
What an awesome series this is going to be! Really enjoyed seeing the variations of the sketch - TFS
Glad you enjoyed it! It's such a fun concept, using a sketch multiple times, and I am very much looking forward to making more.
Absolutely LOVE all of your series. Complete genius in my book. Just curious if & when will we be seeing the "bonus" sketches for sketches 1-10? Thanks so much!
Thank you so much, Pam! I do have plans to do those, but I don't have a set time or date. It will probably be one of those things where I'll squeeze one in here and there when I can.
Beautiful
Thank you!! 😊
Love it!!
Now I fully expect you to start using the sketches and scrapbooking some layouts. The boxes and boxes of pictures in our house aren't going to scrapbook themselves!
I needed this! I always thought I had to follow a sketch exactly ... thank you for showing four different layouts inspired by the same sketch! #gamechangervideo
Love that hashtag! Sketches are so fun to play around with. I see using them multiple times, like in this video, as a way to exercise my creative brain. It's good practice to push yourself to see outside of the box, or sketch, I should say. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
Hi im new just found you how amazing you are so inspirational love your layouts so helpful what font do you use on your journalling its so nice to see journalling on layouts 😊
Thank you so much, Linda! What a nice comment to wake up to! My all-time favorite font to use and the one I use most often is called Century Gothic.
Love, love, love the layout “Say Cheese.” Now, other than the wood veneer cameras where do I start? Was this paper printed w/camera border & then you used a camera die cut or stamped the camera onto the page or both? If the paper was preprinted w/a few cameras, do you remember the mfg.? TFS these awesome layouts!
Thank you so much!! The camera border was created by arranging camera die cuts and cameras cut out of patterned paper all around the edges. The camera patterned paper was a really old paper from American Crafts.
Thank you a thousand times as a newer scrapbooker I can’t make heads or tales of sketches and I get kits and have no clue where to start. this video was so helpful . Thank you . Do you have any on line classes I would be interested to purchase them .
I'm so glad you found it helpful! Sketches can be such a valuable tool for new scrapbookers and once you get the hang of using them, they will save you so much time. I do have some online classes, including one that is specifically about using sketches and how to adapt them. I also have a lot of sketches too.
The classes are all downloadable and self paced. You can find the classes here: (scroll down to see them all) scrapbookgeneration.com/downloads/classes/
The sketches I have come in a wide variety of themes, number of photos, size of layouts, etc. All of my sketches can be found here: scrapbookgeneration.com/sg-exclusives/downloads/
If you ever have any questions about anything, don't hesitate to ask! I'm always here to help!
❤