Spring Selfie PageMaps Layout by Mendi

Hello Doodlebugs!  It's Mendi here today sharing a playful layout using a fun sketch by Becky Fleck over at PageMaps and Doodlebug's happy Sunkissed collection.

Here's a peek at Becky's wonderful sketch that inspired my page:

I chose to combine the two smaller photos into one larger 5" x 4" photo which led me to a great selfie my daughter took of herself on my camera last spring.  To mimic the circle title in the sketch, I used THIS awesome "selfie" cutting file and welded it to a circle which I had offset to match the thickness of the word.  I then layered them on a scalloped circle and completed my title with Doodlebug's Teensy Type Alpha Stickers.

For the second point in my visual triangle I layered a couple clouds (from the new Doodlebug Sizzix dies) with a sunshine sticker from the icon sticker sheet.

I completed my visual triangle with a camera sticker which I layered with a glitter sprinkle and tied with doodle twine.  It felt like the perfect embellishment to tie in with my selfie theme so I was pretty excited to find it on that same icon sticker sheet!

If you aren't familiar with the PageMaps website, make sure to head over and take a look.  She has a wonderful archive section dating all the way back to the beginning in 2006 with printable PDF's for each month.  I can't believe she has been inspiring us for almost a decade now--Oh how time flies when we're having fun!  ;)

July PageMaps: All Boy Layout by Stephanie Buice

Hello everyone! Stephanie here today to share my layout based off of
the PageMaps Sketch I was given. I can still remember a few years ago to
the the first sketch I ever used, it was also one of Becky's!

love how something can spark different things in each person, I am
now totally a fan of sketches for sure.

Here is the one I was given for my assignment:

I was really excited when I saw the one one I had received, I love
how simple it is and the photo grid in the center. 

I chose to use a square, four photo grid instead of three like in the sketch.

this layout is for Brady's PL album and I already have lots of journaling about this day so it really wasn't needed.

Since the border of tickets didn't really suit my theme, I decided to use the ant paper from the Patriotic Parade collection in it's place. Because what's more "boy" than bugs and dirt?? I also used it in place of the bow tied at the top of the pictures.

In the pictures my son had been building sand hills for his monster truck to drive over.  I used some of the neutral colored paper from the Kraft In Color collection and a large scallop punch to make "hills'.

I think this is one of Brady's new favorite pages, and if he likes it I am one happy momma. 

Using the sketch was a HUGE time saver, it still lets you use your own style and creativity but with a very helpful jumping off point. Thank you Becky for all your inspiration!

July Page Maps Sketch: Memorial Hill Layout by Wendy Sue

Hello there, Doodlebug friends!  It's Wendy Sue here with you today, sharing a layout I created recently when we were asked to join with Page Maps and create a layout based on a sketch! Here's a look at my layout, created with lots of fun products from the "patriotic picnic" collection:

I really love using sketches as a starting place for my layouts - sometimes they really evolve and look nothing like the sketch, but sometimes the sketch feels perfect just the way it is!  That was the case this time around - here's the sketch my layout was based on: 

Would you like to see a few details?

Be sure to click over to Page Maps website (HERE) to see all of the sketches for July, along with lots and lots of inspirational layouts!  Thanks for joining us today - be sure to come back tomorrow to see another fun sketch and the layout it inspired!