Hello CTK friends! Emma back on the blog today to share this weeks Sunday Sketch. As you know, I do love the sketch challenges ;) First up, let's have a look at our fun sketch that we're working with: Our sketch is 12x12 but I haven't created one of those sized layouts for years now, so I had to get a little creative in down-sizing it to fit my Life Crafted album. Here's a look at the page I've put together: I've tried to keep to the similar design but just brought the side elements in closer together! Because the background was plain I thought I'd mix things up by using a little bit of the Vicki Boutin glaze along with the Carta Bella stencil (available in the store). I'm not big on using the mixed media goodies I have but every now and then I give them a try. I love how this adds a subtle pattern to my backing cardstock! Once my background had dried (the waiting for things to dry always gets me, I even used a heat-gun - just seems to take forever, ha) I started building my layers under my photo. I used a couple of tags included in the month's cut-aparts and layered them ontop of the tiny alphabet stickers included in this month's Life Crafted kit. I typed my journaling up on my computer and just picked a type-writer font. I've popped it at the top of my page to fill a bit of that white space. For the bottom of my page I tried to match the sketch - I went with the pink woodgrain paper (to match in with the pink tag I'd used) and added that cute coffee stamp/puffy sticker at the bottom left! Once my photo and journaling were in place I just added a few extra embellishments - I just love the puffy stickers included in the Life Crafted kit this month and they're a perfect match for this page about our new coffee shop! This little page came together in no time using the sketch! I love creating these pages for my Life Crafted album - it's such a fun and stress-free size to work with. I've filled one album already and already a few pages into my second! Really looking forward to buying the new plastic pockets so I can add a little variety to my album as well! Thanks so much for joining me on the blog today. I can't wait to see your pages using it. Be sure to share your page with us in the CTK Facebook Fanpage!