Throwing in a Double Pager!!

I used to feel like I needed to do a double page layout for everything.  When I first started Scrapbooking, I had these rules that somehow got in my head that I thought I needed to follow.  Double page layouts for everything and I also liked to mirror my pages and carry over any element or color that was on one side to the other!!  :)  Well, one day I had an epiphany and realized, hey there are no rules in Scrapbooking!  So, I actually did a 180 and started creating almost all single page layouts.  I find that they are so much easier to design and I feel more comfortable with a single page, instead of spreading out my design across two pages.  But with that said, there are just some events that require a double page layout.  And who better to go to for some amazing double pagers than Sketch Support??!!  When Allison sent us the sketches to work with for February I knew that I definitely wanted to use the Two Page Sketch #25 for the photos from one of my daughter's Girl Scout activities.

 

This sketch was pretty perfect for the photos I wanted to use, so I didn't really change up very much on this one.  Here are some of the variations from the sketch:

Variation #1 - I made most of my changes to the sketch, in the sizes of the photos that I used. Instead of the two 2x2 and one 4x4 on the left page, I used a 6x4. I also changed the 3 photos on the far right hand side from two 3x3 and one 3x2, to two 2.75x2 and one 2.75x4.

Variation #2 - I added border strips above and below the photo grid.

Variation #3 - I stitched along the perimeter of the page.

Variation #4 - I added a frame (mat) behind the title and the pinwheels (which I added in place of the flowers on the sketch).

Variation #5 - Because of the size of my title, I moved the journaling strips down a little further on the page.

I hope you will head over and check out what my fellow DT members, Noey and Michele did with the sketch!  There is some great inspiration so far this week!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Crate Paper and Anna Griffin

Adhesive Chipboard: Cosmo Cricket

Brads: Bazzill

Thickers: American Crafts

Mini Market Stickers: October Afternoon

Stickers: October Afternoon

Font: CK Handprint

Edgers: Provo Craft

Embroidery Floss: Janlynn

Pen: Zig Memory System

Adhesives: 3L Mounting Squares, Zig Memory System and Recollections