sunday sketch

This week's sketch comes from Nicole Samuels' gallery for our July Kit, ELMWOOD PARK - it's based on her layout entitled flower girl.

This week, we asked Studio Calico member Christa Paustenbaugh to share her take on the sketch :

(Supplies: City of Lights, Montmartre, Capture the Flag ; paper: Echo Park, My Mind's Eye ; wood tag: My Mind's Eye ; jewels: My Mind's Eye, Kaisercraft; stickers: Studio Calico, Basic Grey)

I was honored to even be asked to participate in the Sunday Sketch this week and even more excited when I saw Nicole's Flower Girl layout that the sketch was based on. I don't often make layouts with enlarged photos, but I'm always drawn to them when I see them in galleries and on blogs. I stayed fairly close to the sketch and just switched up a few minor things. I enlarged the main photo and added 3 more photos above that to highlight my fun night with friends. My Silhouette is still on a boat in the middle of the Pacific so I worked around it and printed and cut out large letters as a base for the title and it worked much better than I thought it would! Instead of stitching near the title, I used paper, vellum and washi tape instead. And like a good Real Housewife, I swapped out buttons for jewels and bling!

I love that Christa swapped out Nicole's large photo and subbed in three smaller ones. This is a great tip that can be applied to change up the number of photos on any sketch!

Thanks for sharing your work with us, Christa!! If you'd like to see more of her work, stop by her gallery here at Studio Calico or her blog.

Now it's YOUR turn to show us how you'll use the sketch. Whether it's a layout (two pages or one!), a card or something else, link us up to your project by July 30th for a chance to win a $5 gift card to the Studio Calico shop.