Please give a HUGE PencilLines welcome to this week's Artist - the Wonderful Ali Edwards. Anyone who’s familiar with Ali Edwards knows her style – a popular blend of clean graphics with fresh color combinations, warm photography, and Ali’s signature handwritten journaling. The sketch is based on Ali's "Today You" mini album and is so versatile.
Ali Edwards is a fantastic Life Artist who is also the author of 
A Designer's Eye For Scrapbooking and A Designer's Eye For Scrapbooking With Patterned Paper. Ali can be found at her Blog and in the Creating Keepsakes Magazine.
My name for scrapbookers/creative people who are into celebrating life through art: life artist! "Scrapbooker" just doesn't cut it - it is so much more than that name implies. life artist it is.
So who is a life artist? Do you take photos of your family, yourself, your environment, your world? Do you tell stories? Do you bring them all together onto paper, into your computer, onto a canvas (or some other cool concoction)? Do you create art journals with all kinds of wonderfully interesting pieces of your life and thoughts and emotions? Do you celebrate your life through your art?
You are a life artist. I am a life artist. And man, I love it.
And here is Today's Artwork from the Pencil Lines Design Team:
(don't forget to click each image to see a larger version)
Ali Edwards
Kimmy
Sue 
Anna 
Trish
Anam
also check out the write up Pencil Lines got at Typead as their Featured blog for today!
Oh lookit that! But who is this life artist girlie, anyway...? hee hee!
Brilliant again girls - and what a coup, eh?
jk xxx
Posted by: jakey | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:05 PM
WOwwwwwweeee.... how fab is that! Look how different they all look - I love them all girls - what a fab team :D
Posted by: Cath | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:13 PM
Each week you gals seem to raise the bar!
Not only are the sketches fabulous, and guest artists great ;) but your interpretations are just amazing! Can't wait to see the gallery on Weds !!
Laura xXx
Posted by: Laura | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:18 PM
OH my what an achievement having a HUGE name as Ali Ewards as a guest appearance woooooooooooooo way to go girls love your Pencil Lines challenges.
Posted by: Dawn S | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:26 PM
Flipping unbelievably awesome. I am dumbfounded (you'll be pleased to know ;)) Congratulations ladies.... xx
Posted by: Annette | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:28 PM
What an amazing guest and I love the concept of life artist
Congratulations girls - this blog and whole concept rocks
Off to create my page based on this sketch
Posted by: Scrapdolly | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:51 PM
WOW! Just found your blog today...what a great team, and what a fun place! I'll definitely be checking in on a regular basis!!
Posted by: Kathy M | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 10:32 PM
What a great guest and fantastic Lo's. Pleased for you ladies .
Posted by: Jane (Brods) | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 10:53 PM
WOW HOW AMAZING IS THIS....
YOU SO DESERVE THE RECOGNITION
THIS IS JUST THE BEST... YOU GUYS ROCK!
Posted by: Heather | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 10:58 PM
Fab news ladies. I will be back again.
Jill
x
Posted by: Jill | Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 11:50 PM
Woohoo, girls! Another great guest life artist. Love this site~! :)
Posted by: scrapmumof6 | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 12:46 AM
Cool!
Im just starting a mini album for my mum, so this will help get me started!
xx
Posted by: willowthewysp | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 07:45 AM
Wonderful sketch and lovely layouts!!!!
Posted by: Malena | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 08:56 AM
Fabulous work this week and congratulations on having a fabby guest artist on board this week.
Posted by: Irene | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 09:10 AM
So amazing girls. And Ali is quite the "catch". Bravo
Posted by: CDF | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 09:52 AM
Loved this weeks sketch and challenge (and the fact that Ali Edwards is one of my all time fave scrappers is a total bonus :-) )Great layouts one and all, great interpretations of the sketch ... I will have to give this one a go.
Posted by: Lousette | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 12:27 PM
Here's my interpretation:
http://scrapping4fun.typepad.com/photos/2006_layouts/blicklinghall.jpg
Posted by: alison | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 03:36 PM
These are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: fly | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 06:25 PM
What a great plan and what an AWESOME site! I'll be adding this to my list of places to visit often! (Thanks for the inspiration!)
Posted by: Liz Ness | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 07:11 PM
well....i just HAD to come and find out what all the hype was about!!!
wow...great work girls :)
anita
x
Posted by: anita mundt | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 07:49 PM
Loving all of your interpretations, i think it has to be my favourite week so far. Congrats on the write up, you deserve it!
Posted by: Scrapfairy | Monday, November 06, 2006 at 08:05 PM
Hey, I saw your blog on the daily list and I thought, hey that looks right up my alley so I went to it and I was right. This is awesome! I'm going to be checking in a lot. So how does it work? You post a sketch and then over the next week you accept reader layouts using the sketch?
Posted by: Jennifer | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 12:05 AM
Here is my take on the sketch!
http://scrappinauntie.blogspot.com/2006/11/pencil-line-sketch-115-1111.html
Posted by: Pauline | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 12:23 AM
Well done girls!! Woohoo! Loving Ali's sketch. It's funny, but when I'm doing a scraplift or a sketch, I HAVE to do it just the way it's been shown. I've never rotated or changed one, so maybe that should be my goal this time LOL
Keep it up!
Posted by: Jenrigg | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 12:38 AM
Love Ali! I love her books. She is so great at "telling the story." Here is my take on #5...
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1020140
Thanks!
Posted by: Elena | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 02:04 PM