Sketch #42

Please give a huge Pencil Line's welcome to the talented Jennifer Hall who is joining us this week as our Guest Design Team member and who also provided this fabby sketch for this week's Challenge. And as a special treat we are including Jenn's original sketch becuase we loved it so much.

Here's a few words from Jenn: "Hey, it's Jen, I am a very busy wife to Will and Mum to my four gorgeous daughters - Lauren (11) Teasha (8) Amelia (3) and baby Marnie (2) and amoungst all their activities of dance, school, tutoring, playgroup, soccer, church and fun - I design and scrap!

I have a double degree in teaching and visual arts, but when we fostered our older two girls I gave up teaching high school kids to focus on the needs of two very special little girls... a few years later our miracle babies arrived and our family was complete.

I have been scrapping for eight and half years now and have been teaching for almost as long! I have been doing numerous things for the Australian scrapbooking magazines for the last few years and last year was deemed a "Scrapbooking Memories Master" taking out the major prize in "best use of colour". I have contributed to design teams, taught classes online, and recently moved to designing my own line of stamps that I hope to have picked up someday.

A typical day for me revolves around the girls and their activities and general "life" stuff, but once they are all tucked up in bed, I head to my studio and create till the wee hours of the morning. For me scrapping isn't an obession, it's a lifestyle! LOL! I lay in bed thinking of layouts, I am always looking at things and thinking what a great idea of layout - even while I stand in the supermarket line! My dream is to one day have my own line of products and a book - one day!

My style never waviers - It's full on! Lots of colour, chunky embellishments, big titles, and texture - I love that my girls run their hands over my layouts and projects, I scrap 12 x 12 always, and love mini books and projects that can adorn my house. I use a lot of fabric, felt and buttons in my projects and more recently my own doodles and watercolours... I love that I am creating a legacy for my family and being able to create my own art is such a wonderful release!

You can see more of Jenn's amazing work on her blog "What I see".

and here is this week's gorgeous artwork:

Jenn

Sue

Jolene

 

Kimmy    

Angela

Annie 

 

Tracie

 

Ania

Anam

 

We love visiting your blogs and leaving comments on your artwork but legally we cannot put a copy of your artwork in our galleries without your permission, so if you would like to have your artwork in our reader's gallery and therefore in with a chance of winning the Monthly Prize (this month its from Making Memories) for the Favourite Layout, please email us a copy.

Comments

[anna louise]

hi girls,
loving all the artwork so much this week, gutted i couldnt join in, illness and allsorts prevented me, sorry !!
hugs
xx

[Erin Bassett]

Loved this sketch!!

[Louise]

what a fanflippintastic sketch!!! and such great interpretations...
My LO is here

http://mylifemostordinary.blogspot.com

[Marlou]

great layouts ladies :)

[julie]

Awesome pages girls I love the sketch.

[vanessa]

this is a AWESOME sketch!!!
i love all of the elements :-)
ladies--your layouts are rockin'!

[Julie]

I love, love, love Jen's style and have been a fan for a while. Will definately have a go at this one.

[Cheryl Nyboer]

What a fab sketch and all of your "takes" on it are divine!

[melita]

Love the sketch! And the LOs! Can't wait to get working on this one! Of course, I still got to finish up last weeks because HP got in the way =) Hehe =)

[Monika]

Loved this sketch. I have never done a sketch before but I can see me coming back for more and more.

[Lee]

Wooo hooo! So awesome to see Jen up there.

[lynne]

here is my layout for this challenge

http://enjoythewait.blogspot.com/2007/07/giving.html

[Jennie]

Great sketch and great layouts!!
Here's mine:
http://scrappilyeveraftergallery.blogspot.com/2007/07/using-pencillines-sketch-42.html

[Lisette]

Here's my sketch for this challenge:

http://lisettegibbons.blogspot.com/2007/07/pencil-lines-sketch-42.html

[Rachel]

Hiya fab sketch, you can see my take on it over at my blog, thanks for looking

http://behanfamily.blogspot.com/

[Clare]

Hi, I love this sketch and had great fun doing it. My version is on my blog here -

http://passionforpaper.blogspot.com/

[Nickynoo]

Hi, what a great sketch! Had a stab at this, it's on my blog:

http://www.hawthornecrafts.co.uk/node/69

[sue bull]

here's my take - i'm totally in love with this sketch (and my layout!)

https://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1201433

plse feel free to place in the gallery.

[Sandie]

Loved the sketch again this week, my layout is here:-

http://allscrappedout.blogspot.com/

[willowthewysp]

Great sketch...and have managed to do one!
Mine is on webshots...http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2072221260100972515LVNLDT?vhost=good-times
xx

[bruinbr]

very fun! here's my take!

http://asweetsmackerel.blogspot.com/2007/07/he-loves-this-boy.html

[Katja Schneider]

Here is mine...just in time :)

http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1202722

[Sherry]

I'm slow this week, but here's my layout:

http://sherrygrove.typepad.com/what_blog/2007/07/brennas-challen.html

[scrapscot]

Loved the sketch. Better late than never.

[Sarah]

Loved this sketch, & i did the LO.
Can we see what other's have done too??