Sketch Support Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog!  If you're starting the hop at my blog, head on over to Sketch Support to begin the HOP!  http://www.sketchsupport.com/  There's a fantastic grand prize up for grabs so be sure to leave a comment on everyone's blog to win. 


You should have arrived here from Suzanna's blog.  I'll be giving away a copy of Sketches for Scrapbooking - Travel Sketches AND One-Page Sketches Vol 2.  I'll pick a winner on Monday so be sure to check back then!


So this is the sketch we are all using for the hop ... it came right out of one of those sketch books you could win!

and here's my take on it.

HIKE the canyon

As you see, I used the sketch and created a two-page layout, it was easy to switch it up.  My style is clean and simple, letting the pictures take center stage.  BTW, these pictures were taken near Thunder Bay Ontario.

I was introduced to scrapbooking by my mother about 15 years ago.  I’ll admit that I was a hard sell at first … I wondered why anyone would want to put so much time, effort and money into something that would be put into a binder.  My mom made me a Christmas present of an album and a few scrapbook kits … and I was hooked!  As long as I can remember, I’ve always loved photography … and scrapbooking really lets me compliment my pictures and helps tell the story.  I love going back through my albums and remembering a time, a place, a feeling ...

When the weather is good, I love being outside, so I really only scrapbook when it’s raining, snowing or just too cold to be outside.  I’ve got an ancient kitchen table under a huge south facing window, but it’s an embarrassing mess.  When stuff begins to fall off the edges, I’ll organize, but it’s never enough … lol.  I prefer to scrap during the day, by 9 at night I’m done in … I’m not a night person at all!  I’m a seasonal scrapper … that is, I spend a lot of time at my desk during the winter (I AM Canadian, and I hate winter) and not much time during the summer because I’d much rather be out making those memories!  

Together with my husband, we have travelled Canada from sea to sea … we've watched the sun rise off Cape Spear in Newfoundland, and walked the endless beaches of the Pacific Rim.  We've stood in awe under the giant redwoods, got lost while hiking through the badlands, we've watched storm clouds fill the prairie sky, felt the salt spray on our faces atop the windswept cliffs along the Cabot Trail and even canoed through the wilderness during a snow storm.  We live in a beautiful world, but the northern wilderness of Ontario has my heart.

I always start my layouts with a sketch, ALWAYS!  Sketches are great time-savers, and the SG sketches are easy to adapt to my style and my pictures.  My favorite sketch is Two-Page Sketch #8.  I've based 3 layouts on it and just can't pick one to post! 

So remember,  leave a comment before you go for a chance to win and then HOP ... to Sue's blog!  http://suealthouse.blogspot.ca/