February. The month of Valentine’s Day, Girl Scout cookies and the end of winter here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also my birthday month, which was great when I was young, but now that I’m over 29, sometimes it’s a month I’d just like to skip!
A winter storm knocked power out at my house for 26 hours so we camped in the yard in our travel trailer. Morgan had 4 more teeth pulled (bringing her total to 8!), and Payton was Queen of Hearts in a little skit they put on at preschool. It was a fun month of random things to document at my house.
The February sketch left a lot for interpretation depending on the story you wanted to tell, so I had a lot of fun with it. I can tell many of you did the same so I enjoyed peeking at submissions for this month. First, a reminder of the February sketch:
And this is what I came up with this month:
I changed some elements on the sketch to fit my story this month. My kids felt it would take 2 cakes to get a sufficient number of candles for my birthday. I had to document that. I also needed a new headshot, and since it was my birthday month too, I decided to include it on this layout as well. I’m not very good at doing all about me layouts, so the best way to get this photo in my scrapbooks was to include it on my monthly recap layout.
My journaling was absolutely inspired by Shelly J, a monthly contributor to this challenge. I love being inspired by you all! In telling the story of February I didn’t feel it was flowing very well, so making choppy sentences, separating them and stitching them down seemed a great way to do that big journaling strip.
A submission that really inspired me came from Agata. Instead of layering cardstock or patterned paper, she used machine stitching to mimic the sketch, and a lot of white space in her design. I adore this layout to bits:
Another fun take was from Jennifer. I love the travel theme and how she changed the sketch for her photos. I also love the strips on the left with the pennant garland on the right corner. Such a sweet touch. I also really like the travel embellishments she used.
Keep submitting, ladies! Email those layouts to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com to be added to the Facebook gallery or post them to the appropriate blog post for a chance at a prize. If you see them on blogs, be sure to leave comments of support. Sometimes it’s hard to post layouts on the internet, but have no fear! You are documenting your life and you should be proud of it. Art is supposed to be fun.
With that said, how about a couple of winners? The Project 12 winner from the posts on my blog is
Astrid said...
Here is my february LO: http://astridsamuels.blogspot.com/2011/03/project-12-februari.html
12:48 PM
And the winner from the SCT blog or Facebook gallery is:
Fabulous sketch!! Here is my take...http://trays-spot.blogspot.com/2011/02/project-12-little-dancing-lobster.html Posted by: Tracey | February 22, 2011 at 08:44 PM
Congratulations ladies! Send your information to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and be sure to note it was for the February sketch. The “ It’s the Little Things” line from Fancy Pants is adorable. You are going to love it!
March is now over so it’s time to move forward with the next layout. Here’s a reminder for the March sketch:
And looking ahead, April showers will bring us this sketch:
The prize you will be playing for with your April sketch is the Blossom Soup line from Jillibean Soup. A delightful line!
As a reminder, always link your layout to the blog post where the sketch is posted. For SCT, you will be linking your March layouts by April 28th to this post (http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2011/03/project-12-january-reveal-and-new-march-sketch.html) and the prize you are playing for is Nikki Sivils “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring” line. How appropriate! On my blog, you will link your March layouts to my April 2 post.
Have a great month! I’ll see you back here on May 1st. No joke!
~ Davinie
Love the layouts that were created, especially the stories! Great sketches to try also!
Posted by: Jennifer Reynard | April 02, 2011 at 09:39 AM
I might have to use this sketch for some vacation pictures! I'm too far behind to do March pics I'm afraid so I won't qualify for the challenge - but you ladies keep up the good work! And thanks for the great sketches and inspiration!
Posted by: jennifer | April 02, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Wonderful ideas.
I love them and can hardly wait to use them.
Posted by: Donna Rawbone | April 02, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Ohhhh SO excited to take some April photos to do this sketch...thanks for yet another great sketch...
Posted by: Laurie (Wally) | April 02, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Terrific layouts!! Love that sketch too, a great way to get a lot of photos.
Posted by: Bobbi-Lynn | April 02, 2011 at 12:04 PM
I think Agata's layout was one of the nicest I have seen in awhile! It just flowed!!! Great job!
Posted by: Jude | April 02, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Wow! Thanks for featuring my layout! I'm so proud! A great compliment... Love the new sketch, too! Looks like I'll need to take plenty of pictures! :)
Posted by: Agata | April 02, 2011 at 04:52 PM
wonderful layouts. thanks so much
Posted by: doreen Moore | April 04, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Cute pages!!! ... and yes, i love my choppy sentances :) they work great with little stitched blocks (which i stole from Susan Weinroth ;)
Posted by: ShellyJ | April 05, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Lovely pages. Such great inspiration.
Posted by: Cindy Groh | April 08, 2011 at 03:11 AM
Just wanted to share what I did with the April sketch!
http://trays-spot.blogspot.com/2011/04/project-12-water-fun.html
Posted by: Tracey | April 17, 2011 at 02:42 PM
here is my take on the sketch , I'm using it for holiday photos.
http://kathyisshopping.blogspot.com/2011/04/project-12-april.html
Posted by: Kathy | April 25, 2011 at 02:59 AM
Here is my April sketch. Can't wait to start the May sketchhttp://gandgpremadescraps.blogspot.com/2011/04/project-12-april-sketch.html
Posted by: Gena | May 01, 2011 at 10:40 AM
I liked this sketch so much , I made another page. This one is ver masculine, I'm loving playing along.
http://kathyisshopping.blogspot.com/2011/05/ive-been-busy.html
Posted by: Kathy | May 02, 2011 at 04:33 PM
I enjoyed working with this sketch. Thanks for looking.
http://justussix.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-new-house.html
Posted by: Gina Ames | May 06, 2011 at 02:02 AM
Here's my April sketch, such fun I'm having not to mention that I'm keeping each month's pictures organized!! Thanks for looking!
http://cutescrapbookingideas.com/
Posted by: Lesa | May 07, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Loved APrils sketch even if I did deviate (just a little!)
http://mafswife.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/05/april-project-12.html
Posted by: UK-Ann | May 09, 2011 at 05:24 PM
Here's my sketch:http://underconstruction-agata.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-12-april.html Loved it!
Posted by: Agata | May 11, 2011 at 09:18 AM
This is my link to my April sketch for Project 12
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj135/rubyvm/IMG_3960.jpg
Posted by: rubyvm | May 11, 2011 at 06:31 PM
I used the April sketch to document March of this year )and vice versa'. Both can be seen here: http://hetlevenvaneencreatievejuf.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-12-maart-april.html
And thank you for another great sketch for May!
Posted by: Arianne | May 14, 2011 at 05:35 AM
Here is April's P12 Layout:
http://scrapinitsweetsimple.blogspot.com/2011/05/aprils-p12-layout.html
Thank you for a very fun sketch!
Posted by: ~ gAiL ~ | May 15, 2011 at 05:45 PM
Here is my April P12 layout.
http://darlaweber.blogspot.com/2011/05/april-project-12-layout.html
Posted by: Darla Weber | May 15, 2011 at 08:47 PM
My April page:
http://roslyn-thebendintheroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-12-april-edition.html
Posted by: Roslyn | May 16, 2011 at 11:21 PM
My April page:
http://scrapnesiagallery.blogspot.com/2011/05/just-boys.html
Posted by: Lorie Waller | May 17, 2011 at 02:12 PM
Here is my april LO: http://astridsamuels.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-12-april.html
Posted by: Astrid | May 17, 2011 at 04:30 PM