Project 12 - February reveal - April sketch!

It’s that time again!  It’s time to reveal the next sketch in our Project 12 challenge, share some creative submissions for February's sketch by those participating in the challenge, and reveal a prize winner!  First, let’s take a look back at the February sketch:

This is what I came up with for this challenge:

 

Again, I tried to follow the sketch pretty closely.  I did resize my photos a wee bit smaller than in the sketch, at 3.25 x 3.25, so that I could put a little space between the photos and include my white borders. 

I took advantage of a themed paper pack for this layout, and used My Minds Eye’s Love me Do Collection.  It happened to have a fun color palette as well as some die cut hearts which came in handy with this design.  I also used my Marvy Uchida punch for some extra hearts!  To unify my layouts for the year, I stuck to the kraft background, and used my month stamps and Maya Road sheer scalloped calendars as well.  I also used my Fiskars scalloped sentiment punch.  I think I have used it on every layout for the past year, so it is definitely in need of a good sharpening. 

Last month I had trouble needing more than one of the same 12x12 piece of patterned paper, so this month, seeing that I was going to be in the same pickle, I altered the design a little so this wouldn’t be an issue, but I carried the colors to both sides of the layout, with the blue cardstock to the left of the photos on the first page, and the blue heart patterned paper behind the journaling strip on the right. 

As a reminder, you do NOT have to use the sketch to participate in this monthly challenge.  I just encourage you to play along!  I have said it before, but doing this challenge has changed the way I scrapbook.  It has also helped me remember the little details of my life that I don’t want to forget, like the day my girls got on the hood of my car and scraped the windows.  I probably won’t do an individual layout about it, but at the time it was a great moment, so I wanted to have that photo somewhere and the story told.

Now let's share some inspiration from those who have linked their artwork to the blog, so that you can get more ideas for next month:

I was looking at the Facebook gallery (which you can see here) and loved this one by Sarah Hodgkinson.  Sarah highlighted a single event that happens every February - Family Day.  We loved her title work, her colour palette and the new Jillibean Soup products!

 

I really really like the collage of photos Julie Detlef used on her layout including how she used the strips of patterned paper for colour!  Not to mention the adorable title font!

 

As for non-sketch related layouts, I have to share what Geralyn has done:

She didn’t have a lot of photos to choose, so she recaps on an 8.5 x 11 layout, and chose polaroids.  She did this for January as well.  I just really really adore this idea.

I also wanted to share this one, by Leslie:

 

She’s using a fun collage format, and the same sketch for the whole year.  Don’t you love those wee little numbers she put on the photos to indicate the date?  I love that. 

Now that you have seen some added inspiration, how about some winners?  The winner from our February sketch submissions is Heather:

"Here is my February layout. Thanks for the great sketches and inspiration!http://greenapplegirl.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553f5c51188340120a93c22b1970b-pi"

And the winner from my blog is Penny D.! 

"This is my first attempt at participating! My layout is here: http://scrappinpenny.blogspot.com/2010/03/project-12-march-sketch.html"

Congratulations ladies!  You have won the new Barnyard collection from doodlebug designs!  We will be in touch with you for further details.

Now how about revealing the brand new April sketch?!  I really love Becky's April sketch and already know what type of photos I hope to capture to utilize for it.  Check it out:

 

I’ll be working on my March recap now that the month is almost finished, so I’m going to be busy with the sketch on this post:  http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2010/02/project-12-january-reveal-march-sketch.html.  I’m a fan of the line of photos! 

Remember, you have until April 20th to link or send us your MARCH layouts!  Here's how:

1. Link March layouts to this thread;

2. You can also link to the April 1 post on my blog (http://davinie.blogspot.com) for a second chance to win; or

3. If you would like to have your layout added to our facebook album, please email your layout to [email protected].   

For those that complete April's sketch early, they can be linked to today's thread here.

prize may differ from picture 

What will be the prize if you are the lucky name drawn?  Well that would be a whole lot of American Crafts THICKERS!  Yes, I said THICKERS!!  Can one ever have enough of them?  We have 10 different sets of our favourite little alphas to send to one lucky winner on this blog and one lucky winner on Davinie's blog too.  And, because Project 12 can be a little tricky to follow (we show you April's sketch but you are still working on March's!!) we are going to add the Project 12 icon to the end of each day's posts to help you!

And for those of you just joining us for Project 12, here are the January and March sketches to help you catch up!

January sketch:

 

March sketch:

Have a wonderful Saturday everyone and be sure to check out our spring issue which just released yesterday!  Click here to download it! 

~ Davinie 

Comments

[Penny D.]

Oh my gosh! I can't believe I won!!! How cool is that! I love the newest sketch! can't wait to work with it.

[Andi Sexton]

Congratulations to the winners and the honorable mentions with their creative takes!!!

Such a super cool project.. love it.. love it.. love it...

[Donna Rawbone]

Delightful.
I love all the ideas.

[Abby Grimaldi]

I love all the entries! Very creative.... BUT as always there is a but.... I don't know if I am the only that feels this way I think the contest needs to have more narrow rules. I LOVE, I ADORE the idea of scrapping what we did each month. I am a true fan of becky fleck and her page maps!!! I think that the winners should be those entries that follow the pagemap and those that scrap about what they did/most memorable things for that month. Having the option to do any LO and any theme is just too broad! I hope I don't upset anybody, but I really wanted to express what I feel.

[Abby]

So, it's me again! The one who complained about the contest! ;) I want to apologize to the creators of Project 12! I didn't want to sound rude in anyway!!!! I love what you have given us!!! Sometimes I speak (write) what I feel without thinking about it twice!

[Cortaline]

Hi ... here's my march's layout http://scrapdecortaline.canalblog.com/archives/2010/03/30/17408376.html ...
Congratulations to the winners ... la bIz La Delf

[Mary Hicken]

Congrats to the winners.

I'm glad you give us a heads up as we are winding down the month. I haven't taken lots of photos yet, so I still have a day or so to get some more to choose from.

[Alison Day]

Congratulations to the winners - what great layouts!!
Here is my March layout: http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.com/2010/03/project-12-march-2010.html

Thanks!

[Michelle Rydell]

Congatulations to the winners! Lots of awesome inspiration here!

Here are my March layouts for Project 12:

http://inspirationeverywhere.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-12-for-march.html

[Craftyria]

These Project 12 layouts are so much fun! Thanks for hosting them for us!

Here is my layout: http://www.craftyria.com/2010/04/project-12-march-2010.html

[Mary (Happy Now)]

Here are my March layouts. I say this every month, but I LOVE this project!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1670758?&cat=18876

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1670759?&cat=18876

[Jennifer.T]

Here's mine for this month:

http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/22786

[Ashley Stephens]

Here's mine:
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/22817

[Loretta]

Here's my March entry:
http://artfulyogicreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-12-march.html

Loretta, Artful Yogi

[mica]

Here is my March layout.

http://scrapbookedmoments.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-12-march.html

[Ally]

Having a great time creating these! Here's my layout for March 2010
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/23021

[nitasha]

Oops...glad I double checked...I'd posted on the wrong post! Having a great time playing along...

http://myeyesandheart.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-12-march-2010.html

[Francine Davis]

Here is my March layout. I'm so happy to be participating in this project. It is really helping me to get at least ONE layout done each month and recap what we did then. I think I'll always remember what happened but my memory isn't what it used to be, LOL, and I don't anymore!
http://kaleidoscope-scraps.blogspot.com/2010/04/march-layout-project-12.html

[Penny D.]

My APRIL sketch is here: http://scrappinpenny.blogspot.com/2010/04/project-12-april-sketch.html

[Christine D]

Here is my March Layout! I promise to be on time with my April Layout! Going to start on it this weekend!! Wish me luck! Love doing the sketches they are great!

[Lisa Haas]

Here is what I did for the April sketch!

http://sassyscraps.blogspot.com/2010/04/as-many-of-you-know-i-have-been-playing.html

Thank you so much for also sharing this layout on FB:)

[Debbie S.]

Here is my April Layout. I used my own layout this time because the weekend was so special and I wanted to capture the memories with more pictures!

[Sharon Welch]

Here is my April Lay-out. I loved having these cute photos to work with.My paper is from My MInds Eye- Blossom

[Laurie]

Here is my April Layout ... March is also in this link but I just caught up and posted them both in the same blog update...

http://mycreativenonsenseandotherscrap.blogspot.com/2010/05/project-12-march-and-april-2010.html

[Mary (Happy Now)]

Now I've done it! I went and used the May sketch for my April layouts... Yikes! Perhaps two wrongs will make a right for my 2010 album if I use April's sketch for my May pics... ;) Anyway, here are my April pages:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1695433?&cat=18876

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1695434?&cat=18876