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Project 12 - August reveal - October sketch!

(Not sure where to post your layout for the month? See the end of this post!)

Good morning! School is back in session and the weather is starting to change. Starbucks is out with their pumpkin spice lattes, and Hershey has caramel apple kisses amongst other delicious new flavors for the fall season here in the states.

I’m trecking right along with Project 12 and am yet again so thankful that I am keeping with this challenge. I have been told many times that local scrapbook stores are doing monthly Project 12 challenges and I think it’s a wonderful thing to know that this challenge has participation worldwide. How cool is that?! (and remember all the sketches are on our website at http://www.scrapbookandcards.com/project-12-sketches so you can download them and catch up anytime!)

August was a busy month at my house but I really enjoyed the August sketch because I a few significant events and liked the option of summarizing them with one photo each. As a reminder, here’s that August sketch:

And this is what I did with it this month:

I was able to mainly use contents from a recent scrapbook kit for this layout, although I did grab some My Minds Eye from my stash to be able to do the background green dot print. Camping and the outdoors provided a great opportunity to break out some Cosmo Cricket squirrels, too. I was having trouble with the tree in the sketch so decided to fill the space in a different way while keeping the photos as they were used in the sketch.

Now before we move on to the September sketch, as always, some August submissions this month that caught my eye:

Roslyn used the July sketch because she had a lot to document. I like how she used two different base papers in the same color scheme in the design, and I really want to know more about those flowers. Are they packaged or did you make them? I LOVE those.

Brenda’s layout is adorable! I love that she put a photo in place of the tree in the design. I love that polka dot vellum. I love the ribbon. And I love the little birdies and the cute photos. I can see your life here, which is what this challenge is about.

I’ve shared these calendar pages before but I feel compelled to do that again. I am absolutely going to do this next year. Maybe even in addition to my regular layout. I love that she documented dinner, and when the car wouldn’t start. These things are going to be fun to look back on years down the road, you know, when we fly to the grocery store. These everyday moments are worth preserving and I love that Jennifer does that, and includes photos too.

This last one is from Shelly. I am in LOVE with her contributions each and every month! As I may have mentioned before, she went back and is documenting 2006. I simply adore this interpretation of the sketch, the extra photo, and that darling baby photo at the bottom of the page is icing on the cake. I love all the details around the edges and how she did her journaling as well. Shelly. Rocks. Every time.

As always, thank you for participating. If you want further inspiration for this challenge, I hope you will go and check out the SCT Facebook page with all the entries submitted via email. It is full of fun ideas for this challenge.

The winner of this prize for August is...

From my blog (www.davinie.blogspot.com) is: theelfqueen!

and the winner from Scrapbook and Cards is: mica!

Yay!! I am so excited!! With soooo many participants, I must be super lucky to win :):) I guess I just wait for someone to e-mail me ???
I always look forward to the reveal day each month. Other scrappers' takes are so inspirng. I'm off to order some prints to scrap for July pages now... hugs, mica

Congratulations! Please email your name and address to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and let them know you just won the American Crafts adhesive! It is fabulous - you will love it!

Before I go, here is September's sketch again.

If you want to be entered into our contest to win PageMaps 2 by Becky Fleck, be sure to send us your September sketches or link them to the September sketch reveal post (http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2010/08/project-12-july-reveal-september-sketch.html) by October 20th!

Now here is October's sketch in the challenge (which must be linked to today's post by November 20 for entry to win today's prize):

This sketch can be download from our website here!

Fun! The wheels are already turning for 4x6 horizontal photos. This month, if you link your layouts to this thread by the November 20th, you will be eligible to win:

To learn more about Remember This, authored by two of our design team members Kimber McGray and Summer Fullerton, and other books by our team, we have a full description on our website at www.scrapbookandcards.com/books.

And don’t forget, you can always email your entries to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com to be included in the Facebook album.

So quick recap on where to post links for each month's sketch (by the 20th if you want to be entered to win a prize!)

September's sketch - link to this post (last month's post where we revealed the September sketch!)

October's sketch - today's post

Have a great month! Take many photos and tell a story...your story!

~Davinie

September 25, 2010 in Project 12 | Permalink

Comments

Great sketches! Can't wait to play with them

Posted by: Dawn | September 25, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Love the sketches and I would love to win Kimbers book!

Posted by: tara thynne | September 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM

These are great! Love those sketches and the layouts that showcased them. The calendar idea is so neat - will have to try that one sometime.

Posted by: nina | September 26, 2010 at 10:43 AM

October's sketch looks fun :) can't wait! and thank you so much Dav!

Posted by: ShellyJ | September 26, 2010 at 02:59 PM

Hi Davine,
I'm so flattered to see my page here! Those flowers - and I think you mean the small one that is on there 3 times - are from Maya Road. They are canvas and I used them 'naked' but can't wait to try coloring them with some of the lovely sparkly misty stuff that's all over the place now! Maybe I'll do that for next month's page! Can't wait to do September's page...some great stuff to document!

Posted by: Roslyn | September 26, 2010 at 09:21 PM

oops...sorry I spelled your name wrong!

Posted by: Roslyn | September 26, 2010 at 09:22 PM

Still not sure if I am linking my layouts in the correct place, but here is my October layout: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/380734-seaken/1672729-october-project-12/?c=t
Thanks! Am loving palying along!!

Posted by: Stephanie Eaken | October 12, 2010 at 08:51 PM

Here's my October layout done!

http://minehobbies.wordpress.com/

Posted by: Mags | October 15, 2010 at 05:53 PM

So loving this project. Here's my October layout:

http://rosieposieneu.blogspot.com/2010/10/project-12-september.html

Posted by: rosien | October 15, 2010 at 07:36 PM

Ooops I mean September layout for my post above and I don't know how to edit my post, sorry.

Posted by: rosien | October 15, 2010 at 07:41 PM

I was going to say that I was way ahead of schedule this month but apparently everyone else is too!! MY p12 for October:

http://jdscrappy.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-project-12.html

Posted by: Jen | October 29, 2010 at 07:31 PM

Here is my October LO, lots of Autumn colours and a giant orange pumpkin shape, had fun with this....

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/data/2/project_12_October_400_x_202_.jpg

Posted by: claire.keelty@btconnect.com | November 03, 2010 at 05:16 AM

Loved. this. sketch!!!

Here are my October layouts! Things are winding down with Project 12... What HAPPENED to 2010? :)

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/photo/hnoctober2010project12page1-1?context=user

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/photo/hnoctober2010project12page2-1?context=user

Thanks so much!

Posted by: Mary (Happy Now) | November 03, 2010 at 03:08 PM

When I saw this sketch, I was a little worried... but when I discovered some paper I just bought, it actually came together pretty easily for me :)

Posted by: Jill Dinkel | November 06, 2010 at 01:20 AM

If you click on my name in my first comment, it does take you to the correct page! But to make it a little more obvious, here's the link
http://dinkelfive.blogspot.com/2010/11/october-review.html

Posted by: Jill Dinkel | November 06, 2010 at 01:24 AM