Scrapbooking Sketches by Heather Leopard to get your creative mojo going

Hey everyone.  If you love working with sketches you're in luck today!  I was looking though my scrapbook files and realized there are several sketches that I never posted on my blog.  I'm not entirely sure why but I don't think sketches necessarily go out of style so I thought I'd post them here.
And I have a question for you, two questions actually. Please leave you answers in the comments.

1. Do you prefer to have a sample project to look at when working with sketches? 
2. Do you prefer my b/w computer generated versions or colorful hand drawn sketches, like the ones below and HERE?

I've had several requests to bring back the Sketchy Scrappers posts so I'll start doing that in August, okay?  In the meantime, link up any projects you make using these in the comments.

You can always find all my sketches by clicking the sketches tag HERE or on the right hand side bar of my blog..  

Heather Leopard's scrapbooking sketches for Gossamer Blue

Heather Leopard's Other Scrapbooking Sketches

 

Heather Leopard's scrapbook sketches for Creative Scrappers. I was asked to create more mixed media type designs.

That's it until the next installment of Sketch Scrapper.  Between vacations and these sketches, that should keep you plenty busy, right?

Sketchy Scrapper - January 2016 | Giveaway

WINNER UPDATE: please scroll to the bottom of this blog post to see all the entries and for the winner announcement.  Click the "tags" at the lower right of my blog to play along with the current Sketchy Scrapper challenge.  Remember that you can use any of my layouts or sketches as inspiration. It doesn't have to be current month only.  I just want to see how I may be inspiring you to create!

Hi everyone.  I thought I'd try something fun here for 2016. I know we all like to get a little SKETCHY sometimes so I thought I'd introduce a new concept here on my blog. I call it the...



I've taken each of my January layouts and turned them into sketches.  I'll be posting them at the end of each month for you to download. I'll give you until the following month to play along for a little prize package.

Here's how it will work:
I'll post the sketch and the layout I created along with a link to my the original blog post for that layout here on the blog, which usually includes some how-to's and tips.  Simply right click the images to save them to your desktop or sketch folder and print them out. You can also Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button. You don't have to follow the sketch exactly. Just let it inspire you. I want to see what you create with them so I can ooh and ahh over them. You can use sketches from any previous month but it must be submitted by the 29th to be eligible to win the month's prize. You may enter as any times as you wish.

Here's what you need to do:
Create a project based on any or all of the sketches and link it up below. You can link to your blog, a gallery, Instagram (@heatherleopard), or just upload your photo to Inlinkz.  You can also post your project to Instagram but please include the following so I will see it - tag @heatherleopard and use the hashtag #sketchyscrapper.

Here's what I'll do:
I'll randomly draw 1 name from any entries I receive on this blog post, Instagram and Facebook and send a little prize package to that person.  Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! See this month's giveaway at the bottom of this post.

Let's do this!  Here are this month's sketches.

The best of ME | Just Nick Studios Cut Files

   

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

Our Love is Like XO | Gossamer Blue Pattern Play

  

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

Happy New Year! | Gossamer Blue

  

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

I'd Travel the World with You | Bella Blvd CHA 2016

  

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

Love, Love, Love You | Bella Blvd CHA 2016

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

She is Fierce | Bella Blvd CHA 2016

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

Adorable, lovely, fabulous family | Bella Blvd CHA 2016

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

Bushel and a Peck | Bella Blvd CHA 2016  

Original blog post with the How-to can be found HERE.

Right click the image to save to your desktop or Pin them to Pinterest by hovering over the image and clicking the Pin It button.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, I've just loaded you up with 8 sketches and 8 inspiration layouts.  And here's the prize that's up for grabs.

To enter to win:
Pick your favorite sketch and try it out, then link up your project by clicking the Inlinkz button below. You can also post your project to Instagram but please include the following so I will see it - tag @heatherleopard and use the hashtag #sketchyscrapper.  You have until Feb 29th to play along. You may enter as any times as you wish.

An InLinkz Link-up

WINNER UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who played along.  I am so honored you chose to create with my sketches.  I combined the submissions from InLinz for submissions 1 - 6 and any submissions in comments/Instagram/Facebook (there was 1 = 7th entry) and used Random Number Generator.

CONGRATS to Stacie D.! Please email me (heather at heatherleopard dot com) or DM me on Instagram with your address so I can get the prize package out to you.

Happy Days

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days
Tuesday, Wednesday Happy Days
Thursday, Friday Happy Days
The weekend comes...

just in time for me to tell you that I am guesting for my favorite online store, My Scraps & More. Ones of my bestest friends, Audrey, owns this little gem of a store so when she asked me to guest for her a while back I gave an enthusiastic YES!

She's having a HUGE blow-out sale right now so check the details at the end of this post.

So she asked me to design a sketch and a layout. You can view the sketch below and play along on the My Scraps & More sketch blog to win an awesome prize from them!  Here's the layout I created, using the Gossamer Blue collection, On My Desk, which is available in her store.

The sketch:


How to:
Chose a fun pattern for the background paper, like I did with the floral paper.  Next, cut a supersized triangle for the bottom corner. Trim a 1"x12" scrap of paper out of a coordinating pattern and a 1/2"x12" paper out of another coordinating paper. Tuck those two under the large triangle, slightly overlapping them. Stitch them to the background and then flip up the edges. Repeat again in the upper corner but on a much smaller scale.  Add a neutral paper over the background to help showcase the photos, title and journaling.  I layered a gold sentiment over a label for my title. You can see that best in the photo below.  Add embellishments around the page. I chose to sprinkle little stars  around the page as if it were mist droplets.

So there you have it, make take on my sketch, created for My Scraps and More.  Head over over to her store because she's having a huge BLOWOUT SALE with papers as low as .20 cents (no code needed) and get 20% off all regular priced items with the code 20JAN15!  She ships super fast and it seems like she's always having some sort of amazing sale.

Oh the Places You'll Go

I really enjoy creating the sketches each month for Gossamer Blue but I love it even more when I get to play along. Each month, I create the sketch and it gets sent to 1 subscriber and 1 design team member. Stephanie asked me to play along this month. Let's take a look at the sketch and my layout. And you tell me which one I created first - the sketch or the layout.

The sketch...

The layout...

I love using a sketch because you can use them as a jumping off point for creativity, which is what I normally do, with the end result looking similar yet something I can call my own OR, using it as an exact lift, which is what I did today.  Actually, I created the layout first and then designed the sketch. Was that the option you chose?

My hubby snapped this photo of my daughter riding along with him a beautiful Spring day. He just snapped the photo (without aiming since he was driving) hoping he’d get a good shot and I just love it! So when I saw the travel related goodies in the July kit, especially the map paper, I knew it’d be perfect. The whole layout was designed around that geo tag and star in the middle. I built the rest of the layout around that one little detail and this is the end result.

So, will you play along with us this month? Show us your take on this sketch by sharing it in the Gossamer Blue Sketch Challenge Gallery. We will announce a winner with the next Sketch Challenge on August 29 ! The prize will be a $10 Gift Card to Gossamer Blue

All in the Family

We're having a ton of fun on the Lily Bee Design blog this week with a game of tag. I was tagged by Stacey yesterday to create a layout based on this week's sketch, created by yours truly, but with an added twist.  She challenged me to add die cuts to my layout so I created a few SVG files for Lily Bee's new We R Family collection. You can download them for free at the end of this post.

In case, you missed it, here's the sketch that's inspiring us this week.


Here's what I created:

Supplies: We R Family collection: (Papers: Family Rules, Family Ties, Family Time, Game Night, Family Dinner; 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Daily Deck Cards; Wood Veneer; Metal Badges); Urban Autumn collection (Papers: Oktoberfest, Tri-State); Sweet Shoppe collection: Letter Stickers

I had this layout in mind utilizing the Daily Deck cards when I created this sketch. That said, you could easily add more photos to the page.

I just love the wood veneer people. I knew I wanted to highlight them so I created an offset image of them and then cut them out as a family on one of the Daily Deck cards. I just resized them to fit my card and cut them out.

To create my title, I punched individual letters out of the Game Night paper. I used a small circle punch, which was the perfect size.

I also cut hearts out of the bottom section of the striped paper before adhering it to the background paper. I backed the negative portion with coordinating paper and then saved the cuts to use as embellishments over one of the Daily Deck cards.

So how about some free SVG cutting files? You can download all of our cutting files HERE or you can download the ones I used by clicking on their direct links:
We R Family People Cutting File
We R Family Hearts Cutting File

Head on over to the blog to see who I tagged for tomorrow and the challenge I gave her.

Thanks for stopping by. Now go on and get crafty!

Lucky Cascarones and Heather Leopard Scrapbook Sketch

Created for the American Crafts blog for the confetti challenge.  One thing I love about my Mexican heritage are all the traditions and cascarones at Easter is most definitely one of them.

It makes a huge mess but we have so much fun cracking confetti eggs on each other and I love passing this tradition down to my girls.



Scrapbooking Sketch by Heather Leopard:



To create this, I used a confetti punch gifted to me by my friend Diana Fisher.  I punched and punched and punched away at pattern paper while I was scrapping with her, Audrey Yeager and Sara Zenger.

Once all the confetti was punched, I pressed it down over cardstock covered in liquid adhesive.  Once dry, I added twine and stitched vellum over part of it to help my photos pop.  The I added clouds raining confetti at the top.

100% Genuine Girly Girl | Heather Leopard Scrapbooking Sketch

If you're looking for the Scrapbook Circle kit I'm giving away, click HERE.
Welcome to the Paper Issues Let's Have a Crafting A{flair} Blog Hop, sponsored by Panda Eight Flair! If this is your first stop, be sure to head over to Paper Issues to start at the beginning!

My youngest is the absolute girly girl. She loves to don her tiara, twirly skirts and sparkly shoes! She actually downright refuses to go out the door without this type of ensemble. The new My Mind's Eye My Girl collection and flair from Panda Eight was the perfection combination to document this about my girl.

My Mind's Eye My Girl Pinwheel Paper, My Mind's Eye My Girl Genuine Paper, My Mind's Eye My Girl Multi Plaid Paper, My Mind's Eye My Girl Sticker Accessory Sheet, My Mind's Eye My Girl Chipboard Elements, My Mind's Eye My Girl Decorative Brads, My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy Plaid Paper, My Mind's Eye My Girl Decorative Buttons, My Mind's Eye My Girl Enamel Dots, Panda Eight Flair, Paper Studio vellum, Ranger Ink Distress Stain Bard Door, Glue Art Glue Glider Pro, Skinny Jeans Solid Font, Cutie Pop font, Instragram photo, HP Photosmart 8750 printer

Here's the scrapbook sketch, designed by me....

To create this layout, I painted distress stain over the background paper. I then distressed and then layered various pattern papers and vellum to create a mat for my photo. I topped it off with a title that is a combination of a die cut, stickers and a brad so that it reads 100% genuine girly girl. The journaling is printed on paper strips to complete the story.

So did you see the fun flair on this layout? Yep, Panda Eight flair ROCKS! Guess what? 5 lucky blog hoppers will win a set of Panda Eight Flair. The details are on the Paper Issues blog. 

Did you know? You can get 20% off your scrapbooking supplies every day! Just visit the Paper Issues Store and enter coupon code: HEATHER for 20% off your entire purchase. Use it over and over again!

Thanks for hopping with us today

Make sure to  Like PandaEight on Facebook {tell them we sent you}

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Next up on the hop is Mandy K.

After you complete the hop, come back to my blog and enter to win the Scrapbook Circle Charmed Life kit that I'm giving away HERE as part of my 600 follower celebration!

My Happy Place Scrapbooking Sketch & PaperHaus Magazine Blog Hop

It must be the season for hops! I've got two going on right now here on my blog. If you're looking for the Lily Bee Design Blog Hop, check this one out first and then visit the post below (or it might be two below). 

Welcome to the PaperHaus Spring Fling Blog Hop! 

Today we're celebrating the release of the Spring Issue of PaperHaus Magazine! There's a ton of amazing projects and inspiration in it. You can download a copy of it HERE. Get the latest inspiration and stay up to date on upcoming calls by liking PaperHaus on Facebook. Speaking of Spring, I'm loving the weather and the fact that we can be out & about having fun outdoors again. We've been spending a lot of time at the local parks, going on bike rides, etc.  

I'm sharing this layout I created of my youngest daughter testing out her new bicycle. While this photo was taken in October, it reminds me of the warmer Spring weather so I was definitely in the mood to scrap it.

Pretty Painterly Paper (35973) - Lucky Charm, Noteworthy Paper (35963) - Lucky Charm, Junk Drawer (35968) - Lucky Charm, Bright Bauble Paper (35970) - Lucky Charm, Lucky Coin Paper (35978) - Lucky Charm, This & That Paper (35960) - Lucky Charm, Printed Chipboard Shapes (85655) - Lucky Charm, Die-cut Cards (85649) - Lucky Charm, Amy Tangerine roller date stamp, Roller Date Stamp (59162) - Lucky Charm, Studio Calico Mr Hueys mists.



I mitered distressed strips of paper layers into a diagonal "V" offset slightly on the page. Some have vellum layered on top and others have vellum layered underneath. I then stitched over each strip.

I'm apparently addicted to vellum again. I love that it can be used to add another dimensional layer and also tone down portions of the papers to make other elements pop. My journaling is located here on the blue tag (on white paper that is hidden).

Check out the Spring Issue of PaperHaus Magazine HERE!

GIVEAWAY!

I'm giving away some of my Little Yellow Bicycle stash to one lucky person who follows my blog and leaves me a comment telling me what the weather is like where you are right now! You have until midnight March 7th to do this as well as complete the hop. I will announce a winner shortly after the blog hop ends.

Your next stop along the hop is to my super talented IRL friend, Diana Fisher. I've also included the full blog hop list below. You're more than halfway through (unless you are starting the hop here)!!!

PaperHaus Blog – www.thepaperhaus.com 
Frank Garcia – www.hausofw.com 
Ivana Camdzic – http://papergirlcrafts.blogspot.com/2013/03/paperhaus-spring.html 
Trina McClune – trinamcclune.typepad.com 
Jodie Lee – www.jodieleedesigns.blogspot.com 
Lisa Gregory – http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com 
Stacey Young – www.staceyeyoung.blogspot.com 
Maiko Kosugi – www.maimaipiano.blogspot.com 
Fun Stampers Journey – http://www.myfunstampersjourney.com/category/blog 
The Piece by Piece – www.thepiecebypiece.blogspot.com 
Corri Garza – http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com 
DeeDee Catron – http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com 
Audrey Yeager – http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com 
Sabrina Alery – http://www.sabrinaalery.blogspot.com 
Patricia Roebuck – www.roebuck-adventures.blogspot.com 
Jess Mutty – www.scrapgoo.blogspot.com 
Anna Sigga – http://annasigga.typepad.com/scrappalicious 
Susan Tutt – http://susanscrapbooker.blogspot.com 
Rommel Okuma – http://risqueerabisque.wordpress.com 
Bente Fagerberg – http://paperandglueheaven.blogspot.com 
Izzy Anderson – http://writesnapscrap.blogspot.com 
Jennifer Grace – http://jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com 
Christina Heeren – http://christinaheeren.blogspot.com 
Gina Rodgers – http://gingerbread.typepad.com 
Lori Hairston – http://www.lorihairston.blogspot.com 
Paper Issues – http://www.paperissues.com 
Peg Hewitt – http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com.au 
Georgia Heald – http://startingtoscrap.blogspot.com.au 
Leah Crowe – www.leahscraftylife.com 
Jodi Baune – http://www.dancingintherainjb.blogspot.com 
Heather Leopard – YOU ARE HERE!
Diana Fisher – http://designbydiana.blogspot.com 
Kate Vickers – www.scrapsation.com 
Sarah Andreotti – www.vintagepearstudio.com 
Leah Farquharson – http://www.bluebirdchic.com/blog 
Cathi O'Neill – http://celticknotted.blogspot.com 
Missy Gener – http://www.missygener.com 
Marilyn Rivera – http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com 
Julianne McKenna – http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.com 
Vivan Keh – http://contadinak.wordpress.com/ 
Jelissa Mei – http://jelibeanz.blogspot.sg/ 
Sara Zenger – www.sarazenger.blogspot.com 
Emilia van den Heuvel – http://few-favourite-things.blogspot.com 
Linda Brun – http://favoritspotonearth.blogspot.no 
Lisa Duke – http://theshabbyhorse.blogspot.com/ 
PAPERHAUS FACEBOOK – www.facebook.com/thepaperhaus

9 Wishes Layout & Scrapbooking Sketch by Heather Leopard & Lily Bee Design's Birthday Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday everyone and Happy 4th Birthday to Lily Bee Design! I am soo excited to be celebrating this great accomplishment with Kristen and team. We'll be celebrating all week long with a new hop each day this week through Thursday and lots chances to win new Lily Bee Design prizes!

For today's hop, we tasked with creating a "celebration" layout, drawing inspiration Nicole's sketch posted to the Lily Bee blog.  I chose to scrap this Instagram photo of my daughter at her most recent birthday party!

Supplies from Lily Bee Design Sweet Shoppe Collection



I layered lots of distressed papers, vellum, stitching and label tags over each other to create the mat for the frame as well as the paper strips at the bottom.  The Chit Chat stickers were the perfect embellishment accents and tied the page together. I included a journaling tag that says "memories" from a previous Lily Bee collection, behind the photo for my journaling.

GIVEAWAY!!!

Today I'm giving away some of this & that from my Lily Bee Design stash. All I ask is that you follow my blog (but only if you like what you see here) and leave me a comment telling me what you've recently celebrated or are about to celebrate!

Okay, so I was your last stop on the hop!  It's time to head back to the Lily Bee Design blog so you can enter for a chance to win a Lily Bee prize package! If you're just starting from my blog, here's the full list of designer's participating in today's hop:

Cindy Liebel

Leslie Ashe

Lisa Dickinson

Summer Fullerton

Heather Leopard

Lily Bee Design blog

Make sure to visit the Lily Bee blog again tomorrow and Thursday for new hops with the rest of the design team and more chances to win!

Thanks for stopping by today!