| S k e t c h L a y o u t s Featured in the newsletter each month, The Shaker Box will highlight a sketch created by Mickey McGowan that is based on a design from one We hope these layouts inspire you to look at sketches in new and different ways than before! Remember, you can turn the sketch sideways or even upside down. Just use your imagination! Here are just some of this month's layouts using the sketch to the right.
------------------------------------------- What Makes a House a Home Shawn Lofing
------------------------------------------- Mans Home is His Castle Mickey McGowan
------------------------------------------- My Sanctuary Lynn Price
------------------------------------------- Home Sweet Home Kristi Martin
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What Kind of Scrapper Are You? 1. Where is that package of eyelets you just bought at the LSS?
2. Where are the pictures from the last roll of film you had developed?
3. Where would you look for that perfect piece of cardstock?
4. Where are the last 5 layouts you completed?
5. Where are all of those page elements that you received back from all of those swaps that you have been in, or have bought at your last few trips to the LSS?
Okay, now add up your score. Do you have mostly A answers? Good for you!! You are an organized scrapper and can skip the rest of this article if you choose to do so. Do you have mostly B answers? Congratulations! I think maybe that you had better keep reading, there might be some things you can learn here. Mmostly C answers? UH OH .You are in big trouble! I order you to read the rest of this article! "Everyone knows that creative and intelligent people can be very disorganized. This disorganization frequently interferes with the fullest use of the creative gift. Imagine the writer who can't find his paper or research material, or the artist who misplaces supplies. Looking for things saps the creative process." 1 Don't be a messy scrapper! Even "cleanie" scrapbookers can become disorganized when faced with the number of tools, supplies, and materials used in scrapbooking. Don't procrastinate! Get in the habit of tidying your scrap area after you finish a layout or project. Have a place for everything, that way you will know where to look for something when you need that specific piece of paper or that favorite punch. Take short cuts! One thing that I have found that has helped me in keeping my scrap area neater is to keep a small plastic trash can right on top of my scrap table. When the trash can was on the floor, I was constantly piling up trash on my table and some would even spill over on to the floor, making a worse mess. I am right handed so I placed my trash, within arm's reach on the right side of the table. It is so convenient now; I have no excuse to make those piles of trash on my table. Keep the things you need the most close at hand. I have a small basket with a plastic liner that I keep on my table right in front of the trash can. In it, I keep my scissors, pencil, tape runner, glue stick, photo splits, etc. As long as I remember to toss these frequently used items back in the basket when I am done with them, I always know where to find them the next time. This saves time, since you won't have to search for the items you frequently need. Create some kind of scrap area in your home. This may not be possible in some homes, but most of the time, with a little creativity, you can come up with some kind of scrap area. You can have something as small as a tote filled with your scrapping supplies that you keep in a specific corner of your home. Getting out all of your scrapbook supplies and putting them away each time you scrap takes up a lot of precious time. If you can find an area where you can leave some of the scrapooking things out, it will be much easier to get motivated to start again. Make page kits! This also is a huge time saver! Try to at least have the pictures sorted out and know which ones you will be working on next. Sort them out by pages and then go through and try to find paper for the mats and the page backgrounds. Other times, it is nice to do more thorough page kits, put embellishments and other items together with the page kits as well. Now when you have some time to scrap, you won't have to waste the time figuring out your page layout. Make it a habit! It takes 21 days to form a habit and once the habit is set, it will make things much easier for you. It will save time, instead of wasting time searching for things, you will have more time for scrapping, and all scrapbookers know how important that is! A clean scrap area means: Ready, Set, Scrap! 1 The Messies Manual by Sandra Felton, page 44
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of our designers. This months sketch courtesy of Lynn involves fiber, brads and paper tearing.
