05.18.09
Challenge C
Challenge C involves some inspiration from both a sketch and a photograph!
Here’s the sketch… it’s one of mine… lucky #7!
- Sketch #7 by Ali MacDonald
Next, I’d like you all to take your inspiration from this photograph: the images, the circle, the colours, the shading…. WHATEVER you like! This is a trivet I purchased for .49cents at a local store. Isn’t it gorgeous? LOL!
Inspiration for "Challenge C" ~ May 18, 2009
And remember! With every LO you complete you are “given” a ballot which I’ll place in a hat with your name on it: A chance to win the Colorbok prize pack featured in the post previous to this one. It’s growing every time someone completes a Challenge and leaves me the link to check out!
Go, go, go!!! Can’t wait to see what you’ll create!
04.24.09
Sketch #12
Hello everyone! Here’s hoping Spring has found you! We have had lots of April Showers here and now are expecting the MOST GORGEOUS weekend with summery temps here in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. When are ya’ll coming to visit me? You KNOW I’d love that!
Well, I must have Spring Fever b/c I posted the interpretations and forgot the Sketch! ROFL! OH MY Ali!!
Here’s that promised Sketch #12! (Better late than never! **Shaking my head at myself! LOL**)
Sketch #12 created by Ali MacDonald for Creatively Yours: 2009
Noella and I have a special treat for you today. Our talented Guest Designers, sisters Carla, Susan and Deanne, have interpreted today’s sketch! It’s such an honour for me to see how they interpret something I drew! LOL A big thanks ladies, for that.
Without further ado: Here are the sisters’ layout interpretations of Sketch #12!
~CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson provides us with a glimpse of the beauty of nature in her layout~
(Carla, I love the rich earth tones & the sweet critter faces in the pix. That title is PERFECT! LOL!)
CY Guest Designer Carla Robinson's "Squirrels & Chipmunks" layout, based on Sketch #12
~CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton created this layout in memory of a beloved pet. ~
(Deanne, I just love the “softness” of this layout- it’s so perfect for a LO about a bunny. )
"Remember Tweety"~ A layout by CY Guest Designer Deanne Burton
CY Guest Designer Susan Coish provides us with a glimpse of the happiness of children at play in her layout for Sketch #12
"Playground Pals" layout created by CY Guest Designer Susan Coish
"Love in Abundance" by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
04.19.09
Sketch #15
There is a little story behind this sketch.
I am always trying to encourage my oldest child, Kate (15), to scrapbook with me.
One evening, quite awhile back, she DID!! Her layout, of course had to do with a pony at the barn, Oakley– the horse she rode in lessons. The layout (LO) was so simple and effective that I fell in love with it. When I began sketching for Creatively Yours, this LO design kept coming to mind. The resulting sketch is pretty much 100% based on Kate’s layout. I worked in reverse and created my sketch from her page! Hope you like it.
~ Creatively Yours Sketch #15, based on a LO by Kate MacDonald ~
Sketch #15: drawn by Ali, based on a layout created by scrapbooker Kate MacDonald (then aged 13).
Layout created by Kate MacDonald
Here is a scalloped and lacy treat for your eyes: an Easter layout by talented CY Design Team member Beth Price!
Layout created by Creatively Yours Designer Beth Price
Here’s a layout from “Yours Truly,” based upon Sketch #15
Layout created by CY Designer Ali MacDonald
(A quick note…The title is “PART of my heart ” since Noah, our youngest, is missing from this photo.)
Thanks Everyone, and remember to enter our DT call! Scroll down a little and you’ll find the rules and requirements of applying. Can’t wait to see your entries!
04.12.09
Sketch #14
Please remember to post a link to your creation and we will go check it out. 
WHY??
Because we have a DT CALL!
The CY DESIGN TEAM SEARCH has begun!…. We’re always on the lookout for talented Creatively Yours Design Team Members and a new term starts soon! The current DT finishes up their term on May 1-2009.
We have some special things planned here for May, so the next DT term will be June 01- October 31, 2009.
Being able to see how YOU interpret a CY sketch helps Noella and I make good choices.
If you are interested in a position on the next CY Design Team, be sure to post the link to your sketch #14 creation in the “Comments” section AND send me an email including your NAME and CREATION (DT entry layout based on sketch #14) at peteali@eastlink.ca so I am aware that you are interested and have entered the DT call. Love love love to see your DT entry (Sketch #14) creations!
EDITED: DEADLINE for DT call entries is MAY 15, 2009 midnight YOUR time (I am nice, LOL)
New DT members will be notified by May 17.
Our new DT will be announced here on May 22, 2009
Now on to Sketch #14…
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Sketch #14 created for CY by Ali MacDonald
Here are some beautiful interpretations by our uber-talented CY Design Team!
Layout created by CY DT member Liz Weber, a gal we can always count on for “a stunner!”
Yup!! A Stunner!
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“Many Faces” layout created by DT Member Liz Weber for CY
Here is Ann Seleshanko’s “wise” interpretation: No-one can combine patterns the way Ann does!!
A+ Gorgeous!
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“Summer Hike” layout by CY DT Member Ann Seleshanko
Here is a layout by CY Design Team Member Jana Fail. Colourful and happy in a way that is perfection- those are Jana’s LOs!
Bravo Jana!
- Stay tuned for more lovely work on Thursday… Hope you’re feeling inspired!
Now go re-read the DT applicant information, above! **Grin**
Thanks Liz, Ann and Jana for your beautiful work today!~
It was a pleasure to post!
04.06.09
Sketch #10
Here’s a sketch I drew for Creatively Yours. I used my sample page/LO for this sketch on Sisterhood of Scrap in February as part of my “Teaching Tuesday” tutorial about using paints in your scrappin’! You can read that here.
Sketch #10
Sketch #10 by Creatively Yours Designer, Ali MacDonald
Here is my sample page for the sketch. It’s called “Cover Shot.”
Layout created by CY Designer Jana Fail
Our next LO was created by CY Designer Beth Price and is called “Pump it!”
Layout created by CY Designer Beth Price
Our third LO today is by CY Designer Ann Seleshanko and gives some good advice: ”Be yourself!”
LO created by CY Designer Ann Seleshanko
LO by CY Designer Liz Weber
Thanks for checking out the latest CY creations to be posted on our Blog! More fun scrappin’ to come; so keep checking back! Be sure to share any of your Sketch #10 creations! LOVE to see ‘em!
Special thanks to our Designers today!
03.22.09
Sketch #9
It brings me lots of happiness to bring you Sketch #9. Hope you like it and get lots of inspiration from it and from our CY Designers’ interpretations!
By the way, I have been meaning to mention that all the little suggestions I write on my sketches are ONLY that: suggestions! Often they are just little snippets, notes and reminders to myself, useful for when I create a layout from the sketch!
Additionally, though, it’s really great to see how the girls will interpret a sketch with a few things written on it!
Sketch #9 by CY Sketch Artist Ali MacDonald
This interpretation is from “Creatively Yours” Designer Merrilee Wheaton. Just look at the blues, buttons and doodling that Merrilee used here: Wow!
Layout by CY Designer Merrilee Wheaton
“Creatively Yours” Designer Jenifer Cowles showcases a beautiful photo of one of her children in this softly coloured, gentle interpretation of Sketch #9
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- Layout by CY Designer Jenifer Cowles
This time, I had a chance to interpret my own sketch! Here it is…with some playtime pix of Daniel, our “Savvy Star Aficionado” TYFL!
Layout by CY Designer and Sketch Artist Ali MacDonald
03.13.09
Sketch #8
- Layout by CY Designer & Sketch Artist Ali MacDonald
May I present to you a darling, pet-friendly interpretation of Sketch #8 by our March 2009 “CY” Guest Designer, Karen Aldrin?!
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Guest Designer Karen Aldrin’s take on Sketch #8
Guest Designer Karen Aldrin’s take on Sketch #8
And, there’s more! Here is March 2009 “CY” Guest Designer Rowee Ortile’s precious, child-friendly “take” on Sketch #8
- CY Guest Designer Rowee Ortile’s interpretation of Sketch #8
This time I had the chance to interpret my OWN sketch! Hope you like this layout, originally published over at Journaling Junkie. 
Thanks to our Designers and Guest Designers for their beautiful interpretations of the Sketch!
They both made me smile!! How about you?
Be sure to tell us what you thought in the Comments section below.
Additionally, don’t forget the Sketch #51 Challenge: and tell a friend!!
03.10.09
More Sketch #51 Layouts
We had a couple of our DT layouts go astray in Cyberspace, LOL!
I am pleased to present to you once again, “Creatively Yours” Sketch #51 and two more interpretations from our talented DT!
Don’t forget the VERY important Challenge in the post just below this one, OK?
Veeeerrrrry important that you do enter this challenge!!! Trust me!
Here’s that sketch:
Sketch #51 created by “Creatively Yours” Sketch Artist Noella Arsenault
CY Designer Helga Payawal-Vergara Created this wonderful layout using Sketch #51 as her inspiration. The layout has so much movement within its’ elements!
A layout by CY Designer Helga Payawal-Vergara
CY Designer Liz Weber created this gorgeous interpretation of Sketch #51. It’s so “calming” in tone! The dimensional butterflies draw the eye to the beautiful photographs showcased here.
A Layout by CY Designer Liz Weber
Thanks to you both, Liz and Helga for sharing your Design talent with us here at “Creatively Yours”!!
Our wonderful CY Design Team makes us so very proud!
BRAVO to you all!!!
03.05.09
Sketch #7
Sketch #7 by Ali for "Creatively Yours"
A gorgeous, soft & finely detailed garden layout from “Creatively Yours” Designer, Merrilee Wheaton. It makes one long for Spring here in the Annapolis Valley!
Layout by "Creatively Yours" Designer Merrilee Wheaton
Coincidentally, “Creatively Yours”
Designer Jenifer Cowles also chose a garden as the featured subject in her layout. Isn’t the richness of the colour here breathtaking?
Layout by "Creatively Yours" Designer Jenifer Cowles
Thank you, Jenifer and Merrilee for making Sketch #7 come to life! How beautiful…
03.02.09
Special Assignment: SKETCH #6!
Every so often, depending on how the assignments are progressing along, and how the blog posting is going, we have the chance to offer a CY-DT member or Guest CY-DT Member the opportunity to complete a Special Assignment. Usually the turn-around time is quite tight, so Kudos to the gals who have been able to accept and deliver on these.
Today we have some beautiful eye candy for you from CY DT Member Liz Weber, as she interprets Sketch #6. Enjoy!
SKETCH #6
A richly detailed layout by CY Designer Liz Weber! Aren’t little girls’ friendships adorable in so many ways?
"Friendship" a Layout created by CY Designer Liz Weber
