The Weekly Sketch

Next time you select your printed papers, take a close look at the patterns....   Jenny has used a printed page from the March Scrapbox kit on the left, and then echoed the design on the right hand side.   She's done this by cutting out the left design from the printed paper, in a section thats going to be underneath the photos, so it doesnt show....  You end up with embellishments that exactly match the printed papers (because they are part of it) and you save money too.   This way you get double value out of a printed...

Hello, I’m Jenny and I live in Hove in East Sussex. We live close to the Downs and close to the sea so have the best of both worlds. I live with my husband Philip and cat ‘Rocket’, my son having flown the nest a couple of years ago. I started scrapbooking in about 2003/2004, my sister introduced me to Creative Memories and I loved their products and style of scrapbooking. I signed up to be a consultant after a visit to a CM stall at a craft fair in Lewes. I was a consultant for five or six years...

First of all, can I just say I have 'concert envy'.....  Having watching Andre Rieu on TV at Christmas, his events are such fun, and not at all as I had expected a classical concert to be!   Anyway.... Jenny has done a great job of capturing the evening with a mix of images, ephemera and journalling.....  Photo choice is really important to tell the story of the whole event, and its a definite advantage if you always think about the pages you will create while you are taking the photos.... that way you will save a lot of time...