The first-ever Sketches with a Twist sketch and design team sample layouts are now live on their site! This is a brand-new sketch blog that you must check out. It’s a sketch challenge site, where each sketch comes with a twist (for instance, the twist this month is to use at least two fonts in your title). A new sketch will be loaded on the first of each month, and entries will close on the last day. Then the winner will be announced on the 5th of the month.
I didn’t just design the sketch (which I hope you’ll go download and use), but I also made this layout:
My brother and I went on a scavenger hunt for orange items to photograph for this layout.
The story behind this layout began with a desire to celebrate the transition to a new calendar year, but without resorting to a resolutions page. I love color, as I imagine most scrappers do. And I know that The Pantone Instititute names a new color to watch each year. Their top color for 2012 is Tangerine Tango, an energetic reddish-orange. We should expect to see this color in everything from fashion to home decor to our beloved scrapbook products.
My baby brother, Phil, is in town celebrating the old and new years with us, and he and I are always looking for a good creative project. When I mentioned going out on a photo shoot specifically for a layout about color, Phil was already attaching his fish-eye lens to his camera! We spent a few hours out in the beautiful afternoon sun searching for the orange of the world, a hunt that sharpened our vision for the traffic cones, signs, clothing and flowers that surround us.
And so, my layout is an ode to all color, to optimism, to energy, to new beginnings and to 2012.
Happy New Year Janice, and thank you for a wonderful first sketch to kick off SWAT. I adore your ode to Tangerine Tango, such a fabulous colour and great photos. Definitely looks like it was a wonderful adventure and project to share with your brother too!
Thank you, Danie! It really is a great color, isn’t it? And Phil and I did have a great time searching out these photos together. I’m so happy to be on the SWAT team with you. Happy New Year!
your layout is fabulous! love the colors, tangerine tango is a great color! I also love to use tons of colors on my layouts…can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve for February’s sketch… 🙂 happy 2012!!
Hi Janice,
Thanks for at great January SWAT sketch, I really enjoyed working with it. I can tell you the Danish scrappers LOVE it 😀
Your layout is wonderful and what a fabulous tangerine tango color.
I’m looking forward to work with your sketches and I can’t wait to see whaqt you are comming up with for the February sketch.
Hugs
Kirsten
A wonderful sketch! Thanks for the great inspiration! I am excited to be working with your sketches at SWAT and look forward to seeing more of your sketches, as well as seeing how you create with them- your layout is awesome!