You R My 'Son'Shine

 It's a snowy day in my neck of the woods today, 

it's not bound to stick but enough already! :)

I am ready for Spring, how about you?

Maybe it's because of the snowy grey days that I sketched out

this sunshine-y LO last month before I got my kit.

Do you sketch your LOs out ahead of time? 

It's a newer thing for me. 

I stalk the Hip 2-b Square blog (drooling over the

 kit that I KNOW is coming my way) and sometimes 

inspiration hits.When I sketched this, I was standing 

at my kitchen counter and this is at the bottom 

of a practice spelling test I had given my little guy.

I try to keep a pen and paper handy most times in cases

 like this. 

Sketching out the LO before hand can really make

 the whole scrapbook process much quicker. I often

 pick my papers this way (which saves me from

 shuffling and moving papers around aimlessly).

I also tend not to 'over-print' my photos with a sketch. 

I know which shot and size I will work into the 

layout and don't print as many 'just in case' pictures.

This 10 minute step probably shaves 1-2 hours 

from my scrappy process (I am a very slow scrapper).

Do I sketch my LOs every time? Of course not (I wish I had 

the foresight to but I am simply not that organized and 

that would probably take some of the fun out of it for me at 

some point) and when it comes down to it, I am a pretty

scatter-brained girl and simply NOT a planner at heart.

**By the way- the sketch is extremely rough but doesn't 

need to be fancy for this purpose. 

 

This is my finished LO. As you can see, I deviated a bit.

I used sewn paper strips instead of arrows, I covered my 

punched circle with washi tape instead of  punched hearts, 

added a few more buttons and no real journaling to speak of

but it is pretty close to the original sketch.

 **Made with February Hip kit + add-ons.

I would love to hear any time saving tips you 

may have discovered to help shorten 

your creative process.

Thanks for stopping by!
HUGS & Happy Surfing :)