Sketch Challenge #19 - Courtesy of Becky Fleck

WOW! Look at all these great layouts using the Template by Becky Fleck [with permission]. In everyone of the Cottages Newsletters there is a template which is provided free and the simple challenge of scrapping it. Our last newsletter came out on 08-12 and just look at some of the outstanding submissions! I'm just blown away by these as templates/sketches are one of the hardest things for me to create. I have yet to attempt this circular one by Becky Fleck.

The link to this free template is available in The Secret Room, but you must be a Digital Craft Cottage Member to download. Join today - Membership is FREE!

Create a CD Calendar as a Gift or Stocking Stuffer

If your're like me, I just love to stuff Christmas stocking with all kinds of goodies, and for friends and family that are not nearby, I can always send one of these great personalized calendars in the mail. Yes! It's not too early to start preparing for the holidays.

These are great original calendar templates that, when completed, will fit in a standard CD case and look fantastic sitting on your desk! There are sooooo many ways to personalize these an 'make them your own', that it just boggles the mind. You can create them by theme, special moments, or, as I intend to do, using heritage photos that my extremely large family will really love.

The templates for January thru June are now available for your personal use, FREE [of course] in The Secret Room [membership is required, but always FREE!]

These templates are wonderful... It's sooo easy to alter them to your own tastes too. So stop on by and get yours and please share your creations with us in the special CD Calendar Gallery [click on that link to see even more of the beautiful creations by our members!!]

Sketch Template Layouts

WOW! I am so impressed! The latest sketch template has only been available since Tuesday [07-29] and already the gallery is filling up. It is a beautiful sketch [see post of yesterday], by Becky Fleck of Page Maps. There are just sooo many delightful interpretations on this sketch that I wanted to share this one that really caught my eye.

One of our member's, 'EstherF' submitted this layout and in my comments, I mentioned the nostalgic feel I got from it. It just brought everything back to me from my childhood. A boy playing with a stick in a dirt road... nothing else required. No batteries. Period.

I also mentioned that I thought it would look great in a sepia tone... to which Es promptly responded.

They are BOTH beautiful layout! Each for different reasons. As I told Es, I just remember my youth, when things were simple and all that was required was a child, a stick, and some dirt. Amazing how some things just stay with you forever. This layout just called to me and I had to share. Sometimem when I think about how different things are today from when I was a child, I'll think of this layout and know that somethings will never change and childhood innocence should be cherished as it passes too quickly.

Es's credits:
Photo by DD. Papers and embellishments from the July Gift a Day Lazy Days of Summer. Song lyrics: Words by Charles Tobias and music by Hans Carste...Nat King Cole. Font: Book Antiqua. Photo stroke Dale Lewin Mangue.

Free Sketch Templates

Did you know that you can get a new FREE sketch template every two weeks? Well you can! Our newsletter comes out every 2 weeks and there is always a sketch template available for you to download... absolutely FREE! Those are the best kind aren't they? If you missed them in the newsletters, you can always download them from The Secret Room. The link above will take you directly to The Secret Room if you are a member. If you're not a member, just sign up for membership, which is also completely FREE! In The Secret Room you can find all the templates that have been available in the past.

Template by Becky Fleck of Map Pages - used with permission.