Time-saving and easy--most of us like these benefits in life and in scrapbooking. This issue's sketch offers both. With six spaces for 4" x 6" photos, it'll allow you to scrap more photos on your layout. And with very little cropping required, you'll save time; time that you can use to create more pages or create more memories.

Hiking Moab by Alisa Bangerter. Supplies Cardstock: Die Cuts With a View; Ribbon: American Crafts; Buttons: Jesse James & Co.; Alphabet dies and die-cutting machine: QuicKutz; Distressing tool: Making Memories; Other: Sandpaper.

Technique Tip: Rough It Up

To accentuate the rugged feel of her hiking layout, Alisa Bangerter distressed the edges of some of her papers and included sandpaper in place of patterned paper. What unique touches can you add to your next layout to add even more to its theme?

More Layouts with This Sketch

To see more layouts based on this sketch, check out the "CK Sketches" column in the March/April 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes.

Free Sketch Downloads

Try these variations on this month's sketch! You can download them in a PDF file for your binder.

Free Digital Template Download

Are you a digital scrapbooker? Download our digital version of the March/April 2010 CK Sketch and use the layered PSD file to create a page using your favorite digital scrapbooking elements.

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March/April 2010