I have found it very helpful that when you don't have time to scrapbook but you still want to get your ideas down to sketch them out. I have a Note/Sketchbook that I found at my local craft store in the art department that I use...it has a blank drawing area at the top of the page and a lined area at the bottom of the page. I originally used to just sketch a square but have found if you make a 4x4 template to represent your 12x12 page it works perfect and just clip it to your notebook. This way you can jot down your ideas right away if you don't have time to scrapbook them. I've been doing this now for almost a year and it has worked like a gem. This especially helped me when I put my house on the market and packed up my scraproom (sad day) and it wasn't another 3 months till I moved, so I was still able to preserve my thoughts for another day.

Happy Scrapping!!