Last week I popped into one of my favourite blogs, Write, Snap, Scrap by Izzyb and found out about a challenge over at Simple Stories. This got me excited because I had made a 2-page year in review back in January, and I taught it as a class at The Urban Scrapbook.
The “elements” papers and matching sticker sheet from this Year-O-Graphy collection was just perfect to document our entire year on one layout.
Here are a couple of close-ups of the left and right page elements…
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| Butterflies are made with a Martha Stewart punch and card stock |
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| This quote is cut into strips from the Yearography patterned paper |
Behind each bingo card month is a pocket that holds a tag for journalling….
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| I made a different stencil/mask for each tag, which is cut from kraft card stock. Then sprayed with a variety of coloured mists. |
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| I added some SS tiny alpha stickers from the awesome Yearography sticker sheet to highlight certain words in my journaling. |
Here are snapshots of each month…
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| We celebrated DramaQueen’s 15th Birthday |
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| In February, BabyOfTheFamily turned 12 |
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| I met Tim Holtz [gasp] at a special scrapbook event and attended his amazing class |
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| Birthday BoyGenius is 17! |
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| May is all about volleyball tournaments |
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| My dark hair turned grey in June when BoyGenius began driving lessons |
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| A happy weekend away in Kelowna with friends in July |
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| Our anniversary…happily married after 22 years |
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| Our Calgary “daughters” come back to school at the University of Alberta |
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| Newfoundland Michelle traveled across the country to see me, and we attended the Canadian Scrapbooker Carnival together |
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| It’s legal! Our nephew celebrates 18 years! |
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| This candy cane sticker is perfect to showcase December’s picture of BabyOfTheFamily on Christmas morning |
So that’s it….our life in 2011…made simple by Simple Stories!
Alison
June 2, 2012 at 12:33 am (11 years ago)This is such a fantastic lo, Kelly! I love projects like this, I think its such a neat idea to document your year this way. I especially love that there’s journalling tags behind each month on your lo! Ingenious!!
Lee-Anne
June 2, 2012 at 7:34 am (11 years ago)I absolutely love this layout Kelly! What a great idea to scrapbook an entire year to remember in this way. You have a very handsome family.
cnelson
June 2, 2012 at 8:17 am (11 years ago)Absolutely FANTABULOUS!! LOOOOOOOOVE the design of this!
Sharon
June 2, 2012 at 8:26 am (11 years ago)Kelly!!!! This is so, so awesome! I love the entire project so much! Thank you for sharing this with us. I hope you are having a great weekend!
Cindy Gay
June 2, 2012 at 6:11 pm (11 years ago)A great “year in review” page.
Michelle
June 3, 2012 at 5:26 pm (11 years ago)I love year in review LOs! especially when I’m in it! LOL. Visiting you was certainly the highlight of my year last year!{ now its your turn to visit me!} This Lo certainly hits the nail on the head with the Simple Stories challenge, Kelly! I bet the ladies who attended your class at Urban absolutely loved this awesome LO!
Vicky Alberto
June 4, 2012 at 12:41 pm (11 years ago)very cleaver creation
Trisha
June 7, 2012 at 3:55 am (11 years ago)Wow, Kelly!! Amazing job on your layout for 2011. Love the Simple Stories.
Renee
June 7, 2012 at 6:48 am (11 years ago)Beautiful and priceless LO Kelly!
Wendy Rasbach
June 17, 2012 at 6:16 pm (11 years ago)What a fabulous way to incorporate the bingo cards and a whole year in review in a double pager. I really love this design and seeing all of those special pictures. 🙂