Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Happy New Year! :)

I just want to start out by saying, that one of the things I am absolutely looking forward to in 2013 is keeping up with my blog friends!
When I started "blogging" several years ago, I just wanted to share my work and a little bit about my day to day life. Who knew that I would "meet" such an amazing group of women that I have enjoyed "getting to know". I wish we could all meet up in real life and have a huge scrapbook crop or girl's night out somewhere :)
Scrapbooking is such a supportive and fun community, which is something that I truly appreciate!

And now a layout to share! This one was featured on the Crafting Ireland magazine blog. You can see the post with a little tutorial Here.
The assignment was "year in review". I decided to go through my photos in 2011 since at the time I was creating the layout 2012 was not yet over. For this layout I used mostly product by October Afternoon, except for the title and some of the smaller alphabet stickers. The fabric letters are by American Crafts.
I created each month by using an October Afternoon journal card, and tiny alphabet stickers by October Afternoon and Pink Paislee. I made a file of photos that I wanted to use in Picasa and then printed them up at home on cardstock. I just may start making a page like this for all of my annual family albums as the introduction. :)

I still can't believe 2012 is over and we are already two days into the new year. The kids are back in school today, so I am looking forward to getting back into routine. Lots of plans and projects are in the works for the next few months. And hopefully plenty of scrapbooking in there, too! :)



21 comments:

  1. Thank you for the reminder to do a review page. I haven't gotten to one yet. :) I love the grid design with the smaller photos and blocks of paper! Enjoy your "quiet" time today. Back to school here too.

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  2. Love love love love this!!!! LOVING the title work and how you added a photo for each month!! FABULOUS!!!

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  3. Oh, this page is totally AWESOME! I love all the tid bits!!!

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  4. Happy New Year! I'm really glad that I "met" you online in 2012.

    Love your layout! What a great use for all those journaling cards and mini alphas!!! If you haven't already, you should definitely post this LO on OA's Facebook page and/or Flickr gallery!

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  5. impressive layout, i really love the title on the side. gives the perfect balance!

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  6. This is amazing and so much fun to look at!! Love the idea and the design. :)

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  7. I love your Year in Review page. I haven't done one of these in about three years. Maybe I need to put it on my scrapping to do list.

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  8. Wow, such a great design for a year review!!
    Love it!

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  9. I am so with you about blogging friends. I had no idea I'd meet so many amazing women, and I so wish there was a big crop or girls night out, that would be so fun :)

    I love your design for Year in Review, I'm so going to have to steal that for my "Chicago in Review" layout!

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  10. I'm going to a crop weekend in march to meet some blogging friends for the first time and I can't wait!

    Great page, I love the mini-alphas for the month titles. x

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  11. I totally agree with our blog friends. You all inspire me and keep me going as I don't know anyone who scraps or even appreciates it. Wonderful layout idea! Laurab. Www.whosthischick.com

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  12. LOVE this Mary Jo!!! Such a cool idea. I love all the relationships I've made with everyone too. So cool that you start out blogging with one intention and get something else totally unexpected out of it.

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  13. That's a great review layout!

    Glad to "know" you too :)

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  14. I totally agree with you about blogging, I am so happy to have come together with so many wonderful people through my blog and am still blown away with it after 3 yrs of blogging.

    I totally love this idea!!!!
    I think I may lift your idea, this is perfect for an intro page or a last page for Project 365.
    My question is how did you just narrow it down to one photo a month. That would be my biggest set back, teehee.

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  15. I like this...I might even break it down into a month in review!. Now that I am making more cards, my layout production has dropped significantly!
    Looks great!

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  16. Looks like your layout was lots of fun to make! I really like the title running sideways.

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  17. I love this-very cool, I'm pinning this to do as soon as I get a chance to edit some photos. Love the colors and tiny type stickers you used.

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  18. I know. It has been wonderful meeting you and others. Hoping to go to the big scrapfest at mall of americas. Would be great to meet you and others.

    I LOVE this sooo much! I have not done anything like this in a long time. But this sparks the inspiration!

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  19. I love that, it's a great idea to see the highlight of a year!

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