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Happy New Year! I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for me, I love fresh beginnings, new challenges, and fun adventures! 2011 was full of wonderful moments and 2012 is shaping up to have even more moments - a new baby in the family, a wedding, even a few family trips are in the plans. But, before I get all excited about what's to come, I like to capture the past year in photos. This time, I'm using the Simple Stories signature system of elements and page protectors to help me. Year.o.graphy is the perfect collection for this kind of project.
To make things even better, I was lucky enough to receive some fabulous adhesives from Glue Arts to help me. At first I was skeptical, after all I am a liquid glue kind of scrapbooker. I've never used a tape runner and lots of things went through my mind - is it too heavy? is it cumbersome? is to hard to use? Well, let me tell you, I was in for a surprise! I may even be a convert! The Glue Glider Pro was light, efficient, and very easy to use. In fact, it was easier than liquid glue when it came to my journaling strips. It was absolutely the perfect adhesive for photos, embellishments and papers!
I am a fan of all the dimensional adhesives that Glue Arts carries, but for this project I was looking for flat cards that I could easily slip into the page protector sleeves. I want to send a big thank you to Glue Arts for sharing those 3D glues with me and I will be using them in the future for sure!
Okay, so on to my project. I created 4 pages, each with 3 months of 2011 documented on them. I loved the ease of the 4x6 elements with the large month abreviations on them --- I basically just slipped them into my sleeves with some journaling strips on them! I know I've said it before, but super quick & easy!
The photos were all created in Photoshop where I changed them all to a vintage B & W and cropped them down to 1.5 x 2 inches. Then I dropped the photos 2 by 2 onto a 4 x 6 blank photo background so that after they were printed I could cut them out to look like mini polaroid pics! I love how cute they are!
Make sure to head over to the Glue Arts blog to see the gorgeous projects their designers create all week. And keep stopping by our Simple Stories blog because our team has some amazing projects as well! in fact, would you like a chance to win? Then here's a challenge to you...visit the Glue Arts facebook wall and post a big Simple Stories hello and let them know we sent you over! Then visit our Simple Stories Facebook wall and post on our wall letting us know you've done so. We'll enter you to win their Glue Glider Pro and PRO+ Perma Tac Cartridge, as well as our Simple Stories Year.o.raphy collection kit.
Supplies Used:
- #1901 - 12x12 Calendar Cardstock Stickers
- #1902 - 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers
- #1903 - 12x12 Expression Cardstock Stickers
- #1910 - 4x6 Journaling Card Elements #1
- #1911 - 4x6 Journaling Card Elements #2
- #1912 - 4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements
We R Memory Keepers - 4x6 12x12 photo sleeves
Glue Arts - Glue Glider Pro
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Fabulous project. I've been wanting to try something like this. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: jpscraps | January 04, 2012 at 05:52 AM
Love this! The papers and embellishments are perfect and not too overwhelming. What a great gift for someone!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | January 04, 2012 at 06:17 AM
Love the idea of chronicling the year. Definitely gonna have to do this
Posted by: jackie s | January 04, 2012 at 07:02 AM
BEAUTIFUL Project!! I am LOVING the Simple Stories!! Off to say HOWDY on facebook!! Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim
Kim Johnson-Martin
kimnsammy at gmail dot com
Posted by: Kim Martin | January 04, 2012 at 08:30 AM
Love the polaroid picture idea!! Totally AWESOME!!
Posted by: Tiffany Koehn | January 04, 2012 at 09:03 AM
Love these pages Kim and what you did with the pics....
Posted by: Stacy Caddy | January 04, 2012 at 09:17 AM
Awesome project Kim!!!
Posted by: Lynda | January 04, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Great album pages and I like your polaroid look photos.
Sorry not on Facebook.
Posted by: Sue D | January 04, 2012 at 12:50 PM
love it !
Posted by: laura stewart | January 04, 2012 at 02:14 PM
Marvellous project! Cant wait to try something similar myself - thanks for the inspiration :)
Posted by: Olivia | January 04, 2012 at 03:02 PM
great photoshop edit to make the pics look polaroid
ava
Posted by: ava | January 04, 2012 at 04:13 PM
Love it !!!
Posted by: Julie Shearer | January 04, 2012 at 05:57 PM
Wonderful!
Posted by: alwayscharlie | January 04, 2012 at 08:33 PM
LOVE this!
Posted by: Marilyn Nimmo | January 04, 2012 at 08:57 PM
What a fun album! Loved how all the photos are the same and the abbreviated months!
Posted by: Melinda T | January 04, 2012 at 09:10 PM
This project is adorable, so creative!! TFS, my mother would love something like this. Oh, and *love* the "polaroids"!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | January 04, 2012 at 11:29 PM
The album looks great. TFS.
Posted by: Patti La Bombard | January 05, 2012 at 04:52 AM
What a great idea! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
- April W
Posted by: April W | January 05, 2012 at 05:41 AM
Year.o.graphy is perfect for this project...I was watching my budget and ordered a couple of pieces but I think I NEED more !!
Posted by: Rosann | January 05, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Awesome project TFS love this collection!
Posted by: Carol W. | January 05, 2012 at 01:51 PM
Great projects today. love your products .
Posted by: Julie Shearer | January 05, 2012 at 04:29 PM
I LOVE this idea! The colors are so cool! I wish I could be this creative! I just had to bookmark your blog cuz I will probably be stalking ya everyday! LOL CallyAnn
Posted by: callyann cornwell | January 05, 2012 at 05:53 PM
What a great project! Love your pictures and this idea!
Posted by: MichelleGB | January 07, 2012 at 06:03 AM
what a great way to use a photo album to make a scrapbook!
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Posted by: matylda | January 30, 2013 at 08:36 AM