Month in Review 2011

The other class I'm following with Scrapagogo this year is the Month in Review 2011.  This is much like the yearbook we did last year.  I decided to do the Month in Review as I enjoyed the Yearbook with Nicola Kerridge last year!

We don't have to use the monthly Kits, we can use any stash we like, but for me, I think it's all about using that month's kit.  You end up with quite a mixture of layouts!  My Month in Review 2011 Layouts are 8 x 8, and I'm using an American Craft D Ring Album!

This is my title page for my book.  I bought some Glimmerz Paints at last year's Scrapagogo Retreat, and they go on wood lovely, so I painted my large star in the lovely green!  Santa also bought me a mini sewing machine and this was my first attempt at using it.  I was quite pleased with myself!

We took a walk along the old Railway Line route in Buckingham, and it was so cold that the river was still frozen!  I cut strips off of one of the patterned papers and used m EK Success punch to make a border, and the old fashioned & badge connected the two photo's and words together.

January was also Emily's Birthday and James bought home 7 Challenge Badges from Scouts.  The photo's really didn't go with the colours in the kit, but cropping the photo's as much as I could helped some.  The frame around the word Jan is a Maya Road Chipboard frame which I inked with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink, then covered with Distress Stickles of the same colour.  It adds a little bit of sparkle without being over the top!