Wednesday, January 4, 2012

top 11 of 2011 ...

This is one of my favourite blog posts of the year to write. I love looking back on the year but it's so hard picking my favourite projects. I have 31 tabs open right now ... and twenty of them won't make the cut, lol.

Okay, well, let's get to it:
Sledding 'Mach 9' Style
I think this was my 2nd double page assignment for Sketch Support and I just love how it turned out. It's made with one of my all-time favourite paper companies: Echo Park and making the photos black and white really made them pop. To this day, it's one of my all-time favourite double pagers. Thanks to Allison for a wonderful sketch!

home grown
This was my very first layout designed for Canadian Scrapbooker, as their GDT. The assignment was to use Webster's Spring Market collection to make a layout. These photos worked perfectly ...

My Guy
This layout makes me smile. It's the first time I used paint drops on a layout (using a toothbrush) and Dean just makes my heart go pitter-patter in these photos. I love the design ... all those circles, random stitching, paint ... :)

Baby - Six Month Photoshoot
Oh sigh ... these photos take me back just over five years. I mixed manufacturers here (something I don't do well!) and really loved the result. This is another Sketch Support two pager sketch and assignment.

today was a fairytale
When I first got these papers in the mail, I wondered what I would do with them - they weren't really my style but funny how it turned out to be one of my favourite layouts of the year. I love seeing Abba with all the princesses ... and I love the soft, vintage feel of this layout.

Admit One

This circus invitation was DT work done for TaDa Creative Studios and it was featured at CHA ... my first work ever at CHA. These papers were so much fun to work with and I loved creating something just a bit different than usual.

Woody & Cowgirl Jess
My only digital page of the year! Just LOVE the colours and theme here. I can't wait for this one to go into the Disney album!!

she scored her first hat trick
in her first game of 2011
This one isn't so much about the design but about the content. Soccer in our family is big - we all play and are consumed by the sport. It makes me so proud to see little Abba out on the field, participating in drills and being a leader. Love it.

Believe
For me, 2011 was all about believing. I started off on a great note and ended on a great note. The year was pretty good! How could I not select this layout? :) It's one of my first ones made in 2011 and it was a DT assignment for Creative Scrappers.

happy halloween
I love all things Halloween. This was a hybrid card I made that was featured in Scrapbook News and Review magazine, using Kristin Aagard's Jeepers Creepers digital kit.

Santa's Helper
This was an assignment for Canadian Scrapbooker - to use the St. Nick paper collection by Fancy Pants. I just love these photos of Abigail from Christmas 2010 and they go so perfectly with the paper!

There you have it ... my top 11, I think. :)

5 comments:

mustangkayla said...

LOVE this post and LOVE your work!

Kim said...

All beautiful pages Jill!!!! Love your work so much!!!!!!

dawn said...

Hi Jill,

I love doing our favorites for the year. It's so cool to see how we've grown and the sometimes our style changes to.

I have to say the one of your husband is my favorite but tied with the Jesse layout. The one of your hubby is my style and I don't always get it right but you nailed it. The Jesse one is so cool with the color/design/theme.

Believe me they all look great though, love that they are all different. You should be proud of your work and how your sketches go in many directions.

My word for this year is BELIEVE so I hope my word does good things for me as it did for you this year.
Happy New Year, keep scrapping and inspiring others!!

Lynn Biermann said...

Awesome work.. I love em all! Thanks for sharing you great style! Happy New Year :)

laterg8r said...

these are all fantastic - i always find your stuff inspiring :D