My Cluttered Corner

I have a little secret....I am not really that into sketches. I know, GASP, COUGH, AAAK. But for me part of the fun is figuring out what goes where, the design for me is a problem solving element that I enjoy. But whenever I can I like to play around with Julie Bonner's monthly sketch on the Jillibean Soup blog. I really like Julie's sketches and feel like that work well with my style. Here is her sketch from last month:
And here is my take on the sketch:
Everything here except the cardstock is Jillibean Soup. I ♥ this Hearty Barley line! This layout is up on the Therm O Web blog today where I am also espousing the wonderful qualities of the Therm O Web Tape Runner XL--

my GO-TO adhesive for layouts.

Should we pick a winner of my Big Giveaway first? Sure, why not! The winning comment is:

If you're looking for my big end of the year give away please go HERE. Today is the LAST day to enter to win and the box has gotten bigger and more full as I am trying to make room for new collections and projects so PLEASE go over and enter to win!

 I can not even believe we are at the end of the year already! How does so much happen in a single year and yet it feels like it goes by in the blink of an eye? I love having a year in review post to look back on so, I hope you'll humor me here--there will probably be more than a top 10 because I always have a hard time narrowing it down! Let's talk numbers first. It looks like this year I made a total of about 228 layouts and 86 cards. I blogged 90 times. I took about 3000 pictures. WOW! But narrow it down, I must...so...
In January 2011 I was so excited to become a member of Scrapbook Circle's Design Team and I was doubly thrilled at the end of this year to make it on the team for another term.
This layout was from the Harvest Festival kit (November's kit). Also this year I was honored to be a member of Elle's Studio Design team. I love Elle's tags and journaling spots especially since I do a lot of handwritten journaling. This layout combined my favorite Elle's Studio products with one of my recent favorite Crate Paper lines and was both a tutorial on Elle's Studio blog and a winner on the Crate Paper blog!
This was also the year I joined the GCD Studios team and what an amazing ride that has been! This was one of the layouts I submitted to get on the team and it remains one of my favorite layouts of all time:
This year I was lucky enough to be member of the MyStampBOX design team and I was thrilled to join the Therm O Web design team. I am officially a Zots addict and I used a ton of them on this layout:
 I was so excited to have several layouts published this year in the Scrapbook Trends and Create publications and this year marked the first time MY picture showed up in publication:
 I also continued to design for my local scrapbook store, Scrapbook Barn and loved this American Crafts collection they let me play with:
I also got to be a member of the Best Creation Inc. design team.
And to finish the year off with a bang I was over the top, crazy and insanely excited to be chosen as a member of the 2012 Imaginisce Design Team:
 I am also so excited to be a member of the Ruby Rock-It team this year and I have a few Ruby Rock-It layouts that are absolute favorites but I have to be very hush hush right now, so just keep your eye on the Ruby Rock-It blog this year!
And how about a few more that are just plain favorites? A few Echo Park layouts...

 And how about some Jillibean Soup...
and a favorite card or two?

And a favorite photo or two?