Happy new year!!! Can you believe it’s 2012 already? Anyways, I have a  new set of gems to show off to you again today, and I hope you don’t mind if they seem to be a little “old”, since they’re from last year ;-).

 

The Bus by fonnetta
I’m starting off the fingerpointing with this page which is all about waiting – for the school bus, that is! So full of bright colors and fun elements, this page also has a great composition, with the large photo that is perfectly complemented by the smaller photo and the journaling touches. It’s just so much fun to look at this page!

 

Remember It All by Natascha
Next, I want to point to this page, which is another one that I just can’t take my eyes off because there’s so much to discover. With all the papers stacked on top of each other, it has a great composition as well, the colors make it all fun and bright, and all the little and big elements are just perfect to make this page stand out!

 

Traditions by greenmother
With Christmas not even a week ago, of course we can be sure to still find lots of Christmas pages in the galleries. This one stood out to me because of its intricate clustering. Even though these clusters look quite elaborate, they don’t make this page feel overloaded. The soft color palette of the papers add to the overall beauty of this page, and the title perfectly combines the two sides with one another!

 

White Tree by stampin_rachel
More Christmas goodness. Here is a sample of what composition can do to a page! What a fun idea to clip the photo to paper strips the way she did. This page has a wonderful clean feel to it, and yet there’s so much to look at, and so many little details to discover.

 

Joy to the World by caroline
Blue is the perfect color for those wintery pages, and Caroline did a great job of capturing that wintery atmosphere with her page. The photos are adorable, the clustering impeccable, and the shadows make it all look very real. What a lovely and soft winter page.

 

Ryan Watercolor Painting by skyezak
Now we’re getting a little more artistic again. Even though there isn’t much in terms of scrapbooking on this page, I’d still like to point it out to you here because of its great artistic approach. What a beautiful job she did to turn the photo into this colorful, messy, and oh so fun piece of art!

 

Imagination  by EllenT
And while we’re at it already, I’d like to showcase this page as well – a page so full of whimsey and fun! The blended photo just perfectly add to the pain splats to make this page look so artistic, and the combination of doodled and “real” elements gives this page the perfect little finishing touches!

 

This is it from me today. I hope you’ve enjoyed these pages as much as I have, and thanks for all of you who have contributed to today’s treasure quest by sharing your beautiful layouts with us and the world.

Happy year of 2012 to you all!