From Start to Finish | Grade K (Kindergarten in Review Layout)

Here at the Magouirk house, we are celebrating the end of the school year! With summer quickly approaching (and yet another school year will be here before we know it) I decided to get serious about getting my kid's school albums caught up. I made a list of what I want to include, gathered up their memorabilia and photos and I'm getting to work! 

This week's layout showcases 15 photos from my oldest son's first year of school. Instead of scrapping each individual event, I chose to incorporate some of my favorite photos on this 2-page spread. 

I used one of the die cut shapes from Kerri Bradford's new School Years Digi Die Cut Kit (linked below) for my title. My plan is to include a similar page/title for each year of school. The corresponding "kindergarten" title will be used for the title page where I will scrap his school photo for the year.

I die cut the shapes from patterned paper and cardstock, then layered a 3" punched patterned paper circle and vellum circle underneath. It anchors the die cut design to the page and keeps the background of the layout from being distracting. October Afternoon rubons give the design a completed look.

I also used a design from Kerr's new Escape Digi Die Cut Kit (linked below) for the journaling block. I die cut the design from both patterned paper and cardstock. See how the bracket's patt. paper slightly differs from the word "observation"? I did that on purpose to add interest but not introduce more color on a very colorful layout. It is the reverse side of the same paper! Easy. :)

More October Afternoon rubons. They add interest and support the theme of the design.

I love journaling sheets. Here I used a couple of older designs from my stash. Not only do they add texture, layers and interest to the page but they offer a place to include additional details. I customized the one journaling page with Lawn Fawn Alphabet Stamps, an October Afternoon rub-on and a mini clip.

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SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

Silhouette SD	Tim Holtz Scissors	Mini Paper Clips	Postage Stamp Border Punch
Retractable Craft Pick	Swimming Pool Dot Grid Petite Print Paper	Bumblebee Dot Grid Petite Print Paper	Tangerine Dot Grid Petite Print Paper
Ladybug Dot Grid Petite Print Paper	Swimming Pool Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper	Bumblebee Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper	Tangerine Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper
Ladybug Daisy Stripe Petite Print Paper	White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack	Report Card Image Rub-ons	Report Card Word Stickers
Cough Syrup Jenni Bowlin	Chicken Feed Jenni Bowlin Ink	The Littlest Things Family Dynamix Collection Paper	Smitty's ABC's
Premium Paper Trimmer 12"	5 & Dime Word Stickers	School Years Kit	Picture This Kit
Picture This Squared	Petite Pieces Embellishment Sophisticates Paper	Short Stories Embellishment Sophisticates Paper	Report Card Border Rubons
Metropolitan Collection Element Stickers	Follow Me Mr. Boy Paper	Escape

To see today's layout at 2Peas, click HERE.

To see all the layouts in the From Start to Finish series at 2Peas, click HERE.

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