Then and Now . . . for Challenge YOUrself and Art Journal Journey Monthly!

 Hi everyone! Challenge YOUrself has a new challenge for July! 

Here's Challenge YOUrself #139!  It’ runs from July 7th to August 4th at midnight.

This month is a "Then and Now" challenge.  They'd love to see photos of you (or you with another person or in group of people) from a time in the past and now.

For this challenge, I created a 12 x 12 mixed media scrapbook page:

I used the amazing "Starlight Dreamers" collection from 49 and Market. I used their wood grain paper for my background, and their rub-ons and embellishments. The photos are of my daughter, Anne and me - - - the first was taken 10 years ago in 2015, and the second was taken this year after her college graduation. Whew - time flies by so quickly!! I added moons and lots of flowers from the beautiful 49 and Market collection to give my page some interest and meaning!

I hope you get a chance to join in on the fun at Challenge YOUrself this month! We’d love to see your "Then and Now" projects.

I am also linking up my page to Art Journal Journey Monthly's July challenge.

This month is being hosted by Halle (Holly) of Halle's Hobbies.

Her theme for July is "Botanicals."  She says "Since it's summertime in Minnesota, that means enjoying the great outdoors as much as possible . . . I'm especially fond of flowers, so I thought the perfect theme would be Botanicals.  The theme is pretty broad . . . from beautiful vintage images to wonky sketches, stamped images, to stickers . . . as long as it relates to plants, it's fair game.  Are you in?  Can't wait to see all the lovely florals."

As you can see, the "botanicals" on my page are all of the beautiful flowers that I used from the 49 and Market collection!

I just want to mention how much I  enjoy joining in on the challenges at AJJ. You don't want to miss out on creating a project for Holly's Botanical theme.  I always find lots of inspiration there,  AND I get to see all of the beautiful artwork created by friendly and talented artists from around the world!

I want to thank YOU so much for stopping by my blog today. 

I wish you a happy and creative July!