Hello . . . my Friends . . . for Challenge YOUrself!

 Hi everyone!  It's the 7th of September (can you believe it??) and time for a new reveal at Challenge YOUrself:

 

This month's theme  is a wonderful one - it's all about friends:

Here is my take:

When thinking about what photo to use for my layout, I couldn't help but remember my friends from our Chinese travel group.  We traveled to China in 2004 and adopted our daughters (18 years ago!) and we have since become lifelong friends!  I used a photo of all of us together at a gathering in 2019:

 

Here are some different views:

 

I used papers from PinkFresh Studio and a stencil that I purchased from Willowing Arts (Tamara Laporte) a few years ago.  I added stamping from a Stampin Up set, too!  

I hope you get a chance to check out Challenge YOUrself this month.  I had fun using washi tape and I don't normally use it, so it got me out of my comfort zone, too.

 

 

And thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.  Hugs!!!

Shine Bright . . . for Challenge YOUrself and AJJ!

 Hi everyone!  It's the 7th of July and time for a new reveal at Challenge YOUrself:

 

 

This month's theme (CY#91) and is all about using shapes:

 

Here is my take:

As you can see, my shape is triangles!  I featured a photo of my daughter, Anne and me on her graduation day and included a favorite photo of her with her best friends - they've been friends since kindergarten.   The papers and stickers are from the PinkFresh "Bloom Street" collection, which I absolutely love. 

Here are some different views:

 

 I am also entering my layout into this month's theme at Art Journal Journey Monthly:

This month is about the  Summer Countryside and is hosted by Alison at Words and Pictures.  When making my layout, I thought that the photo of Anne and Me on her graduation day depicted the summer countryside.  I used shapes to illustrate hills and valleys, and the sun, birds, flowers, and butterfly stickers to represent summer.  Thank you, AJJ and Alison for hosting this amazing theme!  I always enjoy entering AJJ!!

I also hope you get a chance to check out Challenge YOUrself this month.  I had lots of fun using shapes on my page!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  Hugs!!!  Have a wonderful July everyone!