Random Things Challenge

Design House Digital's journaling challenge this month is to include some random facts about yourself on your layout. This was a tough one for me, trying to come up with random facts. But, they are totally random, lol!

This is the first time that I have done everything - layout, journaling, embellishments - before deciding on a photo. I just realized I don't have many current photos of myself. (Almost all of my pics are with the little guy!) Working with everything except the photo first was a great way of choosing papers and embellishments that worked together first. I've always had a photo first, so this was new for me.

CREDITS:

Papers: A Fresh Start (Karen Funk); Breezy (Karla Dudley); Chevrons (Celeste Knight); Mykonos and Zoey (Shannon Hegarty)

Embellishments: Weathered Frames (Celeste Knight); CountYour Memories (Erica Coombs); DHD Blog Hop 2011; Family Tree (Karen Funk); Kraft Fun Day (Robyn Meierotto)

Fonts: Journaling - Digs My Hart, Dilbert, Courier New, Candara, Shelter Me; Title -  Freestyle Script, Fontdiner Swanky, Miserably Lose, Cherry Cream Soda, Showcard Gothic, Stencil

Template: UberMini 4 (Amy Martin)

4 Play Challenge @ Design House Digital

One of my latest site obsessions has been Design House Digital - love their $1 sale this month! They have so many must-haves, lol!

So while I was looking at their site yesterday, I noticed a challenge on their blog - 4 Play Challenge, where you make a layout using items from four different kits they have selected. This is the first time I've participated (since I just found out they had this weekly challenge), and it was so much fun!

The four kits this week are more boy-focused, and I had a hard time deciding which photos to use. I finally settled on some pics of the munchkin taken on July 4th.

Credits:

Papers: Craft Time - For Boys (Juliana Kneipp); Krafty Boy (Erica Coombs)

Embellishments: Craft Time - For Boys (Juliana Kneipp); Kraft Alphabet (Mye De Leon); SewingKit 1 (Agnes Biro)

Font: Miserably Lose

Heritage Challenge - Wheels

The Designer Digitals blog had a Heritage Challenge about Wheels this week. I immediately recalled two old photos that I could use for this. I've only found one of them. I know the other one exists on one of the hard drives, but I haven't found the second one yet, a pic of my younger brother on the Big Wheel, lol.

Enjoy this flashback of mine for today...

Credits

Papers: Words + Pictures – Love Paper Pack (Katie Pertiet); Annino Solids (Michelle Martin)

Embellishments: Chipboard Chunky Alpha – Red (Katie Pertiet); Word Strip Labels (Katie Pertiet); Assorted Messy Stitches White No. 6 (Katie Pertiet); Bakers Twine Assortment No. 2 (Katie Pertiet)

Brushes: Watery Brushes No. 3 (Katie Pertiet)

Template:  Just Plain Happy (Katie Pertiet)

Fonts: Scrap Script (title); Traveling Typewriter (journaling)