Life is a Journey...

I love this layout because I rarely make it into any photographs or any of my layouts! I have been on a long journey as a person living with and trying to thrive with depression. In these photos from fall of 2010, I had been battling for over 5 years. I am in what I like to call "remission," right now, and am so thankful the journey has some new, more joyful scenery.

Also, this layout represents our journey of love through adoption, and is symbolized with the various colors and patterns of hearts on my layout. I like to say that my youngest son was was, "born in my heart."

I am entering this layout into these challenges:

Bird is The Word: JOURNEY

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #20: Anything Goes Allsorts Challenge: One or More Hearts

I used these products on my layout:

Close To My Heart black font stickers and brads, EK Success Balck font stickers, toile, My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose, and Bazzill basics cardstock.

Family

Hearts joined together by love = family!

I used my handy heary punch to accent some of my favorite photos from my youngest son's first fall festival! I then accented those with brads and stickers. I also distressed almost every element on this layout with black distressing ink, and on the photos I used my favorite tool - my industrial grit sanding block from the hardware store! I have entered this layout into these challenges:

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #20 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: One or More Hearts

I used these products on my layout: My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Bazzill cardstock, Close To My Heart brads, and toile.