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Welcome to the 29th month of this challenge, I am not sure how many more months this will run but it has been fun so far. Never thought it would last two years and I feel like this two year period has completely flown by!!  I have LOVED everyone's layouts and their take on the challenges, some of the stories shared have really touched my heart and I believe that is what this challenge is all about - telling OUR stories.  After a conversation with my 22 year old son (now 25) about a certain event, it occurred to me that we, the scrappers are usually behind the camera and often fail to scrap ourselves - this is a means to remedy that.  We all have pictures of ourselves that we are not fans of...your kids don't care!!!  That was the lesson of that conversation. 

Sooooo....in light of that, this challenge is to get YOU in your albums, your kids albums, your grandkids albums, they want to see YOU!!! 

I know we all say this but truly this year has just flown by!!   At this time of year we get so busy with all the million things there are to do..  This is also my birthday month so I am making it easy on myself and YOU. 

 Make a layout about YOU - ANYTHING goes!!  You can scrap anything that is about YOU.  This month you may include pictures of others but the focus should be on YOU. Your picture must be on the layout.  This month I am offering a bonus - if the layout is about YOUR birthday, you will receive a bonus entry. 

Challenge requirements - make a layout about you - any subject!!  There MUST be a photo of you on the page. 

Full disclosure.... my layouts are not new (time has not been on my side recently) but yours MUST be new. 

Here are a couple examples: (my layouts are NOT new but yours MUST be)
  


Must be a new layout, paper or digital, single or double page. Layouts only. You MUST be in a photo on the page. 
You can combine with ONE other challenge that allows it.  
Limit ONE entry.  Please link your work here. Deadline is December 31, 2025. A , winner from all entries done correctly will be selected for a $5.00 ACOT gift card from me

I combined this with the Turkey Trot #4 Foot(ball) Race.  

Here is one I did about the Elementary schools I went to in the past century LOL

Also entered in the November Turkey Trot challenge.

Me after a girly makeover day.

My entry is Christmas Tree Hop.  While this layout isn’t about me, I will say that no one was more enchanted by resort hopping than I.  Thanks!

Another one for the pandemic album. This was my haircut for my ill-fated Mets game day receptionist position on March 12, 2020 LOL!

Here is a layout of my 59th anniversary celebration.  I am in the photo, and the story is about me. I combined with the Feed the Turkey "Turkey Trot Challenge".
Thank you.
Forever : Gallery : A Cherry On Top

 

Combined with the Turkey Trot #1 challenge. I had only been a Nana for 2 months in this photo and I was loving every minute of it. 

a page about my first VCB (volunteer Christan builder's mission work) job after my husband passed.  Hard page to scrap but I did it. 

I had to go all the way back to 1985!!! to find pics of me celebrating my birthday!! (All my pre-2007 pages are in the 8.5 x 11 format that I started in.)

Two months after my DS was born, we went to Florida to visit my mom. My 22-month-old DD was super excited to help Gramsie put ALL those candles in. She also picked the cake design saying it ""looks like mommy".


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Merry Christmas!

Here’s mine! Birthday for bonus (we’re a day apart) 

Holiday crafting time!

This layout is about my 45th birthday

Here is mine.