Collage Crazed!

I don't know what is going on lately but all I want to do is collage. Since it was my turn this week for the Altered/Collage Challenge at Scrap Artist ... and it's always my turn for the Heritage Challenge ... I decided to combine the challenges and have a "This 'n' That" collage challenge. It's virtually the same challenge except to qualify for the heritage part, participants must use a photo from the 1970's or before. These are both of my sample layouts. I really had fun with the "I am invincible!" one. If you can't read the journaling, it says, "I may not always win but I have never been defeated." I don't know where that came from but it was the first thing that came to me! And that's what an art journal is all about, right?!

The second layout is my Great-Great-Great Grandmother, Selma Hoetzel. The journaling there reads, "Born in Germany. Died about 1891 in Michigan. Wife of Carl Hoetzel. Mother of Marie Jenny Hoetzel. Maiden name unknown." If you want to know more about Selma, click here.

My scrap style is constantly evolving but it seems that I am really drawn to the Somerset or Legacy style. It's just so interesting to me. I still turn out a simple page sometimes, but I am not as proud of them. Sounds strange, I know. But when I finish a layout, either I feel really good about it or know that it is just ok.