Art Journaling-Monthly Muse-June-Week 3-All About Numbers-Chinese Astrology-Year Of The Monkey

Well...I Have To Say That These Challenges Have Been Very Creative & Interesting...I Really Had To Go Outside The Box Creatively Speaking For Myself Personally...While Still Trying To Maintain My Own Personal Scrapbooking Style...But So Far The Layouts I Created Seem To Have Been Well Received By All Of You & I Really Appreciate This & The Positive Feedback...

While I'm Not Really A Believer In Numerology Or Chinese Astrology...I Do See The Attraction...I Really Haven't Placed Too Much Belief In Numbers Really...But The Number 13 Is My Lucky Number...So That's Why I Included In This Layout & Doing My Research On My Earth Monkey Sign...It Is Said That 4 Is One Of My Lucky Numbers...So I Also Included This In My Layout...I Also Had A Bit Of Fun With A Little Tongue In Cheek "Monkey" Humor & The Monkey Photo Of Her Looking At Herself...And Since I Am A "Leo" The Lion...It Is Said We Are Known For Our Slight Traits Of "Vanity"...But I Prefer To Call It Self-Happiness...Because Even When We May Not Feel The Best Inside...It Is Always Good To Represent Ourselves In A Positive Way On The Outside...I Also Chose A Few Of My "Earth" Monkey Characteristics That I Felt Best Described My Personality & Also Included Them In My Finished Layout...

*Also-It Was Said...That You Had To Incorporate Your Birth Year In Numbers In Your Layout For This Challenge...I Can Tell You That There Is Not A Layout On This Planet Or Any Other Where I Will Include My Birth Year...So I Instead Went With "Roman Numerals"...So...Still A Type Of Numbers...Just Not One That You May Expect...That's How I Roll I Guess...Always Thinking Outside The Box...

*For My Year Of The Monkey Layout-I Used:

*Jungle Boogie & Monkey-Kristin Aagard
*Wildflowers-NBK Design
*Bloom & Grow-The Lilypad
*Snapshots-Collab-The Lilypad
*She Wears Wings-Captivated Visions(AKA Rachel Jefferies)(4)
*All About Me-Collab-Oscraps(3)