WooHooo! Not only is it very nearly Wednesday here in UK but its my very first ‘Just my type’ Challenge! Debi has stepped down and handed me {Britgirl} the huge responsibility of filling her fabulous ‘JMT’ shoes!
This week I thought we’d start with something easy and fun! Are you ready?

Challenge -‘Appropriate’  use an appropriately named font for your layout. I dont know about you but I have a thing about names. I am completely swayed by the names on tins of paint for example - more so than the colour!LOL- and my long list of fonts are no exception! Can you be clever and find something apt? For example; got a cute pet photo? how about a font called cry kitty/my turtle/enchanted prairie dog/or cricket depending on the type of pet?! Got pictures of the kids running around? How about running shoe font? or, if they are anything like my kids the font named ‘for the one hundredth time’ ?
Pictures of food? How about Holy Guacamole? lemon heads?
I’m sure youre getting the idea now. Heres my layout for this weeks challenge.

Thats my DH, who is always grumbling that I only take arty photos of things like rusty metal, everybody’s feet or the rain in puddles… and he has a point! So, just for him, I took his cheesy tourist photo in front of London’s Tower Bridge! The fonts I’ve used are called “london ads’ {because we were in London obviously} and “Raindrop splash” because it was raining all day long!
Dont forget to post your layouts to the Just My Type gallery, I look forward to seeing your layouts and discovering your appropriate fonts!

Holy Toledo! Are we really at #33? Wow… another “Just My Type” milestone, I guess! And, this one is VERY BIG! At least for me… and Melanie (britgirl)! This week is my last week posting your typography challenges… but fear not, “Just My Type” WILL carry on with Melanie at the helm! And, she is sooooooooo perfect for this… check out her gallery and see all the fonts and creative uses of typography that are just natural for her! I am thrilled beyond pieces to welcome Mel to JMT! (And, no… I’m not leaving DD… you’ll still see me around! You can’t get rid of me! hahaha)

So this week, both Melanie and I came up with your challenge. We think you’ll love it, too… although it was a bit hard. *wink*

CHALLENGE: Use TWO of your favorite alphabets from the DD store! It was funny ‘cuz both Melanie and I decided we had about THIRTY favorites! LOL So, that was the HARD part… choosing just TWO! But, we did it and so can you!

One of Melanie’s “go to” alphas is Katie’s versatile “Chunky Chipboard White” alpha. For this layout, she paired it with another of her favorites: Katie’s “Little Bits Black” . Mel uses the “Little Bits” in black, white and kraft alot and finds them a perfect addition to most any layout! The white chipboard keeps in line with the soft color palette, but the dash of black helps ground that cute (and determined!) photo! And, just look how effortlessly Mel added two more fonts to the mix for her clever subtitle and journaling! See? She’s perfect to takeover the JMT reins! *smile*

I think I’ve used Katie’s “Aged Alpha” on more layouts than any other one! It’s clean, classic and that little bit of grunge just adds to its character. I paired the brushes with another one of my favorite (and many times used!) alpha: Lynn’s “Paper Bag” alphabet! I love the texture of this alpha which is a perfect complement to the simple, sans serif font style.

Now you’ve seen a couple of favorites from Mel and me both… so, let’s see yours! Remember to post your layout in the “Just My Type” gallery at DD! Can’t wait to see some of your favorite alphas… of course, you just might entice Mel and I to add to our “thirty” favorites! *wink*

P.S. I just noticed that Lynn’s “Paper Bag” alpha is ON SALE right now in the DD store! If you don’t have it, I think you need to get it! *grin*

I got way behind the 8-ball this week, so this week’s challenge is simple and wide-open for your interpretation and creativity!

Your challenge: SUBSTITUTION… use a decorative element in lieu of a letter or word. There are endless possibilities here, but you need to make sure your chosen element supports your theme or it will look awkward and out of place!

As you can see, I’ve simply used a glitter heart instead of the word “love” in my title. Taking the “substitution factor” one step further, I used a simple “u” instead of the entire word “you”. Another idea I had for this layout, but didn’t use was to include a soccer ball in place of the “o” in the word “soccer”... I just couldn’t come up with a clever title! LOL

Some ideas to start you off… you can replace the letter “a” with a star, “o” with any kind of ball or circular element (flowers are cute!), “t” with branches or a tree. You could use a needle or pin in lieu of an “i” or “l” on a sewing layout. Or one of those clever portholes from Katie in place of an “o” on a sailing or beach layout. And, don’t stop at the title… you could replace words in journaling with a simple element. Think of flowers for every time you talk about the “flowers” or a cute felt bird instead of typing the whole word. There really are TONS of possibilities to be had!

So, let’s see your “substitution” layout this week! Remember to post your layout in the “Just My Type” gallery at DD! Can’t wait to see how creative you get!

Well, it’s still Wednesday here in Southern California, so technically I’m not late posting! Right? Soooooo… this week’s typography challenge is pretty simple… at least I think so!

CHALLENGE: Opposites attract! Use a curvy, feminine font on a masculine page. Use a strong, masculine font on a girly page. Use a bold font on a soft, sweet layout. Or use a childlike font on a layout with an adult theme. Easy, right?

On this layout, I used “Carpenter”... a fairly “old” standy feminine, cursive font. Remember when eveyrone was using “Carpenter”? I chose to use this cursive font for my title on the baseball layout for my sweet nephew. The title is a bit of a play on words… he’s leading off base in the three photos and is as handsome as a “leading man” in the movies! Thus, the font and title treatment add a bit of whimsy to the otherwise simple layout. And, because I used a “fancy” font for the title, I kept the journaling font very simple so it stays readable!

So, let’s get creative this week… I can’t wait to see your “opposites”! Remember to post your layouts in the DD “Just My Type” gallery!

Holy Cow! Thirty typography challenges… how cool is that?! Wow! (OK… so, little things make me happy! What can I say?) Seriously, though… are you ready for this week? Remember the last two challenges? Two challenges ago, we dealt with using a single font. Last time, for variety and interest, we added color to a single font. For this week’s challenge, we’ll use lots of color and different fonts!

CHALLENGE: Use multipe fonts, sizes and color to journal or create your page title.

After playing around with a few fonts for the challenge, I realized that Katie had already done alot of the work for me: Cut-Ups! So, I *let* Katie’s words create the color and fonts for this layout of my son. Fun and quick for me! I also added a chipboard letter and Ali’s overlay includes a bit of her handwriting, so I’ve got even more typography going on! Lastly, I used a simple font (SS Mono) AND color for the journaling to bring focus to the story.

And, with all that color going on… (I wanted to keep the photo in color, too… look at his bright shirt!)... I kept the background neutral, adding subtle color and pattern from Katie’s new paper. It balanced (and matched!) the colorful word stickers perfectly! How sweet is that?

And, just to let you know… this layout uses LOTS of NEW stuff, too: A chipboard alpha and patterned paper from Katie, embellishments from Pattie and a new template AND new overlay from Ali Edwards… check out the store this weekend! (grin)

If you don’t already have a big stash of Cut-Ups in your files, go snag some in the store! They are soooooooo fun and incredibly versatile! (Anyone been following Kayleigh’s layouts as our Guest CT member? Check out her gallery for some great uses of Cut Ups!)

And, remember to post your layout in the “Just My Type” gallery at Designer Digitals! I hope you enjoy the challenge this week!