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More Art Journaling from Tell Your Story

I can't even begin to describe how much FUN I'm having in the Tell Your Story art journaling class. It has been inspiring, enlightening, messy, painty, fabricy, freeing and much, much more. Let me just say, this class is exactly what I expected it to be and then some! Thank you Elsie and Rachel :) 

Here are some of the pages I've been creating (keep in mind that each page has a promt and a technique challenge to go with it which is why you see such a variety of different pages).

This one is called Three Wishes and highlights three things that I wish for the future. With this page, I was trying to keep it simple and the supplies to a minimum. I was shooting for just two - the Sharpie and letter stickers. However, after I finished drawing the tree, the branch looked so sad. I couldn't resist adding the cute little owl patch to liven it up :)

This next page is called More Than Anything. I actually messed up the original background when I added my journaling and the blue paint served as my saving grace. Funny thing is, I actually like the page so much more now with the paint layered over the misting. Who knew?!

The last page for today is called Today Felt. Again I had ton of fun layering products. I started with eggplant mist, stamped over that, then layered circles made from tissue paper over that. Next, I pulled out my trusty old foam stamps (remember those?!...ha) and stamped the title, added the photo and some tape and trim. I really liked Modge Podging the tissue paper to the page. I'm going to have to try that technique out again soon! The photo was taken on a flight last year and converted to a Polaroid using the Poloroid 9.6 software.

That's it for today!! I'm getting ready to jet off to Vegas to meet my sis for the weekend!! Look out Sin City, here we come :)

Tell Your Story

Lately, I've been in a slight creative slump of sorts. While I've been able to create, often times, it feels forced and mundane. Even when I manage to do something creative, I don't feel there is a lot of originality in what I do. All of this isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, I think it's part of the evolving process in developing personal style. In order to push myself outside of the box and try new things, I decided to sign up for this:

 
I have been fortunate enought to participate in two local art journaling classes with the fabulous Dina Wakely, where I learned many woderful techniques and how to stretch the limits of products like paints and inks. The problem is, once the classes were over, I never touched my journals again. Why? I don't know. I think I was somewhat intimidated and also wasn't quite sure what to journal about. 

When I saw Tell Your Story, I knew it was exactly what I needed to kick-start my creativity and get back into art journaling. The class provides prompts and/or techniques each day which makes it fun and challenging. Here is my first page:

I had so much FUN making this page. I used to always use paints on my pages and somehow have gotten away from it. It was fun to grunge up the background with paints and spray inks. I found it very rewarding to simplify the products and just go with it. You'll be seeing more pages over the course of the next month or so.

I'll be back tomorrow with photos and highlights from my vacation :) Happy Monday!