So I am still really afraid of art journaling. Not sure why. I think it’s cause I feel I am really artistically untalented. (Is untalented a word? It appears so since spell-check isn’t correcting me.) I can’t draw. Or paint. Or anything. To top it off, I don’t collect quotes. So I never have ideas on what to make the pages about. But I love the idea of art journaling. I have a lot of supplies I’ve bought in excitement over the years. Expensive ones. I’ve taken many classes and I really enjoy looking at Donna’s or Dina’s pages. So I decided that maybe if I did the same thing I did for scrapbooking in May, I might actually get to get better at this. (Or at least less fearful.) So here’s to a month of art journaling.
My hope/plan is to make a page a day. I know it’s October 5 and I’ve missed the first four days. But who cares. 27 days in a row will be just as powerful if you ask me. I doubt the extra 4 days will make or break this. And I could have done this So instead of waiting until November which is already full of other obligations/projects like my December Daily album and my parents’ visit and a trip to NYC, I’ll choose the better option. Now. Now is always best.
Fair warning, I don’t know how to art journal. I am not talented. These pages will likely suck. I am still going to put them up daily. For me, more than anything. Feel free to skip. My biggest goal here is to conquer the fear. So if I can accomplish that it will be a big success.
So here goes nothing.
My first page is using a lot of Tim Holtz products so here they are:
Keyholes
Symphony Tissue Tape
Alphas Grungeboard
Grunge Paper
Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink
Barn Door Distress Ink
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Stormy Sky Sapphire Distress Ink
Shabby Shutters Distress Ink
Antique Linen Distress stickles
Barn Door Distress stickles
Stormy Sky Distress stickles
Bundled Sage Distress stickles
Not good at it. I love it. Can’t wait to see the rest. Think I might make one myself.
Put whatever you want on your site. What’s important is that you satisfy your needs. You shouldn’t worry about what we (the readers) think.
Ooooooooooooooh, I love the cover!!!!!!!
cool cover. I have a fear of art journaling too even though I have most the supplies. So I am glad you are sharing yours perhaps I should blow the dust off my journal and start again.
I love this page. It’s something I’d even think about framing as a piece of work in my home (if it had been me who had done it, if you know what I mean).
Good luck in this venture! I wish I had the motivation to do something similar.
Love it!
Oh, my! Please don’t be so hard on yourself! I can understand how you are feeling though, because I often feel the same way. The page you made for Page 3 – “Start Where you Are” really spoke to me on this very topic! I feel like I have not found my “scrap voice” yet. I see so many things I admire and I lift a lot of things… what I need to do is just get over my fears and just start making art right where I am. 🙂
Be brave! You album totally rocks. And have fun! You are inspiring me to start something like this as well… 😀
I just happened onto your blog and saw your art journaling post…then proceeded to go back and check them all out… WOW!!! What is all this gloomy negative talk…you are creating beautifully and wonderfully! I always think that scrapbooking is like art journaling… really it’s just recording your thoughts, some memories, your feelings…whether visually or in writing or both. You do what you want and it’s like creative play therapy in a way. I hope you are conquering your fear, because that is something that prevents so many people from doing what they want and having more fun!!! Lovely to have found your blog and I have to say you are a superwoman and sharing so much! Can I say WOW again? 🙂
thank you so much for your kind and generous words!! I am trying and that’s all i can do for now 🙂 thank you thank you thank you!