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Journey into Collage – Week 30

This is the second assignment for Your Living Canvas. This one is about balance and it has six F’s: faith, finance, fitness, family, friends, and fun. The idea is to write out all the ways in which you want to change your life so you can balance all of these well. I wrote my list and then broke it down to these six sections. In each of them I wrote goals and specific actions I want to take. The overall theme was that I want to reconnect to all of these areas of my life hence the title.

The quote says: It is time to connect again.

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 13

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: be brave. you are stronger than you think.

inspired by this piece of art.

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: believe in the possibility of your dreams. it is how they bloom.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

Journey into Collage – Week 29

This is my first assignment for Your Living Canvas class. The first week was about your story and as I wrote mine, one of the things that came up for me was that I have a lot of instances in my life where I made big leaps of faith or did things others would consider brave. This was a big deal to me, especially now cause I am not feeling so brave at the moment. So I decided to make this page as a reminder to myself. I wrote some of the things on top of the big butterflies and then more around the smaller ones.

The quote says: I am brave.

Here is one more shot of it:
collage_1

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 12

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: find solace in nature.

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: integrity matters. do what you said you would.

here’s another view so you can see the stitching:

this bird was inspired by this amazing one.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

Journey into Collage – Week 28

This page so didn’t turn out how I anticipated. I had this cloth of fabric from a while ago and wanted to do something with it. Alas, not all pages turn out the way we hope.

The quote says: Begin living life today.

Here is one more shot of it:

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 11

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: sometimes the only way out is through. be brave.

inspired by this photo.

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: you are the director and star of your life. do not let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

Journey into Collage – Week 27

Page twenty-seven:

This page is all covered with different pieces of patterned paper. A Butterfly, some rubons, stamps, etc and ta-da!

The quote says: It is never too late to change. Never.

Here is one more shot of it:

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 10

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: embrace life and bloom to your full potential.

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: just cause you’re alone doesn’t mean you have to be lonely. lean into the solitude.

inspired by this photo.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

Journey into Collage – Week 26

Page twenty-six:

I am still a little gaga over the washi tape so I just wanted to have fun with it. I covered my background with Pink Paislee tissue tape. Added some washi tape on the edges and some stitching rubons for borders.

The quote says: You are writing the story of your life right now. If you don’t like it, change it.

Here is one more shot of it:

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 9

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: do not ever be afraid to show your colors to the world.

here it is with the outlines on the feathers:

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: love can be devastating and hard work but so worth it.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

Journey into Collage – Week 25

Page twenty-three:

I had this great idea for this week but it just didn’t work. Alas, I am going with it. I covered the background with trim. Added some Maya Road frames and some hearts and letters.

The quote says: Every moment counts.

Here are some more shots of it: