Just Be Yourself Art Journal Challnege {what were you created to do?}

This week's prompt for the art journal challenge at Just Be Yourself was to create a page based upon the one thing you feel you were created to do. Here's my completed page.

 

 

Feel free to join in the challenge at the Just Be Yourself Ning group. All you have to do is join Ning then join the art journals and art journaling group and then create a page based upon this week's prompt. And don't forget to HAVE FUN!

 

 

 

Art Journal Challenge {personal maifesto...}

For this week's art journal challenge on the Just Be Yourself Ning Group the prompt is to create an art journal page based on your own personal manifesto. Here's the page I created.

 

 

Just Be Yourself Art Journal Challenge (motherhood...)

If you'd like to participate in this challenge head on over to the Just Be Yourself Ning Site and join up there. Register for the site, then join the Art Journals and Art Journaling Group. It's an awesome site to be a part of!

 

For this current art journaling prompt I figured I would use something about motherhood as Mother's Day is this weekend. The prompt is to journal about what motherhood (being a grandmother) means to you. If you don't have any kids then journal about what it means to be  daughter, a sister, an aunt etc... 

 

Here's my page I created:

 

 

Design Team Layout - Spring Has Sprung Distressed Printable Art Pages

Here's another layout created with the wonderful printable art journal papers from Praierie Papier Cottage from the Just Be Yourself Etsy Store. You can check out Anita's collections HERE.

 

For this layout I chose to use the Spring Has Sprung Distressed Printable Art Journal Papers (paper #5). I started with the background paper, added my photo and then added in the brush work that says magic happens... I then decided to add some background splash behind the photo, some stitching to the top of the photo and a grunge overlay around the edges of the page. I finished it off with a brush butterfly. In total the page took about 10 minutes. Just goes to show you that your art does not need to be complicated or take hours to make. Sometimes the simple pages end up being my favourites.

Here is the preview for the paper pack I chose to use for this layout - Spring Has Sprung Distressed Printable Art Pages:

 

 

 

Design Team Layout - Gesso Grunge & Messy Fiesta Gesso

 

Here's another layout created with the wonderful printable art papers from Praierie Papier Cottage  from the Just Be Yourself Etsy Store. You can check out Anita's collections HERE.

 

For this layout I chose to start with the Messy Fiesta Gesso Paper #6, I then layered the purple paper from the Gesso Grunge printable paper pack (page #12), then I added an overlay photo at reduced opacity onto the background, added a wonderful photo mask I love, then added another picture to the photo mask. I added the word art and some stitching and that's it. Pretty simple page only took 10 minutes.

 

I absolutely love how Anita's papers are so versatile and so easy to work with.

 

 

Here are the previews for the two paper packs I used:

 



Design Team Project - Grungy Fiesta Collection

I absolutely love Anita's new Grungy Fiesta Collection from the Just Be Yourself Etsy Shop. You can check out the Grungy Fiesta Collection HERE. Here's one of the digital art journal pages I created using one of the pages from this collection.

 Here is the preview for the Grungy Fiesta Collection:

 

You can find it at the Just Be Yourself Etsy Shop.

 

 

Art Journal Challenge {different shades...)

Check out the newest art journal challenge for the Art Journaling group on the Just Be Yourself Website. Visit the site HERE and feel free to join in on the fun.

 

The challenge for this week is to make an art journal page using different shades of one color.  Have fun with this! Experiment, play, let yourself be free. And most importantly have fun!

 

Here's the page I created for this prompt:

 

 

Just Be Yourself Art Journal Challenge {I'd rather...}

The prompt for the art journal challenge on the Just Be Yourself website is to complete the following: "I'd rather..."

 

Here's my take on the challenge:

You can visit the Just Be Yourself site here and the art journal group here.

 

 

Live Free Love Life

 

 

And now for the exciting news! For quite some time my friend Anita has been working on opening up a support group on her site at Just Be Yourself  and due to recent requests it is now open. It is called Live Free Love Life. Check it out HERE. This will be a community of members who are looking for hope, help, and encouragement for various issues such as chronic disease or disorders, anxiety, depression, panic disorders, weight, victims of abuse, etc.

 

This is a closed group, meaning that it is for paid members only. The cost is $6.95 for 12 months, so about 58 cents per month. Resources will be made available in the form of a monthly journal card kit designed by myself including an introductory journal card kit of over 50 cards (these are ready to be downloaded). The journal cards are in PDF format and printer-ready. The first month's prompts and helps will consist of developing a healthy and realistic attitude about ourselves to begin the healing process.

 

Live Free Love Life's goal is to provide a safe environment for sharing what's on our hearts, realizing that we're not "in this" alone, and offer hope and encouragement for all. Other resources will be made available as well. The only "requirement" is that all information and sharing within the group is to remain confidential. There is a zero tolerance rule for any type of abuse, including flaming, breaking the confidentiality rule, spamming, etc. Life is far too short to suffer in silence and fear! Learn to live free and love life to it's fullest and all that it holds for you!

Praierie Papier Cottage Design Team Project {Home}

For this week's Design team project I chose to use paper #17 from the Journal Joy Collection #2 by Praierie Papier Cottage.

 

 

Just Be Yourself Art Journal Challenge | For Granted

Hi there everyone. It is time to post a new art journal challenge over at the Just Be Yourself website. Grab your supplies ... or computer ... and have fun being challenged by this art journaling prompt.

Think about something in your life that you take for granted. Devote your art journal page to this. [See the challenge post HERE.]

Happy Creating!

Here's the page I created using this prompt: