Tag: Journaling
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Altering Elizabeth Craft Designs A5 Planner
Altering the Elizabeth Craft Design A5 Planner Binder with ink, paper, and colored pencils netted me a colorful, one-of-a-kind, Garden Journal. Adding the Planner Dangle made with shrink-plastic stamped images added another fun and unique embellishment to the project. The video below covers some of the processes with altering this planner. First, let us…
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Wellness Journal Part C – Example Pages and Printable Tracker List
There are a lot of pictures in this post. Yaquina Head Lighthouse Last weekend, my family and I went to the coast. It was a beautiful getaway and we had a wonderful, relaxing, mini-vacation. We drove to the coast so I knew there would be space for some art supplies. In addition to a package…
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Dylusions Dyalog Journal
Decorated Dylusions Dyalog Cover – No Limits Looking for the lemonade Sometimes life provides you with enough lemons to make lemonade. All of my art journals were damaged when our rented storage unit leaked while parked on our driveway this winter. It was a bummer. I have been collecting quotes for decades. These were stored…
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Wellness Journal Part B: Occupational and Intellectual Wellness as Related to Crafting (a Better Life)
My workspace On Friday’s post, here, there was a link to the University of California’s Riverside campus. They have outlined seven dimensions of wellness. Today, this post is specifically about including Occupational and Intellectual Wellness as related to crafting. And, for me, that makes for a Better Life. Wellness Journal Part B It makes sense…
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Making a Wellness Journal From My Stash and the Appeal of Timeboxing
One of the challenges I have with paper-crafting is using up leftover materials from previous projects. Throwing large scraps away does not seem like a good idea to me. In all honesty, there are some things in my stash that have been long forgotten or have never even been opened. As I was thinking about…
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New Year's Resolutions, Goals, Guidelines
Happy 2017! Sorry for the long gaps in posting. One of my goals for January is to post on a more consistent basis. It may be more along the lines of a guideline rather than an actual resolution! January 2017 Intentions in Composition Notebook I no longer make New Year’s Resolutions. It seems like a…
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What Paper is the Best For Art Journaling?
All paper! Is my fast and simple answer. However, it depends on the media used and the intended purpose of the finished piece. For example, a flimsy booklet with a loose spine isn’t likely to hold up to a lot of mixed media and multiple viewings. In the video posted below, I discuss some of…
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How to Assemble a Scrapbook Layout with Hidden Photos and Journaling
Sometimes I want to put more photos on a layout than what will easily and aesthetically fit. When that happens, I usually try to hide some of them behind other pictures. In this video, I show the planning and execution of a 2-page layout that uses 17 photographs and some hidden journaling. The still photos…
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Hidden Journaling and Hidden Photographs
Hi! It has been a long time since I have made any videos and today I have two to share with you! The second will be in another blog post later today. This video shows many examples of ways that I’ve ‘hidden’ elements in scrapbook layouts. Most of the layouts are several years old and…
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Art Journal – Forgive Yourself
I bought this book a few years ago to begin my art journaling venture and finally made my first entry yesterday! Apparently, I am a slow starter! Up until yesterday, the journal that I have been working in – off and on – is a cloth one that I made out of denim. The bigger…
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