Week 17 Catch-up: Listening

The quote came to me as soon as I heard what the theme of the week was back in April - to really listen to your heart and journal about it. So I wrote it down to wait for when I got to scrapping the page. The birdie paper I bought only a few months ago, so it was fortuitous that I didn't make the page earlier :)

Credits:
Birdie paper (cut-down from a 12" x 12" sheet) - K & Company, Urban Rhapsody Designer paper pack
Speech bubble paper - scrap from my stash
Black pen - Sakura

Week 16 catch-up: Courage to become...

The e.e. cummings's quote was also something that caught my eye for the journal and the atc element added to the page is something I produced for a Q&A interview to appear at some time on a digitalscrapbooking blog. The interview is something that has been asked of all the VIP backstage passholders. When mine appears, I'll put up a link to it, but they wanted a ATC (Artist Trading Card) to introduce me, hence the "Born to shine, daring to sparkle" again.

Credits:

Blue background, swan and e.e. cummings's quote - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Art Journal Caravan, Week 16 parcel

Red Locker plate frame and Locker plate insert - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Project 365 file Junk Box Journal

ATC credits:

Turquoise background - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Journal Anthology Papers II

Purple dress (re-coloured), pink skirt wings, grey tailor's dummy (re-coloured) and arms - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Ultimate Art Doll

Believe flair and flags (re-coloured) - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Dream.Believe.Discover. kit

Week 16 "Character Traits" - Boxes

The paper for week 16 inspired this page and an idea that I am developing for a tag-book - the paper looks a bit like post-its. As I grew up, I was given all sorts of negative labels - "stupid" etc. - so to redress the balance, I plan to make a mini-book using pages in the shape of tags, to remind me of my positive features. So this page is a work-in-progress for that future project as week 16's goal was consider what kind of character we are... The quote "Labels are for Boxes" comes from a course I did last year with a local mental health charity which was designed to help with mental wellbeing for my depression. I'm not sure about the white font, particularly on the ribbon, but yellow didn't suit.

Credits
Blue background paper and blue ribbon - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Art Journal Caravan, Week 16 parcel

Week 15 catch-up - BK/ODi concert

Back in April, I went to see Brian Kennedy in concert, which I enjoyed (review http://ajewelshiningthrough.blogspot.com/2010/04/brian-kennedy-concert-report-from-our.html), but I also enjoyed his support act, an accoustic boy-girl duo, known as ODi. In particular, one of their songs spoke to me at the time and I had to write down the lyrics to inspire me. These two pages were done at the time and now added as I've caught up to their week, but reading the lyrics again, now some 5 months later, I realise how much I have put behind me :)

Credits:

Background paper for both pages -Holliewood Studio @ Deviant Scrap, The Collector kit

Red Heart - bought from The Craftroom, Garners Garden Centre (manufacturer's details not known)

Ephermera from concert

Pen - Sakura

Back to Catch-up: Week 15 tasks

Week 15 goes back to April-time and for this we had to consider how nature inspires art and soul. I love photography and love blossom, so had to include this picture I took a few years ago, as it was a great photo. I had to edit the digital frame to fit the photo :)

Credit - own photo
Fabric style frame, "On my Walk" label and "the Beauty of the Earth" quote - Studio Tangie @ Scrapbookgraphics, Art Journal Caravan Week 15 parcel