Week 20 catch-up - Tumblefish freedom

The blog of the week to explore was http://tumblefishstudio.blogspot.com/ who is also a digi-scrap seller, who produces digital collages. The background and elements are from Tumblefish Studios when she designed for Deviant Scrap and one of her then co-designers, Holliewood Studios.

Credits:
Background - Tumblefish Studios @ Deviant Scrap, Angels (no longer available for download)
Bathing babe - Tumblefish Studios @ Deviant Scrap, Fish Babes element pack (no longer available for download)
Butterfly - Holliewood Studios @ Deviant Scrap, Spring Faeries
Bottle and paper piece - Holliewood Studios @ Deviant Scrap, The Collector

AJC10 Week 5 - Simplify

This week on the art journey the theme is to explore the idea of me - how would I describe me? Eeeek, where do I start as I'm still trying to work out myself my idea of self? The "poem" came to me at the weekend. Simplification is just a backing paper and a photoshop font...

Credits: Background paper: Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan Week 5 Parcel, papers

Struggling against the Bars - scrapbooked AJC10

This was a creative piece that I write last year on my main blog. *Warning* the piece deals with personal and weight issues - the words may trigger. Part of the reason I'm doing the Caravan is as a distraction as I confront my binge eating issues: I'm still struggling against the bars. The words are below after the credits.

Credits:

Background paper (rotated 90 degrees) - Tangie Baxter, Journal Anthology papers
Cage and the bird - Tangie Baxter, Art Journal Caravan week 2 parcel


Struggling Against the Bars

My past is my cage
And some days it's tight,
Keeping my arms by my side
Squeezing the breath and my flesh
Like a mask for a face
That's not mine.
But other days I'm a bird
Let free to soar,
And see all the colours
And more.

My weight is my cage
Hanging heavy on my limbs
But I want to be rid now.
I look to the future
But I can't see today
How to get through.
So I must look to the bird
Unburdened and free
To see how the weight
Can be lost
By slipping my chains
Or struggling against the bars
For a while.