Julie Ann Shahin
Art Journaling 102: Color Inspiration Challenge
Published May 16, 2012 | 
Source: color-collective.blogspot.com via Julie on Pinterest
We Dare You To Try This Color Combination!
Inspiration
Heather aka sparklyduck75
CREDITS by Tangie Baxter:
Phantom Sparks; Moonlight Hollow; Layla in LaLa Land collab with Rebecca McMeen; Creative Felicity collab with Ju Kneipp; Silhouettes collab with DeCrow Designs; AJC 2011 Parcel 17; and AJC 2011 Parcel 24.
Fonts: Konstytucja Polska; FTRosecube; NoodleScript.
Julie Ann
Quote: Our most treasured family heirlooms are sweet family memories.
Credits: Most by Tangie Baxter
Swirl: Haute Soiree
Butterfly: AJC Parcel 34
Splatter: AJC Parcel 3, AJC Parcel 9
Vintage Rose: AJC Parcel 3
Trim: Glitter Ribbon
Newsprint: Sew Girlie
Tape: AJC 11 Parcel 6, Paper Ink, AJC12 Parcel 13,
Paper: Newsletter Yellow: Sunshine ATC, Game Ephemera: AJC Parcel 34, Elevation: AJC Parcel 37 with Amanda Sexton, Journal Anthology 6, Stamp: AJC Parcel 9 with Amanda Sexton, Records: Black Licorice ATC, Wishing Waiting, Tribalations
Lace: Collage Fodder Lace
Other: Pink Tape, Music Tape: Holliewood Studios; Template: a little altered art by Jen D
Now it’s Your Turn!
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #2
Published May 12, 2012 | 
Family Reunion 101 at Martha Stewart.com / Photo: Francesco Lagnese
Family Reunion 101 at Martha Stewart.com / Photo: Francesco Lagnese
Prompt: Start out by asking yourself what a 25th family reunion might look like in your family? What do you want it to look like? What might others be saying about your family or about each other?
Create an art journal page answering this question, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
A year ago in May I suggested to my side of the family that we have a family reunion, as it had been a while since I’d seen my cousins and their families. When we were young, we saw my aunts, uncles, and cousins at every holiday. Now that we have families of our own, I see my cousins at weddings, showers, and funerals. Of course, at funerals you always say, “I hope we see each other at a happier time soon.”
One reason that I was inspired to follow through on a family reunion is that my husband’s family has been having family reunions every other year as a time-honored tradition. His father was one of 11 children so there are many, many aunts, uncles and cousins that it would be impossible to keep track of if not for the family reunions.
I’ve certainly learned about the flavor and culture of my husband’s ethnicity through the family reunion…from the food, music, and dancing. A lot of pride and love.
Popular Reasons for Having a Family Reunion
- To take action to show people how much you love them and to show kindness to them, thus teaching children that love you give is the love you get.
- Traditions are very important.
- To strengthen the feeling of belonging.
- To strengthen our identity and in turn, self-esteem. Family heritage instills pride.
- To create real life role models in the family to be admired instead of distant sports figures or imaginary super heroes.
- To grow structure if the family reunion takes place within a cultural festival such as the local Irish, Octoberfest, Mediterrean festival or at a Church festival.
- To celebrate a milestone.
- To pay tribute to someone.
Top Ten Family Reunion Quotes from Familyreunionhelper.com
- “A tree without roots will fall over” -unknown
- “How will our children know who they are if they do not know where they came from.” – unknown
- “Heirlooms we don’t have in our family. But stories we’ve got.” -Rose Cherin
- “I wish I could relate to the people I’m related to.” -Jeff Foxworthy
- “When we die we become ‘stories’ in the minds of other people.” -Unknown
- “This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage.” -Ellen Goodman
- “If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?” -Stephen Levine
- “The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people – no mere father and mother – as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born.” - Pearl S. Buck
- “Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.”-Bill Cosby
- “ The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” -Sam Levenson
Songs about Family from wondershare
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Those Were the Days – Dolly Parton
That’s the Way of the World – Najee
Teach Your Children – CSN
Summertime Thing – Chuck Prophet
Summertime -Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Song for Mama – Boyz to Men
See What Love Can Do – Eric Clapton
Reunited by Peaches and Herb
I’ll Be by Reba McIntyre
Get Here If You Can – Oleta Adams
Family Reunion – The Ojays
MUST READ:
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The Importance of Family Reunions at savethefamilyinstitute.org
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The Family Reunion by Joan Waters
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Throwing a Family Reunion at Martha Stewart.com
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #2
Julie Ann
Credits: Most by Tangie Baxter
Splatter: SG Catch
Hearts: Felicity with JKneipp
Word Art: Tribalations, Ink Corporated, Studio Box Workshop No. 4, AJC Parcel 9, AJC11 Parcel 52, Silhouettes,
Crest: Wizard School
Hat: Flora Finery
Camera: What I Love To Do
Tree: The Chapters of Imagination 21
Cake: Phineas Comes to Tea
Silhouettes: Main Street Silhouettes [altered art]
Border: AJC 2012 Expedition Kit
Other: Date Words by Audrey Neal, wst picnic decrow, Scalloped Spots by Molly Decrow, Sportsmania by Emily Merritt
Berry: Audrey Neal Kitchen, Epoxy: Family Tree by Audrey Neal, Basket: WST Picnic by Valerie Wibbens, Alpha: WST Picnic by Molly Decrow
Now it’s Your Turn! Let’s see what you can do with this prompt.
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Art Journaling 102: Technique Focus – Lighting (with Tutorial and Links)
Published May 9, 2012 |
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
noun
1. the act of igniting or illuminating: the lighting of many candles; the annual lighting of the Christmas tree.
2. the arrangement of lights to achieve particular effects: to work out the lighting for one’s living room.
5. the way light falls upon a face, object, etc., especially in a picture.
The Science of Light and Color
Although, working on this blog post, a few tidbits might come back to me.
You might think in Art Journaling that you only need to worry about light and lighting when you are shadowing an object, or creating sun rays, etc. However, just like in my University class, light mixes with color to produce dramatic results. “Although Aristotle and other ancient scientists had already written on the nature of light and color vision, it was not until Newton that light was identified as the source of the color sensation.” (Wikipedia)
MUST READ:
How do we apply this light theory to our designs?
“Lighting can be described as being “soft” or “hard”. Diffused light is soft. It minimizes shadows and provides a more relaxing and less visually compelling atmosphere. When used alone, however, the effect can be lacking in interest, like an outdoor scene on an overcast day.
The artful use of hard light can provide highlights and shadows that emphasize texture and add beauty to form, as with direct sunlight. Small unshielded sources such as a bare lamp or a candle flame can add an effect of brilliance or sparkle.”
Tangie has several products in her shoppe for applying light (and shadow) to your pages. Also you will find many of her kits have a lighting element or two as well. I will name some of these as well as give you links to tutorials for lighting effects in Photoshop below.
Additional Kits that have several lighting elements included:
{Steampunk Laboratory Collab} MEGA BUNDLE by Tangie
Up, Up & Away by Tangie
Luminescence by Tangie
Inspiration for Technique Focus: Lighting with Steps
Julie Ann
Here is the final image that I will walk you through the steps in which I applied lighting. I go from this…
to this with the lighting effects applied!
Step 1. Open page in Photoshop/ Elements
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Step 2. Add wavy highlight with lines from AJC11 Parcel 42 by Tangie Lighting Effects. Go to Layer –> New Adjustment Layer –> Gradient Map. Click ok twice. Go to Layer –> Group with Previous.
Now go back and pick the color of the gradient map. To do so, double click on the “layer thumbnail” of the gradient map. Click on the drop-down menu to open Gradient Color Picker, click on double arrows for more options, click on color harmonies.
Click ok.
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Step 3. Add the solid wavy highlight from AJC11 Parcel 42 by Tangie Lighting Effects. Set the blending mode to Saturation, Opacity 84%. This gives a nice shadow contrast.
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Step 4. Add a wavy shadow lighting effect fromAJC11 Parcel 42 by Tangie Lighting Effects. Change the blending mode to Overlay, Opacity 68%.
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Step 5. Add light element from Up, Up, & Away by Tangie. Position part of the light behind the “o” in “worth.”
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Step 6. Add another light element from Up, Up, & Away by Tangie. This goes in the lower left part of the heart.
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Step 7. Add a glowy light effect. Apply the style Tangie Galaxy Glows from the SUPER HERO BUNDLE by Tangie.
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Step 8. Add the orange light from Up, Up, & Away by Tangie behind “feelings” in the upper right area of the heart for the finishing touch!!! The page is complete.
Page by Julie Ann Shahin
Journaling: Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. – Virginia Satir
Credits: (all by Tangie Baxter)
Lighting: Up Up Away,AJC11 Parcel 42
Silhouettes: Silhouette Family Tree Collab with Molly Decrow
Paper: Enchanted Art Box Add On with Sherriejd
Fonts: Tangie AJFtweedleDeeALT, Tangie AJFmerryunbirthday, jamaistevie, Janda Apple Cobbler
Tutorials for Technique Focus: Lighting
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Photoshop Elements 8: Add Rays Of Light To A Photo - Learn Photoshop with Photo Effects Tutorials at Photoshop Essentials.com!
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Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo With Photoshop – Learn Photoshop with Photo Effects Tutorials at Photoshop Essentials.com!
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Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps – Photoshop Tutorial
Now it’s Your Turn!
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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*NEW MAY THEME* My Vision for 2012: FAMILY Prompt #1
Published May 5, 2012 | PROMPT FOR NEW MAY FAMILY THEME: How would we like our family, relatives, and guests to feel when they enter our home?
Source: elledecor.com via Julie on Pinterest
Photographer: Jonn Coolidge Credit: Courtesy of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
About the May Theme: Family
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Happy iNSD! Are you having fun? Let’s first talk about the new theme “Family” before we look at the first prompt for May. I always start with a look at the definition of the theme word, which is “Family”. And then, provide synonyms for your journaling.
fam·i·ly
[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] , plural fam·i·lies, adjective
noun
1. a. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
About Prompt #1
How would we like our family, relatives, and guests to feel when they enter our home? I like this prompt because I have an interior design background! Yet this prompt is more than just about making your house pretty and/or functional. It’s about making your home your sanctuary, your shelter, your harbor.
“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends.” -Samuel Johnson
If you go from room to room in your home, what feelings emerge in each room? Are they the feelings you wish for your family and friends to feel as well in your home? One of the greatest compliments I received in my apartment that I lived in as a single woman was from a friend – she told me, as we sat in living room, that my place had “a spiritual feel” to it. I felt that as well and it was nice to be validated by her comment. There were no religious symbols or anything of the sort at all in my apartment, it was all achieved through color, design, and my own sense of mind.
Perhaps you do not need to decorate, or change any design of your home, except for the attitudes in your home. The people in your home are more important than the belongings in your home. Perhaps keeping a gratitude journal to be reminded of what is most important and meaningful is one step on that path.
There are plenty of to-do’s on my list for our home. Although our home is “finished” as far as interior decorating, it has been the same for 10 years, so I’m itching for a change. Our backyard is in desperate need of a makeover, deck and all. Our front yard landscaping just rubs me the wrong way. Right now, at this very minute, I personally have clutter in the living room, dining room, office, and my scraproom. Something needs to be addressed, as clutter in a room signals clutter in the brain. I’m one of those people that suffers from “I Can’t Have Anyone Over” syndrome because of the clutter most of the time. I do not want to be one of those people.
Despite all that, I am working hard on my marriage of approximately 8 years, continuing to communicate always. I am working on my gratitude journal. I am working on being pleasant to be with, for my husband, especially since we both work from home and are together 24/7.
Overall, I want our home to be comfortable and for our family and friends to feel welcomed, loved, and happy!
What do you want for your family and friends in your home?
MUST READ:
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Create a Happy Home with Feng Shui
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Martha Beck on Making a Happy House (oprah.com)
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Making Your Home a Haven Challenge (Scroll down for Week 1)
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #1
Heather aka sparklyduck75
Journaling: Wherever we call Home, I pray it is always a place of Hope, Peace, Good cheer, Warmth, Acceptance, Comfort, and Love, not only for us but for all who enter.
CREDITS by Tangie Baxter:
A Door Just Opened; MUSEical Theatre; Thinking of Thee; Field Notes: Fall; and AJC 2011 Parcel 32.
Fonts: Kingsthings Trypewriter 2; Paulinho Pedra Azul.
Julie Ann
Journaling: I want my friends and family to feel welcomed, loved, and also happy!
Word art: welcome to our home/HOME SWEET HOME/ A HOME IS BUILT OF LOVE AND DREAMS
Word art: What I love most about my home is who I share it with
Credits: most by Tangie Baxter
Background: Quickety Split N’ Print by Tangie
Sequins: Paper Ink by Tangie
Birdcage: Sunshine ATC Collection by Tangie
Staple: Valentine ATC Collection by Tangie
Splatter: Splattergraffiti Red Circles by Tangie
Love U Word Art: Silhouettes Collab with Molly Decrow by Tangie
Journal card: Flashioncards by Tangie
Heart, starburst, and bokeh: AJC 12 Parcel 18 Tinkering by Tangie
Other: House: At Home MSA Collab by KWiniecki; What I Love word art: At Home MSA Collab by Cinzia; Heart Bush: At Home MSA Collab by CreateWingsDesigns; Additional word art: At Home MSA Collab by Sue Cummings
Now it’s Your Turn!
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Art Journaling 102: “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #5
Published May 2, 2012 | Welcome to our “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #5 by Tangie!
Prompt: List 5 people you know. Then describe them in 5 words.
Prompt #5 by Heather aka sparklyduck75
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
One way to approach this prompt is to think of 5 people you know with something in common, such as 5 neighbors, 5 family members, 5 men, 5 women, 5 influential people, 5 teachers, 5 children, 5 people who cook well, 5 funny people, etc. I myself decided to focus on 5 neighbors. Heather, in the page with the red balloon below, focused on loving family members that share their best with her. Tam featured 5 women in her family that shared things in common.
My next step was to think of personality adjectives for each neighbor, and of course, I looked to google for help. I used this list of 130 Positive Personality Adjectives. I get so overloaded with my brain, that sometimes it helps to look at a list when I get stuck.
You might decide instead to list 5 reasons you are grateful for each person. You don’t have to follow the prompt exactly, instead of 5 words, it can be a list of 5 reasons. For more ideas, see the Must Read Prompt: Describe the People in Your Life below.
Another thing that I did in my art journal page was to use something symbolic to represent my neighbors. I used some artsy birds for each neighbor whereas if I were creating a scrapbook page instead, I would have used their photographs. The art journal frees you to be creative and find alternatives!
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Inspiration for “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #5
Heather aka sparklyduck75
Dad is visionary, charismatic, talented, generous, and wise.
Mom is intuitive, warm, creative, affectionate, and pragmatic.
Grandpa is thoughtful, gentle, faithful, intelligent, and resourceful.
Grandma is loving, devoted, selfless, resilient, and sensitive.
Don is genuine, caring, gracious, discerning, and compassionate.
Grace is spirited, joyous, tender-hearted, perceptive, and friendly.
I am loved by amazing people who share their best with me.
CREDITS by Tangie Baxter:
Cartography Set 9: Sea Papers; Cartography Set 10: Mists; Up Up and Away.
Fonts: Oysters and TigerLily by Tangie; and LovedByTheKing.
Tam aka tamhanley
I realized that of every group of 5 I came up with, there were a lot of things in common, so I used the grid configuration on this background to line up pictures to represent 5 women in my family (mom’s side) and let the things they shared in common “touch” each picture. Then I “covered it in gesso”!! Even digitally I think that’s my favorite part!
Credits:
Tribalations http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Tribalations.html
Tribalations Splatter Graffiti http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Splatter-Graffiti-Borders-Tribalations.html
Lost and Found http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Lost-and-Found.html
Journal Anthology http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Journal-Anthology-SKU26950.html
Journal Anthology 7 freebie
Gesso Messy 3 http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Gesso-Messy-Episode-No.-3.html
Gesso Messy 5 http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Gesso-Messy-Episode-No.-5.html
Marion the Librarian http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/-RERUNS-Marion-the-Librarian.html
Cirque Joyeux http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Cirque-Joyeux.html
Inchies Girlies Artists Sheet http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/-ARTist-Sheets-Inchies-girlies.html
Steampunk Jetadore Collab http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Steampunk-Je-t-adore-Collab-w-Studio-Rebecca.html
Julie Ann
My Neighbors: in five words
Journaling:
Most of these women I wouldn’t know if it weren’t for my dog. I didn’t meet them until I started walking Friday every day.
MARTHA
bright
cheerful
trustworthy
warm
wonderful
NORMA
determined
helpful
nice
plucky
knowledgeable
SHEILA
friendly
proud
talented
sincere
thoughtful
JACKIE
calm
likeable
self-assured
brave
pleasant
MICHELLE
kind
peaceful
lively
wise
upbeat
Credits: by Tangie Baxter unless noted otherwise
Paper: AJC11 Parcel 20, AJC Parcel 36 with Amanda Sexton,Orchid Elixir, Journal Anthology 6, Journal Anthology 8, Enchanted Art Box with sherriejd, AJC Parcel 28; Dot: Deconstructed No. 4, Notables, Industrial Velvet; Splatter: Enchanted Art Box with SherrieJD; House: Dream Spilling; Gesso: Gesso Mats; Alpha: Wonderland; Styles: Paperworn Styles and Gesso Styles; Fonts: AJFbreadbutter, AJFtweedledeeALT; Other – Birds: CrowAbout Studio B Lil Birds; Template: April 2012 Blog Freebie by Amy Kingsford
Now it’s Your Turn!!!
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Join the conversation! Tell us what you think of this post. Are you inspired to create?
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #4
Published April 28, 2012 | What are the obstacles to overcome, and/or tough questions that you need to ask yourself about your dream(s) for your life?
Create an art journal page answering this question, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Happy Saturday friends! I‘m excited to see pages in the gallery based on these prompts. I posted a thread in the Art Journal Caravan 2012 forum highlighting your pages, feel free to add your new pages!
Confession Time
I have a confession to make. I am not perfect!
What?!!!! Yes, it’s true. I am not perfect. It’s awful. It’s embarrassing. I have a terrible memory. I’m disorganized. I guess the two go hand-in-hand. It’s very inconvenient and inefficient. I hate it, especially when it interferes with my work here on this blog.
Yes, it’s caused me to even make mistakes on this blog. I have this awesome, wonderful, lovely, friendly, talented, beautiful team that Tangie lets me ask to create pages for my prompts, and for the ones that agree, I have forgotten at least once to post their page.
Rarely it’s a matter of communication, but usually it’s my disorganization, faulty memory, rush, fatigue, etc., – my fault. And yet, they forgive me. I feel so blessed.
The latest survivor is Valentina aka zotova, as I left off her page from last week’s My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3. Valentina went on to post her page in not 1, not 2, not 3 – but 11 galleries! Furthermore, her page was noted in three GSO: Gallery Standouts; GSO at DST; GS at Me So Scrappy. Congrats Valentina!!! You rock!
Here is her page for last week’s My Vision 2012: Dream Prompt #3 What is your #1 passion? Please leave her praise in the comments!
Valentina aka zotova
Journaling (Quote): Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. ~Jesse Lee Bennett~
Credist:
Steampunk Je T’adore {Collab w/ Studio Rebecca} by Tangie
Steampunk Maritime {Collab w/ Studio Rebecca} by Tangie
What I love to Do {Collab w/ Re Kneipp} by Tangie
{The Spark Project} The Greatest Curiosity The ENTIRE COLLECTION by Tangie
Being Me {Collab w/ Studio Rosey Posey} By Tangie
Thinking Of Thee {Construct A Shrine} by Tangie
Fonts:
March Hare [Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
Dinah [Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
What obstacles do you need to overcome to make your dreams come to life?
My confession served a purpose after all, it identified a couple of obstacles that pop up over and over…and I can add a few more stumbling blocks to the list, in addition to faulty memory, distractions, and disorganization – I also suffer procrastination, lack of focus, and fear.
Must Read:
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7 Obstacles to Success
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Identify obstacles: Click on any of the common obstacles, and receive a brief problem-solving recommendation. (Geared toward College Students, interesting for all)
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Identifying The Invisible Obstacles To Success By: R.E. Darby
What does one do now? After you get honest about whatever it is that is standing in the way…such as finances, lack of support among friends and family, education, etc.. then what to do?
Top Ten Tips To Overcome Obstacles to Success
by Jeff at MySuperChargedLife
1. Troubleshoot and diagnose the root cause
The quickest way to solve any problem is to find its root cause. What is at the very source of the issue? It usually takes some time to determine this. Read more…
2. Listen to your gut instinct.
I can’t count the times that I solved problems by simply following my gut. Read more…
3. Research the problem online.
Generally, if you are having a problem, someone else has already encountered it and solved it. Don’t reinvent the wheel, just find out what they did and try it in your situation. Read more…
4. Recruit the assistance of others.
Get your friends, family, and co-workers involved to help think of ways to overcome the obstacle. Read more…
5. Hire an expert.
Sometimes you need to call in the big guns. If the problem is in an area that is outside your expertise and it is particularly nasty, then you should probably bring in an expert. Read more…
6. Change your attitude toward the situation.
Sometimes we are the problem. Evaluate your attitudes and see if a change in the way you are looking at the situation might help to overcome the obstacle. Read more…
7. Use trial and error.
When all else fails or when your situation is unique, you may need to experiment. Read more…
8. Sleep on it.
I have had numerous stubborn problems where I spent hours trying to solve it with no success. Then I gave up, went to bed, and awoke the next morning with a new idea that fixed the situation almost immediately. Read more…
9. Never give up.
Don’t quit! I am reminded of the quote from Vince Lombardi, “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” This is so true! Read more…
10. Start over.
When all else fails, start over at the beginning. Maybe one of your foundational assumptions about the obstacle is wrong. Read more…
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #4 Obstacles
Cheryl aka gonewiththewind
Journaling: My dreams are often buried in my comfort with my life. The life I know is infinitely safe than the dreams I dream and the drive I have to make something better of myself and my life. So while I want to make the changes necessary for my dreams to become reality, the powerful thoughts in my mind that keep me stuck in my same place are a daily challenge that I must overcome.
CREDITS: Apothecary Set One by Studio Tangie; As If By Magic by Studio Tangie; Arsenic and Old Lace by Studio Tangie; She Found Her Bliss by Studio Tangie; Haute Soiree by Studio Tangie; Dream Spilling by Studio Tangie; fonts are Mad Hatter by Studio Tangie and The Last Something That Meant Anything
Julie Ann
Journaling: I need to overcome fear, disorganization, procrastination, distractions.
Word art: I am always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso
Word art: Thinking will not overcome fear but ACTION will. W. Clement Stone
Word art: perspiration, brainpower, hard work
Word art: trying to find balance, fine line to find balance, moving forward
Word art: Don’t stress or overthink
Word art: I want my life to be BIG
Credits: Splatters: Verve Story Remnants, Verve Letter Art, AJC Parcel 12 (recolored); Frame: Verve Splatter Graffiti; Flowers: AJC11 Parcel 1; Banner: AJC12 Parcel 10 (recolored); Tape: AJC12 Parcel 13; Word Art: Steampunk Lab, That’s What She Said No. 1, Deconstructed No. 4, Art Journal Printables, Studio Box Workshop No. 4; Background: Studio Box Workshop No. 1 Buildable Art Journals; Feet: Ultimate Art Doll Collab with sherriejd
Now it’s Your Turn!
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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Art Journaling 102: Focus on Hybrid
Published April 25, 2012 |
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Art Journal 2012 Caravaners are filling up the gallery with paper and hybrid journal pages, and it’s so exciting! It’s time to focus on hybrid here on the Studio Tangie blog, don’t you agree?
HYBRID IS…
Hybrid is pixels plus paper, for the newbies. Any combination of the two. There are many fabulous ways to creatively use your computer and printer, your handwriting and fussy cutting skills, and mix it all up! As I say many many times, and never get tired of saying, the only limit to it all is your own imagination.
NEW!
Studio Tangie has lots of awesome New Printables in the shoppe, including the oh so FABULOUS Tangible Plans™. I have to tell you that these Tangible Plans are very addicting to make!!!! I love them. You’ll see one of my pages using a Tangible Plan below (right page of art journal below). To check out Tangie’s Tangible Plans and all the new add-ons, just search for “zippyplans” in the shoppe.
BIG SALE!
Tangie also has put up for Sale a whole bunch of PRINTABLES in her CLOSEOUTS section that were previously retired, I believe. Get those now too! They are called ARTist Sheets and Artspiration Boards.
For your pleasure today, we have hybrid art journal pages from the Studio Tangie Creative Team, and I also pulled some hybrid pages from the Art Journal Caravan gallery! Enjoy!
Inspiration: Focus on Hybrid
Tam aka tamhanley
These pages were made from a dismantled cookbook/notebook, using gesso, phone book pages, acrylic and watercolor paints, glimmer mist, gel pens, stamps, light modeling paste, embroidery thread and bracelet chain, and printed artwork by Tangie!
Credits:
AJC 2012 parcel 15
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Art-Journal-Caravan-2012-Parcel-15.html
AJC 2012 parcel 07
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Art-Journal-Caravan-2012-Parcel-07.html
Cirque Joyeux
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Cirque-Joyeux.html
AJC 2010 parcel 40
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Art-Journal-Caravan-Provisions-Parcel-40.html
Julie Ann
I used two of Tangie’s Studio Box Workshops to create these two pages in a 12 x 12 journal by Fancy Pants. I added fussy cuts from wallpaper, magazines, and collage pieces by Tangie. I had so much fun with these, and you can tell I just love color!
Left Page
This page was created from Studio Box Workshop #1, and I used water-soluble crayons on the edges. I journaled with an American Crafts Slicker Pen, added wallpaper that I fussy cut, and a few collage pieces by Tangie.
Right Page
I also used water-soluble crayons on the edges of the printables to give an artsy look. I outlined a few items with a black pen, and some of the journaling was done with a Zig Memory Marker. It was raining the day that I made this page so I added the girl with the umbrella from a magazine.
Credits:
{Studio Box Workshops No. 1} Buildable Art Journals
by Tangie
Tangible Plans™ {Starter Kit & Workshop}
by Tangie
2010 Collage Sheet Mania! 92 Collage Sheet Grab Bag!
by Tangie
2011 Collage Sheet Mania! 94 Collage Sheet Grab Bag!
by Tangie
Other: Word Art border by CrowAbout StudioB
Inspiration for the Art Journal Caravan 2012 Gallery: Focus on Hybrid
rarou47
Credits:
BG paper is a mixture between Nancie Rowe janitz papers and tangie,
Just jaimee: border, splatter,
Tangie: (up, up away, splatter graffitis, AJC 2012): elements
Nancie Rowe Janitz: sticht,
Marta van ecklette: bird,
maya: snapshot 2012 wordart,
The girl is a painting from Van Dongen
Keywords: art-journal, neo color crayons, hybrid
kayoft
PERMISSION TO PLAY
THE PROMPT: Something I really want to accomplish this year is __________.
Stay the course with my altered book called HAPPY NEW DAY. I want to experiment, explore, and practice new techniques in the hybrid world of art journaling as I document my days. In order to support this dream I have …
• Signed up for workshops & classes (probably way too many LOL) … AND … integrate the inspiration and prompts into my book
• Set up my hybrid art journaling space
• Am re-organizing my digital supplies
*Given myself permission to play in my art journal every day
Supplies used: acrylic paints, pitt pens, gel pens,
NBC Cutie Patootie (face & word art)
ArmyGrl
April
Thought I’d share these here at the AJC…I used Tangie’s Tangibles. The templates are awesome; especially if you don’t have lots of time to create (like me at the moment). After creating the pages digitally, I printed them out. I did not save the digital files…as this will force me to use pen and pencil (or maybe even crayon) to finish the page.
mimisgirl
junque journal pages 2 Dream Awesome
So I also worked on my junque journal gifts I went all out on a few pages and had some fun – I will post my favs to share with you.
This one uses Polka Dot Chicks and Soto Creations Altered Junk Adornments bundle (wings)
Mix-Up 15 (paper for hearts) & 7(white wings)
as well as some acrylic paint, heart punch, and gel pens
SarahBarberDesign
AJCover
This year, I’ll probably have two art journals, a digital one, and a completely handmade one. I’ve started the handmade one already. The cover is done and my first page is done. Actually, the journal I have is a fabulous handmade journal by Tangie Baxter. You can find them in her Etsy shop. Anyway, I wanted to share my new artwork with you all.
2012 Art Journal Cover Art {collage fodder by Tangie Baxter, a Broadway post card, paint pens by Sharpie, label maker, distress ink by Tim Holtz, acrylic paint, PITT Artist pens by Faber-Castell, gloss gel medium by Liquitex, and Preserve It! Matte finish spray by Krylon.
tina0319
Week 06 Page
The background for this page is some wonderful fabric with skulls and glitter on it! I glued it down and then glued on the pieces, I printed one of Tangie’s hearts with the word Listographs on it and glued it on, some bubble wrap gesso, stamped letters and journaling and I think the page is done.
Journaling reads: “Proud to of overcome. 1. Not graduating from High school. Got GED went to college. 2. Being molested. 3. Being raped @S 13. 4. Being in a very abusive relationship. (I left) 5. Depression. My past doesn’t control my present or my future!”
tinkerbell
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my painted collaged bits and after digitizing and playing with them for a while realized I’d never celebrated my morning coffee ritual in my art journal. No earth shattering philosophical messages here, just a bit of fun.
Full size version and credits at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinkerb…n/photostream/
kygirl
One Little Word 2012: Embrace
For far too long, I’ve been a collector of art supplies, rather than a user. With this year’s journal, I’d like to change that, so I’ve delved into my stash. My word is embrace, and I was inspired by this short poem.
Supplies: Affliction and 1942 Report fonts, coffee for staining, watercolor pencils, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, Bo Bunny papers, letters and stickers (Gabrielle and Et Cetera collections)
Nevermore
Bohemian Rhapsody
I haven’t done a hybrid piece since the summer. But my amazing friend Ruth came by for a sleepover and I couldn’t resist. She is doing amazing work with tea bags but rather than follow her delicate example (she empties the bag and flattens it which provides an amazing background frame texture), I just threw on a filled herbal tea bag. Besides Ruth, I need to give a nod to Rabbit whose self challenge appealed to me immensely and thus my first challenge: to do a zeti type piece.
Materials: Acrylics and lots of modifiers (gels, pearlizers), Neo-Colours, Derwent Inktense watercolours, Tombow, masking tape, Sharpie Poster pen, Uniball Signo, Gel pen
Digital: Crowabout Studios Woot2 (head, arms, wings), Tumblefish Studios Fishy (shoes and stockings)
Lyrics: Queen
disneyaddict
a scrapbook/ art journaling hybrid page- I love how this turned out because it is so out of my comfort one
Thanks for looking,
Diane
Artyparrot
After all the colour of my previous pages I fancied doing something with a little less colour. So here is my mixed media page for My life in 3 sentences. I think its one of my favourites so far.
Images -Tangies Dream Spillers
Font – Tropical script BTN Bamboo
Border – Pitt pen black
imsoto2
BOLD
Be BOLD and mighty forces will come to your aid.
I have had a block for months now. I haven’t even made a single Caravan page yet I think. I start a lot of pages but never really finish anything. Yesterday I heard that quote on a TV show (don’t remember which show, sorry) and it just kept repeating in my head. This afternoon I once again sat down with my journal and hoped to make something. I added some of the background paint and it was quite bold and 1 hour later the page was done. YAY.
Supplies: The circles are punched from some of the many backgrounds I have painted lately. The butterflies are from a vintage notecard kit by Maryjo Koch. The fonts are from our very own Tangie Baxter. I used cheapy watercolors and Crayola Slick Stix (love those).
and this one, below, I don’t think is hybrid- but since I’m writing this blog post, I guess I can put anything here! I don’t think you’ll complain! Isn’t it gorgeous?
TANGIE BAXTER
2012 Itinerary #5
Mixed-Media week #5,
I knew my journaling was going somewhere I wasn’t ready to share with everyone so I snapped a picture with my phone before I finished writing!
LOVE LOVE this quote, and it has inspired me to be more BOLD
Now it’s your turn!
I hope this has inspired you to be hands-on and get your hands messy! Be sure to share your hybrid art journal pages with us in the gallery.
Join the conversation! Leave a comment below and tell us what you think about this post.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
Published April 21, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
“My life’s #1 purpose and passion is….” Create an art journal page finishing this sentence, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
The prompt this week can be inspired from our work last week, digging a bit deeper into our #1 purpose and passion. If you made a list of your top five passions, which of those holds the most meaning for you? Not only that, which one can be a lifelong, worthy purpose that will never have a completion date?
For me, my #1 purpose and passion is my marriage. Sure, I could have said, “Outside my marriage, my #1 passion is my art,” or something similar, however that would not be giving my marriage the respect that I feel it deserves. Since I am unable to be a mother, being a wife is the most important job I have, and we all know marriage isn’t easy. For right now, I believe my marriage is my #1 purpose. It kind of surprised me to come to this conclusion, as I did think art or something else ambitious would top the list…yet I do put a lot of time into making this relationship work. It’s a little scary to admit that my marriage is my #1 purpose, not sure why, maybe because I haven’t heard it very often in my corner of the world. Yet I was really thrilled to make a page with my marriage as my focus, and excited to show my spouse when it was finished.
The Easiest Way to Define Your Life’s Purpose
Read:
- Life Purpose: The Easiest and Best Way to Define Your Purpose by Jeff at mysuperchargedlife.com
According to Jeff at mysuperchargedlife.com, there are three main ways to define your life’s purpose.
1. Pick 3 or 4 values that really resonate with you.
“Look over a list of values and pick out three or four that are the most important to you. “ Read more…
Some of my values on my list included:Abundance
Acceptance
Adventure
Affection
Appreciation
Art
Assertiveness
Assurance
Balance
Beauty
Belonging
Bliss
Comfort
Contentment
Creativity
Desire
Devotion
Enjoyment
Family
Gratitude
Health
Honesty
Intelligence
Intuition
Joy
Kindness
Knowledge
Learning
Love
Marriage
Meaning
Mindfulness
Motivation
Pleasure
Privacy
Relaxation
Resolution
Respect
Rest
Self-respect
Sharing
Sincerity
Solitude
Support
Trust
Understanding
2. Unpack the words that you selected.
“Take some time and write out what the three or four values you selected mean to you. ” Read more…
2. Use your selected values to formulate your life purpose.
“A good life purpose is a simple statement that has strong meaning for you.
Jeff prefers something like this sentence (insert your values):
I want to spend my life pursuing ___________, ____________ and _____________.
For example, I want to spend my life pursuing wisdom, patience and peace. Of course, you can word it any way that you like, but for Jeff this sentence really helped him clarify his life purpose.” Read more…
MUST READ:
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The 5 Percent Trick: Finding Passion and Purpose in Life
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How to Open Yourself to Your Life’s Purpose at Oprah.com
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A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose Posted by Donald Latumahina
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
Julie Ann
I am sharing a hybrid page with you this week! The main image was cut from a magazine, and my husband even thought it was a photo of us from when we went horse-back riding once…hahaha! Not quite.
Journaling: My No. 1 purpose, lifelong and worthy, is marriage. I value love, companionship, support, honesty, & faithfulness.
Credits:
House, Rainbow, Flowers, Hearts, Grass, Butterfly, Journaling Lines: Collage Mania 2011 by Studio Tangie
Border, I Heart Him: Collage Mania by Studio Tangie
Background: Wild Things and Papers by CrowAbout Studio B
Border: Mega Art Journaling, Bits Borders & Parts both by CrowAbout StudioB
Now it’s Your Turn!!!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post. Join our fun.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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“I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster NEW PROMPT
Published April 18, 2012 | Welcome to our “I Don’t Have Anything to Journal About” Myth-Buster Prompt #5 by Tangie!
(For those of you keeping count, last month I incorrectly numbered the prompt #5 instead of #4 (now corrected), so this is truly #5 this month! Yay!)
If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose?
Journal your thoughts and upload your page to your blog or favorite gallery. Link it up in the comments of this blog post.
Scroll down to the see Studio Tangie Inspiration pages!
The Myth-Buster prompts, written by Tangie Baxter, come from the Art Journal Caravan Expedition Navigation Guide PDF inside the kit when you sign up for the Expedition.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
If I had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, what show would I choose? I went through my DVR timers to see if any of today’s current shows that I enjoy would be something I could stand as my life for a month. New Girl, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Once Upon a Time, Glee, Harry’s Law, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Revenge, 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, Fringe, Two and a Half Men, The Simpsons, Parenthood, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Up All Night, Hot in Cleveland, Smash, Pan Am, Happy Endings, Best Friends Forever, Scandal…whoa, seems like I sit in front of the T.V. all day but really I just let it play in the background often. Then I did some google research for the most popular T.V. shows of all-time to see if any shows of past decades could fit the bill.
Eventually, I came around to a former guilty pleasure that I’m taking a break from…The Real Housewives from Bravo. I’m not sure if this prompt had in mind Reality T.V. shows, yet I couldn’t shake the idea. I wouldn’t do it for the money or fame, I’d do it to share “This is me, take it or leave it. I love me.” Actually, when I read the prompt about a month ago or so, I had this same idea of doing the Real Housewives of my city for the page. I even thought of putting local high-profile scrapbookers faces in for the art dolls. Perhaps I’ll eventually do a “scrapbooker” theme for this page, but I kind of like just doing random, no-identity this time around. You’ll see what I mean in my page below.
Must Read:
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NY Post’s THE 35 BEST SHOWS ON TV–EVER
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The Top 10 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows of All Time
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Top 50 Science Fiction TV Shows
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Top 50 TV Comedies of All Time
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Top 100 Drama Series
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Top 100 Family Series
Inspiration for IDHATJA Myth-Buster Prompt #5
Heather aka sparklyduck75
I’ve always been a sucker for British period dramas, and Downton Abbey is no exception. If I could spend a month in that world, I don’t know whether I’d rather be upstairs or downstairs–the characters and stories are equally intriguing (although they do have the better costumes upstairs!). Something about our aggressive, high-speed, in-your-face, fast food society makes an escape to these kinds of stories irresistible: a place where manners are strictly observed, everyone understands they exist in service to one another, and sitting down to a family dinner is a carefully preserved event. And what would I give to follow Dame Maggie Smith around for a while? Although in many ways, I know life in those times was far more difficult (especially for women), I wish more of the gentility of the era could’ve stayed with us. It’s absolute agony that there are only seven episodes in a season… thank God for DVDs.
CREDITS by Tangie Baxter:
Jetadore collab with Rebecca McMeen; My Favorite Things: Family; Arsenic & Old Lace; A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Font: JellykaVampireStreet.
All cast photos from the Internet.
Julie Ann
I wouldn’t do it for the money or fame, I’d do it to share “This is me, take it or leave it. I love me.”
Journaling: If I had to live in a TV show for a month, why not a show about the real housewives of my neighborhood?
The background is a blend of three papers by Tangie. See above paragraphs for more about my thoughts on this page.
Credits: by Tangie Baxter unless noted
Shell: Mermaid Lagoon
Elements: AJC12 Parcel 15, She Journals,Quickety Split Snippets Borders,
Dolls: Seaside Art Dolls, Parcel 44 with Amanda Sexton, Parcel 47 with Amanda Sexton, Parcel 51 with Amanda Sexton, Hello Dollies Art Dolls with SherrieJD
Papers: Haute Soiree, Art Stomp with Roben-Marie Smith, Wonderland
Other: Elements: Joyous Journey, Vintage Gone Funky both by CrowAbout StudioB; Arms: Odd People & Borders by Crowabout StudioB; Art Dolls: Maryanne CAH, Joyous Journey by CrowAbout StudioB
My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Published April 14, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Create an art journal page based on the quotation, “Live the life you’ve imagined” – include at least a paragraph of journaling.
Upload the page to your favorite gallery and link up the url here in the comments!
Scroll down to see my Inspiration Page!
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
I love this quotation. I like it because it says “Wake up! Get off that sofa! Turn off that T.V. Get away from the computer, Ipad, or Iphone! Just do it!” It acknowledges that I’ve been a dreamer, and now is the time to make good. It says, “Yes, believe in yourself. Why not?” Isn’t that so awesome?
Just what have I been imagining for myself? I wrote down my top 12 dreams for my have-it-all, quintessential existence. (I narrowed down the top 5 for my page below.) These fantasies evolved around what would my lifestyle look like if it were tailored made for me, and included: enjoying creating the most beautiful digital, hybrid, and handmade scrapbooks; having fun adventures as a world traveler; enjoying the journey of art journaling; enjoying excellent health with lots of energy, vitality, stamina; enjoying a loving, committed, solid, fun marriage; living in a gorgeous, well-designed home with gardens; having lots of free time to be; enjoying life with abundance; knowing peace and joyfulness; practicing mediation and yoga consistently; being the most loving, involved Aunt; & being charismatic, well-liked, and respected for being me. (The top 5 are in bold.)
For as long as I remember, I have had the goal of self-actualization. To self-actualize is to fulfill one’s potential. Actually, in all honesty, somehow I left a huge goal, perhaps my #1 goal of all-time off this list for some reason. Oh, I know why…because it’s a goal, and not a lifestyle choice. My #1 goal is to write and publish a book. I don’t have the wish to live the way of life of book tours, public speaking engagements, and travel obligations that some authors live though. That would interfere with my desire to have as much free time as possible. So I left my goals off my list for this week….goals are for another list…as they don’t quite fit this quotation – Live the life you’ve imagined. The full quote is from Walden by Henry David Thoreau,
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
How do you want to live your life? Do you understand the difference between achievements and style of living? You can infuse both your ambitions and habits with purpose, if it gives more meaning to the process. You may also have a goal that is influenced by a talent you’ve developed. However, do not confuse talent with Purpose, as was recently spoken by T.D. Jakes, a famous preacher, on Oprah’s Lifeclass The Tour Interactive Event.
Ivana Kvesic writes for The Christian Post, “Half the battle is not spending your life to be what you aren’t,” he said, before sharing with the audience that the key to fulfilling their purpose is to find passion.
“It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do,” Jakes said.” Read more about this at Bishop TD Jakes Talks ‘Living With Purpose’ on ‘Oprah’s Lifeclass‘. Visit Oprah’s Lifeclass online.
Must Read
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What Is The Life You’ve Imagined? by the Redhead Riter
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Endeavor to Live the Life You’ve Imagined by Amberzade
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Julie Ann
I love the result of this page. To know more about it, please read the paragraphs above!
Credits: by Tangie Baxter unless noted otherwise
Butterfly: Curious Adventures Curious Elements Lot 79c
Papers: Up Up Away, Enchanted Art Box Stripes, Quickety Split N’ Print Vol. 3, Unconventional Wisdom
Graffiti: Verve Graffiti
Word Art: QuotesPaint, Quotes Borders
Dot,Painted Border: AJC12 Parcel 15
Splatter: Wishing Waiting
Font: Tangie AJFbreadbutter, TangieAJFtweedledeeALT
Style: Paperworn Art Journaling Style by Tangie
Template: A Little Altered Art by Studio Jen D
Alpha: Markerific by CD Murkosky
Now it’s Your Turn!!!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post. Join our fun.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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