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Oops! Think I have done this all wrong as all the blurb to go with this, I put in caption. Guess we are just going to see how it turns out.

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I had a hard time with this, especially after seeing everyone else’s! I think it is a little to “scrapbook-ish” but I guess that is my comfort zone. I am mostly a digital scrapper these days so it was fun to get out the paper trimmer and make a mess on the floor!

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I have just realised this evening that after diving right in and sharing my first page with you all, that on one level I have taken the attitude, right, I’ve done that… and I keep finding reasons not to share pages I’ve done since. So I will try and post something this weekend, since sharing seems to be a challenge in common here. In spite of the sudden onset of stagefright?screenfright? I am enjoying this immensely – love seeing everyone’s work (yes I know, another reason to post mine) and very much enjoying the inspiration to take some time with my journal. Quite surprised to be honest at how much I have to say – although, I am writing fewer words than I expected.

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I’ve just made time to sit and look at everyone else’s work … I am totally gobsmacked by the sheer talent out there. I feel very humble – I’m not worthy!!

Seriously though, the sheer quality of all your work is amazing … I agonised over whether to sign up for this or not for several reasons, but I can see that I’m really going to enjoy this course, not least because I’m in the company of such great artists.

Kate

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Hi Everyone! Well been reading everyones enteries and been inspired! Started of doing a A5 – but found that I was writing so much there was no room for the ‘arty’ part. So have gone to the other extreme and gone fo A3!!! I ummed and ahhed and decided that I would rather have space than squash it onto one or tow pages – hopefully I won’t regret getting such a big book! Will use the A5 when traveling about etc to jot down my ideas and thoughts and transfer to A3 latter.

I will upload once finished the page – hopefully soon as am really enjoying this!!!

hsanders

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I can’t believe that not only have I covered my journal, but that I am absolutely ecstatic at how it turned out! Okay, maybe ecstatic is too strong a word, but I’m extremely pleased with it and I keep looking at it and going ‘I did THAT!’.

I opened the book out and scanned both front and back covers together, so in the pic the left hand side is the back, and the right hand side the front. Covering the blessed thing took ages, trying to cut all those square holes for the spiral to go through in the patterned paper! The pocket watch is one of my stamp designs stamped with Peacock Gold ink (the edges of the book are inked with this too). The flowers and the key are stickers, and the words are a mix of stickers and rub-ons. Surprisingly enough (for me) it all came together really easily … no agonising over what to put on. I was speaking to someone who was demoing at a show a few weeks ago, she had piles of fabulous tags and things that she’d made. She told me that her secret is that she just doesn’t care – she just goes with the flow and sees what happens – this is my new resolution!

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Finally…my first page…but the second one I’ve uploaded! I love doing this! It somehow doesn’t have to be as perfect as a scrapbook page and I can use all sorts of scraps to illustrate the feel of the journalling, like the pink and brightly coloured patterned paper here.
Thanks for taking the time to look.

Sara

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The first week is winding down and already I see such amazing stuff here. I’m so proud of US… We are being open and honest, letting others critique our work. Having fun and making a mess (spilling as one great artist says), just letting “mistakes” happen, being free and imperfect. I see some very scrapbook oriented pages, but I also see a growth, a desire to expand the possibilitites. Paint all over stuff! Glue your head onto a fairy’s body, be wild! Sorry I am going off, I’m just so glad we’re here to encourage eachother’s journey.

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My Page One – been itching to get started on this and finally got my journal yesterday! I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out, it didn’t take as long as I thought it would and the ideas just popped into my head as I went along. In a sense I was working blind and this is unusual for me because I usually like to plan in advance – I enjoyed that more than I thought I would!

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Here’s my page for this week’s midweek spark. I didn’t think I’d be journaling so much but once I started writing, I just kept going with it. I will be honest, I wasn’t happy with how it turned out. As I finished it up, I thought of so many other things I could’ve done instead. And I really wanted to redo it. But I promised myself that I would embrace my mistakes and not re-do things in this art journal, so I let it go.

Suzanne

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