Art Journaling is Alive and Well at the Lily Pad!

August 1, 2013August 1, 2025

Another fantastic month of a challenge that inspired and brought back memories, good, bad and sometimes pure wonder! The theme was Home is Where the Heart Is. Each week the was a chat (not required to attend, but oh so fun) to reveal the new challenge of the week. We had our childhood homes, the home we are in now, and then the home filled with hopes and dreams.

Each week, I could not get over the ingenuity of the artist, and their little homes.

Take a gander at this childhood home of Crista:

Then omuli did this digital house for the second week, and I was blown away. It looks like she had the glue and scissors out!

Some went with hopes, some with dreams and then Nemla made each of us want her house; My self cleaning dream home.

All through the month, not having a background to work with pulled and tormented the challengees. They were so relieved when the last weeks, was to pick one, or two or all three houses and make a background, BUT….journaling was a REQUIREment! They did it! I am just so impressed. The love story that unfolded with cfile’s final page is one a movie could be made from too!

There were so many that played, and I turned on the Random.Org selector…and #9,

pulrz96

aka Agnes is our Grand Prize winner!

She will receive a Gift Certificate from YaYeahs

and everyone that finished the 4 part challenge receives this way cool participation gift!

It was a remarkable month, and now that it is August, the ART Journal Challenge continues. Face it, you are gonna so want to play! This month there are sponsors for the chat (yep show up and win) and then a Big Sponsor for the grand prize and another prize just for finishing!

Come on over to chat tomorrow if you can, or check out the Art Journaling Thread in the forum!

A huge thank you to the YaYeahs and all the fantastic art journalers that are just a joy to laugh with and make the most remarkable pages! I know some folks are fearful of art journaling. I, Anne of Alamo, promise it will be fun and you will astound yourself, just give it a whirl. The laughter alone is grand!

See ya tomorrow, in the chat room!

~never lose your joy

Esther

I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.

My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.

Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital: Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos: Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid: Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling: watercolors, stencils, and artsticks

And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.

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