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DECemBer ArT JoUrNal Challenge #1 - DUE JAN 10

Dalis

Dalis

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Hey everyone I was so excited and inspired about the chat yesterday that forgot to post the challenge. :giggle

WEEK #1: Art Journal a HOLIDAY memory. You MUST include words (or brushed words) that round up your feelings about this holiday memory. It can be a joyous memory or a hard one. I want to truly see some heartfelt emotions (like I see every month).

Does it have to be Christmas? No, please note that I said holiday, so please pick and choose whatever holiday you wish. Of course there are tons of new holiday and wintery kits and products in the shop. Like the gorgeous DYD and DEcember's BYOC.

Gallery rules apply, you MUST use at least 50% of The Lilypad's products.
 
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Oh dear I guess I am first this time,
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Beautiful Vivi!!.. Your snowglobe is gorgeous.. I just love the little snowman!!!
 
Winter Solstice

Not precisely a memory of an event; more a memory of a relationship.



 
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here i go!! Thank you Dalis for suggesting for me to join in!! so much fun, I LOVE art journal!!


The last few years, Christmas has been very painful to me. I only do it for my son James as he gets so excited about the decorations, the cards, the presents and the party, but to me, when I think of Christmas, I can't help but remember the last Christmas I spent with my dad, in hospital, slowly dying and in so much pain. Sorry, I'm being a party pooper!!! Won't do it again, promise! ;-)
 
The holidays sometimes are the worst. I think in time the bad memories get buried too and you focus on the good memories. My Dad passed Nov 22,2012 with me by his side. I then locked up the house & went back home and a month later returned with my brother. Last year during Christmas week my brother and I were together for the week packing up Dad's house and putting it on the market. we had 6 days to do it and dealing with memories and pain etc. I will tell you in one way very sad but in another it was very good for my brother and I to be together for that week just the two of us. It was at least 30 years since my brother and I were "alone" together... we drove a 12 hour ride to Dad's house and just spent quality time together.. we laughed re old memories, we worked as a team to get things done, and we really bonded in a way that does wonderful things to my heart. It was healing for us too. Sometimes even though it is a sad time, some good can come out of things. You have to look at the silver lining and that is what I have been trying to do the entire year. While I am very sad my Dad is gone, I know that he is better off as he is not suffering, he is now with Mom, and his quality of life would not have been what it was before. He did not want to live like that so I am happy that we did things as he wished. Up until he went in to the hospital last year, he was independent and for that I am truly thankful. so while yes I miss him terribly, the bond with my brother and I grew exponentially, and for that I will always be grateful. Live Love & Laugh is my motto going in to 2014!! Life is too short not to.~ Hugs
 


The day after Thanksgiving my family would come to my house and make cookies and do a craft..this photo is the first year without my Dad there--that was 7 years ago.
 
quick question... can I use the christmas freebies from Jaimee's newsletter for this? does that count as TLP product even tho it's not in the store?
 
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Thanks Christa for your lovely message. xxxxxx
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You are welcome Christelle... If I can help in any way, just let me know. The holidays can be very sad, but I have to choose for myself to remember the good times. I do not like thinking about the last month where it was ICU and on the vent as that is painful to me and I want to bury that time frame of the hard spots. As I decorated the tree this year, I smiled as I placed the ornaments on, had laughs as I remembered the funny times and even when I was feeling a low moment while driving in my car, the 12 days of Christmas started playing and I laughed to myself.. Dad hated that song, and it was a way to let me know he was with me as he would know I would laugh as I would purposely play that at Christmas to get a "spark" out of him... Just smile, and create new traditions with your son. You will get through it and it will start replacing those sad times with smiles. XO
 
Does this qualify? It's hard to do a layout that includes an image . . . without falling back on what I know as traditional scrapbooking techniques. I'm learning as I go . . . trying to figure out the rules. I'm asking myself . . . is it messy enough? . . . is it random enough? Is it TOO organized?

 
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!! That is one awesome amazing AJ-inspired page !!!!

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Thanks Agnes, but it's not REALLY an art journal page . . . more an AJ inspired layout right? Are there any definitive guidelines/separations that make it an art journal page? I'm kinda thinking . . . no photos to start?
 
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