FEBRUARY 2022 MUSE CHALLENGES

Ohhhh, it's like Lay's Potato Chips once you get started.... HAHA!!! I like "scrapping" for my printed book pages which are always about family. A.J. is about anything or...nothing at all. It is pure expression.

 

I especially like #2 - I'll definitely be brewing up some color themes and can do a few tutorials on the color wheel.
And #8 - music!

 

Welcome on board Michele!

 

Yes, please keep an eye around here.

 

I think we've pm'd about spinning, come to think of it! I just took a "full-time" job at a quilt store, so my fibery stuff will likely taper a bit, but I still love spinning. Admittedly, I'm tired of this commission, but I need to spin some for sanity at times. Turkish spindles are lovely - you'll get it! Let me know if you need some video pointers, there are good and bad ones on Youtube...

 

I'll forgive your lapse on the "l's". I fight it constantly, though, especially on legal documents.

Spinning is time consuming, but it's very meditative. I can do it with a good audiobook for hours. Especially if a lot of color is involved!

 

Me too! I don't know about the politics of making the monthly challenge specifically AJ related, but it would be fun to see what folks come up with.

I did art journaling many moons ago and was a bit surprised and confused by some of the stuff I made. I finally decided I was "doing it wrong" (huh?) or "being pretentious" and stopped. It didn't hurt that I started homeschooling our daughter about then, and getting involved in all that required. It wasn't until about four years ago that I had some epiphanies and realized that the journaling was tapping some stuff that needed to be dealt with. But I love doing it digitally - getting my hands dirty is fine, but I like being able to tweak and surprise myself digitally, rather than having to figure out how to fix an "Oops" with various media. Ctrl+Z is my friend.

I would love to put that under my avatar, instead of "well known member," but cannot figure out how to do it!

 

OH NAMING FAIRY!!!!!! @mrs2a50 (whoever you are??) You have a customer!!!

 

Hello my fellow Michele-with-one-L

As long as the challenge does not require another specific style, it is perfectly fine to scrap in whatever style we want.

I'm not sure I remember exactly who it was, but when I first began dabbling in Art Journaling someone said there is no wrong way. I think the point is using art to journal about our life. A little more focus on the art than photos with captions and that kind of structure.

I also LOVE digital. I made scrapbooks starting when I was 11 in 1983 but I gave up paper scrapping with huge enthusiasm pretty much as soon as it was possible. My first digital scrapbook page was created on old Photoshop 5 in 2005. I had toddlers at the time and one of the biggest attractions was not having scrapbooking supplies to clean up and keep out of their reach.

 

anyone remember sissy art journal stories, i found them cute

 

I Think Almost 95% Of My Layouts Are AJ Of Some Sort...It's Just How I Scrap Here...I Incorporate Some Of That Style In Pretty Much Everything I Do...But I Can Still Maintain Some My Personal Composition Style...Using Multiple Same Elements...It's A Visual Journey For Me...Each Layout...Creatively Speaking I Never Know Where Each Page Is Gonna Take Me...& I Like That...The Not Knowing...I Just Go For Whatever My Muse Feels Is Right...Didn't Like That Choice?...No Problem...Delete & Continue On!!!...LOL!...Ahhh!...Art Creativity Is The Best!!!...It Keeps Me Centred...When I Read About People Who Say They Have Lost Their Mojo...I See What You Are Saying...But No Matter How Bad My Days Are Health-Wise...My Head Is Always Swirling With Ideas & Creativity!...Sometimes Even More On The Worst Days...I Create Layouts Everyday...Multiple...I Can't Imagine It Any Other Way...It's In My DNA!...It Is How I Identify Who I Am...It's Not Just Part Of Me...IT IS ME!!!!!!!!!!!......

2021 Has Been Hard On Me & I Just Spent 4 Days In Bed Sick...So I Don't Mind The Breather...Since I Have Plenty Of Work To Deal With Currently...

Hearts & Hugs Everyone...

Thanks For Hosting Each Month & To Everyone Else Who Joins Too!...It's So Inspirational To See Everyone's Ideas...

See Ya'll IN March

But I'm Always Around Doing Other Challenges Here Each Month......

 

Speaking Of The NAMING FAIRY???...I Would Like A Change Too...Creating Art Is My Muse...Creating Art Is My Life...My Art & Soul Is Creativity...Getting The Idea????????????????...........................

 

OHHHH! So someone does that? Interesting... I assumed it was a setting somewhere that I couldn't find.

 

That's awesome! I didn't have time when DD was little to do anything other than traditional scrapping, because it's what I knew. Actually, I didn't really take up scrapping at all until about 2006 with any serious intent. Eventually, *I* got tired of the mess, cleaning it up, and schlepping it to crops. We don't have a large house and at the time I didn't have a dedicated space to work in, so I took over the kitchen for a few days at a time, and often worked at night when everyone else was asleep. I decided to try digital in 2017, sort of as a "let's see" project, then life totally fell apart on almost all levels. If I hadn't been digital scrapping, nothing would have gotten done at all the past four years.

I try to mix it up. DD would appreciate the art journal style, but DH doesn't get it. I'm trying to do books that they can both appreciate, but I'm determined to AJ some pages just for me. My bestie was reminding me yesterday that I really should scrapbook my quilts and other works more. I just don't. We will see how that goes, too.

Off to work on a quilt back for DD's Christmas gift. It's going to be a reversible wall hanging, but I'm improving the back around a Chinese dragon. The front is a pattern - Aquatic Steampunk Portals. LOL!

 

These remind me of the ATC's I used to make and trade years ago! Love the dog one! LOL - and too true, btw.

 

this was given a old photo and make p a story on it

 

thank you, and bless you.

 

OK, so I've never done these challenges, but I think I want to try, so I will look forward to the next one in March. March is a GREAT month... I will look thru past posts to see what this is all about, I'm assuming art journaling, which I definitely love and also sort of do that organically in my calendar / journal.. so I think I might fit in here.