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April Art Journaling Challenge Week 4: Growth

faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
Welcome to the fourth and final week of April Art Journal Challenges. We have been focusing on growth this month and I hope that you are seeing your art journaling skills grow along with your creative talents.

For this week's challenge, we will start with a visualization. Think about something that grows. It could be a seed or a plant. Perhaps it's a child, or even you as a child. How about an idea, something inside of you that begins its journey small, maybe it even feels insignificant. But then that idea grabs hold and grows. As you think about this, focus on its beginnings and then visualize it growing and expanding. How does its progress, or your progress, make you feel?

When you start to scrap, maybe this feeling or visualization will inspire your page.

Again, you can choose to do a single page each week, or do a divided template - one part for each week. If you don't have the Divided Template and would like to have it, you can get it here at Dropbox. Thank you to Ona @wombat146 for providing the template choices for us! If you do the template, we would love it if you would post it incrementally. Post one done in the first week, post an image of the two together on the second, and three on the third, and then the finished page on the fourth week.

The template is NEVER a requirement to use, just something fun and different if you want to use it.

I have had a rough week with some personal issues making me feel less optimistic than I like. I started to think back to the many fits and starts that I see within myself as I continue to grow as a person. At first, I was going to put on a happy face and scrap something positive. However, sometimes growth can be hard, leading me to the page I made this week.

The Struggle is Real: Self Esteem Collaborative Scribbly Papers with Rachel Jefferies
The Struggle is Real: Self Esteem Collaborative Mixed Media Pack with Rachel Jefferies
The Struggle is Real: Self Esteem Collaborative Kit with Rachel Jefferies

Challenge Rules:
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET on April 30th to complete your pages for this challenge.
  1. To qualify for the drawing, you need to use 80% Oscraps products that are currently in the store (non-Oscraps products or retired O designer products can be used whether the designer is selling elsewhere or not).
  2. You need to credit all the products used on your page.
  3. You cannot use a page you create for this challenge for another Oscraps challenge.
  4. Upload your page to the Art Journal Gallery and then add your layout to the challenge thread. (Below you will find instructions on adding your page to this thread.)
Adding a linked layout from the Gallery to a thread:

Upload your layout to the gallery first. In your forum post click the Gallery Embed icon (little camera).

This will open your gallery, simply click on the layout you require, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the Continue button.

Your linked layout is now in your post, the image will appear once you have clicked the Post Reply button.
 

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faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
My apologies!!! I was going to post this on Sunday before I went away for a couple of days. And guess what I forgot to do?
On the bright side, there is still one week/7 days left in the month so that counts, right?
:giggle4:

If you have any questions or comments about this challenge, please ask. I know it is a little different than usual. The most important thing is to have fun with it.
 

Cherylndesigns

I'm in The Zone ~ The "O" Zone
CHEERY O
I absolutely LOVE your page, Chris! It very much symbolizes the struggles you've been going through. Your write-up is wonderful and very inspirational, too. I have to start thinking about this one. Wonderful inspiration all around!!
 

pachimac

I solemnly swear I am up to no good!
CHEERY O
oOOO I can't wait to do this one!! I already have some ideas germinating but I'm not sure how to represent them yet.
 

Cherylndesigns

I'm in The Zone ~ The "O" Zone
CHEERY O
Chris, I "went my own way" too, as I've been doing throughout these challenges. My "grief growth" is continuing and I'm starting to feel stronger and journaling my feelings has really helped. I found solace in Vicki Robinson's Heartfelt and Still Changing Collections and feel like it's another step for me.

 

pachimac

I solemnly swear I am up to no good!
CHEERY O
Hugs, Chris!!! As you know, I have been struggling too. It's hard to change life long habits!!
 
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