Welcome to Week 4 of our August challenges. Our word prompt for this month is Serenity. We have been exploring the feelings of serenity and calmness throughout the month. I hope that by this point each of us has been able to find moments of serenity in our daily lives. One thing I have noticed is the more I try to feel serenity the more elusive it becomes. When (not if, but *when*) that happens, we can rely on some external cues to give us a hand in finding that inner calm.
As you've been art journaling this month, have you discovered anything that helps you feel at peace? Sometimes, a particular color might be soothing, or it could be a sound or a mantra that you whisper to yourself. Maybe it's even about confronting your inner demons—yelling as loudly as you can and then feeling calmer after letting it all out.
For this week's challenge, consider the ways you find balance and serenity. Take some time to let these thoughts resonate in your heart and mind. When you feel ready, create a scrapbook page about it!
For me, serenity comes when I’m in nature. Being outside, taking a few deep breaths, seeing the blue sky and green grass—these things help me tap into that energy. Combining this with a hike, where I’m surrounded by more of nature, truly brings me to a place of serenity.
Here is my page:
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.
Again - the template is NEVER a requirement to use, just something fun and different if you want to use it.
Everyone who participates in any of this month's challenges will be entered into a drawing for a $5 gift certificate to Oscraps. You can receive up to four entries into this month's drawing.
I can't wait to see what you have to share about the prompt SERENITY
Challenge Rules:
You have until 11:59 p.m. CST on AUGUST 31st to complete your pages for this challenge.
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
As you've been art journaling this month, have you discovered anything that helps you feel at peace? Sometimes, a particular color might be soothing, or it could be a sound or a mantra that you whisper to yourself. Maybe it's even about confronting your inner demons—yelling as loudly as you can and then feeling calmer after letting it all out.
For this week's challenge, consider the ways you find balance and serenity. Take some time to let these thoughts resonate in your heart and mind. When you feel ready, create a scrapbook page about it!
For me, serenity comes when I’m in nature. Being outside, taking a few deep breaths, seeing the blue sky and green grass—these things help me tap into that energy. Combining this with a hike, where I’m surrounded by more of nature, truly brings me to a place of serenity.
Here is my page:
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.
Again - the template is NEVER a requirement to use, just something fun and different if you want to use it.
Everyone who participates in any of this month's challenges will be entered into a drawing for a $5 gift certificate to Oscraps. You can receive up to four entries into this month's drawing.
I can't wait to see what you have to share about the prompt SERENITY
Challenge Rules:
You have until 11:59 p.m. CST on AUGUST 31st to complete your pages for this challenge.
- 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).
- You need to credit all the products used on your page.
- You cannot use a page you create for this challenge for another Oscraps challenge.
- 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.)
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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I love what you created. Its beautiful! I wouldn't know you weren't comfortable with AJ. Your page is wonderful!