MM Inspir-action | Get Messy

Days 18 & 20 of #getmessymay

I added an extension to my page inspired by sophiedecort in order to do the trust prompt offered by supermamadesvosges. Love how this turned out!!

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Day 02 prompt “Showing up” in my art journal, my solace while in lockdown. Check our the getmessyartjournal #getmessymay challenge.

Process videos are now on my YouTube for both Days 1 and 2.

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Today‘s prompt for #getmessymay getmessyartjournal is courage and I really loved watching and listening to Mou Saha‘s mou.saha.studio video tutorial. I have been admiring Mou‘s art journaling and mixed media work for a long time. Thank you for the great video and your wisdom, Mou! 🫀

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#indexcardaday is just the thing for me because I only have this much room on my desk 😂😂😂! I want to work in my #getmessymay #artjournal but it doesn’t fit. And what about the upcoming #virtualartsummit with kelleewynnestudios ?? And #kaleidoscopetasterweek with willowing ?? I may need professional help.
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Working with less with sjrondon today in getmessyartjournal #getmessymay

The idea here is as to start with a neutral background and add a block of color. If/when I do this again I need to leave more white space. In fact, I just realized I never brushed over the background with white paint…which would thoroughly explain the lack of white. Wow! Now that I had that lightbulb moment I can move on. I just KNEW I was missing something.

Anyway, yesterday I cleaned outside all day. I burned the burn pile, mowed down and dug up the overgrown area and flattened it. I planted shrubs and a tree I bought for my brother. Today I will either stay inside all day OR go to the garden center and get plants. I need color. Growth and beauty.

My husband told me someone asked how I was doing and his response was “apparently really hard work distracts her, she’s made 4 dump runs, dug out her flower beds, planted trees, redid the porch…”

I never even realized what I was doing, but yeah, I guess I am distracting myself. It’s working.

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Messy May Prompt 9 - Layers (with andreaokesonart ). thanks for the fun prompt Andrea!

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Day 11 for the #getmessymay challenge, "notice"

This is what you might typically find on my work table. Another fun prompt with a lovely patina of visual journaling 🙂 This time I went with a 3 x 3 grid as I didn’t want to work in the “ditch” of the journal or work smaller than the grid template I repurposed from the leftover cardboard after punching out the square playing pieces for a board game (about an 1.5” square with a 2/5” border - I am a paper and cardboard hoarder 😉 This time I also added a couple of acrylic skins that I scraped off of my palette (waste not, want not, right?). I also created a “hidden” flap to write out the details for each square as I liked the white space around each tiny collage 😀 My thanks to aworkofheartstudio for her inspiring interpretation of the day’s prompt!

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It’s gonna be May 😍

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Day 20 - trust - #getmessymay

Very lovely process and time of reflection. What does "trust" mean, what does it look like, what effect does it have on us?

I also thought the little mark making collection was brilliant so I made one for myself and I can keep adding to it. This will be very helpful as I find "mark making" quite hard 😳

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Day 16 of #getmessymay from
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Today we had to make corner clusters

Thank you stephspaper

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Day 27 theme is MINDFULNESS and that is exactly what I decided to do yesterday, loose myself in making my art journal spreads and having a go at carving stamps again.

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“True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are. — Brené Brown
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Day 16 theme is “BELONGING“ for the getmessyartjournal #getmessymay

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I’m buzzing with excitement to see how many of you are as inspired as me when it comes to making patchwork pages! ❤️ Hello and welcome to all the new creative friends who have joined me on this journaling journey since my collab with the amazing getmessyartjournal came out yesterday, I’m so excited to see where this challenge takes us! Here is one of many, many patchwork journal spreads I have to show you 🥰💕 #patchworkpage #artjournal #junkjournal #creativeideas #artinspiration #journals #journalcommunity #messymay #getmessymay

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Today's Messy May prompt was such a fun one! - "Starburst" by thisistruleetraci . The critter is a stuffed felt version of Owl from Winnie the Pooh. He was part of a page from the book, and I didn't want to cover him up, so I cut him out and let him enjoy the sunshine!

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Messy May - Day 21 - Lifelines. Circles are loosely based on meganquinlanstudio watercolor play circles. Mine didn’t turn out quite the same as hers. Perhaps it was because I was using an inexpensive watercolor set. #getmessymay getmessyartjournal

how many patchwork pages is too many? I can’t stop 🤣 swipe to see this one at different stages of the process! I tried a new idea for this one by including my handmade journal stickers in some of the ‘patches’ - can you spot them? 💕
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Prompt 28 - Miss takes for #messymay hosted by Liz Constable bookartstudios
This was an interesting take on sorting out imperfect stamped images or torn pages.
I will be completely honest and say I really don't care if this happens in my journals anymore. The more imperfect my pages are, the more real they become. They have my individuality there for all to see.
If I was creating for someone else, I might consider just concealing the blip. My past mistakes have taught me well & I have grown through them.
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Day 20 of #getmessymay with supermamadesvosges The prompt was Trust.

Trust can be quite a loaded word, I think. Especially at a time when you are contemplating a big change. Something that feels especially significant. There’s the excitement of planning, yes, but there’s also fear, so much fear!

There’s a need to trust the process with a simultaneous inability to trust it.

But if we just keep taking one step after another, and noticing how we slowly start to gather momentum, the fear will slowly subside.

That is my wish for you. And for me.

May we find a way to trust even in the dark places.

May we focus on simply taking the next step.

May we mother our tender selves at every step of the way.

May we continue onwards even when we doubt ourselves (because you can bet that doubt will raise its head).

May we notice when we start to gather momentum.

May we keep on gathering pace.

And so it is. For you. And for me.

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Messy May is officially finished! ✨🎉😊⁠
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So much beautiful art has been made, so many precious connections built and countless stereotypes about making art destroyed with the sheer power of creativity! 🥰🙌⁠
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