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Have I told you hust how mych I LOVE Scrapbooking From the Inside Out Kits! http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy/kits/true-story-kit/ I should totally be a designer for them- I love them so much!  They have design boards, music play lists, quotes and prompts, etc. Anyway, When I arrived home from my art retreat in Oregon, I had my October kit waiting on me :-)  Yippee!!!!  It is beautiful!  I love the pinks and golds, the butterflies and hearts- it is amazing! They also have art journaling challenges which I LOVE to participate in.  Here are my layouts for Challenges 1 and 2...... Challenge #1 True Story Kit I need three things to help me remember to live my story:  Laugh as much as I can, just be happy- no matter what, and always be myself! Challenge #2 True Story Kit My true inspirational story from the heart

I am using a Moleskein journal to record notes from the book.  Here, the notes are written for the introduction and the first week. http://www.healingwiththearts.com/the-book/  I found that the introduction was so motivational and actually looked into classes to earn certification in art therapy LOL.  For the culminating art piece for week 1, I actually used the first page from September's Scrapbooking From the Inside Out Kit- Inner Child http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/ .  I thought it expressed EXACTLY what the prompt was about!  As for the Inner Critic, I have done so many of those art journal prompts that I did not feel the need to do another at this time.  

http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy/kits/live-your-dream-kit/ August's art journaling theme was "LIVE YOUR DREAM". I used the kit to create several art journal pages about my dreams.  Here is a quick peek :-)

Hello All!  I have been super busy with my costumes that I make for my Etsy shop and getting ready for EtsyFest15 that I have had no time for personal art!  Every month, I get a kit from  http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/  and I use it for my art journal.  They have special prompts that you can use if you like.  The kits come with scrapbook and mixed media supplies AND she just lowered the price for a subscription :-)  Woo Hoo! Go Rachel! Anyway, this month's theme is SOFT & STRONG.  I usually do a cover or introduction page about the theme for the month.  Here is mine for this month....... I haven't had time for the first prompt but the second prompt really sparked my creativity.  My strength is enhanced by my husband.  He helps keep me grounded, especially when I feel like the strong and the soft sides are battling it out.  It reminds me of a song by "The Eels"...... I used the lyrics to emphas...

Here is my take on the third challenge for this month's theme- RESTORE.  It is about reconnecting with my aunt Barbara who has MS and I haven't seen in a long time.  I also have neurological issues and so I feel a connection with her and am happy to say that I am planning a family vacation to go and see her this summer.  It is very important to me as she cannot go anywhere and, for now, I sometimes am able.  To my beautiful Aunt Barbara..... http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy/kits/restore-kit/

This month's theme is RESTORE and I love this month's theme as well as the kit!  Well, the second journal prompt is up and here is my take on it:  The Journaling explains the Layout.  I used all kit content from the spray ink, the stencil, the embellishments, and the Project Life Cards.  I had previously made the doll out of paper clay and we used acrylics to paint her up!  Just FYI...... Sharpie Permenant Marker Pens are NOT Permenant!  Boo Sharpie..... I had to repaint her face.... but, oh well.  I hope you enjoy this post as much as I did creating it!

This Month's Theme at  http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/buy/kits/restore-kit/  is RESTORE.  I think that everyone needs to take the time to restore themselves from time to time.  How about now?   Of course, I needed to start a new art journal as I had filled my last one completely full!  I chose a  notebook from Studio C at carolinapad.comI buy mine from Walgreens Pharmacy.  They are about $6 and have an elastic band to keep the chunky journals shut and so many thick pages that you don’t even have to glue them together or gesso them if you don’t want to do anything heavy.  They are good for scrapbooking, art mediums, writing, etc.   Here is the inside cover to my freshly started Art Journal.  I used the packaging that came with the rubons in the kit.... it was a clip board and I glued a Project Life card to it to record the monthly themes included in this journal. The first page of this month's theme for RESTOR...

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/insideoutworkshops/ http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com/ www.insideoutworkshops.com This month's theme at Inside Out Visual Journaling with Rachel Kaufman is LUCKY. Some of you know that I have had major health problems recently and I feel very lucky that, no matter how wrong things are going, they could be worse.  I have written a couple of pages for the first prompt of the month and I ended up art journaling two layouts about this prompt.  

Last year I subscribed to a kit club called Scrapbooking From the Inside Out ( http://www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com ) and LOVED it!!! But I was trying to cut down on expenses to I had to stop my subscription for a bit.  However, a year later, I started back up. This scrapbooking/mixed media kit club is like no other.  It is actually therapeutic and has themes each month with writing/journaling prompts, music playlists, thematic quotes, a pinterest idea board, a private facebook community page and so much more! This month's theme is "THRIVE" and this so works for me right now.  I have been working making lists for things I need to work on personally in my art therapy journal.  I will be sharing my work for week 1 of this month's theme. I just took a composition notebook and glued a couple of pages together and gessoed the ones that I was going to art on and left the ones for writing alone. First, I took the writing prompts and just wrote on the paper....

I signed up for the Journey Into Cardmaking class at Two Peas in a Bucket www.twopeasinabucket.com (it was very inexpensive and you get lots of info and downloads).  I also created my very first card (in a looooooong time) for a challenge at http://www.seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/  where they have weekly/monthly card making challenges and prizes :-) .  Check it out...... they are new and just started!  Great ideas and motivation for cardmaking :-)  I used my two kits that I received a couple of days ago from Studio Calico BLOCK PARTY monthly scrapbooking kit and Project Life monthly scrapbooking kit   www.studiocalico.com  and Scrapbooking From the Inside Out HARMONY monthly club kit www.scrapbookingfromtheinsideout.com to create this card.  ok, computer is having problems so I will post it to Instagram and then send the link here :-)  Find me on Instagram if you haven't already.......  MessyJessyCreates or Jessica Ann Lane Ta...