My Artful Weight Loss Art Journal

Welcome friends!

Another month has flashed by me.  I have now been with this lifestyle change for two months now.  Yesterday made 26lbs lost!

I have been doing some art, mostly in my weight loss journal.  The page above is my 1 month measurements.

I have a little Facebook group called Artful Weight Loss feel free to join us!  Every week I put up a prompt, the one above was "why do you want to get healthy?".

I have missed you all.  It saddens me that I have to (somewhat) put the art career on hold to get control of my health, but it must be done.  I have come to realize that none of this matters to me unless I'm healthy.

Check out my before and after videos!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CX-0R9hXyU&list=UU2CBDGHIVkdHQOwfIZ_Bmng&index=5&feature=plcp

One month later, and 25lb total loss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDeJeE34630&feature=BFa&list=UU2CBDGHIVkdHQOwfIZ_Bmng

Much Love my friends! xox

Balzer Designs Spring Stencil Hop part 2!

Welcome everyone!  So glad you found me here.

I am so happy to have been able to participate in another blog hop hosted by the wonderful Julie Fei-Fan Balzer.  This time we worked with the Wooden Parquet stencil from The Crafter's Workshop.

As some of you may know, I am on a mission to change my diet and life.  I have been working only in my Weight Loss Journal (or Wellness Journal if you wish) recently and I find it very helpful.  When I looked at this stencil, it reminded me of Zebra print.  This is one of the many reasons why I love Julie's stencil designs, so versatile!

The theme was a Ferris Wheel which is barely visible in the background.  I added clear gesso over top of the patterned paper which created a base for the multiple layers of paint on top.

I really like using both sizes of the stencil on the same page.  I used the larger stencil as more of a focal point, and the smaller with spray ink as an accent.

I was not part of the Lotus Flower stencil hop, but check out this page below, I LOVE this stencil too!

If you enjoyed this Wood Parquet page, see it's creation here:



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Please visit the other wonderful participants!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2012/05/stencil-hop-wood-parquet.html

Traci Bunkers
https://www.tracibunkers.com/blog/

Marcy Penner
http://www.marcypenner.com/

Paula Phillips
http://www.iamjournalartista.com/

Much Love!  xox

New Link- Please Read!

Hi everyone!

I apologize for my blog being down for a few days, what a mess! 

Long story short, please update your favourites to http://www.iamjournalartista.com/

Much Love! xo

Art Journaling Challenge

Welcome everyone!

It is my turn this month to host the challenges over on Art Journaling Ning!

Here is a peek of my challenge:

Check out the rest of the challenge HERE, I'd love to see what you create!

I've been pretty inspired lately, but mostly creating a little bit here and there.  Here are a few completed pages:

Much LOVE!

Mixed Media Altered Box

I was in a wonderful Secret Sister swap and created this box:

 

Thanks to the wonderful Laurel for hosting, and my SS Beth for taking these beautiful pictures!
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!  Don't forget to check out my last post, Stencil Hop!

Much LOVE xo