art journal challenge - week 8

wow! we are 2 months into this project people! i really love taking these few moments each week to record a piece of 'me'...already i am loving my little stack of completed cards!

if you are just jumping on the bandwagon, don't feel like you have to 'catch up' - it can be a year of you starting anytime and carrying on for a whole 52 weeks :)

and it it always up to your own interpretation and your own ideas - the prompts are there to prompt you if you need it, but you can always go a different direction! quite a few people seemed in a fluster over last weeks prompt - and i don't want that to happen! this is supposed to be FUN! please don't ever feel like you are doing something that you don't want to be doing...the point is to do something creative and enjoy that precious time making something and recording something about yourself!

so this weeks prompt is: who (or what) do you miss?
do you miss being a kid? do you miss your old dead cat? do you miss your pre-childbirth hips? (yes, i do!), do you miss a friend or a relative or a special candy you can't buy anymore? think of something you miss in your life right now, and create your card based on that this week :)

i miss my 3 stinky little brothers. i miss being a kid with them, fighting, playing, bossing them around, being teased by them, babysitting, being part of something with them. we are all in completely different places and i don't even know when the 4 of us will be together again in one place, but man i love them.

yes, that is me rocking the fluorescent yellow tshirt. i love their knobbly knees and they way they are all being SO THEM in this picture. and toby's handmade underpants - my mum did a stretch sewing course and they all had the same undies! (i was spared this joy). i had forgotten about those undies!

journalling is handwritten on the back.

i adhered the photo to the card, trimmed around the card and then used sandpaper around the edges. rubons are by hambly, little label sticker by 7 gypsies and i put the sheet of stickers in my typewriter to type 'my 3 boys'.

have fun creating your card and have a happy week!

Comments

[debbie]

Another good challenge! I've already got my idea, but first, here is my link for last week's challenge and challenge #2:

http://queendebbee.blogspot.com/2007/02/deck-of-me-challenge-7.html

[Rachel Whetzel]

Here is My Card for WEEK 8! Thank you AGAIN for such a great prompt!

Rachel
http://minetothine.blogspot.com/2007/02/week-8-deck-of-me.html

[debbie]

I'm back already! Rachel and I did some online scrapping and we both finished our #8 cards and learned something new about each other. (BTW, that's her I'm carrying in the pic on my card) Thanks again for the inspiration, Emily!

http://queendebbee.blogspot.com/2007/02/deck-of-me-challenge-8.html

[Lee]

ROFLMAO!!! My mum did that stretch sewing course too. Hee hee hee... you should have seen all the stuff that she made me. I had so forgotten about it until you mentioned it. Ahhhh the details... I love remembering details like this.

[Danielle Q]

This is a good one, Emily, thanks! Loved thinking about both the funny and the more emotional things that I miss...

http://daniellejq.blogspot.com/2007/02/deck-of-me-8.html

[MumZi]

...I miss my boys too..and my girl *sob*...
FYI those lovely stripey undies were made from an old t-shirt...HaHa...not only was I into stretch sewing I was also creatively recycling (she who's idea of darning socks is to throw the holey ones in the trash whilst muttering 'darn, darn, darn' !!!!)

[Rachael]

No way-I had a dream it was this-tooooo freaky!

[KathyO]

Thanks for this weeks challenge. It was just great to do!
Here is my take on it.....

http://pammy45.blogspot.com

[Heather]

Great prompt Emily. I had several ideas while I was reading but will go with the first that popped into my head! Be back to post the link when I'm done.

[Lis]

Another great theme!!
This is my card for this week.

http://lifeinsegments.blogspot.com/

[Julie]

Great prompt!

I was tempted to put my kids (two are at Uni) but needed to move away from letting them dominate everything I do so here's mine

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=109423&cat=5610

[Sonia]

i'm so glad I read your blog today. I didn't find out about this 52 week challenge/deck of me until a couple of weeks ago...and now I want to join :) Such a fab idea.

[Marjolein]

I like this one very much Emily, can't wait to start so I think I will now:-))
Get back to ya when it's done!

[Je@net]

Another great theme....here is my card for this week:
http://jeanettiemessen.blogspot.com/

[Marjolein]

DONE!!!!!!! Loved this one Emily, you can find my card here;
http://dutchie-in-canada.blogspot.com/2007/02/8-art-journal-challenge.html

[suetreiber]

very cool picture. I love the homemade undies. so funny!

[Scarymary555]

Another excellent challenge thanks Emily, here's my effort!

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=109435&cat=500

[Jennifer]

Great card Emily! I love the picture you used. So sweet!

Here is my week #8 card. Thanks for taking a peek!

http://scrappinjenny.blogspot.com/2007/02/deck-of-me-week-8.html

[jennifer davis]

These are so fun Emily and I love the picture of you and your brothers! Wow, what fun times you must have had growing up with THREE little brothers! Anyways, here is my card this week:

http://livelifecreateart.blogspot.com/2007/02/mini-art-journal-journey-week-eight.html

Have a great week!

[JENN]

Here is my card for this week:
http://jakobsmamma.blogg.se/scrappar/

Until now I've only altred one side of the card.. but now I'm thining of doing both sides.
Let U know later ;-)

Thanks Em again and again for this fun prodject!!
LOVE it!

[Elwira]

Still loving this challenge more and more every week!

Your photo looks like you have a huge amount of memories, so very nice to see that in just one picture. And those letters... Wanna have wanna have wanna have.

I mentioned my bro on my blogpost too, miss my sunday breakfasts with him :-D

http://elwiras.web-log.nl/elwiras/2007/02/art_journal_emi_3.html

TFL!

[Jamie D]

I've been behind on taking pictures and posting my cards but here are my cards from weeks 5,6&7. Thanks for looking!

http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/album_display.asp?album_id=60533

[kristen]

got it done! - http://woolforbrains.blogspot.com

[soojay]

Well I LOVED the shoes one ..LOL
This is great too already seen lots of great ideas :)

[valerie]

I absolutley loved making the card for this prompt thanks Em

http://valsalteredjournal2007.blogspot.com/