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

[valerie]

I absolutley loved making the card for this prompt thanks Em

http://valsalteredjournal2007.blogspot.com/

[Patty S]

Hi! here's mine...
http://pattyschaffer.typepad.com/photos/deck_of_me/week_8.html

[Vibeche]

I love this challenge Emily :)

Here is my card`s from week 7 & 8 :)

http://vibecheellingsen.blogspot.com/

[Bethany]

This one was challenging...lol! Liked it though and I'm finished!

http://documentingus.blogspot.com/

[Bethany]

This one was challenging...lol! Liked it though and I'm finished!

http://documentingus.blogspot.com/

[Kim]

Great challenge this week. Now that's it's done I get to go pack for your classes next weekend - can't wait! I posted my card on my blog here:

http://scrappywife.blogspot.com/

Old pic, silver paint and stamping ink. TFL!

[mrc1471]

thats so cool you had 3 little brothers. I always wanted a brother, but I have 2 fabulous sisters and we get together a few times a year luckily

[kirsty]

i cannot believe how ivy is so much like you in that picture - its uncanny xx

[Iris]

So good to sit down after a really busy day at work and do some creating. Here is week 8: http://createdwithheartandsoul.blogspot.com/

[lisavc]

I really like those scrapbook pages emily, I have lots like these, just normal stuff, nothing award winning..they're the ones that mean the most.
here's my card for this week.
http://batteryhill.blogspot.com/

[jill s]

love yours as usual em. this was a good prompt for me this week. really missing arizona as emerson's birth gets closer!!

here's mine:

http://jillscripps.typepad.com/fireflies_art/2007/02/deck_of_you_wee_1.html

hope you're feeling great girlie.

xx
jill

[beth j]

just finished week 8. thanks for this week's prompt emily...so glad i have this card now to keep. thanks for looking. http://bethjohnson5.blogspot.com
oh, week seven is underneath it...forgot to post the link last week and didn't realize it until yesterday. oops.

[Lynn]

totally one of my favorites!!!! Love this and love looking at what everyone has created.... Thanks again Emily for sharing this wonderful challenge with all of us!!
Here is mine:
www.memoriesbylynn.blogspot.com

[Tracie H]

As each week passes Im loving this challenge more and more....thanks for the wonderful prompts Em.
Week 8 is now on my blog
http://lifeandtimesofa12x12addict.blogspot.com/
T.x.

[Daphne]

You can find my nr 7 & 8 right here:
http://to-scrap-or-not-to-scrap.blogspot.com/2007/02/deck-of-me-7-8.html

Loved the one about the shoes...Think I can do a whole deck of cards about them...LOL

[It's Not Easy Being Green]

Here is mine. Obviously I did not go the sentimental route!

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

[valerie]

thought you might like to check out my big sisters she doen't sho them off enough herself
http://knotjustknitting.blogspot.com/

[colleen]

finally got to do mine!
http://brasilianexile.blogspot.com/2007/02/homesick.html

[Carly]

I was out of town and am now catching up! Here are my weeks 7 & 8.

[leslie]

Having a wonderful time doing these! Thanks, Emily (and I'm early this week)
http://oranginadreams.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/challenge-8/

[José (A Dutch Girlsname!)]

Thanks again Emily *love* the prompts!

Here are my cards for week 6, 7 and 8! *shame on me!*

http://jose1985.web-log.nl/jose/2007/02/art_journal_cha.html

[Marie]

Love your card.
Now I've posted week 6, 7 and 8 on my blog.

[karalenn]

Hi Emily! Your card is great. I love all the different personalities in that photo! Here's this week's painting for me. I spent way too much time on it. :)
http://nerd-bucket.blogspot.com

[suzi finer]

you all look so related!

[Heather]

My card did not turn out as I envisioned. (sigh) But the reminiscing was nice. Here's the link.

http://alifesosimple.blogspot.com/2007/02/week-8.html