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Okay beautiful creative people!!! We made it to the end of this blog hop!!! Crazy right? The month has flown by and I'm thrilled at how much art journaling I've been able to do. It's kinda mind boggling. It's also the last day to get the December Mini Class for free if you sign up for the year long Journey Within, so go sign up and have a whole extra month of videos, tutorials, and inspiration. Today's final spread was a great one to end with because I got to spend time doodling and coloring and meditating on the year to come. Plus, it's from a lovely artist that I've been following since I started following artists on social media. TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from iHanna “I love to hand paint repeating patterns in my art journal, especially dots. Around my studio my desk is polka dotted, and quite a few of the pages in my art journal have had their fair share of dots this year. If you have the time before the year ends, please join Kiala and me and make a page with polka dots. Big, small, one color or all the colors on your palette – just dive into it. Make it simple and fun, maybe the last page of the year… Have fun with all the dots you can dream up and paint!" Here's my page spread...  This was so much fun. This page and this entire blog hop. If you want to see what Hanna made for this challenge, check here out HERE. I'm so grateful and honored to create with these amazing ladies this year. They each bring a unique gift to the class and I know we are going to have a fabulous time art journaling this year. Now, if you missed it, here's the list again of all the teachers. Check them out and join us for the 2016 Journey Within: A Year of Handmade Art Journals -- we start TOMORROW!!!! HERE'S THE LINE UP December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs DAY THIRTY-->December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu Want to win a seat in the 1st Quarter of the class? That's three months of the amazing journey. We've already started making our books and gathering in the Google+ community. WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Stay tuned for more giveaways this month (It's my birthday month!!!) 
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As an art journaler I'm always looking for ways to grow and push myself artistically. One of the areas that I know I can develop more is collage. So earlier this year I took an online class with altered book artist, Virginia Simpson-Magruder. She taught us how to establish a daily creative practice using collage. I learned so much about the ends and outs of collage and even started a small collaged journal. So when I thought about bringing guest teachers on board, I knew immediately that I would ask Virginia to join us. She has an amazing daily creative practice and her style of teaching is wonderfully fresh and authentic. Here's the challenge Virginia gave me: TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from Virginia Simpson-Magruder I use images of pathways when I am journaling or working in my altered books. In fact I created an entire altered book course called "Altered Book Portals" around using portals -- windows, doorways, gates, paths, stairs -- as a way to see your world, your interests, and your dreams. Paths have always beckoned to me -- whether it be a woodland path, a deer trail meandering through the trees, a freshly mown swath of grass, a bricked garden path, or stone pavers around the corner of a house. Paths speak of new beginnings, old familiar routes, unexplored territories and well-traveled roads. The challenge is to create a path through one or several page spreads in your journal and use the path as a journal prompt:
Here's what I did:  How can you use a pathway in your next art journal page? Or maybe you've used them in earlier art journal pages. Either way, let's see how pathways show up in your art journal. There is only one more day remaining for the blog hop. Make sure to check out all the teachers. Some of them are giving away seats for the class!!! HERE'S THE LINE UP December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art DAY TWENTY-EIGHT-->December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu Are you creating with me this month? Tell me so I can check it out. Follow me on Instagram -- @kialagives and use the hashtag #journeywithin2016 -- see you there. Are you joining us for the class? Let's make journals and be in community together. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US. See you there.  Hello Beautiful Creative People!!!! Kiala here with another AMAZING blog hop that I'm doing with some artistic lovelies who I just adore and can't wait to teach with. Well, to be completely honest, these are some BADASS artistic women who create to empower themselves and others -- and that's a mission I can get on board with. Our BADASS leader, Tiare Smith (a.k.a. iamclassygirl) has brought together 14 creatives to bring you one amazing e-course where you will create ONE BADASS ART JOURNAL. And yours truly is one of those teacher, so hold on to your hats -- it's about to get really real up in here!!! :-)  One BADASS Art Journal is all about empowering you to create! We will become BADASS Art Journalers, play with BADASS art journaling techniques, and learn from BADASS instructors! Here's the list of instructors and their blog hop dates:
JOIN US TODAY!!! The links on this post are affiliate links and I get credit if you use my link to purchase the class. WOOT WOOT!!! In this workshop you will:
• get 16 badass art lessons • learn wonderful mixed media techniques • be infused with confidence and creativity • learn great tips and tricks you can use again and again • play with a variety of tools, adding to your skills • experience beautiful color combinations and blending techniques • make badass art journal pages Every year around this time we are all gearing up to say what we will start doing in the New Year and what we will stop doing. We call these resolutions. I'm not a fan of resolutions, so I started setting intentions about 3 years ago and haven't looked back. When I set an intention, it's less specific and more about how I want to feel at the end of the next year. It's more about being on a journey to know myself better. So when Lisa McLoughlin gave me this amazing challenge, I was super excited to create this page and start thinking about what my intentions are for 2016. I had fun and really dug deep on this one. I also created with Lisa's art as my guiding inspiration. Here's the challenge she gave me: TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from Lisa McLoughlin I invite you to work with the Plant Ally Card Bugle which is all about setting Intentions. Read the description on the back of the card with 2016 in mind. On a piece of paper I invite you to write all the intentions and inspirations you have for 2016 (a kind of riff and flow of consciousness). Cut the piece of paper into shapes (possibly a flower or plant ) and use it as a collage on your art journal page. Add any colour and embellishments. Here's the card Lisa pulled for me:  Here's my page...  I found it lovely that Lisa's day brought me to the center of one half of my Dos-a-Dos art journal. I loved having lots of room to play. What a treat. And what you can't see in the photo is that I started with a book page that had my intentions written on it, then I painted over it and cut it into the heart shapes. So the hearts are my intentions. I'm thrilled with this page and the words around the edge are from a bag I own that has a quote on it by Mary Anne Radmacher. The quotes reads... Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Have you started setting intentions for the year? What are you waiting for? Use Lisa's challenge to get you started. Okay, we only have two more days of challenges left. I'll see you back here on the 28th. Until then, make sure to check out all the teachers in the blog hop. HERE'S THE LINE UP December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios DAY TWENTY-THREE-->December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu Are you creating with me this month? Tell me so I can check it out. Follow me on Instagram -- @kialagives and use the hashtag #journeywithin2016 -- see you there. Are you joining us for the class? Let's make journals and be in community together. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US. See you there.  Okay, so here we are 3 days before Christmas in the U.S. and I haven't purchased one item to cook for the "big" day. It's okay though because this year, it's just me and Damon so we are keeping it light and easy. I do have the menu planned though. Here's what I'm planning:
So when Yuko Miki gave me my art journal challenge, I was thrilled. I've been taking a sketching class with Andrea Gomoll (her challenge was on day 9) and while I'm still new to sketching, I thought this was a chance to see what I've learned so far. TODAY'S CHALLENGE -- from Yuko Miki The challenge -- draw your favorite holiday or winter foods in any medium you choose. Sounds simple enough, huh? Well, it took me a lot longer than I thought. First, it took me forever to narrow down my favorites -- I have so many. I knew immediately that I was going to sketch and use watercolor, so that was easy. Then, the drawing. WHEW -- that took me some time too and lots and lots and lots of erasing. But the process was amazing. I realized that I've learned a lot from Andrea's class even in this short amount of time I've been in it. That felt good to reinforce my learning with a bit of practice. Let's face it, we can't get better at anything if we don't practice. Here's my page:  That was fun. Now "show" me your favorite holiday foods. I might need to add to my list. Okay, we are in the final stretch, so make sure to check out all the teachers in the blog hop. HERE'S THE LINE UP December 1 -- Mimi Bondi -- MimiBondi.com December 2 -- Cindy Gilstrap -- Junque Art Studios December 4 -- Tiare Smith -- TiareSmith.com December 7 -- Julie Baker -- Creatively Onward December 8 -- Amanda Trought -- Reality Arts December 9 -- Andrea Gomoll -- Cre8tive Cre8tions December 10 -- Nicole Piar -- GhostKitten.com December 11 -- Lisa DeYoung -- Mountain Mermaid Studios December 15 -- Kelly Johnson -- Wings, Worms, and Wonder December 16 -- Tori Weyers -- DrawRiot.com December 17 -- Sadelle Wiltshire -- Tangle Vermont December 18 -- Barb Owen -- HowToGetCreative.com December 21 -- Hali Karla -- HaliKarla.com DAY TWENTY-TWO-->December 22 -- Yuko Miki -- Honeyberry Studios December 23 -- Lisa McLoughlin -- Lisa McLoughlin Art December 28 -- Virginia Simpson-Magruder -- Kentucky Girl Designs December 30 -- iHanna -- iHanna.nu Are you creating with me this month? Tell me so I can check it out. Follow me on Instagram -- @kialagives and use the hashtag #journeywithin2016 -- see you there. Are you joining us for the class? Let's make journals and be in community together. CLICK HERE TO JOIN US. See you there.  |
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