get messy: an art journal challenge | 03

Amazing news. Today we can welcome another creative lady to join us at our art journal challenge: please welcome Olya. It’s fun to see, what everyone is making every week with her art journal in her own style.

This art journal page is my favorite at the moment. The quote is from my page-a-day quote calendar “Today is going to be a great day!“. I had a background with circles in mind and found the perfect patterned papers to fit the quote. Thought about hanging this page as art on my wall.

At the moment I’m a little overwhelmed and do a little bit too much comparing to other IGers or bloggers, so I’m stepping back and take a little break on Pinterest and IG. Sometimes it helps to write down my problem and the solution pops up while writing. Like here, where the solution of simplifying showed in a contrasting page.

Two years ago I gathered these pictures from my favorite bloggers for an inspirational, motivating moodboard. The intention was to think about, how my guide would react or what she or he would do in a difficult situation. On the back of every picture I wrote, what spoke to me from their lifestyle and doing.

For some time it was very helpful, having them in front of me at my desk. Later I took them down and almost forgot about them. Last week I found them in my backlog and was instantly inspired to make a journal page with these pretty photos. I wrote the main reasons for inspiring me on the semi-transparent front page and attached it with washi tape to the back page with the pictures.

Click on the banner to see all posts from the art journal challenge. And don’t forget to visit Olya, Lauren and Caylee‘s posts with their new beautiful art journal pages.