Believe in Yourself

Here it is, Day 8 of the new year. I finally finished the second challenge in the Month of Challenges at The Lilypad. I'm starting to doubt that I will be able to participate in all 31 challenges for the month, especially since some of them are more challenging and/or time consuming than I expected. For example, today's challenge was a photo technique where you try to make a photo look like it was partially sketched, so a portion of the photo is sketched or watercolored, while the remainder is the actual photo.

For the record, I did attempt to do so, but even following the provided tutorial did not work for me. So I tried to do it another way, which also failed. I finally gave up after about 30 minutes since I had other things to do. I will try to get back to it, but it will depend on whether or not I have enough uninterrupted free time.

Anyway, I did go back and finish the second challenge, which was a layout with art journaling. I don't know how much this qualifies, but it's what I did, lol.

CREDITS

Papers: Awash in Color (Michelle Godin)

Elements: Jumbo Mats Masks and Fall In Love (Michelle Godin); Twenty Four Seven and My Journey (Little Butterfly Wings); Primavera (Gina Miller); A Beautiful Mess Splatters and Ephemera Vintage Transit Tickets (Just Jaimee)

Fonts: Pea Kung Fu Manda

Usually, I don't put actual "real life" elements or photographs on an art journaling layout, but I wanted to try it on one, having seen others do so. I usually just layer stamps and paint and "grunge" the page to do the art journaling effect. Even with the splatters, it seems too "clean" for art journaling, lol. Oh well, art happens! :D