So, Just WHAT IS Faithbooking & Faith Journaling???

Faithbooking, or spiritual scrapbooking is a creative expression
of a person's spiritual journey, values and events
that are captured in scrapbooks,or journals that combine the use of photographs, decorated papers, scripture, thoughts, prayers, blessings,
stories and embellishments such as buttons,
ribbon and other creative art media.
The goal of faithbooking is to creatively preserve and tell a story about how a person grows spiritually.  Many religions such as 

Christianity & Judaism  have adopted the concept of faithbooking.

  Here are a few of my "faithbooking" scrapbook pages:

And "Faith Journaling"??? WHAT is THAT?

As much as Art Journaling has taken the internet 

and scrapbook world by a storm, Faith Journaling is fairly new

in the broad sense. 

Many people have kept a journal for years,

recording their struggles, questions 

and triumphs related to their faith walk. 

Combining that with artistic expressions is what Faith Journaling is about!

  It is not just quoting verses, or platitudes.

It is about being more transparent- 

showing the REAL side of walking in faith. 

That means our imperfections are exposed, t

hat means being a bit more vulnerable

than we usually are in our scrapbook or even art journal pages.

It means being REAL and Authentic. 

It is liberating to admit the ups and downs, 

to record the valley days as well as mountain top moments. 

AND the plugging away  hours inbetween the two.  These 

pages may be digital or paper or even hybrid. Today's

examples are digital. I will post some paper ones

next time I discuss Faith Journals

Here are some digital  Faith Journal pages:

NEW LINE of Designs:

  I am releasing my first fully designed  Faith Journaling kit on Friday.

It is dedicated to Faith Journaling, and is also applicable to Faithbooking. 

The journey has been  many years to get to this point. 

And it is just a beginning. 

I don't know for sure where it will all lead, 

I just know it is what I am supposed to do. 

I hope you will enjoy  Adversity's Advantage 

when it comes out at Go Digital Scrapbooking on Friday, and 

that you will begin to Faith Journal as well! :)

My GRAND OPENING at Go Digital Scrapbooking SALEabration!

        This is a once, MAYBE twice a year

discount on my shoppe-

Several new releases. You won't want to miss this one!  

One week only.

Mermaid Dreams is in the shoppe!

And  starting TUESDAY,  a giveaway on my blog open to all "followers".

HEY! NEW Store, NEW Artful Scrapping Challenge!!!

I am hosting our first Artful Scrapping Outside the Box challenge here at G.D.S.!
If you have never created an art journal page,
an Artist Trading Card, an altered book, or made a hybrid project,
then THIS challenge is for YOU! If you are skilled at those things, this challenge is ALSO for YOU!
We will have some step by steps for beginners,
and the experienced scrap artists can chime in with hints and helps.
Our first challenge is posted in the forum HERE


Hints: To make your page more "art journal-ly",
often you will see hand drawn/painted accents and backgrounds mixed with photographic ads,
images and ephemera. And note in the inspiration thread "journaling" can be done all over the page,
ANYWHERE- not just in a "journal spot".
{Ephemera is things people collect such as old postcards, posters, and bus tickets,
which were only intended to last a short time when they were produced- normally items
from "real life" such as tickets, reciepts, postcards, photos, etc. }

I have a sampler for you if you would like to use it. It has one paper with the page accents shown.

http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_dnld_info&cPath=29_180&products_id=9363

taken from my newest release Mermaid Dreams




There is a coupon for the sampler in the challenge thread here.
A Randomly generated entry will be chosen at the end of the month to receive ONE of my art journaling kits for FREE.