Art to Heart Workshop
Hi there and Welcome to my Art to Heart Workshop: A year long scrapbook journey to peace, joy, and inner beauty.
First of all, I don’t want you to think of me as a life coach or something similar… but rather I want you to know that I am on this journey with you. I hope it will change my life from the inside out as much as I hope it will change yours. This idea has been in my heart for the longest time – 10 years in fact. Ten years ago I started my blog called HE(ART) and my intention as always been to incorporate my faith and what’s in my heart with my art. That part has not changed one bit. I think now more than ever I feel that my heart message is formulated in a way that I can communicate it in the only way I really know how: Through my art.
Thank you, first of all for investing in this Workshop. 🙂 Now, I would love to tell you more about it:
Over the years I have learned that joy and peace do not simply show up in life: It’s something that needs to be sought after and cultivated in a very specific and unique manner. It sometimes simply requires a shift in focus or an adjustment in attitude and it always brings joy and peace and is seldom hard work. The smallest change in perception is a miracle. This is exactly what the content part of this workshop will be all about: small changes, simplicity, and honesty. When you give yourself permission to speak/write/create your truth it is one of the most freeing things in the world. And it brings about so much joy and peace.
For me personally, I cannot imagine these subtle and simple changes happening in my life without the Bible. I really don’t mean to offend anyone with what I am about to write but this is my truth: God’s Word has been the single most amazing influence in my life over the last 25 years. To me reading the Word is an experience. It’s life giving. It’s joy and peace and every good emotion. It’s always timely and even when I feel disciplined it’s a feeling of joy. It has never disappointed me. Even when I thought things would work out differently than it did. I always felt comforted, cheered and encouraged. I am not interested in religion – meaning doctrine and rules and when to sit and when to stand and on what day to go to church and what church to attend and when to take communion and when to be baptized. I feel that everyone has a right to believe as they want on all these things. I have lots of grace for different point of views. What I am interested in and what I want to explore in this class is the experience of joy and peace which leads to inner beauty. 1 Peter 3:3-4 (AMP) Let not your (beauty) be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; 4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God.
I want us to explore together how to get there: A gentle and peaceful spirit which is not anxious or wrought up. If this is something that you want more of in your life then this workshop is for you.
How and what does this journey look like?
The content part of my layouts will be deep and meaningful but another BIG part will be the creating part. I am all in for this workshop and because I am not teaching a specific technique I will give myself the freedom to really make the most beautiful layouts of my scrapbook career. I will create cut files and printables and these will all be very specific to the content but I heard you when you gave me feedback on my questions and I think most of the products I design will not be Bible verses. Some, but not all. 🙂 We will be doing self-reflective pages so yes, in a way it’s all about you. You might need some pictures of you! My idea is to add all my layouts that I create for this workshop into their own album. I think it will be a beautiful legacy to leave behind.
Every month expect:
- 4 Scrapbook Process videos – a Dare, a Prayer, for Fun and a Sticky Bun. (or sometimes a Cinnamon Bun)
- 1 Inspirational Video
- Free Products (Cut files and Printables)
- All the content to be in the classroom by the 5th of the month.
This is a journey into our hearts and minds. This is a journey to discover the smallest shifts in perspective that will change our lives forever. It is possible and I would love for you to come and discover it with me.
Much Love
The downloads for every month will be under LESSON MEDIA in the first video of every month: The Inspirational video.
COUPON for ARTVENTURE: artventure2heart to buy the new yearlong class at $10 off.
Quick Find Index:
September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August
Lessons
Index, Reference & Products
This is the INDEX LESSON! Here you will find: 1. The Free Class product downloads under Lesson Media 2. A thumbnail reference of all the layouts and relevant lesson and 3. Some reference videos that will explain some technical aspects
August: Not Forgotten
Hello! This past month I was photographing a wedding and even though it’s one of my very favorite things to do, it is also sometimes one of the hardest things. Having gone through a divorce with no other family here in Canada except for my three girls, weddings does amplify the fact that I am alone. I came home after it and I just said to God I feel forgotten. Those exact words. The next day, these words in Isa 49 caught my eye…
August: The Layouts
This month our focus is: I AM NOT FORGOTTEN! What a joy this thought brings to my heart and my mind! I actually had a day this past month where I felt invisible… and reading these words in Isa 49 made me cry. It really touched my heart deeply and I knew that I wanted to make it the theme for August. I think it’s the perfect message to end this year with! My dare to you is to add a photo of you inside a hand to remind you that your picture is tattooed in both of God’s hands. He looks at you continually. You are deeply loved.
July: BLOOM.
Hello! This month we talk about what it means to bloom. And what to do when you are NOT blooming. We all have areas that needs some cultivating. I know I do. I am SO excited about this month. I am a little concerned (!!) that the products excite me more than the message. But in the end the two work together perfectly well. In the end, I want to my life to feel like these flourishes look. Imagine that.
July: The Layouts
This month we focus on blooming. Bloom where you are planted. In the DARE, I dare you to think about what it means for you, personally, to bloom where you are planted. It’s so easy to be critical of our towns or cities or countries. But one thing I know for sure is that going to another town or city or county will not make you more happy. You go with you….
June: My Shepherd
Psalm 23 has been such a comfort for me over the years and especially the last 2 years. I am sure many of you can relate to this. I just want to dive into it a bit more this month and really contemplate and chew on it for a bit. “What does this means” to me is a bit of a theme this month. Psalm 23 (AMP) The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. He makes…
June: The Layouts
Welcome to the Month of June! This month we will start with the end in mind… I printed all my journaling on cardstock before I started the layouts and the results are really lovely. This is a great way to start a layout. Make sure you watch the little tech video right in the beginning. I hope you make along this month… and I hope the pages inspire you!
May: Amazing Grace
MAY is here! This month our theme is GRACE. I am a little frustrated in the sense that I know in my heart of heart that I have not scratched the surface of Grace. I think it will be a lifelong pursuit to fully grasp the amazingness of Grace. In this Inspirational video, I will share with you only 6 verses about grace and these are the ones that have inspired…
May: The Layouts
Where does God Grace find you? I think sometimes we don’t even see it becuase we don’t look for it. I have had to do some pretty hard things the last year and yet, I came through it. I am ok. That to me is grace. In this layout, I want us to explore and look for that amazing grace in our lives. If you are in a good place right now, then see God’s grace in every detail. Be deeply thankful…
Apr: Warrior/Worrier
It’s APRIL! Where’s the year going already? I am so excited about this month’s content! WELCOME! This month we will be waging war! I know our battle is not against flesh and blood but I really want to focus on ourselves: Let’s make sure WE are not our biggest enemy. I really believe the enemy whispers words into our ears all day long and what we DO with those thoughts and words will have a HUGE impact…
April: The Layouts
My weapon of choice is God’s Word. I love Heb 4:12: For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging…
March: Adventure!
Hello and welcome to the month of March! As I am finishing up this month’s content, i am about to go to South Africa and as I will only be back end of February, I wanted to get everything done early. Out theme is Adventure. I hope this month inspire you so much! I am deeply in love with this class as I totally…
March: The Layouts
This month is all about ADVENTURE and being open to new things! With God, everything is such a wonderful adventure. We are sometimes so scared for new things. We choose the comfort zone over and over again even if it does not serve us. I knew for a long time in my heart that I needed to make some changes but it was too scary to step out in faith. The best news for us is that sometimes it’s really great to step out. What we feared…
Feb: LOVELOVELOVE!
Hello and welcome to the February Content of this year long workshop! This month the theme is LOVE! of course. Valentines day is just around the corner. But we will be looking at love a bit deeper this time around: I love this verse: Col 3: 12-14 So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness…
February: The Layouts
This month is all about LOVE! Love is sometimes complicated and one thing I know for sure is that Love is not always a feeling. It’s an act of your will. So for this dare, I want you to look at your self love and how much compassion you have for yourself and I want you to write about it and contemplate it. Maybe you are where I was a few years back considering yourself …
Jan: Beauty for Ashes!
Beauty For Ashes! HAPPY NEW YEAR! as we start this new year, I want to look and contemplate this wonderful promise that God gave us… fulfilled in Jesus: Isa 61. NKJV “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them…
January: The Layouts
What does it mean for you to THRIVE? That’s what we are looking at in this page. I am using lots of glitter and stars for the layouts this month just becuase that’s what January reminds me of. In my layout, I gave thanks that I not only survived 2015, but I thrived. I also wrote out a wonderful truth found in Phil 4:13 AMP: I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].
Dec: Inspiration PEACE!
Peace! Tis month is all about peace. I talk about it in the video here. I have found that if I don’t make it an active pursuit then it does not happen by itself. There’s habits and ways we have to adapt and accept to live a more peaceful life. One thing that I love to do is to leave myself lots of breathing room. This always makes
December: The Layouts
In this lesson you will find 4 process videos where we make layouts and a canvas all about peace. I hope that you make peace a pursuit in your life and I also hope that you find it! Go after it! Taking the time by being creative contemplating it will do you heart good. This lesson has 4 videos and the total length of the videos is 80 minutes.
Nov:WAIT WHAT?
Hello! And welcome to the month of November! This month we are focusing on WAIT WHAT? Waiting is not fun. No one ever wakes up and think… YAY! Today I get to learn patience! Yet, it’s one of those things that brings out the best in us. When ever I realize that I need to be patient I think of Calvin and Hobbs and the whole “building character” thing. Believe me, I am so not there. I am totally…
November: The Layouts
Let’s give thanks. In this layout, we will be exuberant with our thanksgiving. It’s one thing to say thank you for a few things but a totally different thing to say thank you for a 100 things. That’s exactly what we will be doing in this DARE Lesson. I want you to go deeper than merely superficial gratitude. I want you to feel an emotion of THANK YOU for each thing that you write down…
Oct: God’s heart for me?
So last month was all about what’s in my heart and this Month is all about what God thinks about me. This might be new news to some of you and to those of you who knows this wonderful news, you will be reminded why we call it the GOOD NEWS. I loved working on this month’s content and as I was working new ideas for the coming months just keep on coming to mind. Here’s a list of all the scriptures…
Oct: The Dare
Personalizing the good news is sometimes harder than we think. But in this layout we will make it easy. The true version of this quote is: The smallest change in perception is a miracle. We often disregard small steps in the right direction becuase we are so geared towards instant gratification. Taking the first steps again and again is a…
Oct: The Prayer
Proverbs 16:3 says: Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. I love this verse so much I know it by heart. In this lesson, we will make a prayer layout where our prayer is To see what He sees, to think like He thinks…
Oct: For Fun
This layout almost reminds me of a valentine layout… so in essence it’s a little love letter to yourself. The idea here is opening your heart and the fragments of the heart symbolizes that. I absolutely love Psalm 18: 20-24 MSG God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I’m alert to God’s ways…
Oct: Sticky Bun
This month we have another Sticky Bun! There is really a wonderful thing that happens once you actually act out a spiritual principle. That’s the idea for this page. I really want to make more of these layouts where our art is a spiritual exercise. (I think I should write out the word exercise a 100 times as I can never remember how to spell it). This layout is a good example
Sept: What’s in your heart?
Just a NOTE: ALL this month’s downloads are in this lesson under Lesson Media! Welcome to the first Month! This month we will be focusing on What’s in your heart? We will be making 4 layouts but first here’s the Inspirational Video. If you watched it in the free preview, then start at the 10:45 mark to finish watching it. Above is also the song I reference in my video and I am including the lyrics to the song below. It’s beautiful! I am not going to write…
September: The Dare
There are dreams that we are will to share with the world…but then there are dreams (and secret petitions) that we will not ever have the courage to say out loud. How do I know this? From my own experience. I remember making a similar layout about 11 years ago where I wrote my dreams and secret petitions on a piece of paper and folded it over to hide it. I can vaguely…
September: A Prayer
As I have said in the Inspirational video for this month, I love Gal 2:20 (AMP) that says I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by Adherence to and Reliance on and complete Trust in) the Son of God, Who loved…
September: For Fun
I mentioned the quote in the Inspirational part that says: If your dream does not scare you it’s not big enough. I really believe this is true. We tend to think that becuase we can not imagine how it can come true that it’s not worth even thinking about it. I read a book by Kristin Armstrong called happily ever after and she asked God the WHY ME? question…
Septembe: Sticky Bun
The Last Lesson for this month is a bit of a hard one. I remember the day when I took the courage and really for the first time wrote all the hard questions to God in my journal. It was an amazing experience: Almost like the bursting of a dam wall. It felt so good to tell Him that I have no clue, no direction, no idea how to navigate life. It was an enormous release to…
Preview: Art2Heart
Free Preview
I thought to give you a little FREE preview about the class and here’s some of my thoughts about how I want to approach the workshop. Please enjoy! I hope that you will join me in the class. Please remember that the sale on the class is only till September 15, 2015. If you have any questions about the workshop that you feel I did not cover in the video, please leave me a comment below