Thursday, August 7, 2025

Sacred Heart Hospital Reunion . . . for Challenge YOUrself and Art Journal Journey Monthly

 Hi everyone! Challenge YOUrself's August challenge is now open! 

Challenge YOUrself #140 runs from August 7th through September 4th at midnight:

This month's theme is to use your stencils!

I used this color wheel stencil that I had in my stash:


and created this 12 x 12 mixed media scrapbook page:

I used an incredible sheet of patterned paper from the 49 and Market's Kaleidoscope collection as the basis of my page. I also used the color wheel stencil with embossing powder to add some raised textures and to go along with Challenge YOUrself's theme. The photo is from a recent Sacred Heart Hospital reunion. We all met at a casual outdoor restaurant on July 10th. It was super hot that day, but you can’t tell from the photo! This was just one of the photos taken - there were at least 30 people there, and it was so great to catch up with nurses, doctors, technologists, social workers, and so many more, from 30 years ago!  

I hope I have inspired you to join in on the fun at Challenge YOUrself this month! We’d love to see your projects with stencils!



I am linking up my page to Art Journal Journey Monthly's August challenge.


This month is being hosted by Chris from Pearshaped Crafting.

Her theme for August is ‘Hot Summer (Nights or Days)!' She was inspired by Neil Diamond’s legendary concert in August 1972!

I had an absolute blast working on this project for Chris’ theme. The photo that I used is a perfect fit for the theme because it was taken outside this past July, and it was scorching hot that day!

I also wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone at AJJ. I’ve been blown away by the talent and creativity of artists from all over the world. Their artwork is truly amazing!

If you’re up for creating a project for AJJ’s August theme, head over to the link above at Art Journal Journey Monthly. You’ll have an amazing time meeting so many talented and friendly artists.

That’s all for today. I hope you’re having a fantastic and creative August!

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Cheers!  

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7 comments:

  1. My name is Erika.August 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM

    First of all, I love the new header Sharon. It is really personalized and beautifully done. And your page is beautifully done too. I like the color wheel detail behind the photo, and I like how you used muted colors this time. You're so versatile when it comes to changing things up. :) I hope August is going well, and thank you for joining Chris challenge at AJJ. hugs-Erika

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  2. Cindy deRosierAugust 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM

    Gorgeous page and I LOVE the new header! Absolutely stunning.

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  3. Sharon MadsonAugust 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM

    Sharon, your layout is absolutely beautiful. It helps that it is my favorite color, but love how you used the stencil. This sounds like a great challenge for this Sharon to get her stencils out and use them! :) Hugs!

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  4. sirkkisAugust 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM

    A great idea to create the art page from the happy meeting with dear friends, Sharon 🤩
    I love your beautiful layout 😘

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  5. Elkes LebensglückAugust 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM

    Beautiful and create this page!

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  6. pearshapedcraftingAugust 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM

    What a fabulous way to remember the meet up with your colleagues from the past! Love the cool colours for your day in the sun, Love, love, love then the new header to your blog. Hugs, Chrisx ps sorry to have only just arrived here!

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  7. MiaAugust 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM

    Beautiful layout! Thank you for entering our challenge at Art Journal Journey.
    Hugs,
    Mia
    Co-administrator for AJJ
    craftartista.blogspot.com {My Blog}

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