Art Journal Page Number 4

There's No Place Like Home!  This was inspired from a rather stressful grocery shopping trip in which I swear I was having a panic attack from all of the people! I also used a saying that is on a magnet that my daughter-in-law has on her fridge.

On this page I tried the method of spreading paint around with an old credit card.  I knew I saved those fake plastic ones they send you in the mail for something!  After I painted, I glued on some butterflies punched from pages from an old book.  I cut out images I had in my stash from an old Daisy D's line.  I added the fun sticker cows, and stamped the words.  I drew "flight" swirlies and the music for the bird.  I had a doily that I Glimmer Misted for a project and then never used, so  I thought it made a good sun.  I have to admit, when I first painted the page, I had no idea where it was going, but then I went shopping...

Stay crafty, my friends!

Strathmore Pad Mini Album

I found a cool way to make a mini album, and I am going to show you what I did with it.  I found a tutorial here, by Paperkitz, on YouTube.  Then, I went straight to Michael's and bought the sketch pad.

 I used a Webster's Pages Farmer's Market paper pack for this book, although I did add 2 papers from Basic Grey because I needed a few more pieces than I had.  For the cover I used some Bazzill chipboard letters, Recollections bling, Petaloo flowers, and a Recollections Butterfly.  It is soooo dimensional!

 Another view...

 This is going to be picture heavy, sorry!

 Some pages are just left without any pockets, and covered.  She shows how to make a trifold page, and I put a butterfly punch out to create a pull tab.

 Some pages have pockets...

 This page on the right is folded so that the other side has another interactive piece.

 Here is that page opened.

 She shows also how to make the long, skinny pockets.

 This page is folded, then adhered to another page, creating a fold out and a pocket.

 And another one on the other side.  Another long pocket also.

 This fold out has a pocket with a tag.

 This pocket is a diagonal one.  I inked everything with Distress Ink, and used a MS edge punch for a lot of the tags.

 This little mini pocket is cool...here it is, just sitting there looking cute...

 Then it opens to the right, and there is a pocket...

 Then it flips up.

 This is a double layered pocket.

 And a little mini pocket fold page.

 Another trifold page.

 Another long pocket.

 This trifold page is adhered to the page on the left, so it creates a pocket also.

There it is!  This is going to my son's girlfriend.  I am going to fill it with our family favorite recipes.  And, yes, she asked me for them!  LOL!
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Art Journal Page, Number 3

 I am learning some new techniques.  I don't think I like this page, it came out a lot darker than I would have liked.  Oh well, that is why they call it learning.  I tried the techniques I read by Traci Bunkers in Pages magazine.  I put some clippings of flowers on the page, then  I painted the page with purple acrylic paint mixed with water, then used some blue.  After it dried, I tried to use the bubble wrap technique, I need some practice with that. I used some $1 stamps from Michael's also.

 I did the title with stickers, then hand wrote the entries for the day.  I did the "Currently" type of journaling that is all over the net.  I can't seem to find where it originally started, but I first saw it on Creativity Prompt.  My stamp pad is needing some reinking, too.

I highlighted the topics in black and white boxes.

So, that's it for this one.  I am having fun with this, and am enjoying this so much.  I am learning, so I am hoping this will get better, and easier for me.  I think the next page is going to be the credit card - scrape the paint around technique.  Wish me luck.

Stay crafty, My Friends!

Double Zine Fold Mini Album, Part Two

Here is the finished album!

 I had leftover papers from a Button Farm Kit that I had bought, so I thought I would use it up.  I also had some dimensional stickers from K and Co. and a Jolee's Passport book that I used as well.  The tags are from a LSS and the seam binding is from 7 Gypsies.

 Here is the other side of the book.

 And here are the pages.  I created a mini pocket with a sticker and some extra paper.  The tags in this pocket are the bottoms of the tags that I had to cut off to make them fit,  that are in the top pockets.

 More pockets on one of the pages.

 I love the filmstrip stickers!

 More pockets created, one to hold the Passport book.

 I cut the tags to fit, then inked and put stickers  on them.  These are the tags from the pockets that open to the top of the book.

 These pockets come out of the side of the book.

 I decided to fold these and create more space for pictures.

Thanks for looking!  I think that this turned out pretty cute!  This would make a cute little journal for a day trip.

Stay Crafty, My Friends!

The New "Double Zine Fold" Mini Album, Part One

I have another project in the works.  I have seen double sided mini albums around the net, where one side opens, and then you turn the book over and it is another mini album.  You know, the ones where the back cover is actually the front cover of the other side of the book...are you confused?  I am!  HAHA!   Anyway, I was playing with a new way to fold a mini album and I figured out how to do it, and I want to share it with you.

This one is made out of a paper bag, my practice model, if you will.  See how the two sides have pages, and a common "back of the album" in the middle?

Just another view of the practice model.  I wanted to create a "two albums in one" kind of thing, and I thought that the "zine fold" would be perfect.   This is made with one sheet of paper, you can use any size you like.  Here is what I did...

 I have these huge 12x15 1/2" envelopes.  I sealed it after removing the metal clasp.

 Then I cut the right side off, and opened the sides so that it would be one long piece.  You need seven equal sections to create the pages of the book.  I measured the length of my now opened envelope, and did some math.  I trimmed it from 31" to 29 3/4 total length.  That length divided by 7 gave me 4 1/4" lengths.  This is the width of my pages.  Since the envelope is 12" wide, after folding in half, my pages are 6" tall.

 This just shows the paper folded in half lengthwise, then sectioned off into 7 equal pages of 4 1/4" each.

I scored, and folded things to show this next part easier...you need to make two slits in the middle scoreline, keeping the left, center and right pieces intact.

 Now, do the zine fold.

 You will end up with this...

  Now just fold one side one direction, and the other the opposite way.  TAA DAA!  Now you have two books in one if you want, each with 7 pages and three pockets.

Part two will show you what I came up with after using my papers and other embellishments.

Stay Crafty, My Friends!