Mom (Julie) celebrated her birthday while she was away last weekend (happy birthday Mom!). She was back in the store today and I gave her the journal I made for her.
This project did not turn out at all like I anticipated... but part of the fun of creating is going with the flow and making changes as you need to, hopefully making something beautiful when all is done! Here's what I created...
This 4x8 journal was all about playing with the fabulous woodgrain texture! I used a journal kit by Studio Calico that comes unbound so you can ink & paint it up and bind it however you like. I used two layers of canvas tape (the top is gapher tape by 7gypsies from my stash) together with some glossy accents to hold it together nice & firm. The inside pages have a great grid design, making this perfect for journaling, sketching and more! I painted the cover with a combination of Claudine Hellmuth paints & Dylusions sprays and finished it off (after adding foam Thickers for lettering) with some Perfect Pearl Mist. I had also sprayed some Red Dylusions after adding my Thickers, which was very obvious when I went to add Crackle Accents to the letters! It turned out to be one of those very cool accidents ;) The bling and that gorgeous felt poppy are both by Prima.
I did a quick tag up with some Dylusions and added Thickers to it as well, then wrapped the journal with some tissue paper & twine. The ribbons on my tag are the new Inkable Crinkable Ribbon which ink up beautifully with Dylusions & Distress Stains!
This project did not turn out at all like I anticipated... but part of the fun of creating is going with the flow and making changes as you need to, hopefully making something beautiful when all is done! Here's what I created...
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