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Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, …
Bonjour, et voilà album terminé !! Un album sur notre escapade à Londres, en Amoureux, pour fêter nos 20 ans de mariage ! Je voulais un album dans le même esprit que mon album journaling en Septembre/Octobre 2011, c'est à dire : mettre simplement en...
So I was digging around in my stash yesterday and I was finding so many cool things that I decided to put together a couple of journals for my etsy shop. It's been really empty and lame for far too long. You never really know what you have until you start exploring... at least that's been my experience. No wonder this room is such a mess! These books turned out so great that if they don't sell, I'll be more than happy to keep them for myself. Hee!! That's a win/win situation. They fit perfectly in the hand, substantial enough to feel like you have something important yet small enough to tuck in your bag and take on the road. I love the watercolor paper, and the different kinds of blank sheets, but probably my favourites are the bits of goodies that are stuck in, just begging to be doodled on and thickened up with souvenirs of the day. I purposely used bigger rings than necessary so it has room to grow. I'd love it if you would check them out. Let me know what you think! If they turn out to be popular I'll make a couple of bigger ones next time. I still have plenty of stash left. Here are a couple of sneak previews that aren't in the listings: I hope you're having a fantastic weekend... I'm off to do all the chores I neglected while I was playing working on these. Love Shelley!
Every day, I get questions about the scrapodex and I thought I would do a little post to answer a few of the questions I get. The vintage rolodex that I use holds cards that are 2 1/4" by 4"....
Summer's End by Fancy Pants Fall leaves by Prima My Little Monster by Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker Garden Party by American Cr...
Kim used the Smash divider tabs to divide the journal into each segment of her trip: London, Paris, Wedding, Rome and back to London. Kim has used her Smash Album more in the style of a traditional mini album, scrapbooking...
une ligne par jour • Album/Journal de voyage • vintage enveloppes Journal • Rolodex Scrapbook • bricolage enveloppe livre • More ...
Well, my Daily Junque Journal is getting full. It has also evolved into more of an inspiration journal than a "Smash Book." So, I decided ...
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Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, …
Can you believe that this….. …..was once this: It took a lot of work but now the journal below is FULL of memories, notes, lists, drawings, etc. It is a simple process and you will get so much enjoyment out of it. It would be a fulfilling activity for older children as well. My 2-year-old […]
une ligne par jour • Album/Journal de voyage • vintage enveloppes Journal • Rolodex Scrapbook • bricolage enveloppe livre • More ...
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This tutorial on how to make a recycled envelope journal offers complete instructions on making a one-of-a-kind handmade book using repurposed materials.
une ligne par jour • Album/Journal de voyage • vintage enveloppes Journal • Rolodex Scrapbook • bricolage enveloppe livre • More ...
If you want to preserve memories but aren't quite ready for scrapbooking just yet, this smash book is an easy, unique craft idea! Get smashing!
{ warning: photo heavy post } This past spring I participated in the class Ali Edward's offered online called Scrapbook on the Road . It ...
I LOVE experimenting with making my altered books and one of the things that fascinated me was how to make flip out pages for extra interest and storage. These tips and ideas will work for junk journals too! This walk through tutorial will show the materials and how to make the flips fast and easy.
My second Youtube video. Just a flip through three of my (almost full) Smash books. If you enjoy, please “like” my video! :)
If you want to preserve memories but aren't quite ready for scrapbooking just yet, this smash book is an easy, unique craft idea! Get smashing!
Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, …
une ligne par jour • Album/Journal de voyage • vintage enveloppes Journal • Rolodex Scrapbook • bricolage enveloppe livre • More ...
Old books are very easy to come by at thrift stores and garage sales, and they make the perfect base for creating scrapbooks and journals. You can use the book as is, and just add your own photos, …
A journal spread done in my "Bug Book".
I have been pondering the Perfect Travel Journal for several months. Something you can write in, draw and paint in, personalize, store phot...
Kim used the Smash divider tabs to divide the journal into each segment of her trip: London, Paris, Wedding, Rome and back to London. Kim has used her Smash Album more in the style of a traditional mini album, scrapbooking...
The cover was created using my bird photo. It was collaged and then painted.
I recently started an altered book project that will serve as a journal of my recollected childhood memories. I’m going to show you how I prep my pages and I invite you to play along with me …
Answering one of the most asked questions for junk journal beginners - how do you use your junk journal once you've made it?
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easy altered vintage book
Last summer, my husband and I celebrated our tenth anniversary with a fun and exciting trip to England (to visit family), Denmark (so I could show Dan where I lived and served as a missionary for my church), and Norway (just for fun). A couple of months before, just as we were beginning to plan the trip, I had the luck of getting to go to a Smashbooking class at Creating Keepsakes headquarters, taught by the fantastic Megan Hoeppner. I knew Smashing would be the perfect way to commemorate our upcoming adventure, so as we traveled I saved all our memorabilia so I could include it. Now, my original intention was to create the book as we went along on our trip, gluing in memorabilia and writing up journaling each day. That totally didn't happen. In fact, all of the fun bits and pieces from our trip, as well as my Smashbook, sat in a ziploc bag in my scrapbook room until March, when I went to the ScrapbookUSA Expo for a weekend and decided to make it happen. And I'm so glad I finally did, because I LOVE how it turned out! My Smashbook is heavy on journaling, because I wanted to remember all the little bits of experience we had together, and then lots of pictures and memorabilia. I know that this will be a treasure for Dan and me for the rest of our lives, because it really captures so much about our adventure together. There are a LOT of pages in a Smashbook, and I filled nearly the whole thing. That's a little much for one blog post, so I'm going to break it up into three parts. This first post covers planning the trip and the England leg of the journey. Dan's sister Jana is married to an English guy and they live in London, and my little brother Eric is married to an English girl and they live about an hour south of London, so we had lots of wonderful people to see. I doodled this title page during the class at Creating Keepsakes. I adhered this brochure into the book in such a way that it could fold out entirely. Then I used the interior to add more pictures. Smashbooking is so fun! It stretches your creative muscles in a whole new way. I'll post the pages from Denmark and Norway over the next few days and link them up here!
I had several requests to post a tutorial for my Graphic 45 Pencil Bound ABC Primer Mini Album, so here it is! you will need some drink coasters or chipboard for a base Paper cut to size for both sides of coaster base pencil ruler measuring tape-fabric or plastic colorbox chalk tape scissors My First Ticondergoa Pencils-or any round object tacky glue Find out how much tape you will need with a about a half inch extra on both sides for attaching mine was 3 icnhes cut 21 (6 per page x 3 pages and 3 for the cover page) I find the center of my page and then measure out accordingly I make sure they are spaced evenly then I mark both side- i like to color it in to make it easier to see then i use one page as a template to do the others- at this pint I ink all of my edges with colorbox chalk. add a little tacky glue to each marked space- I use tacky glue doe to its good hold- tape adhesives do not seem to work as well-use them at your own risk! For your cover page you only need 3 tabs- i put and x on them to remind me glue only 3 tabs to your cover page stick em down! I use pencil to line them up perfectly then continue on to the other pages-i stack them as I go and use my pencil to make little adjustments as needed- set aside to dry then I bust out my Xyron creative station and line all of my cardstock pages. You can use tape runner for this instead lay it over the top of the tabs you just glued down trim any excess if needed Continue to do the rest of the pages-one side only!!-Covering the tabs you have already made TIP! I like to number my bases with my cardstock to match them up easier After you glued all of the sides with tabs, you will now want to glue down the other side of the tabs to the backs Double check to make sure you have sliding room, should fit loose enough to slide easily-to tight and your pages wont turn easily The nice thing about using a measuring tape is you know exactly where each tabs needs to be glued repeat for all of your pages. You should have 4 pages 3 with 6 tabs each one with 3 tabs- your cover Now take your cover Page A and place a top your second Page B I bend the tabs to make it easier to see- bend the three to the right (tabs 1,2,and 3) Start by going thorough the first tab of page B, then the first tab of page A -please note I mistakenly call page A, page B on this pic! sorry! keep going, alternating through page A and B got it right this time! and finally last tab of page A You should look like this now! Three empty tabs on page B Now place page C on top of page B and do the same thing, alternating through the tabs and again.... and that will leave your back page with the three tabs, just run the last pencil though all three tabs now you have this! take a piece of thin twine and weave it through the pencils tie it in a tight knot repeat on other side-dont worry if it goes all wonky, you can straighten it up as you go. if you like you can put a small dab of glue where the knot is, to seal the knot and make sure it is adhered to pencil-but a tight knot usually does the job my cover page Hope you will give it a try!
You can see some of my finished journals in the last 2 posts. Start with a hardback book. Just a quick cut with an exacto knife and all the pages are out. I save the pages and use them to create new pages for the journals and other art. It’s like a giant stack of […]
First of all, I have to apologize for the delay in this post. I should have put a disclaimer at the end of my last post, “subject to internet availability”. Yes, one of the downfalls of…
i decided to list something a bit different; it's a 6" X 8.25" basic reader from 1951 that i have added pockets and papers to. it creates an album journal that will hold lots of photos, memorabilia and places to...
Ok, I will admit that this doesn't look quick and easy. But it is! As you may remember, I've confessed to being inept at time management. It was the day (eve) before our Disney trip,
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