Journaling

These bee tags and tickets are wicked cool and super fun to use in your junk journals or mixed media! I wanted some pretty graphics that I could print out and use in my artwork and figured why not share them with my peeps! You can use these in your personal art AND in finished …

Super fun free printable Halloween tags and tickets for your Halloween Junk Journal, Mini Album or Altered book. These are free to use in your work and even finished books that you are selling! Includes skulls, vintage ladies, day of the dead and of course, pumpkins! Why I NEED Halloween Ephemera My birthday is 2 …

This was such a fun junk journal to make! I used 3 primary colors, orange, black and green, with a little blue thrown in for fun! It has dangles and charms, tags and tickets, as well as tuck spots, pockets and a flip open cover. Halloween Junk Journal Video Check out this full flip through …

I have had SO MANY questions about how to do magazine collage, I thought I would do an entire process video to show you how I do my modern steampunk art. Hopefully this will help spark some creativity in your artwork too! Magazine Collage Process Video I love seeing how a piece of artwork comes …

Halloween is such a fun visual holiday that can make for amazing written journaling or mixed media junk journaling! Whether you have kids or are dressing up as an adult, or have amazing decorations, here are some fun journal writing prompts for Halloween! Halloween Themes Halloween Colors For Mixed Media & Journaling Here are the …

This year I decided to do my vision board as an art journal that I could add to and create in all year long (while seeing my goals all the time!) Here are my best tips and ideas for making a mixed media, magazine collage art journal. What Is A Vision Board? A vision board …

This was FUN project that let me use washi tape, acrylic paint, paint markers and embossing. It is colorful and fun ephemera that will add a pop anywhere I put them! Tips and ideas for how to make these for your junk journals, mixed media or mini albums! Broken Hearts and Shooting Stars I was …

I thought it would be fun to use my tag punches for making a a snazzy pocket in my junk journal. It turned out even better than I thought! I used the tag punches to embellish my journal pocket AND add some dangly ribbons to stick out the bottom! How I Thought of This One! …

I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to use only magazine images and Distress water based dye ink to make backgrounds, papers and ephemera for a daily journal page! Collage ideas for using magazine collage with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads in your mixed media artwork. Challenge “Rules” I am making a “challenge …

Tips and ideas for how to use embossing in your magazine collage pages. I used three different kinds of embossing techniques in this page and I LOVE how it turned out! It added some fun extra texture and color to the page. How To Use Embossing In Magazine Collage Full Video What Is Embossing? Embossing …

I wanted to do a project with my Free printable bee ephemera, and after taking a Dina Wakley class I thought that using my Gloss Sprays would be a great way to combine my bees and the projects I had made in class! Here are my best tips and ideas for using gloss sprays in …

Starting a gratitude journal will change your life and open your eyes to everything around you that is good with the world. But sometimes you can get “stuck” figuring out what to feel grateful for. Here are tips and ideas along with journal questions that can get your wheels turning for your gratitude journal! What …

I thought you might like to see how I make paperclip dangles with lots of charms and decorations. I love making these kinds of embellishments to add to my junk journals and altered books. VIDEO :: How To Make Paperclip Dangles How To Make Paperclip Dangles When I started doing paper crafts I thought there …

How I used a cardboard base and lots of grommets, brads, eyelets, and binder rings to make a wicked cool junk journal! Tips and ideas for how to make lots of embellishments, flips and dangles to add interest to your mixed media mini album.  The Final Journal Video How I Made The Heavy Metal Junk …

When I am doing my junk journals or planners I use a lot of connectors and I need to have “hearty holes!” Here is a free digital download of 1/2″ paper binder hole reinforcers for hole punched pages to keep your holes from ripping! Hole Reinforcers Video Why I NEED Hole Reinforcers I make “bulky” …

Here is a great flip through show and tell of my bee flip page junk journal! It has lots of tags, hidey spots and flips. I used a lot of different mixed media including acrylic paints, dies and stamps, and even some texture paste. Includes some tips and ideas I found out along the way …

I have been crafting for a L-O-N-G time and have bought 100s of products to use in my junk journals and magazine collage. Some are great and some are duds! Here are my best tips and ideas for what you need and don’t need for getting started with junk journal or magazine collage. Let’s Talk …

This is such a fun free digital download! I made some faux vintage stamps to use in my junk journals and scrapbooking. Includes flowers, cats, fairies, bees and butterfly. Free Printable Stamp Ephemera I wanted stamps to use in my junk journals and sometimes I use the “real thing”. But oftentimes I want to have …