I have been wanting to make a cute junk journal page for Independence Day and thought, why not share the graphics with you? There are all different kinds of tickets and tags, pockets and tuck spots you can use (and some cool belly bands that you can use as is or as additional die cuts!) …
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I wanted to make some cool ephemera for my junk journal, without having to buy a whole bunch of new products to make them! Here are my best tips and ideas for making shiny DIY tags and embellishments from craft supplies you already have laying around! Here Are The Tags! The neat thing is that …
When you are starting a gratitude journal, all those blank pages can be super intimidating. Here is a great guide for picking your journal, and then how to make it a part of your daily life! When To Start A Gratitude Journal Starting a gratitude journal is one of those counterintuitive things, you need it …
I took a class about how to make accordion books this weekend and I love how this came out both colorful AND steampunk cool! I used a bunch of Ranger Ink products as well as vintage papers and ephemera. Making The Accordion Book Okay, this was a 2 hour class so I can’t go into …
I am working on getting my mixed media junk journaling to be more creative and cool. Here are some pictures of my best layouts plus tips and ideas for inspiration and products you can you use in your journals. May 10, 2020 – Accordion Book I took another class from Dina Wakley (Accordion Book) and …
Tips and ideas for how to make striped tissue paper using acrylic paint and a gel press printing plate. Great for your mixed media artwork, backgrounds or junk journals. Tissue Paper Backgrounds For Artwork When I started doing art journals and mixed media art, I watched tons of videos of how to make beautiful backgrounds …
This year I participated in the Sketchbook Project… scary since I am not an “official” artist. But I became brave and decided that I would at least try… and I think my Happily Ever After book came out great! Here is my live “Happily Ever After” Sketchbook on the Brooklyn Art Library site! The Sketchbook …
If you are new to Junk Journalling or Scrapbooking, you may be wondering what the difference is! Here are my best tips and ideas for figuring out which one you should do. Scrapbooks Let’s start with scrapbook pages because I think that is what most of us are familiar with. This is where you use …
Staring at a blank journal page can be intimidating! Here are some creative tips and ideas for writing in your Christmas journal. Christmas at its core is a religious holiday. Sure, it’s become very commercial, but focusing on the meaning of the holiday, whether you are religious or not, can take some of the commercial out …
There are a million mixed media journal page examples on Pinterest, but sometimes I just want to flip through a book for inspiration when I am doing a daily journal page! This 1000 Artist Journal Pages book is an amazing resource when you are thinking about doing a new project. Using Art Books For Inspiration …
Tips and ideas for keeping a fun and creative travel notebook or diary. A travelers notebook is such a fun way to document your trips and remember all the neat things you did on your trip. Have you ever gone on a vacation and once home, forgot the small details of the trip? Or looked at …
I LOVE Thanksgiving! It is a time of year when gratitude and thankfulness are front and center of most peoples’ minds and being a huge thankful sap like me is okay for a few days at least! But if you’re anything like me, that empty journal page can be daunting, so here are some prompts …
If you have ever wondered how to make one of those cool pieces of art using magazine clippings, this is the post for you! Tips, ideas and inspiration for using cutout images to make neat combined artwork. Mixed media collage tutorial. Magazine Collage How To Video What Is Magazine Collage? When I started doing this …
I was at the Back To School sales this week with my son and I saw pocket folders for 20 cents. I started thinking that for that cheap, I could figure out some way to use them to organize my magazines and ephemera for junk journals and altered books. 2 Pocket Folders, Letter Sized, Rainbow …
I have dabbled with dying paper and a few cloth pieces, but I wanted to find out ways to get different colors for my junk journals and altered books. Check out my research using pink tea, brown tea, coffee and even avocados to make vintage style craft supplies! The Tea and Coffee Dye Experiment I …
Here is my review of those cute little instant printers that are good for taking to crops or on vacation to print out pictures on the fly right from your phone. All my best tips and ideas for picking the HP Sprocket printer for travelers notebooks or journals! Other Printers I Considered I researched a …
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. …
I am on a mission to find the perfect way to make clear pockets for envelopes for my altered books and junk journals! Here are my best tips and ideas for using self laminate sheets from the office supplies store. First off, let’s get this out of the way, there are LOTS of ways to …