"Inspiration File Folder Journal"

 G'day and I hope your are going well, wherever you are :)

This is my weekend off and with the cold wet weather, I am mainly hibernating and used the time to craft a bit :)
I love watching YouTube videos of some very clever artists.  A few of my faves, that I have Subbed to are:  The Paper Outpost, 49 Dragonflies, Paper Terrace, Marmie SmallArt, Treasure Books and Joie De Fi. We have some talented Aussies out there too and I love Johanna, Clough, Willbound Journals, Roxy Creations, Shanouki Art and Paper Inspirations :)
I puddle and have a go at their tutorials, for inspiration for my journals. I thought I would make one just to try things out and document how to make different ephemera, pockets, tags etc.  I have had plans of doing more videos myself but life gets in the way.................
I thought I would try a different journal and use office file folders, that you can buy in office supply and cheap shops. I really enjoy the process of putting a journal together and trying different options for them. 
I did a bit of a trial run, with some plain paper, for a prototype. I wanted to roughly measure things out and get the main idea of what I had in my head to make.......I didn't want to waste my supplies.
I had some file folders in my stash so I decided to cut them down to 7.5 x 11 inches in size and make a cover, just a smidge bigger. 

I made a hinge, by cutting a piece of cardstock the same size as the folders and then scored at 1" along the length of it. I folded them and it created an accordion. I glued a folder to each side of the tab, creating the album.


As I added more pages, I just added another piece of the hinge. You can see above that they open flat, which makes it easy and fun to play in.


To make the covers. I cut two pieces of packaging to 11.7 x 8" just to give the folders good coverage. I used a lovely napkin that I received in a swap to decoupage over it. I just used a glue stick instead of my wet glue.  

You can see here the spine forms the accordion, and the pages are secure. I haven't covered this part up as I like the look of the exposed spine..... I just adhered the covers straight down onto the front and back folders. 

To finish it off, I used my machine to stitch around the edges and added a bit of a collage with a quote, with some metal corners.

To finish off the cover neatly inside, I added a book page on the left and a music page on the right. I put an altered envelope that I made from a business-size envelope on the left as a pocket and used the window to show an image through it.....


I don't work in order of the pages in my journals. I just pick a page randomly and play. This one is one of the vintage envelopes I made. I will add journaling on how made them also.
Maybe I have inspired you to keep an ideas journal for yourself :)
Have a crafty day!
Hugz K x





 


 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"One Little Word - 2022"

Image
 Hi Friends, I hope you are all well and things are good in your part of the world!!! I  had a bit of a spill, last Thursday morning at work. I hit the right side of my face, shoulder, elbow, arm, ribs, etc.....I wasn't rushing, just doing my job and it just happened.....  I am very bruised and sore, so off work for a week. Luckily this time, I didn't break anything and I am healing.  "The older you are the longer your body takes to recover"  Anyway.........This is keeping me pretty quiet, which is probably a good thing. I have been able to think about 2022 a bit and my "One Little Word" for the New Year. If you don't know what this is check out this blog by Ali Edwards who started it all in 2006........  "HERE" I don't bother with resolutions as they bore me. I choose a word to carry with during the year, that I can use in my daily life..........  I may not do something with it every day but that is ok. I do what I feel like doing. So...
Read more

"Pj Day & My New Craft Space"

Image
 Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great week and the weekend is going well........ I am having a Pj day and a play in my new Craft Space :)  Probably like a lot of crafters out there.......when my boys were younger and home with me, I always used a part of the living room or the kitchen, for my scrapbooking and craft. I started off with one table, a small book case and basic tools, when I first started scrapbooking 20 years ago.  I have slowly built up my stash and it hasn't cost me a fortune, as I have recycled and bought the right pieces for my space. My boys have settled nicely into their home now and are getting on well. They both moved out when they were ready and I never pressured them.  Things happen and the right time eventually came. I loved having them at home, but it is also a new chapter for me with them leaving the nest...... So.......... after a few weeks of condensing, destashing, re-arranging, cleaning, sorting and moving in, my craft room is finally the...
Read more

Mums Journal - Challenge 4"

Image
 Hello There, It is Thursday evening here in Victoria Australia, as we go into another 5-day lockdown!!!!! I think we are all over it but oh well!!!! Nothing really changes that much for us as we are Essential Workers...... After work this afternoon, I had a go at the Mini Chomp #4 which was to make two small notebooks to go into your journal..... These were fun to make and came together quickly, which if you know me, is a good thing :)  I folded some 6.5" square pattern paper in half and just stapled them with my long stapler. One of my most used tools. I just made a little collage on the front of them to embellish, using scraps on my desk. A few of the pages are above to show how I am going to use them in mum's journal. I used lightish pattern papers that could be written on and I also added some stamping, a few journal cards, and a couple of flip out pages to add extra photos or journaling.  The Junk Journaling for Everyone Group on FB is very friendly and helpful. I a...
Read more