Junk Journal Girl

 Hello There, Hoping all my friends are well and safe if in Lockdown...... We are still free atm in Regional Victoria and I have had a busy week. In between, I have been creating a bit more of Mum's Journal.  I am still playing along with the challenges in the FB group and  #7 was to create some Ephemera Drawers and #8 to make Flips using envelopes.   For this first one, I used 3 business-sized envelopes and put them together so they would fold in and out.  I can add tags, photos, journaling etc to them. This one, I played around with a bit and decided to put four different size envelopes together, using the openings as the flip part. I made a couple of fasteners from cardstock and used twine to hold them down in the journal. These little drawers I created using a wardrobe tag. As I couldn't use the digital to make it, I improvised with what I had...... On the inside cover, of the vintage binder that I am using: I collaged a page and made a large pocket, th...

 Hello Friends, As I am playing with an Altered Book at the moment, I thought I would show you another great project, you can make with a book also.  When I was a kid, a Rolodex was something on an office desk that held business cards, and contact details. It turned on a roller so the cards were accessible. I had one of the ones above and used the small cards to make mini scrapbook layouts. I used lots of photos up that didn't go into our family albums :)  With this sort of thing in mind, I first made a book into one earlier this year. It was a fun and easy project. I have used it to store my ATC swaps.  There are some great Tutorials on Youtube and I watched this one  "HERE"  and then had a go myself.  The book I used was one I found at the op shop and as the pages were a bit thicker, I folded all of them. If your book has quite a few its is better to fold three or four of them together.  This time instead of leaving the book flat, I folded one s...

 Hi there,  I hope you are doing well :)   Victoria is into our 6th Lockdown now, with cases in Melbourne again :(  I am an essential worker and we haven't stopped.  Thursday, on my way home from work, I went op-shopping locally here in town and found a few goodies for my Junk Journaling stash. I found a few good size books, some doilies, postcards, cards and envelopes, writing sets, a Japanese watercolour book, and music books. I go maybe once a month/6 weeks, or so for a peek and I usually find some cool bits and pieces.  I have today off and thought I would make a start on a new journal for me..... I found a nice copy of Pride and Prejudice, which I think I have decided to use as my new Personal/Daily journal. I wanted to keep the nice cover and take out some pages. It is a 1984 copy so not precious and the pages had a good thickness to them also. I have made a couple of altered books before, my latest being a Vintage book. It was a lot of fun to cr...

 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 togethe...

 Hello Friends, Hoping you are all well on this Thursday here in Australia! A bit quieter week for me, a bit of a crook knee, which has slowed me down and we have just come out of Lockdown, yet again!!! I have had a chance to do the next Challenge for Mum's Journal. It was to create a dangle embellishment, for the spine of the journal.  As you may know, I am not really into bling, so I used lots of lace and trims, plus I made one strand of charms, beads etc which reminded me of mum...... One of my fave people on YouTube is Pam @ The Paper Outpost. I watched the above Tutorial and then had a go at making one. Pam is quite funny and she does great Tutorials. She also does a Podcast that I enjoy :) I used a jump ring, to put it on with a clip, just to show you how it looks. It will be trimmed a little more also.  I used some lace, trims and vintage buttons that were mums. I added the few charms that I had to finish off. It makes a lovely sound when you touch the key at the b...

 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...

 Gday Everyone I am back with a little project I started a week ago and in between my shift work, I have managed to finish and start using it.  If you are like me, my Junk Journal Ephemera (die cuts, doilies, tags, journal cards, etc) is never sorted and where I can find things when I want to add them to my journal or make something..... I have tried endless ways to store it and have tried zip lock bags, containers, baskets etc, but nothing really works. I am always wasting time looking and it becomes a mess... I decided to do something about it and get it more organised and user-friendly by making a journal and folios to house it all in and divided it into categories. To start, I knew I wanted to use different papers from my scrap box and use them to collage......Music sheet, book pages, scrapbook paper, ledger paper, gift wrap, lined paper, all sorts to create some texture.   I am using my stash and I didn't buy anything for this project...... I cut down some file ...