Vintage Oriental Journal

 

I'd decided that I wanted to create a beautiful clean journal with this stunning hand printed paper, but the journal had other idea's and fought me all the way. So I gave in, the journal won and I took it down the vintage path it kept leading me towards.

The spine is cut from matboard covered in gold cardstock. Then using red hemp cord I wove through the pre made holes to create a pattern. I worked my way along from the back adding small turquoise coloured beads through all of the centre holes.

It looks a little messy on the back, but this will all be covered over.

So down the vintage road we go............... I used an emery bord to scratch into the prestine gold cardstock to give it an ages look. Then carefully using a Versafine ink pad rubbed the ink into the scratches. I wiped any excess off with a tissue.

The inner covers of the journal are also covered in the gold cardstock but I chose to leave these clean as I liked the shine.

Although I did take a Pigma Brush pen to the edges to hide the white.

The hinges and lock had the same aging process, and again I used the pen to hide any white edges that were visable.

I adhered the cover to the spine and added the hardware to the front cover of the journal.

On the inside a trimmed a piece of the Sizzix black cardstock to cover the threads from the spine, making sure it was burnished down.

Then out of the same Sizzix cardstock I used the Bookbinding & Label die to create the spine for my pages to be added onto.

I trimmed down Strathmore Watercolour card to 4 1/2" x 6" some pages are single but a couple of them are folded in half so I had more pages to play with. I also snipped into the edges of the paper with Fiskars Deckle scissors for a handmade paper look.

I stamped and embossed various colour wheels from the stamp set and heat embossed them in gold.

I searched high and low for my fancy metallic paints but to no avail, they were hiding. But to my delight this little old el cheapo set of metallic watercolours popped it's head up from the drawer so it was a happy find!

I played with the colours so they are in no order what so ever............But isn't that the whole point they are my colour wheels and they can be any colour I like, and that is the fun or creating art!

So it all worked out in the end.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

 

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Eileen Hull May 2025 New Releases

 

Hop along over on Instagram for Inspiration Celebration! Eileen Hull’s May Sizzix Release is packed with must-haves!

-Handbound Journal Die for gorgeous custom books

-Bigz Journal Hardware for latches, hinges & more

-Colour Wheel Stencil + Rainbow Wheel Die for endless color combos

-Swatch Card Stamp Set for colorful touches on any project

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Elizabeth x

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Revisiting Projects with Eileen Hull Designs - Create with Abandon Pocket Notebook

 

This month with Eileen Hull Designs we are returning to unfinished projects or UFO's as we sometimes call them. Now I hold my hands up and confess that I do have ahem...... several of these and as I've confessed in the past this is the year that I'm trying my best to use them up. 

So this is a Pocket Notebook cut out from Matboard that has been sat next to my Sizzix Dies for ages (ok along with a couple more). It's the perfect size for a smaller project and using up bits and pieces.

I covered the outside in a leftover paper from Katie Pertiet's Hidden Creek Collection. Then I went though my box of Eileens stamps. I pulled out two of my favourite sets Snail Mail Inspiration and Buttons, Cards & more. I used a mixture of stamps on the outer cover of the Pocketbook using Black Versafine and Peeled Paint Distress Ink. 

On the inner cover I stencelled Peeled Paint Distress ink though one of the Patterned Plate stencils, and blended ink around the edges. I also blended a little of the ink around the uoter cover too.

Next I grabbed scraps of paper from the Hidden Creek pack and also some left over pieces of Kraft Card. These were perfect for stamping out a few Library Cards and also Tickets. A little fussy cutting and these were embellishments ready to be added to the concertina journal pages I'd made from a 12" x 5" strip of patterned paper again from the Hidden Creek collection. This was adhered to the back page with a strip of cotton ribbon behind it to act as a fastener.

I added a few of the Laser Cut embellishments that co-ordinate with the papers and voila........at long lasst I have a completed project.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Spring is in the Air with Eileen Hull Designs

 

Spring is in the air this month with Eileen Hull Designs and to celebrate the days getting a little warmer I've created a Mini Album using the gorgeous new papers from Katie Pertiet. The spine was cut using Eileen's Bookbinding and Label die which makes adding a spine to an album so much easier.

I cut the pages to 5 1/2" and rounded the corners to mirror the album cover.

The inside is decorated with a mixture of pockets, tags, ephemera, sari silk ribbon and inspirational quotes. There are extra layers of old dictionary pages and a few doodles of white Gelly Roll pen.

I left a few pages empty so that either photographs or journaling could be added.

 

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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