Tuesday 18 August 2020

Eileen Hull Inspiration Team - Junk Journal

 

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So excite to be sharing my "Oh Well" junk journal with you today. I think those words sum up exactly how chilled out I am at the moment!

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I few weeks ago I was playing with my Gel Press Plate and decided to do a Notebook cover. Love the way it turned out with all my favourite colours smooshed together.

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I decided to create inserts using some sheets from Dina Wakley's gorgeous collage papers, along with some papers left over from our wedding stationery.

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I cut out one of the designs from the papers and inked around the edges to use as a focal point on the front cover.

I also inked around the edge of the Notebook using Eileen's Ebony ink.

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I cut up my chosen sheets of paper roughly, I like to trim them to size once the have been stitched so they are all the same. I alternate the plain papers sandwiching the patterned ones inbetween, that way there are some black pages in case I decide to add writing to them.

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I used good old fashioned clothes pegs to hold the signatures in place whilst I pierced holes in the spines and did a basic phamphlet stitch using waxed linen thread to hold them together. Then I trimmed them down to 3 1/4 by 4 1/2 folded size using a metal edged ruler and craft knife.

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Inside the cover I used one of Dina's sentiments, very apt I thought!

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And to keep the organic arty feel to the signatures I tied them into the spine using soft cotton string.

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Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x


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4 comments:

Susie Bentz: My Time to Play said...

It is lovely! The colors are so soft and beautiful!

Lisa Hoel said...

I love those colors Elizabeth!

Linda Z. said...

Lovely 😊❣️

eileen hull said...

Beautiful book Elizabeth- love how you combined it all together to make this cohesive art journal <3