Tutorial: Altering a Journal
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- Written by: CraftersCompanion
Turn plain notebooks into stunning journals! Use them as gifts or for yourself to keep a track of all your crafty makes! Giovana shows you how she made hers in this fabulous tutorial (please note: Giovana has used some stamps only available in the US, but we’ve shared some suggestions for replacements in the supply list below!).
Crafter’s Companion supplies:
Other Products: Die’sire Ornate Lattice die (we have suggested an alternate above), journal, gesso, white acrylic paint, brush, ribbon, pearls, brown and blue ink.
Directions:
Step 1: Select a journal of your preference for this project.
Step 2: Apply a coat or two of gesso and white acrylic paint if desired. If you choose to, add a couple of ink drops of Starry Sky Spectrum Sparkle pen, get the ink with a fan brush type and apply it to the cover of your journal.
Step 3: Ink the chosen image in blue ink, then stamp.
Step 4: Die-cut the Ornate Lattice Create a card die using watercolour cardstock. Then using a circle die die-cut the center of this piece.
Step 5: Die-cut a couple of butterflies from the Delicate Butterfly die and watercolour cardstock.
Step 6: Colour the butterflies with Spectrum Sparkle markers: Pink Champagne and Harvest Moon.
Step 7: Adhere Ornate Lattice to journal. Die-cut a circle window from kraft or chipboard cardstock and adhere it as well.
TIP: If you want to create a bit of contrast, you can die-cut a piece of chipboard and adhere it behind the main piece, it will thicken your piece and create a light shadow effect.
Step 8: Stamp “Dream” on a piece of Black pearl Shimmering Cardstock in Versamark Ink and white embossing powder. Create an aged look adding little bit of white pigment ink. Cut a piece of card to fit your create a card width and adhere it to journal. Add butterflies. We would suggest using a stamp from the ‘Memories are Made’ Sentimentals stamp set as an alternative to the stamp used in the photographs.
Step 9: Create a co-ordinate dyed ribbon using Rayon ribbon and a couple of Spectrum Sparkle markers, mist ribbon, squeeze your markers direct onto the ribbon, about 3 drops of each colour, mist again and work with it until you get the colour desired. Then add it to journal.
Step 10: Finally add pearls to butterfly and opposite corners.
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