Everyone loves a
journal, don’t they? And I love decorating journals. So, as soon as I saw this gorgeous Soho Subway paper, I knew I wanted to
cover a journal with it.
I couldn’t find
any ribbon wide enough to cover the spine, so improvised by using the cotton
tape sideways. I think it works quite well, and solves that problem nicely. You
can’t see any of the grey of the original journal at all now. There's always a way...
To colour the
main Postage Due image, I had to improvise again, as I don’t have a Crumb Cake marker. I began by inking the whole stamp with Crumb Cake, then cleaned off
the flower, bike and 3 with a cotton bud, before reinking them with the markers
that I do have. A quick “huff” and it was as good as new! As I say, there’s always a way...
I wasn't sure what word to put on the front, but felt it needed one. I eventually settled on “stuff’ as I’ll probably just write “stuff’ in it!
Products used are
a mix of old and new as I only had my pre-order when I made this. But if you
like it, we can hold a class to make something similar. Just let me know!
Stamps: Happy Day, Postage Due
Cardstock: Summer Starfruit (inside), Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Paper: Soho Subway
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Cotton Tape, Cute clips, Postage Punch, Crochet Trim, Vintage
Buttons, Linen Thread, Artisan Label Punch, Bigz Alphabet Dies, Paper Doilies
This is lovely and quite creative!! It would make a person WANT to write in it! TFS!
ReplyDeletesuch a lovely make Helen best wishes Lesley x
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