JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 15 Having decided there would be too many pages for a single signature, I had a rethink on the order of the pages and the need to create a second signature. Because the arrangement of the signature is a bit complicated, I've decided to show…
INVASION OF THE KILLER COURGETTES! Recently, our lovely next-door-neighbour gave us one of her weird courgettes. She grows a lot of vegetables and is always giving us lovely fresh produce, amongst which are various varieties of courgette. Her grandchildren always fall about laughing when they see them, and think a lot of them…
GIFT SET FROM FUSED CEREAL BOX LINERS Cereal box liners seem to be the thing in the mixed media community at the moment. You can fuse them with heat, and if you want, you can sandwich stuff between the layers and it is trapped there. Napkins are a favourite. A gift for our…
ALBUM FOR FUSSY CUT STORAGE PART 1 - PREPARATION My current fussy cut storage At the moment, I am storing my fussy cuts in paper CD envelopes with a circular translucent window. These fit neatly into a small cardboard box which sits on the shelf. The trouble is, I have recently started generating…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 14 Elements for the first signature I have been working on the finishing touches of the first signature. There were three remaining pockets which required contents. Pockets on the first and last pages of the signature I had formed a pocket across the bottom of…
FUSSY CUTTING IMAGES FROM OLD BOOKS Before anyone gets aerated about destroying books, I would only usually do this with books that were damaged or destined for landfill. However, there are a lot of second-hand books on Ebay, full of beautiful images, and I don't really have any qualms about cutting these up…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 13 Completing the bird page pull-out and the whale tail tabs The large pull-out sheet that goes in the bird page pocket is now complete. The front is a laminated napkin, laid over a piece of gold card and stitched around. When I photographed it…
MINI SEWING MACHINE One of my favourite YouTubers is Natasha from Treasure Books. She makes amazing journals with interactive elements, as well as creating her own papers and other creative things. One of her signature techniques is the use of the sewing machine in her paper projects, and this certainly adds an interesting…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 12 Bits and bobs During today's studio session I completed a couple of pages and made a pocket insert, and also some tabs. Completing the reverse of the greetings card folio I had made a start on the inside of the umbrellas greetings card but…
HOUSE BAG What is a house bag (house purse for our US cousins)? This is a concept I came acoss the other day and it immediately resonated with me. A house bag is like a handbag that you take with you when you go out, which normally contains everything you need such as…
