JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 22 The cover I have now more or less completed both signatures. All that remains are some additional embellishments once the book is bound. The cover needed work before I could proceed with the binding. Cover construction This soft cover is made from a large…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 21 Additional embellishments before binding I knew there would be further embellishments to add after binding the pages, and thought these would probably just be tabs and danglies. However, when I flipped through both signatures again, I felt the need to add some page borders,…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 20 There was a blank page in this journal that I wanted to work on. This was a page I'd used when I sprayed some punched medication leaflet paper which then acted as a stencil. This looks like a blot-off sheet where you clean off…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 19 Working on the gold page, front and back in folio 3 of the second signature of this album. This page is made from gold foil, and I've always been a bit concerned at how flimsy it is. I have added a few bits and…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 18 Getting back into this junk journal project after a short break. The first page of Folio 4 of the second signature is a piece of watercolour paper with teabag stains on it. I made this a long time ago, by laying out used teabags…
SHOPPING TRIP TO NEWTON ABBOT - NEW ART STASH Yesterday I had my annual appointment at the bank to discuss my finances. We always combine this with a shopping trip and lunch out at our favourite restaurant - the Pizza Cafe, which has been run by the same family for 38 years! This…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 17 Continuing to work on the second signature of the album. The third folio This is very rich, consisting of a large piece of thin gold foil forming the basis of the folio. As it is so thin, it has required some reinforcement at the…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 16 Continuing to work on the second signature of the album. The second folio I've bundled together three smaller pieces to form the second folio rather than treating them as individual ones. The dark translucent page forming the outer layer of this series is a…
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…
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…
