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“Mom, would you make a journal for my trip to Mexico?” Gee, let me think, YES! It was a rush job to get her journal and ones for our other friends on the trip, but I got it done! I’ll put together a tutorial on the mechanics later in the week.
The journals all begin as old library books.
I start with stacks of various types of things to insert into the book. Tags, pages to write on, money envelopes, die cuts, scraps, plastic pockets, mini file folders, really, anything I have on hand. Since my daughter is prolific writer I made sure she had plenty of places to write. The bumpier things tend to go in the beginning so it is easier/smoother to write on the later pages.
I am becoming more aware of the little touches that make a piece of art look more polished.
Here is my theater from the last post. I liked it overall but I felt like something was missing.
After a few details with Pitt Pens. The yellow outlined the words but then I smeared a grey around the yellow. I also wanted a bit of color on the green edges – so I smeared a touch of grey around it. Love that Pitt Pens will be stay wet long enough to rub it around. It was subtle – just what I wanted.
Die cuts have been making me happy lately. I broke down and bought a Character Constructions die. What took me so long? It’s heavenly. Every scrap I have that is big enough gets run through that – now I have dolls everywhere.
To give the doll a little more strength I also die cut an old blurry photo and glued them together. Now the doll can hold up to sticking off the edge. The green bracket is a leftover from my Tim Holtz Ornamental die.
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I start with stacks of various types of things to insert into the book. Tags, pages to write on, money envelopes, die cuts, scraps, plastic pockets, mini file folders, really, anything I have on hand. Since my daughter is prolific writer I made sure she had plenty of places to write. The bumpier things tend to go in the beginning so it is easier/smoother to write on the later pages.
