Mini Book Tutorial

I've been following the mini book tutorial at One Lucky Day, and playing along at home!

Paula has sewn a fabric cover, but my cover is chipboard. I have done several of the pocket pages from her tutorials, and I really enjoyed those. I'll definitely be using that style of page again!

She's posted the journaling pages, and I haven't decided how I'll approach those yet. I don't usually sew on my pages, but I love the way hers look so I may give it a shot! I do have several map scraps that I'll be using for pages also.

Here are a few pictures of the cover and divider pages from my work in progress!

Thanks for looking!
Susan

Artistic Outpost

Santa brought me a couple new stamp sets for Christmas, Typography & Quote and Quotable.  I love both of these because I hate my handwriting and rarely have the patience to spell out sentiments or thoughts with alphabet stamps. So these collections are perfect for me!

I made a mini-accordion book style of card to try out a few of my new stamps:

I've been experimenting with lots of mini-books, pamphlets, etc lately, and I'm sure these stamps will be getting a lot of use!

Composition Book Journal

This journal started life as a simple composition book. I love the Graphic 45 collections, and this project uses Olde Curiosity Shoppe to turn a composition book into a funky journal!

The cover uses Olde Curiosity Shoppe papers & stickers plus some vintage lace and American Crafts ribbon.

The inside cover uses tan cardstock dressed up with stamps, a border, and a G45 sticker.

The inside of the journal is divided into 3 sections, with decorated pages in between. On those divider pages I used Studio Calico paper, distressed to blend with the G45 stickers and elements.

The inside back cover is a pattered paper (from Michael's or AC Moore, can't remember which!) with a library envelope and G45 tag and more stamping.

This was way more time consuming that making cards, but I love how this journal turned out! Thanks for looking!

-Susan

Rainbow Art Journal

This kid's art journal was designed with a rainbow over top of a few doodled flowers.  This would make a great Summer art book!

Kid's Art Journal

I made this kids art journal with chipboard covered in gesso, which I then collaged & drew on. I used 2 book rings to fill the book with 16 pages of thick watercolor paper, ready for all the drawing & painting a kid can dish out!

Art Journal

This art journal is my "white whale." It has taken me way, way longer to accomplish what I wanted to do with it. It's turned out really well, but I had no idea how much time it would take.

The result is a one-of-a-kind journal with painting, stamping, and every type of embellishment you can imagine.

It's the perfect place for a diary, lists, drawings, doodles and more. It could also be used as a personal SMASH-book style scrapbook.

-Susan

Garden Journal

This mixed media garden journal is handmade with upcycled papers and monthly dividers. I've added paint, chipboard accents, garden quotes, stamping and a few other embellishments. I really love the way it turned out, especially the beautiful cover.

-Susan

Composition Books

Embellishing composition books is a fun way to add some art to your day. If you have to make a to do list, why not make it in a pretty notebook instead of a dull one?

-Susan