VINTAGE JOURNAL by Annette

Hello All 

Wishing you a very warm welcome to Meg's Garden 

Today I'm sharing with you a work in progress

An album using the "Vintage Journal" papers 

it will be a memory book of my maternal grandparents

Herbert (Bert) Moncrief & Lillian Mary Gedye.

The base of my book is made with a cardboard box, 

which works out perfectly as the spine is already creased. 

I trimmed it down to 13.5 x19.5cm

to cover I crumpled brown paper & glued down with Gel Medium 

on both sides.

 

 I then wiped stazon over emphasizing the edges & spine 

using distress ink I smeared the pad over & lightly spritzed with water

when totally dry I painted over with gel medium 

the cover now has a look of aged worn leather

I haven't as yet decided upon a finish for my cover, 

it will be held together with a piece of leather with a clasp or buckle ..

making the hinges

  in total & adhered to the inside spine

single pages are then adhered 

all papers are distressed & inked

inside cover

face page 

page 1 .. my grandpa 

page 2 .. my grandma ..

pages 4& 5 with a kraft envelope insert 

reverse side of the envelope

photos stored in the envelope  .. the family photo was circa 1952

my mum is on the R front & aunty on the left celebrates her 90 birthday this month.

pages 6& 7 .. my mum (Margaret Frances ( Peggy)) is the little one seated on the floor

pages 8 & 9

all pages now are covered & ready for pis as I find them 

page 8 flip out

pages 10 & 11

with another envelope

envelope insert

pages 12 & 13

pages 14 & 15

page 15 flip out

back page & inside cover

I am looking forward to finishing this so my family 

has a knowledge of their heritage  

these papers are just perfect for this kind of project 

Products Used:

VINTAGE JOURNAL ...  P1011

TEMPTATIONS in CREAM, CAMEL & BROWN

Thank you for calling by
I invite you to wander through Meg's Garden & see the gorgeous products to play with
&
scroll through the Blog to be inspired by the Garden Girls
Happy Scrapping
Hugz Annette x