Create our tomorrows

Hello everyone & welcome,
Today I have a very feminine vintage style junk journal that I would like to share with you.
I have created my journal using these beautiful feminine images from the Vintage Journal Cards- mixed series which are available from Meg's Garden online store.

My inspiration for my cover came from the colours plus the fine detail provided by this gorgeous image. I have embellished the cover with lots of lace, flowers, a metal charm, word images, corrugated cardboard, seed beads and pearls.

Inside the journal each page is a little bit different. I have created lots of pockets & tucks throughout.

There are places for writing.

I have added lots of tags.

Places for photos.

Fussy cut images are scatter throughout.

Lots of pretty laces embellish my pages.

Inking, distressing and torn pages.

There is even a place to add your very own photo.

I have also decorated the back cover with some lace, a paper doily, ribbon, pearls & images from Meg's Garden. The journal cover and pages are held together with seam binding. Lace is used to tie the journal together as a closure. I am very pleased how this feminine journal has turned out. Stop by Meg's Garden online store for products used to create this project.

Until next time.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
I hope you have a wonderful day & happy creating.
Leanne

His story

Hello everyone & welcome,

Today I have a masculine mini album that I would like to share with you. This album features paper from the Vintage Journal Cards - mixed series, plus Alchemy 101 collection and Sherlock III - A New Case A4 papers. 

The front cover has lots of embellishments starting with this die cut shape, the large gears die, some buttons that I like to collect, black seed beads and gold pearl trim. These are all great embellishments for that masculine look. I love all of the images scattered throughout as they suit the vintage style of my album.      

Each piece of paper and image has been distressed using a paper distressing tool. I followed this with lots of inking. The colour ink pad I chose was 'Gathered Twig'.

There are lots of pockets and tags in this album.

Plenty of room for writing or adding photos.

This album is held together with O rings, allowing room for more pages to be added at a later date.

I am so pleased with how this album has turned out. Be sure to stop by Meg's Garden online store for products used to create my masculine vintage journal album.

Until next time. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne

Life is a journey....

Hello everyone & welcome,
Today I would like to share with you a mini album that I have created using these beautiful Vintage Journal cards - mixed from Meg's Garden online store. The Vintage Journal cards are just one of the latest releases of papers now available for you to purchase.

For my album I selected all of the floral images from this series to create a gardening journal. This journal measures approximately 12.5cm x 18cm. I have covered the front & back covers using paper from the Shades of Green A4 paper range. Some lace, pearl trim, a metal charm, wording and a die cut frame complete my cover.

Each of the internal pages has been tea dyed using water & a tea bag. I love the variety of colours and patterns created by dipping and splattering this tea solution on each sheet of paper. Once each page was totally dry I set about creating my album. To create a vintage look to my journal I have used a distress ink called Tea Dye. I also used this ink pad for all of my stamping.

I have stamped one side of each page. Here you could add some writing or a photo.

The other side of each page is decorated using beautiful images and wording from the VJC series.

Each page is a little bit different. Some pages have pockets or tucks and there are lots of tags scattered throughout.

I have added embellishments of lace, pearl trim, SA pearls, ribbon, metal charms and a paper doily.
You can find lots of these embellishments in Meg's Garden online store.

My journal is held together with O rings, leaving room to add more pages in the future.

I hope I have inspired you to create this simple journal. A place to store information and memories of your garden.

Until next time.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne