Nigezza Creates: My First Junk Journal: Book Page Pocket

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator

Thank you for visiting my blog, I really do appreciate. I am here with another instalment in my Junk Journal series. Today I am making a pocket out of some book pages.

I am really enjoying making my first Junk Journal and so excited to be sharing it with you. I take you through the process from start to finish ...not that it is finished yet of course! It is a work in progress and I hope you will join me. I have made mistakes and I have learned from them and I have enjoyed every minute.

If you missed the beginning episode 1 you can view it here :-) I will be doing this every Wednesday so do subscribe to not miss any. I have created a playlist on my YouTube channel so you can easily find all my tutorials in this series.

Nigezza Creates My First Junk Journal: Book Page Pocket

Measurements and Materials

I normally give you the measurements of my projects, but for this project this will not always be possible as it is often not precise as it involves ripping paper!

The signatures in this Junk Journal are me using A4 sheets folded in half to make an A5 sized journal.

I took 2 pages of a vintage hymnal and folded the corner of one over and over again to form a nice lip for the pocket
I picked out some patterned paper to add to the front
After gluing this I sewed all around the top section and folded section
Once sewed I then glued the front to the back on 3 sides
Then I sewed around the whole pocket
I used my inks to distress it
I glued this to the page
If I had glued the back page to cord stock I could have made this into a pocket on the page but as it was just a vintage book page it was not strong enough
I stamped around the page on the journal and the patterned paper

Now watch the video tutorial to see how this was made :-)

Video Tutorial

Click below to see the video tutorial :-)

Time for the closeups!

Video's & Channels I have watched

I have watched soooo many youtube videos about Junk Journalling but these are the ones I keep going back to. They have really inspired me to finally get started.

Carol Tinson Crafty Emporium Designs

Shabbydabbydoodah

ARTYmaze

The Paper Outpost

I hope you like this project and will give it a try. To make sure you don't miss any of my projects why not subscribe to my YouTube channel, follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter? I will be back tomorrow, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx

Below are the products I used, if you click on the item it will take you directly to my shop where you can purchase the items.

Product List

Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper [149592] £10.75	Delightful Tag Topper Punch [149518] £22.00	Medium Daisy Punch [149517] £15.00	Butterfly Duet Punch [148523] £17.00
Leaf Punch [144667] £15.00	Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set [144783] £20.00	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580] £20.00	Arts & Crafts Dies [149580] £30.00
Parisian Beauty Cling Stamp Set (English) [151466] £20.00	Very Versailles Cling Stamp Set [149275] £21.00	Fanciful Fragrance Cling Stamp Set [149281] £20.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] £7.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] £7.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] £7.00