Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator
Thank you for visiting my blog on my Junk Journal day, I really do appreciate it and hope you like the project and will take a look at the video tutorial as well. I have made a start on my Edith Holden Journal. I am doing a challenge in the wonderful facebook group Junk Journalling For Everyone. Each week we are set a challenge to complete and at the end of it we will have a single signature journal. The challenge is to make a vintage journal but we can chose any theme that is vintage. I spent ages trying to decide on my theme and then I decided this was the best opportunity for starting my Edith Holden Journal I had been promising myself for over a year to make!
Week 1 challenge it to make 3 tags and 3 journalling cards. I made the tags first and here they are. I thoroughly enjoyed working with such beautiful pages. I started off by separating all the pages so I had the ones with just writing on the pages, the ones with images on one side only, ones with images on both sides and those that were the center of a signature and had a double spread. I'd seen someone else do this and thought it was a really good idea.
Measurements and Materials
- The base of the tags were made using one page of the book
- I chose to use a page that had writing on both sides
- The page was 9" tall so I was able to make the tags all 3" wide
- This meant that the writing was sideways but I didn't have a problem with that
- I neatened the torn edge of the trips and then cut slants in the top to for the tag shape
- I chose my 3 images and made sure I had the writing that said what they were
- The images were fussy cut and the titles were ripped
- All edges were inked, I used Early Espresso on the tag as I felt this was a good match for the colour of the script, the images were inked with Soft Sued
- I added some tea stained doily behind the image
- I backed the tags with tea dyed paper, I chose a sheet with a doily imprint
- I added some stamping to add to the aged look, I used Quiet Meadow, it has a wonderful splatter which is perfect for making things look old, also the flower image went so well with the Edith Holden drawings
- I decided to sew around the edges, I like the look but it also makes sure the backing paper stays adhered to the tag
- The final finishing tough is the ribbon, I have had this retired Stampin' Up! ribbon in my stash for years, I bought it on clearance in probably 2015!
Now watch the video tutorial to see how this was made :-)
- The base of the tags were made using one page of the book
- I chose to use a page that had writing on both sides
- The page was 9" tall so I was able to make the tags all 3" wide
- This meant that the writing was sideways but I didn't have a problem with that
- I neatened the torn edge of the trips and then cut slants in the top to for the tag shape
- I chose my 3 images and made sure I had the writing that said what they were
- The images were fussy cut and the titles were ripped
- All edges were inked, I used Early Espresso on the tag as I felt this was a good match for the colour of the script, the images were inked with Soft Sued
- I added some tea stained doily behind the image
- I backed the tags with tea dyed paper, I chose a sheet with a doily imprint
- I added some stamping to add to the aged look, I used Quiet Meadow, it has a wonderful splatter which is perfect for making things look old, also the flower image went so well with the Edith Holden drawings
- I decided to sew around the edges, I like the look but it also makes sure the backing paper stays adhered to the tag
- The final finishing tough is the ribbon, I have had this retired Stampin' Up! ribbon in my stash for years, I bought it on clearance in probably 2015!
Video Tutorial
Time for the closeups!
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I will be back tomorrow, until then ...
Happy Crafting!
Gez xxx
Happy Crafting!
Gez xxx
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