This is the junk journal I made for a swap in one of my art groups. I spent about 3 months pulling it all together and really had a lot of fun with it.
The front cover evolved as I worked. The title banner was cut from a "Trader Joe's" mailer and customized with rubber stamping. The bluebird is a cross stitch piece from one of my original patterns. I made the little face in the bottom corner from a recycled piece of an aluminum can that I embossed. Also included are printed paper, lace, paperclip, ribbon flowers, paper flowers, buttons, a puffy sticker, clipping from junk mail and machine stitching.
The back cover is rather plain, but includes printed paper with a piece
of a mesh orange bag and colorful binder clips. I also added an
embroidered fish pin to the binding.
Attached to the binding coils are tons of ribbons,
lace, and handmade charms.
I have posted more info about the charms on my hobby site here: http://www.hobbyloco.com/charms.html
You can see from the top view that I made the book really thick and chunky. It is full of all types of papers, pockets, tags, postcards, and random bits of this and that.
I used the largest binding coil I had on hand & it wasn't thick enough, so I created a unique binding, which I call a "flip-flop" binding. There are 2 bound edges, one on each side of the book. When you get to the center of the book - you flip-flop it over and start from the other side. The two parts are joined by a center panel that is attached to both binding coils.
I embellished several pages in the book, here are just a few:
I stitched a piece of clear vinyl to the inside cover to create a pocket, in which I placed an Atlanta postcard and a couple of handmade tags.
The pocket on the left side was made from a colorful ad in a magazine. I stuck a couple of metallic puffy stickers on it for fun. The cityscape on the bottom right was cut with a Cricut machine.
I love this colorful hummingbird page! It has a printed image with ink and painted detailing, stamping, ribbons, a plastic charm, and of course - feathers.
On the left side you can see I simply added a wax paper "glassine" envelope with pieces of washi tape. I filled the envelope with little collage images from my stash and sealed it with a little puffy heart sticker.
The bluebird page is cut from a piece of junk mail (yes, junk mail). The apple pie page was lots of fun! I used printed scrapbook paper over a cardboard backing to start. I cut the pie from a recycled greeting card (it has a touch of glitter sparkle). I punched the apple inchies from an applesauce package, and added a touch of glitter. The center inchie reads "Keep calm and have some pie." This was punched from a catalog. I made the little apple tag from another image I had and tied it to the page with red fibers. I cut the half circle on top from a piece of red metallic paper, and finished off the page by machine stitching a red zig zag around the border.
I think that is enough for now! It gives you a taste of the book. I will be posting some of the pages that have needlework embellishments on my other blog: http://chaosatlanta.blogspot.com/
Doodles, drawings, and collages from my collection of journals and sketchbooks.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Junk Journal Swap
Received this fabulous junk journal from my swap partner. It is covered with ribbons and charms!
It is about 2 inches thick. The pages are made from all types of papers, cards and bags. It is chock full of pockets, tags, and hidden surprises.
Really something special!
I have been working for the past 3 months on a junk journal to send out to my swap partner in return. It will be sent out this week, and I will start posting pictures after my swap partner receives it. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise.
It is about 2 inches thick. The pages are made from all types of papers, cards and bags. It is chock full of pockets, tags, and hidden surprises.
Really something special!
I have been working for the past 3 months on a junk journal to send out to my swap partner in return. It will be sent out this week, and I will start posting pictures after my swap partner receives it. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise.
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