Gel Print Embellishment Junk Journal Tutorial, Day 12 of 12 days of Junk Journal Gift Ideas. This is a super fun project as you get to make a book that gets filled with lots of goodies, many from the projects over the past 12 days for the #12daysofjunkjournalideas.
Gel Print Embellishment Junk Journal Tutorial Video.
Supplies used for the Gel Print Embellishment Junk Journal Tutorial.
- Exquisite Dreamer Needle Book
- Gel Prints
- Book Pages
- Loaded envelope
- Watercolor paper or chipboard 6.5 x 12 inches
- Two Oversized Postcards 6 x 11 inches
- Altered Paperclip Tutorial Using Gel Prints and Stamps
- Page Tabs
- Pink Tassel
- Exquisite Dreamer Tag Tutorial
- Shabby Stitches Rubber Stamps
- Brilliance Graphite Black Ink
- Scraps of paper
- Loaded Library Pocket Tutorial
- Bone Folder
- Moroccan Stencil
- Journal cards
- Tags
- Fibers
- Lace
- Cardstock scraps
- Distress Ink, Vintage Walnut
- Blending Tool
- Words
- Scissors
- Aleene’s Tacky Glue
- Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Strong Pink, Curious
- Calico Collage digital images from Exquisite Dreamer
This Gel Print Embellishment Junk Journal Tutorial is perfect for using junk mail and leftover bits of paper from other projects. The base is a piece of heavy watercolor paper measuring 6.5 x 12 inches. Score 5 inches from each end making a 2-inch spine in the middle. Select an oversized postcard and score 5 inches from each end making a 1-inch spine. Cut the other postcard to be 6 x 10.5 inches long, score 5 inches from each end making a .5 inch spine. Cover each piece with scraps of gel prints and book pages in a Frankenpage manner.
Use Sabby Stitches stamps with Brilliance Graphite Black pigment ink and create stitch lines connecting the different colors of paper on all three pieces, both sides of each.
Adhere the 1/2 spine inside the 1-inch spine with Aleene’s Tacky glue. Clip together if necessary until the glue dries. Then adhere the 1-inch spine inside the outer book cover in the center.
Cut three strips of cardstock 6 x 2 inches, these will become belly bands for three of the pages.
Select a few gel prints and cut to be 4.75 inches wide by however tall the print is usually mine are 5 x 7. Make a pocket by folding the page. Stamp Shabby Stitches to represent stitches on the pocket.
Adhere the belly bands and pockets to the pages in the journal. Punch a hole in the center top of the spine of the book cover. Attach Tassel with bulb pin.
Fill the pockets with goodies. Many of the pockets have items I made for the projects for the 12 days of junk journal ideas. And a few other things made with scraps. It was fun digging through the scraps making little embellishments to put in this journal. Use up those scraps and make something pretty.
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