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Creating Clusters using Scraps, Stamps and Digital Images
Today I’m showing Creating Clusters using Scraps, Stamps and Digital Images. This is the February 2023
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Floating Pocket Tutorial
Today I’m sharing a Floating Pocket Tutorial with you. This is a great way to add additional ephemera and writing space that can be moved around in a journal. Use up those book pages and create a few for your journals.
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Envelope Band Tutorial
Today I’m sharing an Envelope Band Tutorial. This is the November challenge inside the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook Group. Follow
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Altered Paperclips Tutorial
Today I’m sharing an Altered Paperclips Tutorial. This October Challenge in the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook Group. Altered paperclips are a great way to attach items in your journal that you can remove.
Live Creating Altered Paperclips Video on YouTube. In this video I’ll show different ideas of how to create these paperclips as well as how to laugh at technology! LOL
Supplies Used:
- Amarillo Rose Journal Kits
- Calico Collage Amarillo Rose Cut & Create Book
- Little Blossoms Collection by Calico Collage
- Label Stamp inside find your wings setÂ
- Sketched Wildflowers Stamp
- This is my Story QT stamp set
- Love Flows Quietly Stamp
- Rubber Stamps
- On This Day Stamp
- Scraps of paper
- Archival Ink, Jet Black
- Fabric strips
- Distress Ink, Walnut stain
- Blending Tool
- Sewing Machine
- Aleene’s Tacky Glue
- Fiskars Scissors
Some of the easiest altered paperclips are using fabric and fibers. In the examples below the fabric and fibers were pulled through the paperclip and then machine stitched. If you don’t have a sewing machine, these could also be hand sewn, glued or even stapled. Think creatively and find new ways to create your own version of Altered Paperclips.
Layers of paper is another
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Mini Journal and Clear Pocket Tutorial
Here is the September Friendly Junk Journal People Challenge, Mini Journal and Clear Pocket Tutorial. In this tutorial I’ll show how to decorate a mini journal and then create a clear pocket to hold the journal.
Mini Journal and Clear Pocket Tutorial Video.
Supplies Used
- Cardstock 8 x 6 inches for mini journal cover
- Misc. papers for pages, scrapbook, graph paper, notebook paper.
- Little Blossoms Digital Journal Kit
- Butterfly lg stamp
- Memories Stamp
- Fabric Scrap
- Thread waste
- Flat Back Rhinestones
- Direct to Paper Mixed Media Pages
- Fiskars 12 inch portable rotary paper trimmer
- Transparency Film or Acetate
- Aleene’s Tacky Glue
- Beacon Fabri-Tac
- Fiskars Easy Action Scissors
To begin this tutorial, start
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Three Pockets in One Tutorial
This is the August 2022 Friendly Junk Journal Challenge, Three Pockets in One Tutorial. In this tutorial I’ll show how to create a pocket using
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Pocket Folio Tutorial
Sharing a Pocket Folio Tutorial, this is the July 2022 Challenge project inside the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook group. Using a book page,
BLine Designs
January 31st Creative Prompt Create A Purple Journal Page
January 31st Creative Prompt Create A Purple Journal Page. Purple is a fun color, there are so many shades that can be used. In today’s tutorial I’ll show how to paint a page, add a pattern
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Recap of January Creative Prompts
Sharing a Recap of January Creative Prompts in this blog post so that all the posts are listed in one place.
The first post shows how I created a journal to use for the month.
Altered Composition Notebook Junk Journal Tutorial
Sharing a recap of the
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January 30th Creative Prompt Use A Funny Image
January 30th Creative Prompt Use A Funny Image. It is good to laugh in life. Take a moment and find a funny image for today’s prompt. In this tutorial I’ll show how I use a funny image and collage a journal page.