Category: Collaged Journal Cover

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Unicorn Journal

I have been wanting to make a journal like this for quite some time.  When this digital kit came available, I knew I had to buy it.

Here is a picture of some of the elements included in it and the signatures I made from the pages in the kit.

Elements and Papers

So far, I’ve sewn in the signature covers and started decorating the front and back covers, as well as the spine.

I was trying to decide between these two ideas for the front cover:

 

 

Cover idea 1
Cover idea 2

It was a difficult decision, but my daughter told me the one with more butterflies was better than the one with less, so that is the one I went with.  Now I’m working on the back cover and then I will finish decorating the spine. After that, it’s time to add pockets and ephemera to the pages inside and then it will be complete.

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Collaged Journal Covers

There are a couple of things that I really love when it comes to journal making – one is the chance to combine fabric with paper and the other is the chance to collage.

Collage was how I first got started in art.  To be honest, I don’t draw well.  I can sketch, but it takes me forever so that is how I started with collage.  I realized that I could make a flower,  for example, out of paper scraps far easier than I could draw or paint one.

Now I found a way to use collage in my journals.  I make these adorable, one signature journals that have a fabric base which is then covered in a decorative scrapbook paper or other decorative card stock type of paper and then I build a collage on top of that for the front cover.

These are relatively quick to make compared to some of my other journals and it’s also a great way to use up fabrics that I can’t really use for covers or something else.

Collaged Journal Covers

It’s really hard to pick which one is my favorite and I’m also happy to report that all of these journals were sold at the recent Craft Guild Spring Show.

Until next time….