I was lucky enough to be a member of the January journal design team using the beautiful Purple Jenndi digikit from melodimade.com. In addition to the lovely papers in the kit I used the Artisan Design Butterfly Background and Spotted texture stamps, Laurel Burst, Sycamore and Daisy Burst stencils, gelli prints, and some floral and bird images from the Graphics Fairy.
The cover is a rich pink and silver fabric and the journal is Traveller's Notebook size with 3 removable signatures and there are silvery bells on the spine tassel. There are lots of journalling spots and tags throughout and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
On Tuesday 21st January on Hochanda (Home of Crafts, Hobbies and Art), Pete Simpson of Artisan Design will be launching his created licensed designed stamps: The Butterfly Dancers: Now available for pre-order in either mounted and unmounted formats at https://www.artisandesigngroupuk.com
Here's what I've created for the design team using "Mason" and "Jorjie" - watch the shows tomorrow and see if you can spot any of my makes!
Card with Mason and Spotted background
Jorjie on a smooshed Distress Oxide background
A little notebook with Brusho background and Mulberry paper
Inside the notebook with some of the "worker" stamps in Mason's set
I liked the worker stamps so much I used them to make a card with Distress Oxide on photo paper background
A mixed media tag using Jorjie on a collaged bookpaper background and added texture using the Laurel Burst stencil and texture paste.
A canvas with Starlight metallic paints and Daisy Burst stencil, with Fern stamped onto vellum.
Easel card using Artisan Design Veiny texture stamp and Mason
Sparkly embossed Jorjie on Daisy Burst stencilled background and resin flowers
I turned a 20p hardback book from a charity shop into this cover for a flow-type journal. Once the pages were removed I gessoed the cover and added some torn scraps of book paper, then used three colours of my brand-new Brushos to colour it purples and blues. I really enjoyed playing with the Brushos and plan on trying out some more techniques soon. I stencilled the front cover with an alphabet stencil and the back with the Daisy Burst stencil from Artisan Design. I used matt gel through the stencils and once it was dry highlighted it with Diamond Starlight Wax and added a beaded dangle to the spine.
The inside was lined with an off-cut of wallpaper. As it's going to be a flow-type journal, which will hold papers, envelopes etc. for the recipient to use in her own journal making, I decided to use elastic cord to hold the contents in. I made an inside spine and tied the elastic round that so it wasn't visible on the outside and trimmed it with Washi tape.
Here's the finished journal, stuffed full of goodies!
A New Home card using Artisan Design UK's Sycamore stencil, distress inks in shades of green and blue and some magazine covermount stamps from my stash. Quick tip - stencil glue is fabulous for stopping stencils from slipping, and it doesn't lift the paper, unlike Washi tape.
