Paper bag mini journal

Hello everyone! Henriëtte here with a mini journal made from a paper bag and decorated 

with the Eclectic Charm collection.

This mini journal measures 5,5 x 3 1/4 inches. 

I found the idea for this kind of journal on the Creativecafegirl You Tube channel.

She has various tutorials available.

The cover is made using a small paper bag. 

I've glued a cute bird from the ephemera pack on the front and for closure I've added a ribbon.

The pages inside the journal are kraft packaging papers.

This journal has 12 pages and all pages are decorated with the Eclectic charm papers.

On the first page I've made a side pocket with ephemera and added a chipboard piece from the 

flourish and flowers set. I've used a black inkpad to color the chipboard.

On the right page I've added a tiny coin envelope and in it are two small tags.

On these two pages I've made two side pockets with ephemera from the 

Eclectic charm calling cards and a inked flower chipboard.

 

Here I've made a flip out with washi tape and on the right a bellyband to hold ephemera.

These two pages both have a little tuck spot made from two ephemera pieces.

The page on the left has a pocket. The other page is not embellished. 

The paper was just so beautiful.

Next, two pages with stamped images. I've used two stamp sets: 

Spread your wings and fancy clocks.

I've stamped the images with black chalk ink.

The last two pages have a side pocket and also the pocket from the paper bag.

It can hold ephemera pieces and journaling paper.

I hope you like my little Eclectic Charm journal.

Thanks so much for stopping by the Blue Fern Studios blog!!

Hugs, Henriëtte.

Travel journal with Wanderlust

Hello crafty friends, DT Henriëtte here today sharing a travel journal I made using the 

Wanderlust collection.

This is the first journal I ever made. I watched this tutorial on how to make a journal.

It wasn't as difficult as I thought and the Wanderlust collection is perfect for making a travel journal.

For the signatures I folded patterned papers together with tea dyed and oven baked papers.

I tea dyed the papers myself. Here's the video I watched to learn how to do that.

The give the papers an even more old look I used Blue Ferns Studios texture stamps.

I also made a few pockets in the journal using the Wanderlust collection.

I embellished the journal with the Wanderlust calling cards and printed chipboards.

On some of the pages I stamped images from various BFS stamp sets.

I really love how this journal turned out and I'm planning on using it on our holiday to 

Norway in a few months.

Products used:

Papers: 

Wanderlust papers, calling cards and printed chipboards

Stamps:

Arcadia textures

Flight and Flair

Flutter Music

Thanks for stopping by the Blue Fern Studios Blog.

I appreciate your comments very much!

Hugs, Henriëtte.

New Beginnings with Jelissa

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans, and welcome to the new year!

I'm up on the blog today with a video tutorial of how I put together a mixed media journal cover, using nothing more than Blue Fern Studios chipboards, some metal bits and flowers. I was very inspired by one of our former creative team member Joyce Kers who kept a journal on inspirational women in her family, and I wanted to make a similar journal for myself but of my family tree which I hope to fill up in the year 2015.

This is the project:

and close-ups (warning: graphic-intensive!)

I have always used papers, cloth or canvas to create my layers but for this journal cover I decided to create my layers with the chipboards from Blue Fern Studios instead. The intricate laser-cut designs are perfect as every layer they form has lots of interesting details to catch the eye.  

I wanted a blank white base to start with so that I can get to play with the new mediums I got for Christmas, but didn't want my chipboards to feel boring. So all the chipboard pieces were covered with different texture mediums. 

My title piece which I kept simple.

Here is the video of how I put everything together:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Floral Clock

Fall Foliage

Little Birds Set

Leafy Page Accents

Notebook Edges

"Family" word 

Thank you for dropping by the blog!

love,
Jelissa