Hello friends! I hope you’re having a great week so far. Today I’m sharing this super fun art journal I created using a variety of stencils, stencil butters and the newest Full Size Journal Die from Sizzix that Eileen Hull designed! After playing with the kit that Eileen sent to me to play, I had to buy it! You can use it for all kinds of different journals. I decided to make a crafty journal to sketch out my ideas etc.
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Disclaimer: “The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with products to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.”
To begin, I taped down the TCW840 Sun Valley stencil to the mat board to prevent the stencil from slipping.
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Next, I used a variety of inks and a blending brush to color in the images.
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I repeated the exact same process using the TCW948 Framed Flowers stencil. I love this stencil so much! It’s so pretty and I couldn’t wait to play with it!
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Once I was finished blending in the images, I used a strong double sided tape to bind the book together and elastic string to hold the A5 journals inside the book.
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I ordered some A5 Kraft journals on Amazon real cheap and altered them using stencil butters and some more of my favorite stencils!
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I must say, this process was super therapeutic for me. I covered the front and let it dry before completing the process on the other side of the journal. For the covers, I used TCW948 Framed Flowers, TCW935 Secret Garden and TCW936 Messy Writing Stencils along with stencil butters Fuchsia, Turquoise, and Gamboge.
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Here are some photos of the complete journal. This journal makes my heart so happy!! What do you think?
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Thank you so much for visiting today!
Nicole Martel, Design Team Member
I’ve hopped over from the Cat Lovers Hop. I am new to your products and they are wonderful. Thanks so much for sposnoring!