Link Love

Diane from CraftyPod and Tammy from daisy yellow art like to share creative ideas and projects.  They have invited others to share 5 posts that Inspired Us to Try Something New.

Diane's article on How to turn a Soda Can into a Spring Brooch inspired me to make a wreath.  

Her mom, Pam from Gingerbread Snowflakes has inspired me to try things like felting and challenged me to make garden markers.  She is always working on something fun!

Sandy Allnock, founder of Operation Write Home has inspired me to learn to color with Copic Markers.

Monika from  I Love it All has inspired me to use an old Reader's Digest book to make a "1st Year Journal".

 

Renee from I came, I saw, I created has inspired me to make a "Welcome to the Area" booklet.

Thank You ladies for being such crafty inspirations!

Cruise Journal ~ part 2

This is a continuation of yesterday's post of a Cruise Journal I made for my mom.

Enamel Dots, Stamps and Brads all add a little something...

There are plenty of places to put pictures or mementos

Little pockets hold little notes

Knowing there would be people to thank, I made some cards with the leftover scraps.

Supplies Used:
Transatlantic Collection ~ Graphic 45
Far & Away Collection ~ Teresa Collins
Black Cardstock ~ Bazzill Basics

Cruise Journal ~ part 1

My mom asked me to make a journal for a cruise she was going on.  Of course she wanted a size I had not done before.

She wanted to have an 8 x 8 size to be able to have plenty of room to write

 

and pockets to store things

Cards fastened with washi tape make good places to write.

I like having different sized papers

Some paper was accordioned and fastened with a brad and twine.

 

Little pockets with a library card add a little place to make a note.

Thanks for looking...I'll show the rest tomorrow.  It's the same, only different.

Travel Journal

I have found I really like making journals out of old Readers Digest books.  This one's spine was cracked so I had to cut it apart and add rings.

I wanted to make a journal for some foreign relatives visiting Washington DC with us a few weeks ago.

My mom had found these long lost French relatives a while back.  I thought the "French Country" paper collection would be perfect.

The pattern design dictates what kind of page it will be...folded or a made into a pocket.

Places to write and add a picture, receipt or ticket stub attached with washi tape.

Hidden places to write

I did add in another collection of papers to mix it up a little.

I used some of the pages from the Readers Digest book as a base for a pocket page with a little flap.

Chicken Wire Embossing Folder pattern on the pocket

 

A little ribbon accent.

I added some plain pages for sketching.

 

I really had fun making this journal and the relatives appreciated receiving it.