Tuesday 22 July 2014

Journal/Notebook cover

Do you remember the masterboard I made for the challenge blog at the beginning of the month? Well I decided to use part of it to make a cover for a small journal. You can see the full tutorial of how to make the board HERE.
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I cut the masterboard in half and gathered some embellishments and elements that I thought I would like to use and had fun making a small collage.
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I had added some further layers to the background before gluing anything down. You can see some stencilling with distress inks and some text stamping.
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I also cut some letters from card for the journal focus, painted them with Fresco Finish paints and edged them with walnut stain distress ink.
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I used the pewter FF paint on the stars and stamped over them with black archival.
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Once everything was glued down I adhered the board to the front of a small journal……
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…. and now it’s ready to be used.
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The fun in making your own covers is knowing that no-one will ever have one exactly the same (even me lol).

If you haven’t joined in the challenge yet, perhaps you'd like to get out your stencils and have a go at making a journal or notebook cover for yourself and then show it to us on the challenge blog.

Have fun with whatever you are making this week.

hugs Brenda xxx

12 comments:

  1. This looks gorgeous. Beautiful design Anneke.

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  2. I do remember the beautiful masterboard you created and you have put it to wonderful use on this journal Brenda, it is gorgeous. Anne xx

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  3. Stunning Brenda! The master board itself looked fantastic already, but I really, really love how you have transformed it for this little journal cover! Brilliant use of the various elements, really love this!!

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  4. Love the blend of colours on this one Brenda and I bet it was extremely well received. Jenny x

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  5. Brenda
    You made such perfect use of the masterboard to create a journal cover and what a beautiful reminder to create every day.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  6. looks divine Brenda - always a good idea a brewing over here.

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  7. Beautifully made into a journal cover, looks amazing and would make me want to create in it every time i saw the colours and textures :-) xxx

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  8. Yes, I remember and love the finished project! The journal cover is gorgeous and I love how you collaged all the findings! Fabulous work, Brenda! Hugs!

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  9. Brilliant use of your beautiful masterboard - such gorgeous colours and textures, and I love the dimensional lettering. This is fab!!
    Alison xx

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