Thursday, April 14, 2011

Inspiration Journal by Kerry Lynn Yeary



Hi everyone, kL here!
It's my turn today to share a minibook for JBS + Write.Click.Scrapbook Mini-Album Week! And, after perusing my mini, and entering the giveaway in the previous post {here} don't forget to check in at WCS for double the inspiration as well as another giveaway!



As most of you know I adore using vintage books, especially old readers digest's because underneath those boring paper covers are almost always amazingly beautiful vintage patterns, like in the cover above. I'm also a huge fan of inspiration boards, but sometimes, rather than clear the one I have in the studio I like to make a mini version where I can journal, paint and add inspirational images instead. It gives me some time to play with new product or new techniques, without worrying about the outcome and the bonus is that I will have a beautiful journal at the end that I can use for future inspiration on layouts or altered projects.



For this inspiration journal cover I added of the new be our guest pattern paper and some vintage ledger paper to some large JBS chipboard flowers & then sanding the edges & sewing. then I layered them under a vintage tin butter dish with the 4"x4" schoolhouse paper {here} and the much loved pinked circle with some martha stewart micro-beads added to the top. add some extra embellies and a few charms and then attach to the book cover with a glue gun.



For the pages of my mini I removed the interior pages from the book and then made 6 piles of 10-12 pages that i then sewed together for 6 gathered pages. Then I added some linen fabric along the sides {for a little diy binding} and then add grommets and link together with the cover with some ball & chain {I re-purpose these from those chipboard sets we all have in our stash}.



The interior pages have alot of paint doodling using the new JBS for ranger dabbers and I also added alot of my favorite rub-ons from my stash, like transferware which is one of my all time favorites as well as pearl buttons and pearl flowers.



The goal here is to play and fill the pages, and eventually there will be inspirational quotes and pictures added as well.



some more paint doodling and a strip of one of my most favorite pieces of vintage barkcloth fabric.



The chipboard butterfly was also painted with the dabbers by using them as a wash {diluted heavily with water}. after it dried i applied more of the transfer-ware rub-ons and used a white sharpie paint pen inside the rubon flowers.





I'll be back in a few days to share more so you can see the inspiration pieces once added.
happy thursday!
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13 comments:

  1. I love, love, love this!! Wow! I am totally going to be buying old books at our next library book sale! What a fabulous idea for those old books!! Thanks for showing so much of this!!

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  2. Oh this is so yummy - thanks for that inspiration :)

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  3. My goodness that's an awesome mini. I am definitely adding this to my MUST DO list. I have a quote book that's ATC sized, but have found that I need something larger and this will be perfect!

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  4. Gorgeous Little Book Project! I love what you did with the vintage book, esp. the micro beads and the little ribbon.
    craft-tastrophe

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  5. OMG...this is the neatest book. I have a really neat vintage book that this would be perfect for. I love the way you binded the pages. I have never done an art journal but this has inspired me to try one. Beautiful book and great inspiration. Thank you for sharing...I love it!
    Louise

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  6. so looking at this closer...did you sew the 10-12 pages together all around the page to make 1 thick page, or did you just sew down the left edge and all the pages can be seperated to make sections of 10-12 pages in each section? This is so neat.

    Louise

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  7. @louise :
    i piled 10-12 pages on top of each other and sewed them together around all four edges to make one thick page.
    then i did that 6 times, so i would have six pages total.
    this way, if you paint you have a thicker surface for the paint to adhere, sink into.
    x0

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  8. Oh my....your journal is simply amazing! Thank you so very much for sharing. I just picked up a couple old RD from my library's free-cycle area. They were just too pretty to pass up. I am so excited to try to make one of these art journals. Wow, thanks again KL! :)

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  9. KL! This is the most awesome project I've seen in a long time!!! LOVE it!

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  10. gorgeous, love all of your unique detail!

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  11. That is one of the prettiest journals I've ever seen. I love how you altered the vintage book pages. Just lovely!

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  12. brilliant. such a great idea of sewing the book pages together to make a sturdier surface. making one today. love! xoxo

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