Journals / Notebooks

Three more decorated journal covers.

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Spooky Junk Journal

 

I made a junk journal type book for a friend out of recycled used envelopes.

These are the first couple of pages.

I tried to keep it fairly light hearted and not as gruesome as it could have been. 

Some of the pages are really plain, but room has been left for journaling.

I incorporates some die cuts and some resin mould pieces.

I didn't want to make it too bulky as I didn't put a closure on it.

These two pages house some tags.

And this is the right page with the tags removed.

These are the middle pages.

The envelope pocket flips out on the right page.

And there are 3 tags / journaling cards in the pocket.

These are my favourite two pages.

This is a double spread page with a piece of white netting between the pages.

The netting is covering the left page in this photo, it's very subtle, but a nice effect.

Again very plain pages, but writing space if needed.

Nearly there.

The back inside cover has a pouch with a tag in it.

There is another pouch on the back of the above tag which houses a journaling card.

And finally, this is the back cover.

This is the removable tassel that is attached to the spine with a safety pin.

I hope she likes it as this was part of a 9 day course I am enrolled on with Anna aka Finnabair.

Sketchbook Journal Dream

 

I played around with some metal, wooden and resin embellishments on the front of the journal cover.

Then I slightly changed the layout and decorated the front cover.

And did the same to the back cover.

This is for sale in my online shop.

Square Journal Skull Covers

 

I covered the front of the journal with a skull napkin.  I took some resin and metal embellishments and arranged them on the cover.

I then painted each element with acrylic paint.

Close up of the bottom of the journal cover.

A close up of the upper par of the journal cover.

I painted the back cover of the journal with silver metallic paint.

This is for sale in my online shop.

Skull Sketchbook

 

I decided to use mostly wooden shapes on the front of this sketchbook cover.

I used purple and pink metallics on the front cover.

Painted all the pieces black and then stuck them onto the cover.

I used metallic paints to paint the black wooden and resin shapes.

Close up of the right side.

Close up of the left side.

Close up of the centre piece.

This is the back which I have kept flat so it's easy to use.

This is the front and back when it's opened out.

And this is the inside. The paper is a bit rougher and it's cream, it's called a sketchbook and measures approx 8.2" x 5.5".

For sale on my website - https://aviarto.com/workshop/sam-b

Skull Journal Covers

I sponged shades of green metallic paint onto the cover of this journal.

I played around with some pieces until I was happy with the layout. I painted them in black powertex and stuck them together with it.

Then I used waxes and metallic acrylics to paint the black shapes.

Close up of the head, crown and wings.

And this skull is from a mould that I made myself.

And this is on the back. It's a napkin of skull faces.

And this is it opened so you can see that I left he back unbellished so that it would sit flat.

There is really nice, good quality, bright white paper inside.

Size approx 8.25" square.

 

Decorated Journal Covers

 

This is the second of the A5 journal books that I picked up from Hobby Craft. I added a napkin to the back cover using matte medium.

I used different colours of metallics to blend the napkin into the background and I've covered it in a couple of layers of soft varnish to protect it.

And here it is dried and in the sunlight. I didn't put anything else on the back so that it sits flat on the table.

I sponged on metallic paints to the front cover and then complied a layout that I was happy with, glued it on and painted it with black gesso.

I coloured the embellishments with metallic paints and waxes.