Thrifty shopping for Crafty folk

 

Well hello to Autumn, hardly feels like Summer

visited at all lol, but then this is England so nothing

 unusual about that.

Today I am sharing my DT project for

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

Challenge 05

I am trying to be a bit "thriftier" with my crafting and 

shopping for bargains to share. This Tin that the journal is 

made to fit into was £1 from Poundland, and contained 

coloured pencils /eraser/sharpener/ruler and Alphabet stencil.

My friends June and Shasteya gave me these beautiful

digi papers for free!!! 

I started by printing 2 of the patterned papers onto

each side of some 120gsm card stock, and making

a basic concertina ...

I then took some £1 post it notes and added them

 randomly to the "pages" as journalling panels...

before going wild with more of the images from

the same free paper collection, adding a few stickers

I already had in my stash...

On the reverse I just used the letter stencil that came 

in the Tin to add a few Autumnal phrases...

To finish I decorated the tin lid with a couple more 

pieces from the collection.

All in all I am very happy with this little

 "Tinned Journal"

And I highly recommend trawling the stationary

and kiddy craft sections at Poundland

 (or your countries equivalent)

when looking for journalling items.

And if you have a printer, check out FB and other 

intrnet places for free paper downloads.

Enjoy XXX

I would like to share this project with the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #501 Anything Goes

DL.ART Thankful Thursday challenge #330 Anything Goes

Color Throwdown Challenge #757 - Aqua/grey/green

Ellebelles Corner : Crafty Wednesday Challenge #August Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenges #56 August opt. the great outdoors

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #553 Anything Goes

 

Got Junk? Then Journal...

Junk Journaling is a thing, and can be a massive undertaking,

but sometimes we just need a little project to fulfill our crafting "NEED"

For my CRAFTING FROM THE HEART DT project this month

I chose to play with a single sheet of double-sided scrapbook paper

from Graphics45 called "Ephemera Queen"

and created this "mini" journal

First I took the 12x12 sheet of playing cards and 

cut it into 3 horizontal strips

leaving tabs on the ends to connect them with,

before folding in a concertina fashion.

Next I "closed up" and glued the folds together to 

make "pages", adding an outer strip of paper to 

form a re-enforcing spine.

Now I had a mini book waiting for the addition

of scraps and more.

I chose some free papers from 

Free Junk Journal Printables

and added randomly... 

Some pages needed more than others.

After this I added some lovely lacey rub-ons from

Creative Expressions "Sam Poole Collection"

The beauty of rub-ons and junk journaling is that there is no

worry about imperfections 

I hope my post might take away some of the fear often

felt when attempting a journaling project,

and I would love to see your more unusual crafty projects

 over at

 CRAFTING FROM THE HEART

Enjoy XXX

I would like to share this make with the following Challenges:

CREATIVE CREASES #60 Anything Goes With a Fun Fold

CREATIVE FINGERS CHALLENGE #257 Anything Goes

ELLEBELLE'S CRAFTY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE #JUNE Anything Goes

PAPER FUNDAY CHALLENGE #54 Anything Goes

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE #WEEK 734 Anything Goes 

LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS #208 Anything Goes