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Picking Accent Colors for Junk Journals
One of the many things I love about Junk Journals is how creatively free you can be. There are few rules and little pressure to follow them. I tend to finish off my Junk Journal Projects with a final touch/layer/whatever… I was looking at this group of Mass Make cards and realized they’d be a good example of one of the different ways I do this. 😉 In these examples – part of my projects for the Junk Journal #100DayChallenge – the final touch was stamping with a vintage Business Stamp I have (and yes, it’s a fav! 😉 ) I chose the ink colors I used for this final…
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#100DayChallenge2024, 3 x 5 Projects, Ephemera, Junk Journal Ephemera, Junk Journal Kits, Mini Books
How a Junk Journal Idea Starts
This is how an Idea starts… 😉 I watched a YouTube Video by LUISE HEINZL – JUNK JOURNAL ART @luiseheinzl She and a friend were working on projects inspired by a vintage Tim Holtz book – Tim Holtz Distressables 2, published in 2008. I was lucky enough to snag a used copy on Amazon. As I was paging thru the book, I spotted a cute idea on page 6 – Mini Stitched Booklets. That project called for a lot of supplies that are no longer available, but it was easy to see that I could modify the format I have been using for the #100DayChallenge – the 3×5 format with…
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Some of My New Personal Stamps
As part of the 100 Day Challenge, I finished these last night. I used only my own stamp designs. 😉 I LURVE Whale Tail tabs, especially stamped. Last month, I designed an entire sheet (6″ x 4″) of stamps made up of insects that are small enough to fit on one side of a Whale Tail, so I used them here. Then, both sides of each 3″ x 5″ card was randomly stamped from my other personally designed grunge style stamps. I consider these all about 95% finished. I plan to leave them like this for now. When I use them in a project, I’ll add a little something to…
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I Love Junk Journal Ephemera
You know you love #JunkJournals when… You peel the back label off a vintage avocado colored washing machine, dumped out on the street.
