Let's Journal! Pt IV
Here we are at day 4 of our 5 day tutorial. I hope that my pages have inspired you to pick up a notebook and get to work! Today we're going to add some things to the top of our page that will stand out pretty well on the finished page. These "embellishments" may include photographs, die cuts, chipboard, magazine pages, printed text, etc. Here's what I did:
I used my favorite pen to add some black doodle junk at the top and bottom of the page. I prefer these pens by Sharpie. It is hard to find a pen that continues to have great ink flow over all of these surface types. I gave up using Pitt artist pens. The tips do not hold up well to these textured pages.
In the picture above, you can see I also added text from my computer. Before printing the text, I sprayed a piece of cardstock with water and then followed with a few quick squirts of Walnut Ink. Once the paper was dry, I fed it through my computer. Instant aged text. Once the text was on the page, I outlined each piece with my black colored pencil and smudged away.
When I am gluing small pieces of cut out text to my pages, I like to use this glue pen. It's a lot easier to control the glue placement. If I were to use glue stick or gel medium, and if any of the glue stick or gel medium "missed its mark", then the pencil lines and charcoal smudges would stick to the glue and look sloppy. With this pen, I can assure that glue will only go where it needs to be.
You can see I also added some stamped script to the page. To ink the stamps, I lay the stamps down on the table, rubber side up, and gently rub the corner of a stazon ink pad to the center of the rubber. This way, the stamp will not look like a block of text, it will appear as some of the writing has weathering and worn away.
So I think I am just about finished here...time to add some journaling. How is your page coming along? When I look back at this page and remember some of the things I mentioned on day 1 of the tutorial, I can see that I am sort of a liar. Ha! I wanted my pattern paper to show through, but my paint color mishap required additional paint layers, so most of the floral is covered up. All of that extra paint also covers up a lot of the text I hoped would peek through. Oh well. It's still a nice page even though it didn't finish in the direction that I hoped for at the beginning. Like I said, there is no wrong way to make a page. All pages are great! They're your pages and when you look back at them a long time from now, you'll have forgotten the floral pattern and the text you wanted to come through.
See you tomorrow!
Do I travel in time? Did I sleep soooo long? Lol!
Posted by: Laurence | February 24, 2008 at 12:37 PM
what a great lesson! ...no....I have not yet started my page...too hard for me...even you gave us such clear instructions. :(
Posted by: Emilia | February 28, 2008 at 05:07 AM
I love your style.
Posted by: Hermine | February 28, 2008 at 05:43 AM
I am MIsA (missing in Scrap action?) these days, but I'll keep up with your lessons soon and show you the results !
Posted by: laurence | February 28, 2008 at 06:03 AM
I am loving this!!! The transformations are awesome and I'm getting so many ideas!!! Thank you a million times!
Posted by: Carmen | February 28, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Oh my goodness. Yes it is goodness that I have just found by way of Zorana. I have to tell you that I will be back when I can go to day 1 and read up. I'm at the offic now pretending to work. I'll be back and can't wait...
Posted by: Sharon at Norah'S | February 28, 2008 at 09:17 AM
Oh my goodness. Yes it is goodness that I have just found by way of Zorana. I have to tell you that I will be back when I can go to day 1 and read up. I'm at the offic now pretending to work. I'll be back and can't wait...
Posted by: Sharon at Norah'S | February 28, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Oh, I hope you can transfer your tutorials to the new blog! You have the BEST tutorials...I am looking forward to your past tutorials too. Can't wait to head downstairs and try some...=) (after my cello practise...and going grocery shopping with hubby...sigh) I really use very few techniques right now but would like to learn more. knittermag at yahoo dotcom ...have a nice day! =)
Posted by: Maggie Ann | February 28, 2008 at 09:30 AM
I have to agree your directions are the best! I just finish my page for today- I might have went a little over the top today! LOL! Oh well it is all about learning right!
Posted by: Kim H | February 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM
I'm following your lead everyday Julie. Thanks for the tips and the genuine way you share. Having tons of fun!
Posted by: LinLin | February 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Can we have a close-up of the scalloped header on that journal page...it is like candy!
Posted by: forcryeye | February 28, 2008 at 01:11 PM
will need to check this out when i have more time ... journaling is still second last on my fave list ;)
Posted by: Belinda | February 28, 2008 at 02:23 PM
oops, forgot to say that i love your page. great tutorial.
Posted by: Belinda | February 28, 2008 at 02:24 PM
Oh, I love that the doodling looks like ink blots...sort of a rohrschact thing. Did I spell that right, been way too many years since psych classes. Not at all good with words here, so I'm thinking about this step today.
Posted by: Tami Bayer | February 28, 2008 at 04:30 PM
I'm serial commenting today, to thank you again!!! I had so much fun with my journal today and I owe it to you!!!
Posted by: Carmen | February 28, 2008 at 08:26 PM
I just found your blog through a link on another fabulous blog and I'm so glad that I did! I love your journalling tutorial and have been thinking about getting one ready for a big trip that I have coming up! You've given me some great ideas and inspiration to get one started! Thankyou and I'll definitely be back.
Posted by: Kelsey | February 29, 2008 at 06:11 AM
Julie: I am finsihed (for now) with Part IV and ready to move on to journaling. Thanks so, so much for this tutorial. My page is looking so different to me than my usual style! It is great to break out of the usual box.
Posted by: Seth | March 01, 2008 at 06:54 PM