VERY LATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS CONTINUED

VERY LATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS CONTINUED

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Hello my crafty friends J 

So, as promised in my last blog post, I’m back with the finished journals.

To continue where I left off... 

I stamped, embossed, inked and stitched onto a couple of scraps of the papers that I had used in the journals.  These became the book titles, which I then mounted onto a small piece of the burlap.

 

 

 

 

 

I then cut a piece of cardboard for the spine.

 

 

And glued the burlap spine piece to the covers and spine of the journal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I dug out stamps pertinent to each journal, and stamped on all of the pages, just to add a little interest.

 

 

  

I added a closure.

 

 

 

And then tidied up the inside of the covers with pretty paper.

 

 

Added a bookmark to each journal.

 

Stitched in the signatures with matching ribbon.  Making sure to glue the knots (this stops the ribbon from coming undone – double faced satin ribbon wants to come undone if left to its own devices).

 

 

And there you have it.  Two very late Christmas presents DONE!!! 

 

      

I have a little show and tell video on my youtube channel showing the finished journals in a little more detail, which I have included down below for you guys.

 

Ta ta for now

Love Jane J x