Day 146: Snail Mini Pocket Journal

very similar to the journal i made yesterday, but this one is a little smaller and i used different Stampin' Up stamps and inks.  these little journals are perfect for pockets.  i love keeping these in my pocket and bag to keep notes.



this journal / notebook is for the winner of the Spoiled Swappers group WTA #19 on Swap-bot.  this round, the theme is BUGS, so i'm sending this little journal with a store-bought butterfly keychain.  i hope she likes it!

Day 145: Handmade Dragonfly Mini Journal

using a bunch of Stampin' Up stamps, i created a pocket sized (3 x 4 inch) journal for my partner in the Itty Bitty CREEPY CRAWLY swap on Swap-bot.

i cut the paper to size, then stamped the plain blue cardstock cover in various shades of blue using all Stampin' pads.  i colored in the dragonfly and ladybugs using the water pen and the same blue ink pads.

after the cover was finished, i used an awl to poke the holes in the pages and threaded some embroidery thread to create the binding.

i like to use these little journals when i travel.  i keep track of itineraries, info, and write about everything on my travels.  it's small enough to keep in your pocket and big enough to log a weekend trip.

Day 98: Beautiful Butterfly Journal

Created a new cover for my journal for the Swap-bot "Round Robin Journal Swap." I used my new Papertrey Ink doily rubber-stamps with their chamomile tea dye ink pad on their rustic cream cardstock paper. Added a couple of Pink Paislee butterfly rubber-stamp images to fill in the page, then used a butterfly rub-on I've been holding on to for a while. The "beautiful" vellum sentiment is from the immortal love paper set I got from Joanns. I used my Xyron sticker maker to adhere the vellum. I attached the whole cardstock cover using eyelets on the four corners.



The back cover is slightly different: clear swirl rubber-stamps and a smaller butterfly rub-on.



Now I just have to write a welcome message and send it off!

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Day 1: Fold a bug

Welcome to my new crafty blog!

i'm inspired by a book i bought, "365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!" by Noah Scalin.

i'm challenging myself to make a creepy crawly everyday for the next year!  yes, i know i'm not starting on January 1st, so it won't be a calendar year, but i figured if i start on Christmas eve, then i'll finish all 365 before Christmas Day next year!  it's a date i can remember. :)

so my first project is courteousy of a handmade Wreck This Journal that i had received from a Swap-bot swap last year.  it's covered in blue and orange duct tape.  that means it shouldn't fall apart, right?  so awesome! 



i didn't take a picture of the notebook page before i tore it out and started folding, but using an origami pattern for dollar bills, i folded and folded... and here's how it turned out.



how do you like my notebook butterfly? :)  i had to squish it to the journal would close.



i added some color by patting the butterfly with a multicolored stamp pad.  the antennae are repurposed from a food wrapper i found laying around at work.  what do you think?

not too shabby or complicated for day 1...  if i can continue like this, then i should be able to finish, right?