It's coming up to my favourite time of year- Autumn! In honour of this special season I've made a mushroom themed Autumnal Journal! If you saw my last post you will have seen all the lovely mushroom themed ephemera I made, so I decided to collate it all together in a journal that is now …
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you all a challenge I set myself to use as much of a piece of recycling as possible to make some journal ephemera. This was a really fun challenge and I succeeded in turning this..... into this! To do this I cut up the box into segments …
As you may have noticed I have really gotten into making junk journals recently, and some of you may be wondering what exactly they are and what they can be used for. So here's a quick run down of what a junk journal is and what you can do with one! What is it? Essentially …
Here is my hand made vintage style recipe journal! It measures 12.5 cm x 18 cm and is quite chunky at 8 cm deep. The cover is sturdy card and is decorated with recipe pages from newspapers and magazines that have been aged with gold paint. It fastens with twine and has a cute vintage …
I have been busy this year entering a few painting competitions and shows, I have entered Create Longridge, Paint Padiham and now have two paintings on show at the Stewards Gallery at Clitheroe Castle in Clitheroe for there "Pendle Life" open exhibition. The two paintings I have on show from top to bottom are …
I know it's only August, but when you are a crafter, preparation for Christmas comes early! I made this junk journal recently with a Christmas theme. It's a great way to store your memories from Christmas, jot down those Christmas lists and thank you card lists and keep tracks on who's been naughty or nice! …
I have been loving all things mixed media recently and have just made some tags for my junk journals using collage, sewing and tea stained papers. I started the process by making the collage on some sturdy card stock- the card I used is up-cycled from some promotional leaflets but you could use cereal boxes …
My latest projects at RRandJ.com have all been based around junk journals and heirloom journals. Using an array of mixed media techniques including sewing, stamping, book binding, paper crafts, bead work and applique I create one of a kind journals from found materials making each journal unique. Here are some images of my most recent …
Recently I have been experimenting with tea staining paper for various art projects, namely my junk journals and mixed media projects. Joseph has also been intrigued by the process and has made a treasure map with some of the paper I made! If you are interested in trying this out at home for yourself or …
Today I am doing something a bit different and I am going to try my hand at doing a Christmas card tutorial of sorts to show you how you can make a card similar to the ones shown below. To make these cards you will need: Plain card in the colour of your choice (I …
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