Vintage Note Holder and Junk Journal

Hi crafty friends! Jeanne here with my first project as a guest designer for Clear Scraps. For my project I decided I would create not one but two projects using the wonderful products that I received from Susan, thank you so much Susan! So I will get right to it!

 I created a Vintage note/recipe holder home décor piece using the Clear Scraps Cutting Board Shiplap Shape Small along with a matching junk journal album in which I used the Clear Scraps Mixed Layer Tab Album . I hope you will be inspired and follow along how I created these easy and fun projects! Here we go!!

     

 

 I began by painting the entire cutting board, even though i papered it, I still wasn't completely sure what I would be doing with this. On the tabbed album, I opened it up from packaging, set aside the 2 acrylic pages and painted only a one inch strip around the 2 chipboard pieces. For both the cutting board and tabbed chipboard pages I used Folk Art Vintage White Acrylic paint.

 
I began by selecting the paper collection I would be creating with which is " Spring Farmhouse" from Prima Marketing. I "should" have traced the cutting board before I painted it but since I had not done so, I lightly traced it with a pencil onto one of the 8x8 papers that I picked for the back of the cutting board. For the front, I measured, traced and cut sections for the cutting board. I also went over the edges of the papers with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink followed by my Distress Tool from Prima Marketing. 

I then used We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on the top front paper and back paper. Before adhering the paper, I took some Finnabair Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic "Brown Sienna" paint and a thin paint brush I went along the the cut lines for a bold worn look on the lines. Once all this was complete I adhered my papers onto the wooden cutting board using Art Glitter Glue and lastly I added a Finnabair Art Daily Rusty Paper Clip.

 
 Now onto the Vintage Junk journal I made using the Mixed Layer Tabbed Album, as mentioned before I have already painted a 1 inch more or less of a line around the chipboard pages. I also decided to add a couple of pages in which I made from some thick Kraft card stock from my stash and cut them to size     

                                               

Next I picked out the papers that I would be using for my pages, I cut them all 1/8th of an inch smaller than the Kraft pages and chipboard . Once I’ve cut all of the papers to size, I inked them around again using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink then adhering to the chipboard pieces using Art Glitter Glue. Once I’ve adhered the papers I went over them using a brayer. I like to do this just to make sure the glue is spread out evenly for a better hold. *I did forget to mention that I made holes using the We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on the pages. Also using the We R Memory Keepers Corner Rounder on the edges of the pages.

 I originally was going to create a recipe book but then decided to do something different that I had not created in a little while which is a junk journal. I went thru some of the ephemera from the Prima Marketing Spring Farmhouse and I pulled out my box of junk journal goodies and began to add on a variety of items such as tags, pockets made from small glassine bags and other items. I also made a pocket by adhering some lace and also adding lace to the Kraft pages. On the last page I did use a coffee filter I had in my stash and made that into a pocket. In my stash I also had a couple of pieces of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine papers that I had stamped and then used my heat tool to set. 

 On the tabbed and paper pages I added some Tim Holtz Stitched Scraps , some Prima Marketing Flowers and Wood Spools from the Spring Farmhouse collection. Lastly I worked on the Acrylic pages from the album. I took off the film off from them, I set the cover page aside as I always create this last. I have some 7 Gypsies Parchment Rub-Ons from my stash, I cut the ones I wanted to use on the acrylic page and rubbed them onto the page. Next I moved onto the cover page, I had a Sticker that looks like a wood panel I believe it is from 7 Gypsies as well. I added that then used my We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on it. I then added some flowers from the Spring Farmhouse Collection and other Prima Marketing flowers. Also adding pieces of cheese cloth in between the flowers. I adhered these using double sided tape as I didn’t want liquid glue to be too visible on the other side. I did however use some dots on some of the flowers but those are on the wooden panel sticker. 

I had a small metal spoon in my stash that I had already painted and used a crackle medium on. I adhered this using E6000 glue and then lastly I adhered a “Home Sweet Home” ephemera piece from my stash. Finally to bind this book together I picked out a few different colors of embroidery thread and ran it thru each hole not tightening very much. I added a small dangle I had in my stash as well. 

Well crafty friends, I do hope I didn’t bore you with my process on how I created these two pieces. I absolutely love these products from Clear Scraps that one can create not just one way but a variety of ways. I’m so excited to get started on my next project as guest designer for Clear Scraps! I hope you keep your eyes peeled for my next project but in the meantime check out the rest of the Clear Scraps Design Team and their lovely projects! I will be back next month! 

Happy Crafting!

 Jeanne Rodriguez

Product Supplies used: 

Clear Scraps Cutting Board Shiplap Shape Small 
Clear Scraps Mixed Layer Tab Album 

Folk Art Vintage White Acrylic Paint

Art Glitter Glue

Prima Marketing Spring Farmhouse Collection

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Prima Marketing Distress Tool

We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch

We R Memory Keepers Corner Rounder

Finnabair Art Daily Rusty Paper Clip

Finnabair Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint

"Brown Sienna"

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine Paper

Tim Holtz Stitched Scraps

7 Gypsies Parchment Rub-Ons

E6000 Glue

Junk Journal ephemera and embellishments

Embroidery Thread

Laces from Lavish Laces