Graphic 45's Bird Song Altered File Folder Journal / Mini Album Combination

Three posts in one week! Yay, I'm on a roll! I have one more altered file folder journal / mini album combination to share with you. For this one I used one of my all time favorite paper collections, Graphic 45's Bird Song. I have been hoarding this paper forever because once I have used it all....it's gone as this paper collection is long ago retired. Here are some more views of the outside cover.

Some details about the book:

Cover Size:

H - 6 1/2", W - 5", D - 1 3/4"

Features:

* Elastic / hitch post closure design

* Handmade tassel

* Exposed spine design

* 3 File tabbed sections. 

* 3 Pocket pages

* 2 Flip tag pages

* 2 Photo mat booklets

* 2 Mini journaling booklets with 6 pages in each of unlined paper in a cream color

* 6 Signatures that have 12 lined pages in each signature (24 front and back), for a total of 72 pages (144 front & back) in the book. Pages are cream color.

Here are some inside page views:

The entire album and all the pages can be viewed on my you tube channel:

Thank you for stopping by!

Graphic 45's World's Fair Altered File Folder Journal / Mini Album Combination

I'm back with another altered file folder journal / mini album combination. This journal features the Graphic 45 World's Fair paper collection. Here are some more pictures:

Details about the journal:

* Book measures: H- 6 1/2", W- 5 1/16", D- 1 3/4"

* Cloth covered chipboard for the front and back cover

* Exposed spine

* Metal book corners

* Beaded clip closure with handmade tassel

* 4 pockets

* 2 photo mat booklets

* 2 booklets with 6 blank pages in each booklet

* 8 signatures with 12 lined pages (24 front and back) in each signature for a total of 96 journaling pages (192 front and back).

* Edges distressed with a blue denim ink

* 3 tabbed sections file folder style. 

Some page views

The entire album with views of each page can be seen on my you tube channel:

 I also have this journal listed in my etsy store. You can find a link to my etsy store in my sidebar and at the top of the page below the header.

Thanks for stopping by!

Asian Theme Book of Secrets, Asian Theme Journal With Drawers, G45 Bird Song

Little Book of Secrets

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe we are already 17 days into 2016? I've been busy with making more of the books with the little matchbox drawers. Today's post features an Asian theme that I made. The cover is covered in black paper with a book cloth  (fabric) spine. 

The paper used on the inside is Graphic 45's Bird Song. One of my favorite collection of theirs! I have 5 signatures in this book with 4 drawers and a waterfall feature.

Some more pictures:

The waterfall and lined journal pages:

The matchbox drawers:

I have a video of this book if you would like to check out more pictures and views.

I also have this listed in my etsy store. You can find the link to my etsy store above and in my sidebar to the right.

Thanks for stopping by!

Graphic 45's An Eerie Tale Chunky Style Mini Album / Halloween Album

 

How about another project using Graphic 45's An Eerie Tale paper collection? I still had some nice size scraps left from the previous project so I decided to make a 4"x4"x2" chunky style mini album. It's little but it will hold a lot of pictures. 

Some views of the inside pages:

To see every page and view all the details of this mini album, check out my you tube video here:

As always, thanks for checking out my latest project! 

Happy crafting!

G45 An Eerie Tale Altered File Folder Mini Album / Journal

Yep, I'm back with another altered file folder mini album / journal. For this one I used Graphic 45's An Eerie Tale paper collection. This is a smaller version of my larger size that I usually make. Here are some photos:

I used an embossed vinyl for the spine. There are four tabs, each labeled with a fun Halloween word.

An inside view of some of the pages:

Here's a link to a video I made showing all the pages and giving the details of this album.

I also have it listed in my etsy store. It can be found by clicking on my etsy store link at the top of this page under my banner.

Thank you for stopping by!

Altered Composition Notebook Using Graphic 45's Couture Paper Collection

Has it really been two months since I have posted last? I have been creating...really I have. I have been bad though at photographing my projects and posting. I will have to work on improving that.

Tonight I would like to show you a composition notebook that I altered. To begin, I took the notebook apart. Yes I did say apart.

I was looking at a composition book and wondering what would happen if I cut the stitching and removed the pages so that I could decorate the cover without the paper in it. Surprising, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

The tricky part was making sure I had my holes in the spine . I covered the middle with cardstock and then flipped it over to the outside and pierced the holes from there so that I would have the holes on the inside. Here are some pictures of the inside once I altered / decorated it. Both the front and back covers have pockets that things can be tucked into it.

I then made an envelope that I attached by sewing it in the middle while sewing the text block back in. 

 Front and back covers:

And...my favorite part...the spine! While sewing the text block back in, I added pearls to the stitching on the outside. Love it!

I was quite pleased with my experiment of taking a composition book apart to alter it and then sewing the text block back again. I will be trying this again...I have more ideas I want to try.

I hope you like my altered composition book and I hope it inspires you to alter one too.