Hi everyone! I'm still having fun with my jumbo road atlas journal! A few of you have asked me how I prepare the pages in this book for journaling. I just take a few simple steps...
I just take a few simple steps for preparing a book for journaling...
1. I went through the whole book, and tore out every third page. This will make it so the binding doesn't break down as much as I fill the book with paint and stuff.
2. I went through the book a second time, gluing two pages at a time together with a glue stick. I made sure to cover the entire surface all the way to the edges, and then smoothed them out with a brayer to help with wrinkling. It still will be somewhat wrinkly, but I figure that's part of the charm, right?
3. I went through the first ten pages or so and prepped with gesso. You could go through the whole book, but I just do them a few at a time. On some of the pages I used white gesso, and on some of them I used clear gesso. This just makes the page a little stronger and helps to prepare the surface to accept whatever mediums you want to throw at it.
On this page I used a very thin coat of white gesso. I did the writing for June 6th, 7th and 8th with a permanent ink pen. The next step was coloring all the shapes on the page with inktense pencils, and blending them with a waterbrush. I went back and did the final journal entry for the 9th, and lastly, added a few collage elements...
The numbers are filled in with gel pens. With each spread it's fun to decide how much of the atlas image to show/hide. I will probably cover the next page completely, just for variety.
Also, I just wanted to mention that I was at Archiver's over the weekend and saw all of the new Project Life designs! They are all so AWESOME! I stopped by on Friday, and picked up the Midnight Edition, which I have been waiting for forever! I just love the black and white graphic look, and all the handwritten cards. So cool...
and on Saturday I discovered the HONEY Edition, and I just had to have it too! I mean come on, look at the colors and those cute clouds!
My friend Lynn got the Jade Edition (which is also AWESOME), and she and I swapped some cards, so we each will have more variety! I have a renewed sense of enthusiasm for Project Life now! I got all my pages done for April, and I'm working on May. I will share soon!
Have a great week my friends, and I will see you again soon!
I just take a few simple steps for preparing a book for journaling...
1. I went through the whole book, and tore out every third page. This will make it so the binding doesn't break down as much as I fill the book with paint and stuff.
2. I went through the book a second time, gluing two pages at a time together with a glue stick. I made sure to cover the entire surface all the way to the edges, and then smoothed them out with a brayer to help with wrinkling. It still will be somewhat wrinkly, but I figure that's part of the charm, right?
3. I went through the first ten pages or so and prepped with gesso. You could go through the whole book, but I just do them a few at a time. On some of the pages I used white gesso, and on some of them I used clear gesso. This just makes the page a little stronger and helps to prepare the surface to accept whatever mediums you want to throw at it.
On this page I used a very thin coat of white gesso. I did the writing for June 6th, 7th and 8th with a permanent ink pen. The next step was coloring all the shapes on the page with inktense pencils, and blending them with a waterbrush. I went back and did the final journal entry for the 9th, and lastly, added a few collage elements...
The numbers are filled in with gel pens. With each spread it's fun to decide how much of the atlas image to show/hide. I will probably cover the next page completely, just for variety.
Also, I just wanted to mention that I was at Archiver's over the weekend and saw all of the new Project Life designs! They are all so AWESOME! I stopped by on Friday, and picked up the Midnight Edition, which I have been waiting for forever! I just love the black and white graphic look, and all the handwritten cards. So cool...
and on Saturday I discovered the HONEY Edition, and I just had to have it too! I mean come on, look at the colors and those cute clouds!
My friend Lynn got the Jade Edition (which is also AWESOME), and she and I swapped some cards, so we each will have more variety! I have a renewed sense of enthusiasm for Project Life now! I got all my pages done for April, and I'm working on May. I will share soon!
Have a great week my friends, and I will see you again soon!
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