MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Video Flip Through

You would thing being up at 2 a.m., I would remember to upload a video. Well.. Not so much.

I talked to Bob on the phone for an hour since he was nearing the end of his shift and had some down time. I worked on cutting the papers down for my signatures for the main journal for the January Just Junk Journal Challenge #2 and put my Stampin' Up! paper order away - finally.

The video will go up tomorrow since I have to do that between 2 a.m. & 6 a.m. for faster speed. Go figure! LOL

In the mean time, here are pics of the items for Mini Challenges in the Challenge #1, #2, #3 & #4


#1
Use:
    A napkin
    A stamp or stencil
    Junk from our kit
    Garment

I didn't get this one done on time because I didn't have any garment I was planning to get rid of! Where was this challenge last spring when I took 4 bags of clothes to the thrift store?  Bob donated a pair of his jeans the week after the challenge.
I also failed to stamp or stencil on these items. Since I didn't meet the challenge deadline anyway, I'm not going to worry about it. I like them the way they are. The bottom left has a pocket.. edged with the denim and the one on the right is a flip out made form Stampin' Up! bling packaging.

#2
Make a mini journal.
Use:
     7 envelopes
     3 cards
     1 digital sheet
     1 full sheet and 1 scrap of scrapbook paper
     Binding kit.

This is the cover. I used a packet of square envelopes/ cards. I don't know why I had them. They are too expensive to mail here in the USA. Good use for them. The scrapbook paper is from SU - Share What You Love and the digital page is from Dearjuliejulie - Tiny Houses in her etsy shop.

We were only to make the mini journal and the cover. I was decorating the whole thing! So I have a second one to add to my big journal after the challenge is complete.

#3

Decorating the mini.

Make:

    1 Guest check

    2 Tags

    3 Pges in the Journal

    4 Journaling Cards

    2 flat Paper Clips

Each of those items must include:

    digi or magazine image

    washi tape

    Any item from #2 mini challenge kit

    Any item from main challenge list

Rogue items:

   3 punches

   2 doilies

  10 bling 

   7 stickers

   fingernail polish or stickles (1)

I chose not to use bling on my items but since they were rogue, they weren't mandatory.

The very top and the bottom right are journaling cards turned into flips. The 2 paper clips are on the top row, tags and guest check in the center.  Again, I used Tiny Houses. The journaling card bases were from The Paper Studio

From the left over pieces of scrapbooking papers I used the Blossom Builder punch from Stampin' Up!

#4

Stack A Sticker:

Ues:

    1 sheet of sticker labels for bases

    music sheet

    digital image

    Bling or puffy - can use up to 10

My sticker sheet came from $Tree and had 3 labels per sheet. I used tea-dyed music paper, Tiny Houses digi and the puffy stickers from Stampin' Up! 

I'll get the video uploaded in the morning and post it below.

Next Monday there will be a flip through of the compelted January Just Junk Journal Challenge 2 plus I'll tell you what the criteria is for the February challenge.

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - #MMMJJC - Mini #2

Good morning, friends.

As you read this, I'm busy making final passes through the house in prep for the grandgirls arrival. I have so many creative things planned for us. They love to create so they got the right grandma!

So today, I'm showing you Mini Challenge #2 in the May Mystery Mayhem Junk Journal Challenge. I've finally started on the actual journal and look forward to showing that off in a couple of weeks.

For now, here were the parameters for the challenge:

Fussy Cut Image
Handmade Washi
Messy Thread
Receipt or Ticket
Paper Flower

I used a time card for my base that I inked up with Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip (retired but still one of my favorite colors!) The papers are ones I had on the desk where I've been working on the ABC journal, including the fussy cut flower. While that could apply as my 'paper flower', I've aded a layered flower from my stash to the ticket. My handmade washi is the word strip on the left hand side.

Making your own Washi Tape is super simple but the absolute easiest way is to just cut a strip of paper the same width as your double sided adhesive. Mesh the two together and you have instant washi to match any project!

I know the blog is slim these days but the summer is about to get even busier. Next week I'll be showing you Mini Challenge #3 then the final journal after that. By then we'll be in to June and a new challenge will have begun!

The ABC journal is nearly finished. I'll be showing that flip-through video on a Friday Freebie soon. Stay tuned!

How will you be creative on these Lazy Hazy Days of Summer?

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - #MMMJJC Mini #1

Good morning!

I haven't actually started on the journal yet. I'm hoping for some play time this week. I've been busy getting the studio re-organized and prepping for the 2019-2020 Stampin' Up! Catalog launch... just two weeks away!

Then there's the arrival of the grandgirls on June 1. So yeah, it's been a little crazy here. I have kept up with the mini challenges. We've done two so far. I'm going to show you #1 this week, #2 next week then the final challenge will run the first day the girls are here. That way I can schedule these posts and keep rolling here.

For each of the mini challenges so far, Julie has drawn five items from our list. Here's the selected items for the first mini challenge:

Guest Check
1/2" strip of paper
Square
Junk Mail image
Word
Yarn

I like being given parameters to work with. Though, you'll see by the picture I added a couple of things. Just thought a couple of elements were missing from my composition. Please leave a comment below telling me what I added that was not on the list.

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - #SSJJC

Happy Monday!

First off, I have to say I am sooooo enjoying just playing for the sake of playing and these junk journal challenges really have me digging in and USING my stash!

For Mini-Challenge #2 we were asked to make 6 items for our journal. Each must use the following parameters:

Something OLD
Something NEW
Something FAVORITE
Something BLUE

Well, OLD covers a lot of territory in my stash. NEW was something that was added to our stash PRIOR to March 1 (since this over all is to be a 'no buy' challenge - to use what we have). My FAVORITE was easy. BLUE was a bit trickier. I mean... when you're talking about St. Patrick's Day in a spring journal, where do you put BLUE.. except maybe if you add a rainbow?

So here is my collection:

Since I will have the girls all next week, I was determined I would not be uploading these on Friday when they're due. I'll have all weekend to think about what the last challenge components are then put signatures together next week. My plan is to introduce the girls to 'glue books' then they can work while I'm working.

Okay.. individual tags with a few details:
My FAVORITE- is the fibers on all the cards. NEW  is Stampin' UP! items.. the catalog images and the Gingham Gala dsp.

Transfer bunny. This was done using an image from the Spring Occasions catalog from Stampin' UP! called Fable Friends. I cut the bunny out, colored him with Stampin' Blends then heat set with my heat tool. Finally, used the packing tape transfer technique to add him to the card. Easter Greetings is also from that set. I glued that to a piece of cardstock for stability then covered in Dimensional Glaze and let dry overnight before adding to the base. The circle behind that is a piece of Navy Blue sparkly felt that has been in my stash for YEARS!  

this is the other tape transfer from the Occasions catalog. I used the squirrel and the Happy Spring, using the same process as for the first tag.

While getting the dimensional glaze unclogged I wound up with a puddle on my silicone mat. I used this 'egg' shaped gem to swipe up most of the puddle then adhered to the tag. The words are 'Chat Stickers - Seasonal' from Tim Holtz

Because this is a spring journal (and with a name like Kelly Shawn Fitzgerald) I have to include St. Patrick's Day. This is one of 2 items I created. The 'blue' is blended in that fiber. The tag is part of a package I got eons ago. Can't take credit for making that one ;-)

While we're talking St. Patrick's Day, this one uses paper from DCWV - French Country pad. The gorgeous glittery medallion that was a single sheet from Green Day by Reminisce. I added an acrylic shamrock to the center. That thing is near 1/4" thick! Here's a close up of the medallion:

This last one is an Easter Egg Hunt tag with 2 adorable bunny brads and some blue 'rain drop' rhinestones over a flowery meadow. 

I'm scheduling this a week ahead of time so I can't tell you any more about what our 'current' challenge is. I also may not have a post next Monday as I will have just taken the grandgirls back and may be recuperating ;-)

Creative Blessings!