Another junk journal page for a swap

I am participating in a junk journal page swap every other month. There are no themes - just have to create one approximately 5" w x 7"h page.

This is my page which has already been sent off to my partner. I actually used some of the "scrap roll" I posted about several days ago.  This was a piece about 11' wide and 7' high which I folded in half and stitched around to make a pocket.  I added the woman's image which came from an old piece of scrapbook paper and a piece of old book spine at the bottom for texture. I used a little stamp on another scrap of patterned paper.

Inside are two tags. The one on the right is made from another portion of the scrap roll. I added a strip of upholstery fabric, some mulberry paper and coffee-dyed cheesecloth under the vintage image. The "tag" on the left is made from a guest check. I added strips of book text and brown paper bag under a Tim Holtz "paper doll." I sewed three old postage stamps over the book page and also stitched around the perimeter of the tag. I stamped the numbers above the image. Both tags have plain paper mounted on the back for journaling.

I am having such fun making these pages. I hope my partner likes vintage as much as I do!

Playing with scraps

Remember that "scrap roll" I made a few posts ago? I cut it up into the following: three large tags,

four journal cards, three large single pages for a journal, and a fold-over page for a journal which I will stitch into a pocket.

This is one of the journal cards that I collaged and embellished. The finished piece doesn't look anything like the original!

I'm Back!

I know it's been awhile - I've literally been out of town (except for two days) since Jan. 31 and returned home late last night. Babysitting the grand boys is fun but I'm now ready to have some "me" time and get back to crafting.

Before I left, I started making a "scrap roll." I saw a few examples of people making these on You Tube and realized it was a great way to use up scraps (never-ending!) and old book pages and end up with a large amount of collage material!

I started with several old book pages. I tore many scraps and collaged them randomly onto one book page. When that was almost filled, I placed another book page next to it and continued collaging, making sure to overlap the "seam" where the pages met.  This goes very quickly and I ended up with a continuous strip a little over 4 feet long and 8 1/4" high (the height of my book pages).

Obviously I could not photograph the entire strip at once, so here are the three sections from right to  left.

This will be great for cutting up into tags, journal cards, junk journal pages, etc. There is no limit to the papers you use. I added scrapbook paper, music paper, book pages, dictionary pages, tissue paper, security envelopes, and magazine page scraps. It's such an easy, relaxing process. I can see doing many more of these in my future!