"As Time Goes By" Junk Journal Page for a swap

 This page was made for a friend for a swap. The theme was "As Time Goes By."  As per the swap, the page measures 5"x7." 

The front of the page is collaged and there is a flip-out pocket made from a coffee-dyed envelope.

Both the front and back of the envelope have images glued on. Inside the pocket is a tag with another image.  There's a fabric/paper cluster glued to the bottom left corner.

The back of the page is left fairly plain. It's coffee-dyed paper with some light stenciling in ink. The kraft doily creates a "tuck spot" which holds an envelope made with old book pages stamped and embellished. Inside is a small journal card.

Skinny Belly Band Pocket and Tag

 Here's a quick little tutorial to make a belly band pocket and tag from a junk mail envelope.

First glue the flap closed and then cut the envelope in half lengthwise. One half will be the pocket; the other half will be the tag. For the tag piece, glue it together and cut it slightly shorter and narrower.

Decorate as desired and add a tab to the long side of the tag. (I added a plain piece of tea-dyed paper to the back of the tag so it can be journaled on.)

To add to a journal page, glue only the top and bottom of the pocket to the page. Then a journal card or other ephemera can be slipped under the band.

Mini vintage photo album and tab binding

Happy August everyone! Can you believe it?

This is a cute little vintage photo album (approximately 3" x 4") that I saw on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Vrs5GWL4o&t=1006s.

The cover is a printable from the artist (Artymaze). 

I loved the binding on this little book. It is very simple and just requires some strips of muslin (mine were tea-dyed and torn). This would work for any size book and you would just add more strips depending on the size of book and number of pages. I think it requires an even number of pages.

I used four pages inside and a total of 8 muslin strips. Here are the steps to gluing the strips to the pages. I started with strips approximately 1" wide by 2" long but once they were glued, I cut them shorter.

Step 1: front cover with two muslin strips glued on

Step 2: turn over front cover and glue one strip to center of first page

Step 3: turn page over and glue two muslin strips from front cover to back of first page

Step 4: glue two strips to second page

Step 5: turn second page over and glue the center strip from page one to the back

Step 6: glue one strip to center of third page

Step 7: turn third page over and glue two strips from previous page to the back

Step 8: turn page over and glue two strips to next (fourth) page

Step 9: turn page over and glue center strip from previous page to back of fourth page

Step 10: turn back cover over and glue two strips from previous page to back

I love this little album. It really looks like an old vintage one!