One Fine Day Junk Journal

Hello everyone.  Today I would like to share with you another Design Team member's project for the month of March.  This time this project is from Rosemary Roca.

She created a beautiful journal using the One Fine Day Junk Journal Kit & matching add ons.

One of the things I love about this journal is the cover!  She used the matching faux stamps to create the unique journal cover and then adorned it with jewels.  Who doesn't love a little sparkle on their journals? 

When you 1st open the journal you will see a library pocket & tag where you could a sentiment if you were going to give the journal away or simply write your name & date for when you start to write in this journal.

Some of the page's edges are adorned with cute vintage style fabric & stitches, which I feel ads the right amount of texture to the journal.

She also stamped on some of the pages with flowers & butterflies which add to the uniqueness of the journal.  You will also find loads of tuck spots with plenty of journaling cards.  In the back of the journal, you will find an envelope full of more ephemera for the buyer to add to the journal as they see fit.

 The One Fine Day Printable Journal Kit Includes 21 Printables Pages:
     2 Cover Pages
     14 Full Page Sets
     6 Element Sheets.

BUY ONE FINE DAY JOURNAL KIT HERE

Other add ons for this junk journal kit are as follows:
     Planner Kit
     Junk Journal Journaling Pages
     Faux Stamps
     Mason Jar Journaling Cards
     Bingo Cards
     Flashcards
     Tickets
     Junk Journal Folio Kit (See the journal that Angela created using the folio kit)
     1x2 Domino Digital Collage Sheet

Please make sure to check out Rosemary's flip through video of her One Fine Day junk journal below.

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She Has Colorful Dreams

Our family has been staying home during this crazy & uncertain time and I've only been leaving the house if we absolutely need too.

Our city has closed the schools here & the children have been doing "distance learning" which has been a challenge, to say the least. My boys, on the other hand, have really enjoyed the "distance learning".  I'm sure it's the "newness" of it all, but it is awesome to see them excited for Monday when they will log onto the computer and start their independent lessons.

While this whole thing seems crazy I will admit I've really enjoyed having everyone home.  We've been having family movie nights, game nights, kitchen fun & whatever I can come up with to try and keep everything upbeat and fun while we are safe at home.


Last night I did take a little time for myself and set aside all my chores & responsibilities to play and create something for myself.

I started my project by selecting this lovely little lady.  This picture is from the late 1800s.  I was drawn to the expression on her face, she looks like she is day dreaming.

I changed her shape to be more pear-like and added some color.  I really didn't have a master plan when I started out, then again do we ever have a plan when we start creating?   The only plan I had was I knew I wanted yellow, lots and lots of yellow.

Once I added color I started drawing and layering.  I added yellow roses & white flowers.  I didn't want to over-complicate the flowers, so I kept them yellow & white with a smidgen of pink.  Then I grunge up the overall look by adding splatters, grungy text, grunge frame & grunge edges.

It took me a bit to come up with a phrase or quote to add to this piece.  She looks like she daydreaming so I wanted the quote to include "daydream" or "dream" but that is all I could think of.  I stepped away from my computer for a few hours, went back to my housework and took care of dinner & then came back and it hit me! "She has colorful dreams that leaves a little magic wherever she goes"

Here is a step by step of what I did here.

 

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One Fine Day Junk Journal Folio

Hello everyone!  I hope that you are having a wonderful day & staying safe during this time.

Today I would love to share a project from one of my design team members, Angela Kerr.
I reached out to Angela a while back after seeing her beautiful creations on her Instagram account asking her if she would be interested in working with my newest printable folio kit that I created to match the "One Fine Day" collection.  I was so pleased when she said yes.

  
The printable folio kit includes 5 printable pages with enough ephemera to create 1 junk journal folio.

The cover folds to include a "spine" and has a tri-fold folio closure that you could could attach a magnet, button or ribbon (like Angela did with her folio) to secure the journal shut.

This printable junk journal folio kit includes:
     1 Folio cover
     1 Small Folder/Booklet
     1 Double Layered Tag
     1 Tuck Spot Pockets
     28 Tiny Ephemera
     1 Full Page Pattern Paper to Print on the back of the Folio.

I really like how Angela used lace, buttons, layering and unique stitching to make this folio more unique.

I really adore the adorable altered clothes pin by using one of the small circle ephemera in kit.

I hope that you will take a moment and check out Angela's Instagram account and give her a follow. You will not be disappointed! I would call her account pure eyecandy.

Angela has created a flip through of this journal that you can see here!

Buy One Fine Day Junk Journal Folio Kit Here 

Buy One Fine Day Junk Journal Folio Kit

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St. Patrick's Day Loaded Envelope

Hello everyone, Linda Israel here today.  I would like to share with you a little project a did a few years ago.  I was seeing lots of loaded envelopes on the web and wanted to give it a try.  So here is my St. Patricks's Day Loaded Envelope that I created using Calico Collage's unique "Green Ladies" digital collage sheet.

Here are some of the supplies used in the St Patrick’s Loaded Envelope
ATC Size "Green Ladies" from Calico Collage
Rinea Foil – Gold
Brutus Monroe Jurassic Ink
Large Shamrock Cut on Silhouette Cameo 3
Cricut Explore Air – on Amazon
Cricut Cuts: Circle – Basic Shapes, Flower – Home Decor, Bottom of ribbon from 1st Place Ribbon – Locker Talk. Shamrock was an image I drew the Shamrock and used the Cricut software to convert it to a cut file.
Green card stock – On Amazon
Dymo Label maker with Black Label
Xyron – on Amazon
Ranger Blending Tool – on Amazon
Punch Bunch Flower Punch
McGill Stylus – on Amazon
Fun Foam – on Amazon
Aleene’s Tacky White Glue
Mini Clothes Pins: 7gypsies
Green Seam Binding – on Amazon

Cut the Shamrock Envelope with the Silhouette. For this project, I cut one with the hearts cut out in the front and cut a second Shamrock for the back. Use the Brutus Monroe Jurassic Ink and a Tim Holtz Blending tool to add color around the edges.

Glue the bottom half of the Shamrock but not up into the center just around the lower half with white glue. Don’t use tape, if you do your items will stick to the tape.

Tie a bow with green seam binding. Glue in the center of the shamrock to represent a stem.

Add St Patrick’s Day Altered Paperclips to either side of the St Patrick’s Loaded Envelope.

Pin St Patrick’s Day Lady ATC to the front of the St Patrick’s Loaded Envelope.

Fill the inside of the Shamrock Envelope with Calico Collage St Patrick’s images. Some of the images were mounted on Silhouette Lace Tags and scraps of paper.

Extra Shamrocks were placed inside a green envelope.

Have fun adding other items to fill the St Patricks Loaded Envelope. I even added stickers, some seam binding and extra pieces of paper.

I hope you enjoyed this post on the St Patricks Loaded Envelope!
 
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Spring and Easter Printables

March 19th is the 1st day of Spring.  Are you thinking about Spring themed craft projects?  Calico Collage offers a wide variety of different Spring and Easter printables that would be perfect for your next project.  I would love to show you a few of them now.

The first set of printables are perfect for pendant images (as shown above) & paper embellishments.  The collection, Storybook Bunnies, includes 5 printable collage sheets.  The images are small and perfect for many different papercraft projects.  The collection includes over 100 small images.

Buy Storybook Bunnies Here

Next, I would like to show you these wonderful and versatile Spring Words printable ephemera.  These printable dictionary styled images are fabulous for ephemera clusters or junk journal embellishments.  

The ephemera clusters shown above were created by talented junk journal artist, Xenia Woinerowsk.  She is the owner of the "Green Adventurine Shop" on Etsy.   

Buy Spring Themed Words Here

 Next, I would like to show you these cute "Funny Bunny" digital collage sheets.  This collection also includes many different sizes that are perfect for Jewelry (as shown above) and many other papercrafts such as Junk Journal Embellishments.

This collection includes 4 printable collage sheets with more than 80 small images.  Images included are 1-inch circles, 1-inch squares, 1.5-inch squares & 1x2 Inch domino size.

Buy Funny Bunny Collage Sheet Collection Here

And lastly, I would like to show you the Blooming Spring Junk Journal Kit.  This bright kit is full of beautiful colored flowers, bunnies, sheep & birds.  The kit includes 12 printable pages: 8 Full-Size Journal Pages & 4 Fussy Cut Element Sheets.  This journal is designed to make an approx 5.5x8.5 Journal. Each page sets print full size.

 Buy Blooming Spring Junk Journal Kit Here


Click Here to see ALL of Calico Collage Spring printables

Click Here to see ALL of Calico Collage Easter printables


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