Art Journaling Projects

Begin with the Corina Book from Creative Imaginations. Using a craft knife cut off two panels from the accordion book. Coat both panels with GOLDEN white gesso using a foam brush. Set aside to dry. From the Cavallini & Company Natural History Carte...

I was inspired by the distressing tools by Tim Holtz for this project. Also I wanted to incorporate inchies. I discovered that the packaging for the Basic Grey Periphery collection has small images of all the papers that are perfect for inchies! I...

Start with Cavallini small parrot notebook. Lightly add white acrylic paintall around the cover except for on the bird. Add a rusty chipboard crown to the bird’s head. Stamp wrought scroll stamp with black ink in the top right corner. Add sticker...

Using the packing tape transfer technique, create tape embellishments from the Alice in Wonderland Collage Sheets. Affix Tim Holtz Journaling Tickets to papers from the Jenny Bowlin Vintage Black Kit. Adhere the tape transfer images onto the pages...

Spring is the season for all things new, charming and full of beauty and bliss to arrive. An altered spring journal filled with pages that have been adorned with sweet clip art, envelopes for gathering remembrances as well as blank pages and tags to...

Keeping an art journal is a creative way to artistically express your thoughts, dreams, and goals - anything! The Bind-it-All is a great tool to use to gather pages (art journaling, scrapbooking, and more) and easily bind them together. Depending on...

Cover the front and back covers of 7gypsies Naked Handbag with vintage French book paper (available in our French Flea Market). Decorate each of the pages and the cover of the Naked Handbag with Heart & Home Ribbon, Cavallini Vintage Valentine...

This is a great way to creatively organize your favorite recipe clippings from magazines! I used the Cover All Curved Spine 6" x 6"and painted it with red acrylic paint. Once the paint has dried roughly paint over the red with the Antique Linen Crackle...

Start by printing out sheets of journal paper from the template located on this page on a laser printer, and trim them to size. Distress the edges using a Distress Ink Pad in Vintage Photo. Glue the pages into a small ridge journal, and add stitching...

Begin with a Cavallini file folderthat has a left tab. Open the folder and lay it out flat. Take the bottom edge and fold it up 4" and score with a bone folder. Staple the left and right edges that you folded up - you should only need about 3 staples on...

Add some simple elements to your stationery to spruce it up a little! Using our new Clover collection of stationery from Papaya Art, and our new rub-ons from Daisy D’s, I have created some quick and easy projects that will give your stationery some...

Start with a kraft envelope from the stationery kit and cut flap off. Then fold it in half and ink the edges with brown StazOn ink. Add a piece of torn vintage book paper to the top left of cover. Then add a strip of magic mesh across the center of cover...

Start with a Kraft envelope from the stationery kitand cut flap off. Then fold it half and ink the edges with Brown StazOn ink. Swipe some white acrylic paint randomly on front. Add piece of magic mesh to the bottom of cover. Stamp merry-go-round with...

The inspiration for this project came from the poultry-themed collage sheetsby Tweety Jill. These can be simple favors to give to friends or family at a get together. I altered the paper bags then created file cards to put in the bag, each with a fun...

Pages: The inspiration for the theme of my scrapbook came from using "The Scrapbooker's Creativity Kit". This fun kit designed by Claudine Hellmuth includes a book and card decks with fun themes and colors to get you started and spark the creativity in...

Start by cutting out the pages for the book. You will need 4 pieces of 3"x 2½" cardstock from the Winter Garden paper pack and 3 pieces of 3"x 2½" vintage text. Score all of the pieces to create the inner pages. Round the corners of all the...

Apply Alcohol Inks Farmer's Market - Lettuce, Nature Walk - Wild Plum & Stream, Miner's Lantern - Stonewashed in a random pattern onto the Felt Piece with an Alcohol Ink Applicator. Please reference Tim Holtz's Altered Journey Continues DVD for...

Using India Ink and "Love" text from Romance Elements, without acrylic mount, stamp the letters "O" and "V" onto front surface of square embellishment. Use Lettuce alcohol ink as primary color, silver metallic mixative and Butterscotch alcohol ink as...

Use Cranberry alcohol ink as primary color, silver metallic mixative and Lettuce alcohol ink as accent colors and technique above to create the metallic paper background. Let dry and fold in half to create card. Using India Ink, stamp Elegant Stems on...

Faux Glass Embellishment: Using Nick Bantock Vermillion Lacquer ink, stamp small daisy image from Fresh Flower Elements on to piece of glossy white paper. Using Glossy Accents, adhere stamped paper to back side of circle embellishment, pressing paper to...

Cut a sheet of Clear PolyShrink Plasticinto approximately one 2¼" circle, one 1½" x 3½" rectangle, one 2½" x 2½" square, and six ¾" x 1½" smaller rectangles. (Cut extra to test the method.) As seen in Tim...

For instructions on how to create your own Collage Journal, just scroll down and you can watch our FREE How-To Video featuring Traci Bautista and the Collage Pauge Instant Decoupage. Traci is a mixed-media artist and the designer of "Collage Pauge...