Hello mixed media crafty peeps how are you today? With all the uncertainty in the world today, I decided to create a Blessings journal to help me focus on all the wonderful things that happen in my daily life. It helps to center me, and serves as a daily reminder that God is in control of all things!
Let me walk you through my process for creating this journal using these awesome stamps from Yvonne and Impression Obsessions! As always I've linked them up to the Impression Obsessions' online store, but shop your local retailers if you have one!
Inspiring this entire project was Yvonne's stamp! Thank You God. Have you ever been doing something in your life and just knew God had his hand in that moment in your life? When I saw this stamp I knew I wanted to create this journal.
I have a few of these dollar bin journals laying around my craft room that I keep on hand for note taking and decided to use these for my base. They come in handy for these types of projects and are very inexpensive. NOTE: I usually pick them up at the end of the season when they clearance them out since I generally alter the covers anyway!
To give the outside of my journal a nice rich color and feel, I used created a mono-print to create the background image, on a piece of bleached muslin fabric, once everything was dry I did some sewing on around the edge of journal. This keeps everything in place over time, but it also adds texture. Dropping gold Liquitex Acrylic Ink, and spraying the entire journal with Heidi Swapp's Gold Color Shine adds a richness to the final journal. I encourage you to pull out your stamps, stencils, inks, and paints and enjoy a little creative play. This was so much!
This next step you can do after the book is filled with memories or before, or before. I love how it inspires me! I went into my little bucket of left overs and created a beautiful cluster. Sprinkled a little seed beads and sequins to add sparkle, and topped my sentiment with a prima clay cherub piece. Isn't this just a beautiful book. It would make a great Secret Sister gift or Prayer Partner book. You could also switch out the sentiment and use the book for a number of other occasions as well.
Thanks for stopping in and hanging out with me today! I hope I have inspired you to a create a Blessings Journal to remind yourself of the tiny little miracles that happen in your own daily life.
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