Hello Friends
I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are now looking forward to the New Year!
I am sharing my weekly project as Guest Designer for AALL & Create, using Bipasha BK's beautiful VW Camper van stamp #141. Having a holiday in a Camper van has been on my 'bucket list' for years and so I created a travel journal, just in case I ever get the chance!
The finished journal measures 5.1/2" x 3.1/2" by 7/8" deep. I sized it so that the Camper van stamp would cover the front and back in one stamping.
The above is a view of the back. I have a few steps to share with you, should you be interested in making a simple journal.
I cut three pieces of chipboard as shown above.
I used a stamp platform and black archival ink to stamp my image onto a piece of calico cotton and coloured it with 13 Arts Watercolour paints.
I attached the painted calico cotton to the chipboard, leaving a small gap between the covers and the spine, to allow for easier closing.
The above is a view of the finished outside of the journal before adding the signatures.
The inside of the journal was finished off by adding card to cover the inside back, front and spine. I added elastic for the closure and I also used elastic to hold the signatures in place.
The stamp set I used is available from AALL & Create Boutique, HERE.
Thanks so much for your visit, I will be back on 31st December with some exciting news! In the meantime, if you are on holiday, enjoy your break.
Hugs, Anne xx
Good morning Anne and seasons greetings to you and lovely David.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this fabulous tutorial and I love the end result. Hope you get your dream of a campervan holiday.
Much love lynn xx
This looks fab ..... love the camper van. Thanks for the step by step too.
ReplyDeleteWho knows, 2019 might just be the year you get your wish. All the best hun ..... have a very happy and healthy New Year xxx
Oh my goodness, I love, love it!! After seeing this, I have to have that stamp!! You've showcased it perfectly!! The colors are gorgeous!! This is a perfect journal to take camping!! I hope you had a wonderful, happy Christmas, my friend, and I hope that 2019 is a fabulous one for you!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
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Hope you have he a fabulous Christmas Anne. Adore your journal and I love how the van wraps around the whole piece . Gorgeous ❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful journal! That stamp is awesome. Great tutorial Anne!
ReplyDeleteWhat a very fun California-schemed travel journal, Annie! We used to have a Vanagan camper van just like that, only in the color of the surf board, so this brought back oodles of happy memories for me! It's fabulous and I think you should rent a campervan this summer and cross that item off your bucket list!! Or come here and we'll do it, the four of us!! Happy New Year hugs, Darnell xxoo
ReplyDeleteOMG so 70's. Love it :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgous Anne, and I hope that 2019 is the year you get to tour in a van. This stamp is on its way to me too, and I only hope that I can create something half as wonderful as your piece. Have a wonderful 2019, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteOh Anne this is smashing, it's as if the camper van stamp was made for that journal cover. A fabulous stamp and if I did not have a dozen or so camper van stamps i'd have jumped at getting this as it's unlike any other.
ReplyDeleteThere is a certain romance about travelling in a campervan, having the freedom to move around from one place to the next. Ours needs lots of TLC, keeping our fingers crossed she isn't going to cost too much to get her through another year!! Fingers & toes crossed that your hopes and dreams come true in 2019 Anne.
Hugs Tracey xx
I love this image and how you’ve used it Anne and I also love that it’s a fabric cover. I hope you get your wish this new year and if you come south let me know. Huge hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is the epitome of cool! Love the way you have stamped on the cotton for the cover which goes all the way round and your watercolouring is beautiful and perfect colours for the image! I hope you get your wish to go on holiday in a campervan! I also hope your Christmas was awesome and you have a fabulous New Year my friend! Hugs xxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteThat stamp is the grooviest!! Love it and love your coloration. Super fun too.
ReplyDeleteDear Anne, I saw this on Instagram already, but am so glad I popped by here on my Sunday visit, to get all the details of how you put it together, - super clever. The fabric is such a great idea and gives such a wonderful effect, and I am sure makes it very durable as well. You have absolutely rocked all the fabulous AAL&Create stamps and product these last few months, - wonderful inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday and all the best to you and David for a happy, healthy and above all creative new year!! xxx
Wow - brilliant design and art Anne! Love your cover from top to toe and front to back - wonderfully hippy dippy. Wishing you and David health, happiness and fabulous adventures together in 2019. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing journal cover Anne xx o clever too x Love the VW van and the amazing details incorporated during the making xx Love it xx
ReplyDeleteHuge hugs
Annie xx
I love this journal anne - the stamp works so well with your design - just fabulous - such a very clever lady! Hope you've had a good Christmas - ours has been relatively quiet but really family focused and lovely! Big hugs my friend! Rachel x
ReplyDeleteGreat journal, and I love reading about the inspiration behind it! That camper stamp is a great design and I love how you've created this journal! I hope your dreams come true! Big hugs!
ReplyDeleteAlways love tyour jounrals, Anne so kinda goes without saying I love this one ! I too have always longed to travel around in a camper van - think its my 'inner hippy' driving the dream , lol .
ReplyDeleteHugs x
Hi Anne! Sorry it's taken me so long to see this but I have been AWOL from social media for the last couple of weeks. Am back now and really enjoying catching up with what everyone has been doing.
ReplyDeleteThis Journal cover is divine!! That stamp is so awesome and I love that you used it on fabric .. looks amazing!! As always, your colour choices are perfection!! Love this!! hugs xx
This is an amazing journal Anne. So vibrant and makes me wish we still had a camper van. I hadn't realized that the stamp was so huge. I must go and look for it.
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