Hello Friends
My first project of the year as Guest Designer for AALL & Create is a journal, one of my favourite things to create! AALL & Create has a new release of dies and stencils and I used
a beautiful new stencil - Abundance by Olga Heldwein.
The beauty of these new stencils is that they are large enough to cover nearly the whole of Eileen Hull's Notebook die (Sizzix 663635).
I was a little short on time so I literally cut the base from black mount board, took the stencil, some white paste and applied it to the journal cover.
I felt that the paste needed to look more blended to the background so I used crackle paste over the whole of the cover to tie the two together. It is a very fine crackle (see below) and gives a lovely sheen to the journal.
To create a closure I applied some more paste to the central part of the stencil and when dry I cut out a circle, crackled it, punched two holes in and threaded my elastic through.
I thought it looked like a fancy button so I made a few more for future use.
Here is a view of the back of the journal.
I did create a pocket and some inserts for the inside but I have shown the construction of those many times before, so I have not repeated them here.
You can find a list of worldwide stockists for AALL & Create products HERE.
Thanks so much for your visit, I hope to see you again soon.
Hugs, Anne xxx
