Making Daisy Chains - Suzanne's Wrapped Journal with Kraft-Tex

Hello Crafty Friends!
Suzanne has a wonderful project for us today.....  using our springtime kit along with the new Eileen Hull 'Wrapped Journal' die to create such a beautiful and cheerful little springtime journal.

Hello everyone.  Isn't Spring just the most wonderful time of the year.  The weather certainly has started to warm up here in Queensland.  I hope it is warming up in your neck of the woods as well.

Recently I was fortunate enough to purchase the gorgeous sizzix/Eileen Hull Wrapped Journal die from Aunty Vera.  I was so excited to use it and when the gorgeous September kit turned up, I knew I was definitely in luck and that this was the perfect time to make a cute little journal using the gorgeous papers from Echo Park and the lovely stamp from Stampendous.

I cut the wrapped journal from Kraft-Tex which is a very strong kind of paper fabric.  I decided to paint it with pink acrylic paint from kaisercraft and then I used the stampendous flower stamp on the cover along with a couple of my own stamps.  I used my stamp platform so that I could achieve a clear stamped image.  The Kraft-Tex if quite textured on one side and I had to stamp several times to get a good image.

I then coloured the stamps with more acrylic paint.  At this point I should have sealed the paint but for the purpose of doing the blog, I left that part out as it takes a while for the sealer to cure. 

I then strung my journal with elastic and made 6 little journals to go inside the cover. 

I used the 'Hello Spring' paper from the September kit to make covers for the 6 little inserts.

To finish off the journal, I used one of the cute little charms from the kit and made a small dangle for the spine. 

I hope you have enjoyed having a look at my little journal. 

Bye for now

Suzanne xoxo

You can watch a short show and tell for the journal project HERE.

You can get the kit from Aunty Vera HERE.