Your Cloud's in my Sky - Gina's Travellers Notebook Insert / Journal

Hello Crafty Friends!
Today Gina creates a lovely travelers notebook insert using the core and chosen products from our March theme - Your Cloud's in my Sky.
Not into TNs? No worries! This can also be used as a journal on its own.
I just love all the autumn themes and colours that Gina used!!

Hey everyone I'm back again and so excited to be a part of the team this month. Autumn is my absolute favourite season and I wish it would last for 6 months or more :o The days are perfect here in Perth, not too hot, not too cold and I love to spend as much time as I can outdoors which my kids love.

On to my project, I've decided to make a travellers notebook insert which can also be used as a journal by itself. To start with I cut one of the beautiful Bo Bunny cardstocks, "Decaf Vintage" across at 8 1/4"

I then scored it at 4.1" and 8.2". This will make the cover of the TN insert. Fold and burnish

At first I intended to use the entire flap as a tuck but it was too long so I ended up cutting it down to a width of 2 3/4". I then used my Martha Stewart border punch to punch out a fancy edge to the flap which I then glued on the top and bottom edges to make a tuck.

I chose 10 pieces of paper that I would like to make the signature and cut them down to 8-1/4" x 8-1/4" and folded them in half. I've used a dictionary page that has the word autumn on it, an orange tissue paper, a piece of newsprint paper, a page from a colouring book and Echo Park "Autumn Floral" and "Falling Leaves" all cut down to size. The dictionary page and the colouring book page are slightly shorter than 8 1/4" but that's okay. Its a junk journal :)

I've used the Echo Park "Autumn Acorns" paper and cut it to be 8 1/4" across but kept the length 12 inches. I've then scored it lengthwise at 8 1/4" and folded over, cut about 1/8" across from the center of the fold to make it less bulky when you fold in half. I've then cut  the pockets at a slight angle from the center to make it look sort of like a folder. Hard to explain. Good thing we have pictures ;)

I used a yellow printer paper that I had and cut it at 8 1/4" but left the 11 inch side as is. I then scored that at 4 1/8" and 8 1/4" to make a page with a fold out flap.

Next I took a white lunchbag that i had and cut both sides so that it was 8 1/4" wide. I then chose 2 napkins that I thought went well with the colours and stuck them on after removing the extra layers.

Next I stamped the beautiful "Tim Holtz Blueprint Stampset - Autumn" on one side of the newsprint paper using Tim Holtz brushed corduroy distress ink. I love how this came out

On one side of the dictionary page I decided to use the "Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Autumn" and using 4 different ink pads, I stencilled it on the page. The Kaisercraft ink pads used were saffron and vintage but I don't know the names of the creative ink pads

I also had a notebook page that I cut down to size. It was the right height so I only had to cut the sides. I stamped 2 of the Tim Holtz blueprint stamps on the top of one page and the bottom of the next in saffron colour because the stamps are gorgeous.

I put all the pages together in the order I liked and then stitched them into the cover using the 3-hole pamphlet stitch.

I stuck the beautiful "Prima Cours Mirabeau Floral Lace" on the edge of the spine so that half is on the front of the cover and the other half is on the back.

For the inside of the cover page I've used the off-cuts of the "Falling Leaves" and "Autumn Acorns". They were all 3 3/4" wide. I cut them to 6", 4 1/2" and 3" and using a 1" circle punch and layering them all on top of each other I punched out a half circle through all of them so that they were aligned. I then stuck them one on top of the other and stuck them on the inside of the cover page to make 3 pockets.

I put glue on the sides of the flaps on the center folder and stuck them to the page to make pockets. I stuck 2 Jolee's Die-cut embellishments - Maple Leaves Autumn" on the edge of each of the strings to  pretty them up and prevent them from fraying later.

I stuck the red "Santoro Kori Kumi Leaf Ribbon" on the edge of one of the yellow pages. I love how it stands out on the page.

I cut out some of the 3x4 journaling cards and clipped them onto some of the pages with shaped paperclips I have in my stash. Here's a look at some of the pages in the journal.

To finish the cover, I added 3 of the autumn leaf buttons from the Dress it up Button Embellishments - Woodland Critters to the bottom on the lace. I cut off the backs of the buttons so I could stick them on. I also added 3 stickers from the Echo Park "Celebrate Autumn" sticker sheet.

You can watch a quick flip through of the completed insert here

I also have a video of the entire process but its almost an hour long so if you're going to watch it I suggest grabbing a cuppa, some biscuits and your clicking finger to skip through all the unnecessary parts.

The pages can be decorated further but I wanted to leave more space to write and also this post would go on forever :) Thank you for reading and I'll see you again soon next week.

Stay awesome - Gina x