Life Within the Seed 2 - Nat's Little Golden Book Easter Journals

Hi everyone, hope you are all well and keeping busy.
It is my last project for April and when pondering the theme of 'Life Within the Seed', and perusing gorgeous Bo Bunny 'Garden Grove' papers, two things came to mind - Easter and Spring.  For a long time now I have been collecting Little Golden Books (LGBs) with the idea of altering them for journals and I decided there is no better time than now! Another great project that can be done with/for the kids and adults alike to use.
Here are some of the pages and decorations in my journals using the wonderful products from Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft, be sure to scroll to the end as there will be links to a full flip-through of both books and a process video of the making of these cuties.

 

As you can see the spines of both are covered with fabric and fabric ruffles have been added on the edge of some pages. First I will show you some of 'The Golden Egg' LGB. 

 

On this page I have made a little decoration including a 'tuck spot' for the blue tickets to be slipped in.  I used the Impression Obsession 'Basket' and Lawn Fawn 'Stackable Egg' dies to achieve this.  I love the versatility of these dies - so much fun to play with 😊

I used a cute Easter gift bag clipped to the page with the base folded up and stuck on the side edges to create another tuck-spot that I could slip this cute egg embellishment in. The egg was created using the Impression Obsession 'Mini Bunnies' dies to embellish.

This lovely card was previously made using the Bo Bunny Chipboard pieces and I have hung it over the top of the page and paper-clipped it on to the gorgeous Garden Grove paper.

I love the colours and spring feel of the Garden Grove collection that we have to use this month and the colours suit these LGB journals perfectly! For this first journal I predominantly chose papers that were full of yellow, orange and green.

Here is another egg shaped card that I had made and added some of the Santoro Leaf Ribbon to.  I used quite a bit of this in both journals as it is a lovely embellishment. This card slips into the gift bag shown that has been sewn in to the journal as a page.

At the end of this first journal is a tuck spot made with off cuts of the Garden Grove papers (as have most of my tuck spots) that includes this cute journalling card embellished with a pre-made egg,  more Santoro ribbon and a strip of 'Easter Grass' Washi tape.
I love how bright and cheerful this book is! They are not colours I would usually use, but the Bo Bunny papers and embellishments I chose pulled it all together very nicely and I love it.

My second LGB journal is much more of a favourable colour scheme for me and again - I just love the floral, butterflies and 'Spring' feel of the Garden Grove collection added to this!

Here I have used off-cuts to make a tuck spot and journalling card to slip in it, which I decorated using the Kaisercraft 'Flower Bunch' stencil and Deco Art Texture Paste, then I painted with watercolours.

The Garden Grove 'Lovely' paper really brightens this journal up nicely and adds that pop of colour.

Here is another tuck spot made by punching a circle out of the gorgeous paper to hold an off-cut used for a journalling card embellished with another cute basket, this time decorated with paper flowers. I added a fabric flip to the other page as a nice interactive decoration.

I love this tag I had made with more of Garden Grove paper and chipboard pieces, so I decided to paperclip it in.  I clipped most of the embellishments in, or slipped them in tuck spots rather than adhering them to the pages so that the recipient can move them about - or even remove them if desired.

 Another tuck-spot simply decorated with Santoro ribbon....

I love this card I made previously using the Garden Grove papers and a cute chipboard element, therefore I decided to create another tuck spot to add it into this journal.

This was my first attempt at making LGB journals and my first go at threading buttons onto the spine.  It was fiddly - but well worth it and I love the way they turned out.  If you haven't tried making one of these, give it a go as they are so much fun.

Here is the flip-through of both journals showing all pages:

 Check the process video below to see how I made these in more detail:

Take care and happy crafting,
Lots of love - Nat xxx

Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft kit products used:
* Bo Bunny - Garden Grove:
      - Layered Chipboard
      - Ambiance
      - Lovely
      - Spring
      - Tranquility
      - Flutter
      - Vibrant
      - Blanket
* Easter Grass Washi Tape
* Santoro Kori Kumi - Leaf Ribbon
* Deco Art - Texture Paste
* Kaisercraft - Flower Bunch Stencil
* Lawn Fawn Die Set - Outside In Easter Egg Stackables
* Impression Obsession Die Set - Mini Bunnies