Exciting Art Journal Covers!

Art Journal cover (from beginner)

 A close up of the cover of one of the participant's journal

She did an equally beautiful job on the miniature art journal made from scratch (so to speak!)

size of miniature (2.5 x 3") journal

Another participant's duo!

Continue down to see another example!

Embellishing the art cover journal

Front cover of 5 x 8 journal

So many choices!

So a piece from one of the heavy duty, textured fabric sample books has been re-purposed for the cover of this journal and the wire binder covered with silk scraps. 
Notice the old skeleton key, picked up at a flea market for just $2.00 that adds that certain "something" to the beginning of this art book.

Now what should this key unopen? :-)

Economical papers and fabrics

Purchasing individual sheets of scrapbooking paper can be an expensive undertaking, especially when you may not be sure what to do with them yet.

A good substitute? Both wallpaper and fabric sample books from your local recycling centers, back rooms of fabric shops or Goodwill type stores. A HUGE assortment of fabric textures, colors, patinas...all available for a fraction of the cost.

When you consider one sheet of 9 x 12 paper from a retail craft store can be $4.99-9.99, investing $2-4.00 for a 20 pound book with easily 500 samples ranging in sizes from "3 x 9" to as large as 12 " x 12" sheets of paper or fabric, well the choice is clear!

My next post will show you what I did with a few of the papers and fabrics.