thehopefulcrafter: Crafter's Castle Design Team

Friday, January 3, 2020

Crafter's Castle Design Team

Hello! I am excited to announce I have been selected to be a member of the Design Team for the Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog and today is my first post for the Crafter's Castle. For my project, I used the Soda Fountain Shoppe Bundle Digital Kit by our sponsor, Taylor Made Cards, to create a sweet journal! Here's a photo of the journal cover:

The Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog is open to everyone (USA and Internationally) and is open to all crafts and all skill levels. There is a monthly prize sponsored by Taylormadecards4u.com so be sure to check out the link below to the blog and be sure to enter your project.

I created a video of my journal and you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/G98loxdx1lI

To create the base of my journal, I started with an old cereal box. I used the up-cycled cardboard to create the front and back covers. I wrapped the cereal box covers with some of the paper from the kit, printed out on 110 pound card stock. I firmly secured the paper in place using strong double sided tape. My panels measured 8.5" x 5.5". I also used some of the cereal box to create a 1" spine for the booklet. I connected the two panels to the spine using packing tape (brown paper tape).

I printed three signatures (sections) for my journal. Each signature featured pattern paper from the kit, as well as journal pages from the kit. Each Signature has five pages of 8.5" x 5.5" paper printed on both sides. I used regular printer paper, the type that is 65 pounds in weight to print all the pages in the signatures.

The above left is the inside of the front cover. I used paper from the kit to design journal pocket and I tucked in some goodies from the kit into the pockets. The above right is the journal paper that is in the kit.