StencilGirl® Talk: Louise is Celebrating with her Artful Daily Journal dedicated to the month of December

Hello Hello :)

Today I would like to share with you my interpretation of our current creative theme Artful Celebrations. I recently attended a wonderful Junk Journal Workshop taught by a fabulous creative friend. With this as an inspiration, I have created an artful journal for a December Daily.

As you can see it isn't your typical take on a December Daily, but it is my artful interpretation; a 'lil grungy, and a lot arty! I have used lots of handmade printed papers/tags created using a gel printing plate, my favorite StencilGirl® Stencils, and acrylic paint.

This image is a close up of the inside page/tag edges. This Journal is all ready for further alteration and the addition of December Daily photos, ephemera, and journaling etc.

The make-up of this journal is a cover and 2 signatures which have enough pages/tags for the whole of the month. I have created some photo collages of some of the internal pages.

These 2 images are of the inside cover:

I have created some simple photo collages of my step-by-step process for creating this December Daily Journal. Creating the papers and the journal was very simple; and a whole lot of FUN!

I assembled the basic requirements, black and white paper, and deli paper.
A Gel printing plate, a couple of brayers, and an assortment of acrylic paints.
Some of my favorite StencilGirl Stencils

I had lots of FUN creating an assortment of printed stenciled papers.
I then gathered up some cards and tags; I used these as a base for the pages of my journal.

I cropped trimmed and adhered the papers to the cards and tags.

After assembling the 2 signatures I used a long arm stapler to anchor the pages together to allow me to punch the holes for the ribbon to bind the journal together.