"Glue Book JJ"

Hi Friends

I hope you are haivng a great start to the week. It is Monday 17/8 here in Australia, and I have Mondays off. I am doing a few catch-up jobs and now crafting...... 

I found a few magazines that I wanted to put to better use, instead of sitting on the shelf.

I have made a "GlueBook", which is a fancy name for somewhere to collage any sort of images that you collect. I like to keep a journal, and I keep pictures I like for no reason and cut and paste them in. It is a lot of fun, like when I was a kid, and no thinking involved, which is an extra bonus. 

I think it is the genes, as I remember my great-grandmother using scrapbooks and collaging them also. I still have the one she gave me when I was very young.

I only buy one magazine these days called Daphne's Diary, and when I collect a few issues, I go through them and save what I like. 

I had the cover made from some chipboard from the back of watercolour paper pads. Always save this, as it is great for covers. I added a napkin decoupage on top after painting it with gesso so it would stick. I use my own mixture of white PVA glue and water, under and over the napkin. I have never had anything come up from using this glue. It also makes your cover stronger.

To finish it up, I cut one of the magazine covers up and used the picture I liked on the front.

On the inside, I used scrapbook paper and a large book-page envelope that I made. It has been covered in inks and stitching. This will store the cuttings from the magazines.

I added three signatures with some of the usual papers I like to include. (music, book pages, atlas, scrapbook paper, ledger, envelopes, tracing paper/vellum, brown packaging, etc)

I have started using the pages and cutouts to decorate it. I love using clear window junk mail envelopes and making them into pockets. I added pieces of the images as a collage. I just use a UHU glue stick for this. It adheres really well and is not as messy as PVA. I also find the dry glue stops your images from warping. I keep some of the book pages when I gut a book to use as the cover. I then re-use them to make pockets, etc.

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I made a belly band from one of the lovely images and then an envelope from a page, sitting under it. The belly band keeps things where you like them and adds a decorative touch. The other page has one more envelope I made attached to the edge. This is handy, as I can use it to pop a journaling card, etc in.

Never underestimate the loveliness of magazine and book images. These ones are not glossy, which I really like and are made from a lovely paper.

  I find vintage magazines from op shops, FB Marketplace, and sometimes the library. I have also asked friends to keep any magazines they don't want, so I get some gardening and women's magazines. I also have a lovely lady that I work with who gives me her old calendar every year, which has awesome images to play with.....They are a great resource for junk journaling.

I have different journals that I play in, and I am one to swap around and work in different ones. Of course, I am planning the next one....

I hope you are having some downtime creating, and stay tuned for more projects soon.

Have a great week and stay safe x

Hugz Kerri x