Tuesday, March 4, 2025

365 Days of Junk Journaling Ideas

On January 1st, Kate Marshall of Inked Paper Art began a new 2025 series entitled "365 Days of Junk Journal Ideas."

Two great things about these:

They're blessedly short, most are around 15 minutes, very infrequently going more than 20 minutes - YAAAAY!
She shows you clearly what to do and doesn't give a lot of unnecessary chit-chat or long pauses while she thinks or looks for something.

I'm taking it upon myself to watch and annotate them all.

Day 1:  Making Faux Aged Tape using transparent Scotch tape and alcohol ink.
Day 2:  7 Pockets out of one 8 1/2 x 11 inch double-sided paper.  One is a 5-pocket glue-onto-page and there are 2 leftover triangles for corner pockets on another page or pages.
Day 3:  Making a blended background using flicked water over distressed/blended papers.  
Day 4:  Making a 12 x 12 collage master board and how she cuts and uses them
Day 5:  Using upcycled photo slides to create a dangling charm.
Day 6:  Making floating pockets and tabs.  I did!  Here's the front and back:
        

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