Friendship Mini Journal - Cover and Pages 1-2 by Janet

 Have you seen the new Mini-Journal Template and the many new sets made just for its petite size? I don't know about you, but I'm in love! I could not wait to start playing with it. I have lots of ideas so I started putting them to work. My first creation is a friendship journal. I see this as something that I would give to a special person who is always there for me. It's such a unique gift to make and give to someone that you care for.

To begin, I used 5787 Mini Journal Template Set to create the journal covers and spine. If you've made the regular sized journal, it works the same way. You cut two identical panels and glue them together. Included in the set is the clasp so I cut that and also the border piece. The papers I used are from the new 5832 Gnome Paper Pack. The wood grain pattern is perfect for what I had in mind since I want this to reflect the nature theme I'll be using in the stamp sets. I also cut the hello sentiment and the stars using dies from the Mini Journal Template Set. I attached the clasp with mini pearl brads. This works very well to secure the clasp and it has holes in the each piece so you know just where to punch to fit the brads perfectly. The mail box is from the new 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. Of course, as with all the Ai Watercolor sets, they are not just for water coloring. They work really well for markers and pencils too. The bird is from 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. I drew a couple simple miniature envelopes and cut a slit in the box so I could slip them in to look like they are sticking out of the box.

Next I went to work on pages 1 and 2. The adorable rocker with the dog and cat comes from 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. Both sentiments are from 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set. This is my favorite new sentiment collection. It's packed with 19 sweet phrases. The basket is also from 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. The flowers were stamped from a stamp in the 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. I masked the flowers before I stamped the basket to create the combined image. I colored in the ground and used a grass stamp from 4051 WC Foliage Set 1. This is a go to stamp that I use a lot for grass in my scenes. I used the vine also on the mail box post. Last I added a tab cut from a die in the Template Set. I like how this can be used for a tag top or as a page tab. It's very versatile!

I hope you will enjoy my friendship mini-journal. I'll bring more pages over the next few weeks using new and existing sets. There is so much fun to be had with these little journals and so much of your stamp collection can be used with them. I hope you consider giving it a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a peak at my mini-journal in process. I invite you to stop by the store to see all the new releases for your card and tag making projects.

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