Today in Australia we remember all people whose lives have been impacted by war, in particular those who have lost their lives, with a minutes silence at 1100 am. This tradition stems from Armistice Day at the end of WW1 but is now broadened to include a, sadly, still ever growing legion of affected persons.
I have been busy over the past few days making a diary for my great niece Harriette, who turned sixteen a week ago today. I decided on a diary because I think most sixteen year olds usually like to be introspective regarding their thoughts and dreams. I had fun with this one because I do not know her very well, mainly through my sister and brother in law who dote on her and her older brother. She is an intelligent, sporty, crafty, independent and fiesty young lady who as a young child loved boots and the stomping noise they made. It will be wonderful to see what she makes of her life.
I was also able to utilise many items I already had in my stash boxes, card stock, ribbon, tags, photo mats, Gelli prints, in fact, the only "new" item was a jar of Ranger Multi Matte Medium which I had been waiting anxiously for, to coat the covers.
The recently trimmed down card stock pieces made life easy for matting, no more searching through acres of paper scraps or cutting into whole sheets!
I was able to use my new fine applicator for glueing for the first time...it worked beautifully and I know I am going to be able to use much less glue using this little tool...which will be better for the projects I do, as too much glue can cause warping and other issues, apart from the cost-saving.
I have been busy over the past few days making a diary for my great niece Harriette, who turned sixteen a week ago today. I decided on a diary because I think most sixteen year olds usually like to be introspective regarding their thoughts and dreams. I had fun with this one because I do not know her very well, mainly through my sister and brother in law who dote on her and her older brother. She is an intelligent, sporty, crafty, independent and fiesty young lady who as a young child loved boots and the stomping noise they made. It will be wonderful to see what she makes of her life.
I was also able to utilise many items I already had in my stash boxes, card stock, ribbon, tags, photo mats, Gelli prints, in fact, the only "new" item was a jar of Ranger Multi Matte Medium which I had been waiting anxiously for, to coat the covers.
The recently trimmed down card stock pieces made life easy for matting, no more searching through acres of paper scraps or cutting into whole sheets!
I was able to use my new fine applicator for glueing for the first time...it worked beautifully and I know I am going to be able to use much less glue using this little tool...which will be better for the projects I do, as too much glue can cause warping and other issues, apart from the cost-saving.
The diary is quite small, about 16x10 cm, with a 3 cm spine. It has 3 signatures of coffee stained paper, an envelope in the centre of each signature and a pocket inside the front and back covers, for photo mats. There are several other pockets through out, for journal cards, tags and small photo mats.
I beaded the spine and attached a small chunky key and a black faceted crystal as minimalist dangly bits.
I made photo mats for inside the front and back covers with some manilla file folder sections left over from another project, matting them with a heavy black cardstock for added heft. I added a few little photographs from our own archive from when she visited us one Christmas many moons ago...
I used 3 Gelli prints to mat the fronts of the 3 central envelopes to introduce colour and add some "artiness" to the diary...I didn't want it to be too vintage.
I added journalling cards and photo mats to the pockets and envelopes, using feisty images that I thought might appeal to her...I matted them all on the sturdy black card stock and added journalling lines by using file cards on the back. These give a good level of rigidity to each card.
She has always been an innovative seamstress, so I added this little paper dress to the back of one of the central envelopes.
I needed a card to put in the bag with the diary and thought this silver foil embossed and textured card might just please her...it is not at all flowery or "sweet 16-y", but I think she might like the effect...I know I do! I think I have rather taken to embossing folders all over again.
A different light angle to show the embossed card front...
Bye now,
See you soon I hope,
Di
See you soon I hope,
Di
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