My Life Adventure

January 10, 2008

In the interest of conserving time and effort - I decided to kill two birds with one stone.  In F/S we have a scrappy challenge going and for Surfacing Class I needed to make a cover for my creative journal.  TaDa!!  A journal cover made from my scraps!

Here is the scrap pile I started with

I dug out all the little purple and green "noodles" and some cheesecloth dyed green and a piece of watercolor paper painted for another journal I did, some paper with text on it that I had over painted with purple dye, and some of my paper towels that had mainly green and purple on them.  Lots of MistyFuse and a final layer of light green tulle -- and it is done!

I chose purple and green because for my Creative Journal I have chosen the fig as my inspiration and study focus.  The main colors of the fig before it get ripe and dark are purple and green!! 

Then I did some of my favorite quilting stitch on the left side, stitched in three "figs" and then wanted to try the water look quilting stitch so did some of that on the cover.  I also had a stamp that I really like - "It's not the destination but the journey" which I stamped on the watercolor paper. You can't see it in this picture but it is there! Seems appropriate for the class I'm taking!

Comments (3) for "Creative Journal cover"

I love what you have done with your journal cover Kelly. By Mags - 1/10/2008 5:10 AM

Kelly this is awesome! My favorite color combination is purple and green. Nicely done! By sue b - 1/10/2008 5:25 AM

This is so nice Kelly, you make wonderful journels. By Karen - 1/10/2008 6:00 AM