My Little Book of Thoughts…

May 12, 2009

I am not much of a jour­nal keeper but I love hav­ing some­thing small to jot down a thought or two or make a note so I don’t for­get a moment of inspi­ra­tion or a nice quote. I think it is nice to have a lit­tle some­thing to keep my thoughts noted in that I can carry along. So this is what I decided to cre­ate using the Book Page Flower from last weeks tuto­ri­als. My very own “Lit­tle Book of Thoughts”.  And I guess you can tell I am really into gold and black paint with crack­ling medium. Just love the look so much.

Sup­plies Needed:
Small Jour­nal (approx. 3″ x 4″)
Adiron­dack Metallics Acrylic Paints (Gold)
DecoArt Crack­ling Medium (Weath­ered Wood)
Mak­ing Mem­o­ries Acrylic Paint (Asphalt)
Book Page Flower
Col­or­Box Fluid Chalk Ink (Creamy Brown)

Tools Needed:
Paint Brush

Instruc­tions:

• Paint the front, back and spine of a small jour­nal with Gold Adiron­adack Metallics Acrylic Paint, let dry
• Using a paint brush apply Crack­ling Medium over the entire front and spine of the small jour­nal, let dry
• Once the Crack­ling Medium is dry using a paint brush apply Crack­ling Medium over the entire back or the small jour­nal, let dry
• Once the back of the small jour­nal is dry, using a paint brush apply Mak­ing Mem­o­ries Asphalt Acrylic Paint to the front and spine area of the small jour­nal, let dry
• Using a paint brush apply Mak­ing Mem­o­ries Asphalt Acrylic Paint to the back of the small jour­nal, let dry
• Using a strong liq­uid adhe­sive or glue gun attach the Book Page Flower to the front of your small journal
• Type or print your sen­ti­ment onto paper, cut out, ink the edges using Col­or­Box Fluid Chalk Ink (Creamy Brown), attach to the front of your small journal