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It’s the Crafty Daze very first blog post! Cool Beans!

 🌸Hi,

You can’t see me, but yup! I’m doing my happy dance! 💃 I finally got the nerve to dive into the world of blogging! I will be sharing my spin on crafting ideas seen all over the internet. I will give credit to the crafter who gave me the inspiration if it is not my own design! Hope you will enjoy my tips and tricks and pictures and videos of finished projects!😊

So let’s get started! Right now I’m into everything paper crafting. From altering composition books, binding my own books, and even altering simple paper clips. Did I mention the word ‘vintage’? I absolutely love vintage greeting cards, and I will search high and low for them! Just a note....I have loads of boxes from my dear mom and mother-in-law stored away in our garage. But since it’s -2°🧊outside right now in northern Wisconsin I might freeze looking through them! But, hey, if we get above 32° I might just go for it! Here are a few cards I have found before the deep freeze: 




They are so special to me I wish I had a pair of white gloves to touch them with! The first craft project I will show you how I made is this cute junk journal for my twin sister (best friend)💞You can find a printable of the card I used at the end of this post to make your own!💕I like sharing☺️


🌸The front cover was made using the front of the vintage card.
 I glued the ribbon on first, then the card on top.

Pretty pages!💕🌸

I sewed pockets onto the pages. Added tags cut from my Cricut and added ribbons. 
Made a little fold up journaling card and glued on the blue floral trim.🌸

🌸Added a homemade bookmark embellished with ribbons and beads.

Made a waterfall journaling card and attached it with a decorative brad.🌸

Made another flip up journaling card and added some pretty ribbon.🌸

This sweet journal was made from five white envelopes!
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*I learned how to construct this journal from a YouTube video, here is the link! 

https://youtu.be/hxur2HhAxG4

🌼To see a video flip through of this sweet journal I made, click the following link!🌸Enjoy!


💕You are welcome to download and print this photo of the vintage greeting card I used! Thanks for checking me out! Have fun and hope you are having a Crafty Happy Day!😊💕🌸
Gaye




 

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