Window Garden Book Tutorial

Hi crafters! Today I have a mini-book / journal / sketchbook tutorial to share. The front cover is a window with broken glass.

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This sketchbook mainly with products from Tim Holtz Halloween release. There is quite a lot of idea-ology pieces that work for many different themes and not only for Halloween. I thought I'd make a litte journal / sketchbook for my garden since the window made me think of looking out into the garden. 

I just had to take a photo of the journal in the grass and among the fallen petals from the wild roses. 

For the glass I used Tim Holtz idea-ology Shattered Window and colored it with Latte alcohol ink.

Stamp with butterflies from Tim Holtz Papillon using Stazon ink. I placed the stamp so that the butterflies would be visible through the windows.

Stamp here and there with Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass background.

The window comes from Halloween Baseboards and Transparencies. I sanded the edges and inked with Vintage Photo.

Do the same on the rest of the idea-ology ephemera. The lace piece was used as a curtain. 

I glued the acetate to the window and cut pages from one of my favorite sketching papers. Use a Crop-a-Dile to punch holes.

This paper comes from Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops papers. I love all the backdrops papers and use them a lot. Place it behind the window and add dots with a pencil to try to get the stamped words in the right places. Ink the edges.

The back cover was covered with another piece of Halloween Backdrops paper.

The stamped words show through the windows, some of them are stamped in the holes from the broken glass. The sentiment on the strip comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery. 

I like adding curtains to windows. It gives them a more finished touch. The green butterfly is from the Halloween 2023 ephemera pack.

The alcohol ink, shattered glass, stamping and texture of the background paper gives an interesting layered effect.

The roses are from Halloween 2023 Layers and Paper Dolls. The sentiment is from Halloween Baseboards and Transparencies. 

The book was bound with Tim Holtz Book Rings. 

If you open the cover, the inside page looks like this, but it is really meant to be a backdrop to the cover.

Here you can maybe see the transparent effect better.

 

I love the shapes and texture in the vintage book marbled paper.

The second page in the journal looks like this. It is the printed back of the Backdrops paper used as a first page for the small stamped sentiments. I added a Journal Card and some stamping.

One of my favorite things with making my own journals, is that I can use paper that is suited for what I plan to use it for. Sometimes I like to use various papers, for this journal I used only a good sketching paper. The book can also hold small photos.

You can make this book in other themes or for other purposes too.

Thank you for stopping by here today! My next project with Tim's Halloween products is coming soon and it is a little spookier, but only a little.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! See you soon again.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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