Junque Journal #2 Pages

These are a few pages from my second homemade smash book or glue book, lovingly called a Junque Journal. I take a marble composition book and use it to alter into a journal where I glue ephemera and memorabilia from daily life. I learned the technique from a You-tube tutorial by Tangie Baxter .

Cover

 

 

 

Inside Cover and first page

Relaxation page

Homemade Smashbook Pages

I make my own "smash-book" type journals (sometimes called Junk Journals) out of composition notebooks using leftover scrapbook paper, memorabilia, ephemera, stamps, ink, really everything but the kitchen sink. Here are a few completed pages.

Yellow

 

 

Pink

 

 

Breathe

 

 

Art and Coffee

Glue Book Page - White

Glue Book Junk Journal Page - Gray

I have been using composition books over the last two or three years for glue book/junk journal notebooks. I realized I haven't posted any pictures from them. This one was made with the color theme "gray". It is a homemade "smash" book of sorts. The owl is a drawing I made from a photo in a magazine.. I then just glued it into my book.

"Spring" Altered Book Two-Page Spread

This is my most recent contribution to an altered book round robin I am participating in. The theme is "Spring", so I thought that to me, robins definitely represent spring. I tried to put more texture on the page this time. I used texture paste through stencils and 3-D paint around the flowers.

The book is actually more like a junk journal, which the owner fashioned out of an old restaurant menu. It is pretty cool and was fun to work in. The ladies have really outdone themselves with creativity this time around. I really like round robins, because you get lots of wonderful, creative people to work in your book and it pushes you to do your best and also to get out of your comfort zone - at least it does that for me.