Learn how to design a junk journaling page.
With junk journaling, you can transform memories and everyday objects into unique creations. In this project, I’ll be creating a page using paper items I collected at a wedding—such as place cards, ribbons, photos, and even crossword puzzles from the entertainment program. You’ll discover how to enhance these memories while giving them a new lease on life—all thanks to a few simple techniques for designing, collaging, and laying out your page.
You will need this material:
- Tombow MONO multi Liquid Glue
- Tombow Mono Maxi Power Tape Glue Roller
- Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen with a hard tip
- Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen with a soft tip
- Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pen 177, 025
- Notebook, flexible, A5 size
- Dark green paper
- Washi tape rolls in the colors of the page
- Junk journaling elements (that you collected at an event)
- Scissors
- Printed photos
- Stickers of your choice to decorate your page
- Corner punch, if needed
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Step 1:
Start by tearing the solid-color background paper at opposite corners to create a harmonious look on your double-page spread. Once you’re happy with the result, use the “Maxi Power Tape” adhesive roller to secure the pieces of paper.
Tear or cut out your first junk journaling element, which will also serve as the page background. Use your “Maxi Power Tape” glue roller again to secure the pieces of paper.
Step 2:
Position your piece of junk journaling paper and trim the excess edges around your notebook.
Step 3:
Repeat the process on the second page to finish the background and create a harmonious overall look.
Using the repurposed table name card, we can create a “Dutch Door” on our page and insert a large photo that was printed at a photo booth at the wedding venue. A “Dutch Door” is a “door” that you create to give our page more space and thus gain more room for adding elements. You create it by simply adding an element (a card, a sheet of paper, a brochure…) and gluing it in place, or by trimming the pages of our notebook.
Step 4:
Use the “Brush Fudenosuke” felt-tip pen with a soft tip to add a title.
Use your “Mono Maxi Power Tape” glue stick to attach your photo and caption to the back of your “Dutch Door.”
Step 5:
Decorate your “Dutch Door” with stickers of your choice to finish it off.
Position your “Dutch Door” along the center fold of your notebook. Quick tip: You can use a corner punch to round off the corners of your “Dutch Door.”
Step 6:
Attach your “Dutch Door” to your notebook using regular adhesive tape or washi tape in a color of your choice.
Make sure the tape runs across both your “Dutch Door” element and the page of your notebook.
Repeat the process on the back of your “Dutch Door.”
Step 7:
Position and attach all your photos and decorative elements to your right and left pages using your Mono Maxi Power Tape glue stick.
If you have a larger element or a material that’s different from the paper, don’t hesitate to use Mono Multi Liquid Glue to ensure better adhesion to your page.
Done!
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