YSM Finds Butterly Journal

I bought a little box of scrap book discards at the YSM.  In it, I found some cardboard folder like pieces with pockets, made of heavy tan cardstock, and some white paper folder kind of thingies with a tab on them and a piece of white paper inside them.  Looks like someone had some plans for card inserts or some such thing.  But, since they were pretty much the same size, and right now I have "making journals" on the brain, I, of course saw a small journal in the making.  I took the tan card boards to the sewing machine and stitched them together to make the base of the journal.  Then I started to decorate the various pieces, mostly letting things lead me to the finished project.  I had a stash of bedazzler's with lots of studs. Since I could not never get the machines to work right and I am cleaning out, they went into the garbage and I hand mounted the studs to make a butterfly on the cover.   Then I decided the studs didn't show up enough so gave the whole front a shot of brown distressing ink.

Cover with studs and added edges using silver paint.  I stamped Trying My Wings for the title as I think this small journal would be good for someone to give journaling a try for the first time.

Rose stamp and collaged butterflies on the pages make it cohesive.  Some micro beads in the butterflies wings, and some purple water color spritzes added color to the drab tan of the book base.

Added legs and antenna with smooch inks... fun to play with if you haven't tried them.

The white folders with extra page in the center pull out with the tab so writing space is more than one would think.

There are four pull out folders plus the base pages... lots of writing space.