White or coloured acrylic paint or gesso. I used gesso in this example.Labels: Great People, Great-Places-Auckland-Region, Journal Tips and Technique, Journal-Pages, Music
Glued down serviette, business card, tickets , clothing tag and journaling. Again photos left for photos.Labels: Great Places International, Journal Tips, Journal-Pages
"Currently at Eastern Beach, an incredibly stunning day. I don't think the sky could be bluer or the sun brighter."This weather has been amazing. I love that I get to record it all in my journal. While laying about on the beach I did a wee watercolour of a broken shell in front of me. Bliss.
Labels: Art, Create-your-life, Goal-setting, Great Places International, Journal-Pages, Sketching
Labels: Journal Tips, Journal-Ideas, Journal-Pages
The date coloured and glued in, a paragraph and a rub-on.
Yesterday's (Tuesday) : The date, a recipe (recommended!!!) cut out including its picture from a magazine/website, snippets from an article I was reading cut out and glued in, a stamped image of a bird over the text, number stickers added to the recipe to create interest.
Labels: Instruction, Journal-Ideas, Journal-Notes, Journal-Pages


Flip photo additions allow for extra photos and notes without adding extra pages. Fold out photo extension is held closed with a swiveling page flip and paper fastener.
To attach trim neatly to a page first create a pattern with a scrap of cardstock. Cut exactly how you wish it to lie and slightly narrower than the trim so it can't be seen when attached.Labels: Instruction, Journal-Pages

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Labels: Great-Places-Auckland-Region, Journal-Pages, Sketching-Tips
As previously mentioned, I'm winding my way through Metro Magazine's Top 50 Cafes. Man, cafes WANT to get on that list, such great exposure... I wonder how many other nutty people like me plan to visit them all??
Labels: Great-Places-Auckland-Region, Journal-Ideas, Journal-Pages, Restaurant-Review
Sketching animals is super fun! I am going to buy myself a years Friends of the Zoo pass so I can go whenever I like and practice. I would have liked to have finished sketching the elephant, except when a elephant walks away there is no convincing him otherwise ;) What to do? Sketch of his backside as he walks away!
Labels: Great-Places-Auckland-Region, Journal-Pages, Restaurant-Review, Sketching, Sketching-Tips
The pic of the gal (bottom left) is from Metro Magazine - cute outfit which I set about duplicating. First time I have done this and it was fun to find pieces and making a look work on me. Try it!
I also set myself about 6 goals for the month. I got closer on all (progress) and when I could see I wasn't going to make it with them all, I kept working at them all but focused on making sure I achieved ONE. Encouraged by the achievement I made more goals for this month, 12 actually - this time using the same ratio I expect to achieve two then add one for improvement!Labels: Create-your-life, Goal-setting, Journal-Pages, Street-style
This is the view looking west across the harbour estuary at the Manuka Road boat ramp. Interestingly there is a sign there referring to it as Hells Creeks - I never knew that. I pre-wash paints across my journal pages so it was quite delightful to find the highlight in the middle was in a complimentary spot of my sketch! Actually find that happens all the time. Makes me love pre-washed backgrounds even more.Labels: Great-Places-Auckland-Region, Journal-Pages, Sketching
Little fold out photo of the cyclistsLabels: Journal-Pages, Restaurant-Review, Sketching
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Labels: Journal-Pages, NZ-Scrapbook

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Fragrance spread - Kenzo Orient is spicy and woody. Besides, the black, red, silver, orient packaging... its gotta smell good! hehee
The image printed on the rice paper(?) is part of the packaging for the fragrance. It comes inside the box and still faintly smells of the purfume. Almost worth buying this fragrance for that alone.Labels: Challenge, Journal-Pages
After our day at the beach my kids and I headed out for dinner. We enjoyed it immensely! As always I take a card - for the journal of course!
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Labels: Art, Great-Places-North-Island, Journal-Pages

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