Monday Challenge: Journaling Cards

Happy Monday morning to you! Lexi here to get this week of highlighting October Afternoon's journaling cards started with a challenge: use them in an unexpected way. Sure, they are the perfect little spot for adding journaling to a layout, but how else can they be used? Becky and I have a few ideas. We both used Woodland Park journaling cards and products for our projects.

First, Becky created this gorgeous layout. She stacked the journaling cards on top of one another in this layout, right up the middle, and embellished them along the way. Genius! I would have never thought to do that.

For my part of the challenge I decided to take the journaling cards and add a few goodies like this

and create a mini mini :)

We've had lots of outside time this summer so I thought a mini using Woodland Park would be the perfect place to highlight some of our outdoor summer fun.

Mini envelopes and a tag with string break up the similar size of journaling cards with something unexpected. It also creates a place for more journaling.  

Another little tip is if you are going to sew directly on your pages you kinda need to plan out what gets sewn and where so you aren't sewing a label on one side which is sewing through the middle of the picture on the other side. Or avoid it like I do: truly sew something down on one side of a page and then sew on the photo PRIOR to gluing it down on the backside. Sneaky ;) 

My minis are always a bit random. The theme is there with the photos and coordinating product, but often the journaling is a mix of typewriter and handwritten, photos don't always face the same way..it's all okay :) Don't make it too complicated. That takes the fun out of it! 

I find mini albums are a great way to add in bits and pieces of embellishments that we all seem to have hanging around the desk or in little bowls. It helps to gather a small pile before you start so it can go faster and not overwhelm.  

I always like to add a little something to the back.

So how about you? Have you ever created a mini with journaling cards or used them in a unexpected way? Show us! Link us in the comments or flickr group. We would love to see :) 

Enjoy your Monday! 

Comments

[Court's Crafts]

Fab mini! I cannot wait to see the winner of the whole Woodland Park collection!!!