Spooky Halloween Journal from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

If you've been following along over the last two months then you know that I've been working on a trio of Halloween Journals for my son, daughter and for Art Impressions.

This is my son's completed journal.  His birthday is October 2nd (this past Monday) so he has grown up LOVING Halloween!  Here's a page by page flip through.

I decided to decorate the inside of the plastic storage case.  This is the front side where I used the Block Letter Dies letter D, (for my son's name) the 23 from Journal letter dies (for the year) and I mounted them on Double Stitched and  Nested Ovals.  There will be links for everything at the bottom of my post.

On the inside of the case I decorated the other side of what you see on the front.  Then you also see the cover of the journal.

The cover is one of my favorite "pages" but I guess that makes sense since it's what you'll see most of the time.

Let's check out the inside now.  Here are pages 1 and 2.  Lots of little pockets to tuck stuff into.

The thin little tags pull out to spell out All Hallows Eve.

The back of the Fox tag has a little pocket that I showed on a previous post, that holds cash.

Pages 3 and 4 with a little Peek-a-boo window!

Pages 5, 6 and 7 which include a fun fold out page making a 3 part layout.

This spread also contains a hidden element.

Pages 8,9 and 10.  The pumpkin is a gift card holder.  This time I added some cash instead.  It works great for that too!

I apologize.  When I began my journal, the set with the mummy was still current.  It's since been retired but there are so many new sets with fun images that would work great here.

Halloween Journal Back Cover and Cat GCH GIVEAWAY from Art Impressions!

 Hello everyone and welcome back.  It's my day over on the Art Impressions blog and I'm sharing the back page of my Halloween Journal!

This time I've added a Gift Card Holder.

Two of my journals feature the 5341 – Black Cat GCH Set (though he certainly could be used any time of year in any color) and my third journal features the 5342 – Pumpkin GCH Set.

You do need the 5344 – Envelope GCH Set to hold the gift card and glue the GCH elements to or you could just use the dies on a card of scrapbook page but they wont hold a gift card.

I'm giving away a 5341 – Black Cat GCH Set.  This is JUST the cat dies.  The envelope template is not included. See the link up at the bottom of my post to enter to win.  U.S. addresses only please.  You just need to enter some sort of crafty item you've created and leave your first name and last initial. I will announce the RANDOM winner next Sunday on my blog post.  If you win, please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com.  I'll share this information again next week when I announce the winner.

Don't these adorable little dies add so much fun to your creations!  They certainly don't even need to be in a journal.  How cute would these be on a card or scrapbook page!

I fit the little envelopes into a pocket from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.  BOO was made with 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set and the little fall embellishments are from 5604 – Halloween Journal Die Set.
Some of the papers are from 5605 – Halloween Journal Paper Pack.

I used Copic markers to color some of the dies.

YR16, Y19, E35, YG91, YG93

Add your photo, first name and last initial (US addresses only) and one entry per person. Good luck!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Halloween Journal Inside Cover from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Last week I shared the covers for my three Halloween Journals.

Today, I'm sharing the inside of the cover.  I created it with our current Tag, You're It! challenge here on the blog.  You can join the challenge here.

For Dominick's journal I used the fox from 5352 – Halloween Critters Set.
The tags are all from 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

My original plan was to have two long tags and have them say Happy Hallloween but it was too long.  I improvised and ended up with All Hallows Eve.

The letters were cut using 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.  All of the images on the thin tags are from 5487 – Front Porch Halloween Set.

Next up is Makena's journal.  On hers, I showed how I'll put a little cash in the journal for them.  This time I used the bunny from the Halloween Critters. 

I used the little pocket from the 5589 – Journal Pocket Die Set

I used some of the papers from 5605 – Halloween Journal Paper Pack.

Here's my final journal.  This one has the owl from the Halloween Critters set.

All three journals were created using the 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

I hope you're enjoying my journal so far and that
you'll play along in our Tag, You're It challenge!

Click HERE to see my cover pages of these three journals.

A Trio of Halloween Journals from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

It's almost spooky season and so I'm beginning a little project now because I know it'll take me a while.  I'm making some Halloween journals for my kids.  I'm beginning with the cover but then I'll be skipping around a bit.  When they're finished,  I'll show you them in order from front to back.
There will be 3 journals in all, one for Art Impressions and one for each of my kids. Each one will be very similar and yet completely unique.

For Dominick and Makena's, I personalized them by adding their names with the 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.  I also added the name Jackson's to the sign post because that's a famous pumpkin farm just down the road from us that they've gone to since they were babies.

My kids are grown now, but they've loved Halloween since they were little.  My plan is to put a GC and a little cash in here for them.  They're also each getting a Halloween Tea Towel and probably a favorite candy. Though you can't tell in the pictures, the stars are cut out of glittery white paper.

I colored in the negative space in between the skeleton's bones to make him pop more.
I hope you're inspired to give the Ai Journals a try.  They're so fun and can be personalized for any theme or person that you wish.  The possibilities are endless.

5543 – Journal Template Die Set (for journal)

5408 – ShadowBox Window Die (window frame)
M5051 – Haunted House Window (under window frame)
5456 – Spooky Wagon Set (pumpkin, ghost and BOO sign)
5457 – Christmas Truck Set (blank sign "Jackson's" and star die)
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set (for names)
5487 – Front Porch Halloween Set (skeleton)
Sakura Pigma Micron 05 – Pigment Fineliners – 0.45mm (to write Jackson's and fill in space between skeleton bones)
Memento Ink Pad (to stamp all images)
4773 – Acrylic Block 5 Pack (Variety) (to stamp smaller images, larger images were stamped on my Stamp Perfect)

Copics used:

100, Y02, Y19, Y23, YR16, E35, T2, YG06,
YG91, YG93, B12, B95, BV00, BV11, BV13