Altered Large Kraft Journal!

Reminder: Visit Create with Connie & Mary today to view Connie’s project and tutorial for the last day of our Preview Week for our Spring Collection and Early bird pricing ends…check out this
wonderful collection! We will be featuring projects for classes or for
your hobby with Stampin’ Up! products from the Occasions 2015 Catalog
and Sale-A-Bration 2015!

 
 I have a really neat project to show you today. And this project was made using the “Large Kraft Journal” found in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog. Some items can be easily missed when perusing the catalog and I believe this is one of them.

This Kraft Journal is the perfect size to tag along with you, measuring 5″ x 8-/4″. It comes with grid-lined paper on the inside and was just begging to be decorated. See what I did with mine?

I started out by using the Hearts Confetti Border Punch on the edge and glued a piece of Strawberry Slush Cardstock on the inside of the cover. I like how the color peeks through the punched hearts:

For the stamped images, I started out by stamping 5 of the lace flowers from the Petal Potpourri stamp set using Strawberry Slush Ink and Whisper White Cardstock. I cut all of the flowers using the Flower Medallion Punch. I glued my flowers vertically and trimmed the two on the ends: