Rusted Eileen Hull Seth Apter Journal

Hi friends!  I'm thrilled today to be posting my first project for my new blog, Mini Album Makers Challenge.  I hope you will hop on over and see the design team announcement and inspiration from our talented new team.

I could not be happier to announce the ever talented Seth Apter has graciously sponsored our first challenge.  One lucky winner will receive this prize pack of Seth's stamps and stencils!

All this excitement inspired me to make this rusty journal.  You may remember my other Seth Apter inspired journal, which I posted HERE.

My Eileen Hull Scoreboards XL Journal covers were gifted to me by the sweetest Julia Aston while I waited to get my own die.  Thank you Julia!  She cut them from the Sizzix matboard.  To create a window in your journal, first decide on the placement of the inner components.  Lay things out and determine the size for your window.  Use an exacto knife to cut through your cover.

I created this rusty texture by blending a mix of Prima rust pastes.  I kept layering while the pastes were wet so that they blended well.  I used a palette knife rather than a brush.  When I had sufficient coverage, I then brushed on watery Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo.  The oxidized ink really lends to the old rusty look.  I embossed Seth's lines texture stamp in Walnut Stain Distress EP and stamped the grid texture in copper.  The little brads were also given a rusty treatment.

I cut my window after altering my cover with the texture pastes.  After I cut the window I adhered designer paper to the inside of the cover.  I used scissors along the edges, then gave it a light sanding along the edge.  Normally you adhere your papers before cutting the covers with your machine.  But this gave me a surface to adhere the cutout onto.  I held it up to the light to make sure I placed it evenly over the hole.

I added some rays of light with a old credit card and metallic paint.  The amazing rusty angel is a gift from my amazing friend Mimi.  

She also gave me these fabulous rusty nails.  I had my husband to saw a small chunk out of one nail so that I could make the X pattern and have them lie flat.  I am reminded that Jesus chose the nails because of His great love for us.  The sentiment is from an old hymn book.

I embossed Seth's Coffee Ring dies with chunky EP.  I glued to a second cut from black children's craft foam.  This made quite the thick embellishment.  I stamped Seth's circle texture stamp beneath each coffee ring.  I aged the edges of the paper beneath with more DOX.

I punched additional holes in my spine by lining up the center hole from one cover with the opposite cover and marking the placement of the hole, then punching with my Cropadile.  This allowed me to use the pamphlet stitch below, only the stitching is reversed for this book, so that the tails are hidden inside.  I used waxed linen.  I painted the cracks and edges of my covers with DOX.

I also punched a hole at the top of my spine (through both adhered layers) to string an old key for a bookmark.  It dangles beautifully below the book.

Here are the inserts, all made from loose leaf graph paper and covered with Tim Holtz papers.

These awesome letter/number ephemera pieces were a gift from the lovely Jackie P. Neal.  Love them and so happy to use them in my journal!  :)

To make the inserts, I folded ten sheets of graph paper in half, one at a time.  I then cut the patterned paper down to 8.5x11 and folded it as well.  Next, I opened each one and nestled them together.  (Prefolding each page does help the finished pages to line up better.)  I used a clip to hold them in place and stapled two staples (near the top and bottom center) with a long arm stapler.  I then cut down to size using a rotary cutter (8 x 4 1/4" - which is a little smaller than Eileen suggests due to cutting off the three holes from the paper AND so that the pamphlet stitch wraps around the top and bottom easily).  This forms nice sharp edges and was easier for me than an Exacto knife.  I opened the inserts up and used a Japanese screw punch to add a center hole for threading the pamphlet stitch.

I really hope you've enjoyed this tutorial and are inspired to play along with our challenge for a chance to win Seth's fabulous stamps and stencils.  You can find other Seth Apter products and the products used in this tutorial at the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  If you're going rusty, make sure to play along with our current challenge at Frilly and Funkie too, where our theme is A Little Rusty this fortnight.  Have a great day!

(February Pre-order) Prima Art Extravagance - Patina Effect Paste Set 3pcs 50ml	Prima Art Extravagance Rust Paste Set	(APRIL pre-order) Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Journal by Eileen Hull 661906	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Vintage Photo
Spellbinders Seth Apter Coffee Ring Dies	Seth Apter Mark Makers Stamp Set	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 12 x 12 Paper Stash Memoranda	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad
(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Butterfly Design Tape	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips

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