*NEW* Journal Romance Special

 Hi everyone, I’m finally back to share a FANTASTIC new Art journal special kit with you. When I received this kit I knew it would be perfect for all my Journal Together monthly prompts. 

I started by cutting out all of the pages using the Coffee Dyed papers. To do this you will want to fold your paper in half and then carefully align the die with the score line along the edge of the fold. *TIP* place your die on a slight angle as you run it through your machine. It helps those edges to cut better. 

Once all of your pages are cut out then you will need to cut out the hinge pieces. I inked the edges of all my pages and hinges before assembling. Add strong double sided tape to the hinges and attach one to each page. 

Peel back one edge of your tape and carefully line up one page on top of the next. I was careful to make sure that all my pages were facing the same direction. This is not a requirement but for this project I wanted it that way. Once your pages are lined up, put some firm pressure on them and slowly slide off the rest of the tape backer. I also like to rub my scoring tool along the edge to insure a strong bond. 

Continue this process until you have all your pages attached. You will need a final hinge added to the front and back page so that you can attach it to your cover. 

To cut the cover I used a piece from the Abandoned Paper pack. I ran a single piece through the die cut machine for the front and then again for the back. 

Once done you will notice that the one edge didn’t cut as it’s the score line. This allows you to make your pages longer if you wish.

I just kept mine the original size and trimmed it at the score line. 

I attached the front and back covers to the spine pieces I had assembled earlier.

My next step was to cut out the binding for the cover with some cardstock. I added in the speckle die at the same time. Once that was cut I ran the cardstock through again with the speckle die on the other side. 

I added some beige cardstock on the backside of the spine to highlight the holes. Then I wrapped it around all of the pages.

The binding will fit differently depending on how many pages you’ve added. You can see that mine has a bit of a gap because I didn’t add as many pages as the binding is designed to hold. It still works just fine this way. 

Here is my completed journal. 

You can see how I decorated the front in this short process video. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!