Distraction Journal

Hello, crafty friends! 

I'm going to share a little secret with you....I'm an over-thinker.

I over-think lots of stuff in my life but I do it a lot when I'm creating.

I can over-think myself into a virtual paralysis when it come to 

creating. So in order to help myself and to help embrace art journaling I have made myself a distraction journal. It's small enough to take with me, I can doodle in it, write down thoughts or memories, basically distract my brain when I begin to feel overwhelmed.

I started by grabbing a stack of 12x12 pattern paper from my stash.

I dry brushed acrylic paint in several different colours across the paper. 

It was so messy & so much fun! I think I did about 50 sheets of double-sided paper

by the time I was all done.

For the cover of my journal I used a Worn Cover from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.

I stamped some plain tissue paper and stamped on it with some of my fave background

 stamps and Jet Black Archival Ink.

I then used matte medium to adhere the tissue paper to the journal.

After the matte medium was completely dry I dry brush some Distress Paint over

 the entire journal, inside & outside. (sorry, I didn't take photos).

To finish off the outside I applied some Remnant Rubs and used some 

ribbon to attach the binder rings.

I filled my new little journal with pages made from my painted 

pattern papers.

Here is my first page in my new distraction journal.