Journal Craft Inspirations

Keep a record of the books you have read by creating a journal spread.

“Just finished reading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ and felt inspired to do a journal page. I wanted to try out a new material – Safmat, a transparent film, from Letraset that you can print onto. I edited a couple of photos of winter trees in photoshop and printed them onto the Safmat. I then peeled off the backing and stuck the transparent film with the printed image into my Moleskine sketchbook. I had used a grey PanPastel on the page first, deliberately patchy, to create the dusty landscape depicted in the book.

Quite pleased with the Safmat, it is very thin and ‘almost’ invisible, so a good way of getting photos into your journal without creating too much bulk.”

From the journal of Gill McCowen
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Have you been inspired by the journal pages featured on this site?  Well, why not inspire others by sharing your pages with us? 

As a thank you we are offering a 5% discount in the Journal Craft store for all submissions. 

Simply select ‘Submissions’ from the menu above, or click here to go  to the submissions page

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Looking for something different to give this Christmas?  Why not inspire someone to keep a journal, by giving them a starter kit.  Over in the Journal Craft store we have added to our range of Journal Kits, we now have a Travel Journal Kit which is ideal for anyone who is about to embark on a trip – even if it is to the neighboring town!  The kit comes complete with our own booklet “How to keep a Travel Journal”, and everything you need to journal ‘on the move’. 

We also have a journal starter kit, which includes Dan Price’s wonderful book “How To Make A Journal Of Your Life”.

Artists everywhere love nothing better than trying out new art materials – so why not treat them to a fantastic new product – PanPastel - highly pigmented artist’s Soft Pastel uniquely packaged in a pan   We have sets of 5,10 and 20 and the individual Pans make ideal stocking fillers.  We also stock a range of Sofft Tools specially designed for use with PanPastel.

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Including a map in your travel journal really brings the trip into perspective, it can be as simple or detailed as you like.

“Grandma & I embarked on an awesome road trip to explore the “Wild West” AKA the Black Hills. It was a long drive but definitely a worthwhile endeavor. I felt very patriotic most of the time…”

 

From the journal of Jennifer Hamilton
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I love Nicolette’s take on her map with the van driving around the coastline…

“Another page from my art journal – the journey from Canmore to Pentiction”

 

From the journal of Nicolette Anderson
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A days activities, randomly placed make a great page..

From the journal of  Nicolette Anderson
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I love the way Paula has played with her layers of text here - stamping out a much larger message over her original written journaling.

“layers of paper, paints, foam stamps, images,etc. – whatever was on the art table or nearby in a Moleskine Sketchbook”

From the journal of Paula Bogdan
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Even your ‘to do’ list can be made interesting, as Jeanette has shown in her Garden journal

From the garden journal of Jeanette Yee Sclar
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And this page by Theresa Hall.  An easy way to make your page more visually interesting even if you think you can’t draw.

To do list in Moleskine Squared Notebook 

From the visual journal of Theresa Hall
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I am delighted that we have won a Business Achievement award in the Personal Development category (click on the image to view a larger version of the article)

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