The Documented Life Project - Week 8

I love it that the ladies from Art to the 5th came up with all these ideas to inspire creativity. So, I've now completed the Week 8 challenge - add a flap to your flap. I was glad of the tutorial video from Roben-Marie Smith, because I was really not sure about the technicalities of this project.

So here are the steps - deep breath, there's a lot of steps:

1. Chose a page with colour on it - again left-over paint from a gelli print, applied with my brayer
2. Chose a flap - I was thinking of using a postcard, then I found this card while tidying up - it was a thank-you card from a friend's daughter. I decided to use it because I thought it was really sweet she sent me a thank-you card - I didn't think the youth of today even knew how to post a letter. And also because I like the green and blue
3. I cut a circular tab so I could insert a little message - thank you Roben-Marie Smith for the idea and instructions
4. I glued a few little cut-out flowers (punched with a flower punch - the paper is a paint colour chart - I will be frequenting my local DYI store to raid these as often as I dare!)
5. I cut an origami square with a print that I liked - these little arrows are gorgeous, so delicate - and glued strips in a couple of locations
6. I cut my own arrow stamp - not quite so delicate, but pretty all the same.
7. I applied a little Thank You note I found in my Japanese paper scraps
8. I used a lovely set of dye inks I got in the Art&Hobby shop - I know dye inks are not archival quality, but they are so pretty, I couldn't resist.  And I printed arrows in lots of different locations
9. I glued a beautiful Japanese stamp - you can never have too many Japanese stamps!
10. I tore and glued bits of green paper from a craft set from Dealz
11. I applied a tiny little Japanese sticker
12. I added a personal note on the main page and a note to friends and family on the flap
13. I hate throwing things away, so I glued the semi-circular cutout from step 3 to the back of my flap, and drew a few more arrows
14. I applied washi tape to fix my flap to the top of the main page - again, thank you to Roben-Marie Smith for excellent video instructions on how to do that!
15. I started my journal page on the other side - Neocolor II pencil, white dots, little stickers with numbers from an Urban Stamp rubber stamp kit, more arrows, and a few items from the start of my week. The rest of the week will be work work work, but it's nice to get a good start
16. I called it done!

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