Mixed-Media Travel Journal {Michael’s Scrapbook Challenge}

As promised, here’s the mixed-media travel journal I created for the Make Every Moment Count Scrapbook Challenge sponsored by Michael’s. I had so much fun playing with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine collection! I was very impressed with the Color shine sprays. The colors are so saturated and very glitzy. Lots of glimmer and sparkle with just a few quick spritzes. The bottles never clogged, which I’ve found to be an issue with other similar products, and I was even able to layer the colors easily. I love the subtle hint of gold on the chevron resist cardstock and I think the flowers are gorgeous! I added a bit of gold sequin trim for an extra bit of sparkle, and a Polaroid-style frame from Heidi Swapp is the perfect finishing touch.

I discovered these fun canvas stickers at Michael’s and thought they would be perfect to spritz with some Color Shine! I used the gold for the banner under the photo on the travel journal. I have a feeling I will be spritzing everything in sight with this fun product! Many thanks to Michael’s for sponsoring this challenge! Be sure to check out michaels.com for more inspiration and ideas!

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One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without holes, if you use water soluble cross stitch fabric.

An option that has become more popular with the widespread availability of laser cutting machines is wooden blanks, which are often cut in shape to be bookmarks, holiday ornaments or other simple shapes. They can be keychains, picture frames or necklaces.

(While not wooden I even have a stitchable journal that I cross-stitched on.)

Stitching on wood or heavy card stock isn’t the same as stitching with regular cross stitch fabric, so Craft with Cartwright wrote a post about how best to work with these wooden blanks.

The main thing to know is that you don’t need a sharp needle because the holes are drilled. She also has tips on how to manage your thread (she recommends one strand of embroidery floss folded in half) and finish your project if you need help with that.

Check out the post at Craft with Cartwright for tons of tips and ideas for working with wooden blanks.

Ready to try it out for yourself? You can get rectangular pieces your could mount to a journal yourself from Toms New Old Things.

Fiore Designs has square blanks that come in different sizes and colors for your crafting needs. I am putting some stamp shaped blanks from Lunari Woods on my wish list (they also have gift tags in different sizes and colors).

You can get stitchable keychains from Millions of Stitches, circles from Geniuses of Wood, baubles from Pip and Chip and Christmas ornament shapes from Happy Stitching Time to name just a few.

Have you ever stitched on a wooden blank? I’d love to hear any tips you have!

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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