This is the spread after the month title that includes the planner space and some elements that reference Valentine’s Day.
Short process video: https://youtu.be/O267cWE8CJI
I’m working in my 2024 planner that I’m creating following the prompts of #junkjournaljanuary hosted by Meg at Megjournals in collaboration with Get Messy Art. Sign up for free here to download the prompts and grab your printable! https://getmessyart.com/peek/jjj/
The prompts I’m following are 6, 7, 10, 14, and 19:
Memory
Stitched
Layered
Pattern
Interactive
The cover page is the month title.
This is following the planning spread. The left page is a layered, stitched page with a decorative top layer, then a window tuck spot and a glassine bag pocket. This serves as an interactive element.
I die-cut the layers with a border die and sewed them together with embroidery floss before adhering. The right-hand page is the memory (and future plan!) for one of my favorite nights of the month – pizza night! My husband makes homemade pizza from scratch and we watch our favorite TV shows. This used to be a weekly event but my in-laws moved here during the pandemic and don’t like to have pizza quite so often. The pizza and TV die cuts are layered on some decorative paper that reminds me of wallpaper.
The next pages are available for journaling as the month goes on.
Month titles, lightbulb, TV, and pizzas are items I made during the Dephemermeber 2023 challenge hosted by 49Dragonflies and Luise Heinzl.
The letter dies are Pinkfresh Studio Julieta, which was a fall freebie from Scrapbook .com.
The calendar stamp is from Waffle Flower, called Calendar ($15.99 https://www.scrapbook.com/store/nm-271020.html )
The decorative die cuts are made with dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs in the Planner Essentials line https://ecraftdesigns.com/collections/planner-essentials-dies
The border die I used for stitching holes is Heffy Doodle HFD D245 Lovely Little Border Dies. This one seems to be discontinued, but Brutus Monroe has a whole set called Stitched Borders which is $19.99 https://www.scrapbook.com/store/bmp-bru5680.html
The book of papers is “100 Papers with Classical Patterns” $21.95 at Hamilton Book https://www.hamiltonbook.com/100-papers-with-classical-patterns-paperbound or $17.29 at Amazon https://amzn.to/3GYpxVk
The large shaped tag in the glassine bag is an old Stampin Up steel rule die, Top Note.
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