3 x 4” journal cards have been around for a while now but
they seem to be popping up as part of almost every new collection. Whether in a package on their own or as part
of 12 x 12” patterned paper, they’re so fun and can be used on just about
anything you create or slipped into pocket pages too !!
A favorite way for me to use them is to cut them up. It is super rare to find them on my layouts
or cards in their original 3 x 4” format.
I love to trim, punch, cut and shape them as much as possible to make
them look great with whatever I’m working on.
I fell in love with the ‘Hello Sunshine’ collection from
Pink Paislee and the journal cards are so seriously cute …..
For this 12 x 12” layout, I chose (4) cards and trimmed them each at a different points, splitting them between the words and graphics. The corners were already rounded so I just gently sanded the edges to show the white inner core of the paper.
All my photos were trimmed to 3 x 3” and adhere flat across
my patterned paper base. I cut (2) 12” borders from the grey pattern, border
punched along the top and bottom and then gently sanded the edges of these
pieces too. To adhere them, I put a piece of narrow double sided tape along the
straight edge and then slightly overlapped the edges of my photos. Remember not to adhere the borders down
completely as you will need to be able to tuck your journal cards under the
edge to hide your ‘seams’ :)
When I started tucking the journal card pieces under, I made sure to mismatch them so their tops and bottoms don’t go together. I liked the look of this separation rather than having them too matchy matchy or straight across.
Once I had all my journal cards in place I went back and
added chip shapes, stickers, my title and some typewriter journaling onto a
piece of patterned paper the same as my base !!
Journal cards are the PERFECT addition (or start :)) to any card too !! They absolutely can be used as they come with some embellies added to them but again …. I like to cut them up :)
This journal card came with the cloud graphic just
underneath the phrase ‘be the rainbow in someone elses cloud’ and I decided I
wanted it on the top of the card. I
trimmed it off the bottom and adhered it flat at the top edge with the phrase .
There was a space in between these 2 pieces, so I cut up
another journal card that had multi colored stripes and used the blue/grey bit
at the top as my ‘sky’ and then added a puffy rainbow sticker and a button with
twine to finish it off !!
This card was super quick and cute. The original journal card was black and white
and came with the phrase ‘don’t worry be happy’ ….. So I cut ‘love and’ from
another card and added it to make up my own phrase …. A few coordinating heart
die cuts and buttons and ta da !! Perfect for those moments when you need a
card and are leaving for the party in 5 minutes
( …. and yes, this happens to
everyone :))
TFL ..... Talk soon.
