4G's Blog Hop Day 2 Project: Tip-in's

Welcome to day two of our three day blog hop that will end tomorrow. Please visit each blog listed below. Each blogger will post a different project during all three days of the blog hop for you to comment on. Each comment gains you one entry for prizes being drawn Monday from each blog.

Also, for additional entries, please "follow" each blog and "like" each blog. Each member can have up to 5 entries on each blog by the end of the hop.

On Monday, August 17, each blogger will randomly select a winner from all entries for a prize. If you are a winner, the blogger will contact you directly. 

Here is a list of bloggers participating... Check each one out, follow and like each blog... give their project a try and leave a comment for a chance to win... It's that easy! 

Stephanie Collins: http://mamascrapper69.blogspot.com/

Amanda Rhodes: http://salnclts76.blogspot.com/

 
Paula Driver: http://scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com/

Norma Gomez: http://normagomezart.blogspot.com/

Kyla Schrake: www.fwast.blogspot.com

Michele Quam: www.Chelmariescreativecorner.blogspot.com

Steff Munnings: www.EmbellishItAll.blogspot.com

Peg Rounds: www.pegscraftingcorner.blogspot.com

Stephanie Bargelski: http://stephaniebscreativedesigns.blogspot.com/

My 2nd Project is a play off of Yesterday's Project called:

Tip-in's

What To Do With All Those Decorated Envelopes and Happy Mail 

You've Been Collecting

I don't know about you, but I've been collecting envelopes, cards, letters, and 

postcards since I was young. Most sat in a box until about 10 years ago when

I decided that my collection was to important to just be shoved into

a shoe-box and hidden in my closet or stacked in a corner.

I decided that from now on I would do something creative with every card, postcard,

or letter I've received. I went through all my boxes...

Put them into categories... some I couldn't even remember who they came from.

Some brought back many memories of family members, friends or events.

It was actually quite an adventure down memory lane.

Some of the cards needed to be re-purposed, by that I mean cut up to 

be used as ephemera in collages and different art pieces.  

Some I absolutely fell in love with and

went into my special pile. That pile is what ended up in my journals.

Some people refer to it as a smash book... a new term that was brought into the 

mix a few years ago in art journaling.

But for me it's called tip-ins. 

A tip-in is something you add to your journal to make an additional page, 

like this....

 How do you add these pages or tip-ins?

I like to use Washi tape, staples,  duck tape or regular scotch tape.

It all depends on what you want showing...

Decorative tape adds a creative element to your journal 

making it colorful and exciting. You can match your tape

to what's going on in your life, holidays, or just your favorite style.

Here are a few of mine. I string them on a ribbon so I can keep

them visible and quickly accessible.  Some people like to store them in

large jars so they look like the old fashion candy store jars.

I hang my ribbon from my lamp... 

Washi tape has so many uses to be addressed in a future blog of it's own.

Washi Tape

You can also make your own Decorative tape using double sided tape 

 like I did above using tissue paper

 Adding pages and your cards is easy

 Your journal becomes a part of you and what you love

Creating a beautiful book filled with memories, cards, letters, postage stamps,

addresses from envelopes, pieces of wrapping paper from special gifts or events...etc.

... the list is endless of what you can collect and 

store in your journals... 

You can even do themed journals like all birthdays, Christmas or holidays.

I love to do special event journals like when my kids came to visit, 

I created a Victorian themed journal to add pictures to.

I collected napkins, coasters, brochures of things we did

like from the Wooden Boat festival as you'll see in my

Victorian Seaport Journal below...

  You can view the entire journal on my YouTube Channel

I hope you enjoyed my project of Tip-ins...

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a one of a kind prize made by me
See you tomorrow!!!