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Wednesday 26 October 2022

Let's Make A Mini Autumn Journal Part 1

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 


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I am making a mini autumn journal. I am making this for a swap and am very excited to be doing this. I have decided to make it spiral bound because I really enjoyed making on of these and I am interested to see how it looks in a mini version. 

I have filmed the process and the tutorials are split into 3 parts.
Part 1 - getting the paper ready and cut up for the journal
Part 2 - making the tags and decorating the pockets and pages and adding the binding
Part 3 - the flip through

I will have a play list on my YouTube channel call Mini Autumn/Fall journal so you can find all the videos there once they have all been published. 

I have been hoarding a lovely pack of Stampin' Up! DSP from years ago and this is the perfect project to use it on. I am also using stamps from the current catalogue as well as my favourite retires stamp sets. I love how the stamp pad ink matches the DSP used. 

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal


Measurements and Materials

  • Cover made from grey board/chip board
    • 3 1/4" X 4 1/4"
  • Designer Series Paper fir front and back cover cut 1/2" bigger all way round - 3 3/4" x 4 3/4"
  • Card stock for the inside of cover 3 1/8" x 4 1/8"
  • Pockets for the inside of covers 3 1/8" x 2"
    • Score @ 1/2" on the short side
    • This gives a fold over at the top of the pocket for strength and decoration
  • Each page in the journal measures 3" x 4"
  • Pockets 2" x 3"
    • Score @ 1/2" on the short side
    • This gives a fold over at the top of the pocket for strength and decoration
  • Flip out pages 4" x 4 1/2"
    • Score @ 1 1/2" on the long side
    • This gives you a 1 1/2" flip which allows for a tab to be added & won't interfere with the spiral binding


Now watch the video tutorial to see how this was made :-) 

Video Tutorial



Time for the closeups!


Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

Mini Spiral Bound Autumn / Fall Journal

I hope you like this project and will give it a try. To make sure you don't miss any of my projects why not subscribe to my YouTube channel and subscribe to my newsletter and click the button to follow my blog :-) 




I will be back tomorrow, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx 


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