Be Mine Greeting Card Journal
These little greeting card journals are a little project that anyone can make and would be something great to create with children. They can be as fancy or simple as you wish…and you can add pockets on the inside to tuck little notes in.
I had to make one using the Scottish Laddie (those that know me will know why) and of course the beautiful bird postcard. I tried to keep this project super simple, and the dimensions can always be modified to various sizes.
Supplies:
Cardstock
Double Sided Tape
Mini brads
Postcard Ephemera Graphics Fairy
Scottish Laddie Postcard Graphics Fairy
Swallows Nest Postcard Graphics Fairy
Paper Flowers
White Paper Doily
Old Ledger Paper
Sheet Music
Scoring blade or bone folder
Technique:
(1) Cut 2 pieces of cardstock 6 inches wide by 8 inches long.
If you want pockets on the inside cut another piece of cardstock these dimensions and set aside.
(2) Score long edge 3/4 inches (8 inch side) of cardstock on both pieces. This will be the inner part of your card to hold the paper.
(3) Cut 10 – 20 sheets of plain computer paper 5 x 7.5 inches.
(4) Align and punch/poke holes on cardstock binding and plain white paper. Add mini brads (3) to center of journal.
(5) Add pockets using double sided tape to inner card folder (optional).
(6) Decorate the front of card by adding sheet music or old ledger paper as background. Add white paper doily to center.
(7) Distress edges of postcard and Valentine image and attach to front of doily.
(8) Add paper flowers, XO’s and/or other embellishments.
DAILY GIVEAWAY
Each day 3 lucky winners could receive a free download image sheet from the lovely Gale Blair, owner of www.paperwhimsy.comTODAY'S GIVEAWAY IMAGE IS:
Paper Whimsy Sheet 133Please leave a comment with your name and email address to be eligible for this prize. Giveaway winners will be contacted by email to claim their prize!
Our giveaways winners for Day #2 are:
Karen O.
Carolyn
Trish D.
Congratulations! Gale will contact you by email with your prize!
I’m just learning how to use Photoshop and am like a kid in a candy store. I want to thank Gale for her part in the giveaway, I would like 2 of everything from PaperWhimsey (ok maybe 5 of everything!) LOL
Nancy, I just found your website and want to thank you for the beautiful tutorials. Everything I see takes my breath away!
Barb Gould
Both of these journals are so lovely! Perfect choice of music for the birds, but the scottish laddie has stolen my heart!
Nancy these are both so adorable and so easily made – Thank you for showing us your little technique – both images are so sweet – Litttle Scottish lad and those divine birds!
Have a lovely weekend and wishing many thanks!
Suzy
Oh the greeting card/journal idea is wonderful. How sweet are those tiny brads. I totally have everything to create these, yay! And thanks for the Graphics Fairy links.
Holly Moore
heroom80@hotmail.com
another delightful project!
A project and giveaway every day. What fun! I need to go make some Valentine cards or tags right now. :) Have a beautiful day. Tammy
Birds, cupid and kilts now who could resist? Sweet project. I have some wee kilt wearers amongst the grands and they would love this! Have a beautiful Saturday! Hugs,
Love the birdies and paper doily card…too sweet! Thank you for these wonderful ideas giveaway.
What beautiful little journals! I love them. XO
Oh Nancy, I just love these!!
Hugs,
Ivy
gorgeous! I lov
Sorry, I love the little Scottish girl. Such a great idea for a card to double as a journal.very clever!
Just what I need – a project that I can complete quickly. Love the kilted lassie!
Another delightful project….makes getting up in February more bearable <3 Sharon
They are so pretty both, dear Nancy.
Love the old paper you used for your lass,the flowers and little sweet hearts-
and the one with the beautiful swallows are a dream,too. The heart brads are so lovely here.
Thankyou sweet-and a happy saturday ,to you.
xo, Dorthe
Hi Nancy, these cards are just so sweet and the box yesterday is delightful. Thank you so much for organising and hosting this lovely event :-)
Oh…I do LOVE a doily…these are ever so sweet Nancy :)
Lovely… I am making these for a few friends.. this is exciting… they do so much for me and I have never met them… this is awesome!!
What a lovely and fun project,I will make some of these.
Just ordered the PDF.
Hugs, Amy
Just lovely, as are all your things. Thank you for sharing.
ooo these are so darling dear Nancy!
Your little Scottish Valentine really touches my heart too!
May I say just sharing photos of what you create is great enough, but to give step by step and even direct links to The Graphics Fairy images…
WELL
you are too kind and generous!!!
Many thanks and Happy Groundhog Day
oxo
Thank you again Nancy! Your talents are brilliant, and I just loooove these, and must make time to try this! Love your work! Happy weekend to you!
Lovely cards! Count me in. I adore vintage images.
Brenda
I am so in love with your Scottish valentine (my great grandmother was Scottish!). I have also loved looking at your project from yesterday as it is so lovely. Thanks for sharing your projects and your giveaway.
Love the tutorial today! So inspirational!! Thank you for sharing such amazing work!!
Well I almost forgot about your lovely valentine event. You are so creative and always so generous with your ideas. I love both projects so far!
~♥loving the lil laddie…good to see boy images…as you, we have a son, an only for us…another lovely heART design…thank*U for the opportunity to play with such amazing work…have a gr8 saturday m’dear! hugs & blessings, vikki♥~
You know I love these Nancy-so my style!! Of course your Scottish lad immediately got my attention :):)
Such cute card journals–what a great idea!
Oh Nancy, these are adorable, what a wonderful idea, thanks for sharing with us.
Barb
These are just lovely,Nancy.
These are all so lovely Nancy ~ love seeing all of your new creations!!! xo
Lovely idea, Nancy, with beautiful images and ephemera. Thanks for sharing xx
Hi Nancy,
Beautiful as always! Happy Ground Hog Day!
Linda
Hi Nancy…thank you so much for sharing these great cards…so very nice!
Darling Valentine journals. Love those vintage images! I need to remember to use those paper doilies! sheesh…
hugs Lynn
Love the simplicity of these yet oh so lovely. My favorite is the one with the birds.
These are so lovely and a wonderful idea! Just a quick question, when creating a piece following your tutorial, do you have a link/Flickr page or something to share our work? many thanks and have a lovely weekend, cannot wait to see tomorrows piece(s). Petra.
I have throughly enjoyed looking at your art. I dream of the day when I can produce something half as nice. You are an inspiration to those of us who consider ourselves to be beginners in card making or scrapbooking.
Thank you for your blog :-)
These are really fun. The Scottish laddie is cute. I ordered ahead and got the pdf. I was not disappointed, but I will check back daily to see what you have included. Thank you for sharing. I have to get busy now, two down twelve to go.
What a wonderful project…I love these sweet journals!
Another great tutorial Nancy. I’m partial to that wee Scottish lass myself.
As usual your creations are gorgeous! Thank you so much for giving your time and energy to write these tutorials. Love them!!!!
As usual your creations are beautiful. Thank you for finding the time to write these fabulous tutorials. Really appreciate them.
Hi, Nancy:
I’ve never heard of greeting card journals before – but I love those birds! I’m not into the sports hooplah so it’s a perfect new project for me this weekend. Thank you very much!
Those are lovely Nancy, thanks so much for sharing this cute project!
Hi Nancy. Your work is simply amazing! Thanks for sharing these projects. I am a novice at you craft and you have truly inspired me.
Wonderful Tutorial Nancy!!! Love the “He is Mine” sheet music!! xoxo
Quick, easy, and good lookin’ too! Thanks, Nancy.
Too cute!
i must have that little irish valentine! so sweet.
correction-scottish valentine. i missed the thistle.
love this idea!
card journals. what a neat idea! rush88888@gmail.com
The little journal pocket is such fun. These images are unique and you have really put them together creatively. Creative Hearts are Happy Hearts…
Love the swallow nest card especially. Can’t wait to see what will be coming up next.
Hopping in late, but this is a great idea to use up some odd pieces of copy paper, which I happen to hoard. Love the images you selected from Graphics Fairy. Thank you Nancy and Gale for this wonderful 14 days of ideas and fun!