Scrapbook Journal

Keeping a Scrapbook Journal does not need to be a serious affair!

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,
but the parent of all the others.
~Cicero"

Making a Gratitude Journal

A scrapbook journal can be a very creative way of recording your own thoughts and feelings and trying out new techniques. You could keep one about almost anything - your life events, your poetry, your favourite quotes and sayings or your travel memories to name a few. In this case I am keeping a Gratitude Journal.

My album is slightly different. I take pictures of everyday objects and find something to be grateful about in them. For example, the page I scrapped here is of the contents of my handbag. I tipped my handbag out on the floor and took a picture of it when I was playing a forum game (like handbag bingo - the one with the most listed items visible in their handbag photo won a prize - and I won!) and afterwards I realised there was something about my handbag that I was grateful about. I was grateful I owned so many amazing items that I had to choose what I put in my bag carefully or I would be carrying a very heavy load! So I try to be a but 'minimalist' about what I put in my purse.

I started with a grey striped paper as a base for this page. I cut it to size and worked on it without adhering it to my album till I had finished. I cut some border pieces for the right hand side of the page with my wavy trimmer. Red and melon looked good together to me. The border also seemed to need a navy blue strip so I added that in.Next I placed a wide piece of beige lace in the bottom third of the page and adhered it with double-sided tape.

I then took a piece of gray designer paper and made a notebook page from it with a paper punch. I made a slit in the paper for the photograph to slide into, and added some red cardstock as a wavy border. This was all adhered together then adhered to the page.