As soon as I saw the Kaisercraft Beyond-the-Page Journal I thought what a wonderful “book of lists” it could make. So recently I finally got around to creating a Tea at Elsie’s themed Journal of my own.
The Kaisercraft Beyond-the-Page Journal (SB2071) comes with front and back covers made from MDF and 100 lined pages. The front cover features a stem and leaf design although, as you’ll see below, I chose to modify it a little when I made mine.
I started by covering the inside of the back cover with the Peppermint paper (P500) from the Tea at Elsie’s Collection and the outside of the back cover with the reverse side of the same paper finished with a couple of strips from the Ceylon paper (P499).
I then covered the outside of the front cover with the reverse of the Ceylon paper and cut out two of the leaves and the stem from the cutout design. After that I covered the inside of the front cover with the Peppermint paper although I didn’t cut out any of the leaf shapes. For the design on the front I cut out several flowers and leaves from Chamomile paper (P496), coated them with Crystal Lacquer and arranged them at the top of the stem. I also cut out a single leaf shape which I coated in Crystal Lacquer and arranged it alongside the stem to give a deeper, more dimensional effect to the flower design on the front. I also filled the “embossed” leaves with Crystal Lacquer to add a little more sparkle.
Along the side of the front cover I added some strips from the Ceylon paper and some more cut out and lacquered flowers from the Chamomile paper. I then finished the front with some Latte Pearl Strips (PL505) and Latte Pearls (SB715), some lettering from the White and Black Mini Alphas (MA502) and, on the inside front cover, I added a journal block using the reverse of the Peppermint paper and some more lacquered flowers.
I finished the edges of the Journal by lightly colouring them using a Kaisercraft Sandstone Ink Pad (IP710) and used some Kaisercraft Stone coloured Book Rings (M017) to complete the journal.
I now have a beautiful and very useful “book of lists” to take pride of place on my desk.
