Bits and Bobs Art Challenge

 Hi Everyone,

I was recently in an art challenge to send an assortment of bits and bobs to a swap parnter who would in turn send you items. The challenge was to make a collage sheet with the items and then make it into something for a journal. 

However, somehow I didn't see that we were supposed to turn it into a collage sheet first, I just jumped right in and made stuff. But I did take all the pieces and put them together in one of the pictures for you to see that it kind of is like a collage sheet.

I used everything!!!! Including the envelope that all came in and the piece of chipboard that my trade partner calls shipping material, silly girl lol ;) and I salvaged the green butterfly from the outside of the mailing envelope.

I did add an extra 2.5 inch wide strip of scrap paper to use as backing for the reel, I added extra note paper for the journals cards inside. and a tiny bit of handmade paper to glue the envelopes closed on the cut sides. Otherwise everything else in the picture was used with absolutely nothing left!

I cut the mailing envelope, music sheet and chipboard in quarters to make 4 pockets and 4 journal cards. Then I cut the 6 x 6 scrap paper into 4 folded and round cornered to make 4 mini journal cards. The reel was cut into 4 pieces to make the outside tuck pockets. The lace was cut into 4 to make the pull tabs on the journal cards. The library card was cut in half to make 2 tags. The napkin was dispursed onto all 4 pockets and the library card. The rest of the items were divided up to use as embellishments or tuck items in the reel pockets. Back side of envelope is left blank, could be written on or glued into a journal page. If they stay as floating pockets I will probably back with some note or decorative paper.

So from my trade partners bits and bobs, I now have 4 lovely Journal Pockets to add into a nature type journal. Thank you PJ  for the inspiration!