What I made on my retreat! 

Thank you so much for joining us Chris! It was a pleasure to have you with us. Your Journal and Book Trough look beautiful and we can't wait to see more videos of you working on some pages inside your Journal💜 We hope to see you at another one of our Retreats in the future💜

Simply mesmerizing. It’s astonishing how much you got done at the retreat too.

Thanks for sharing your projects and your purchases. I adore the blue ink pen, a perfect gift for someone special. You achieved an enormous amount in a weekend and I can see that you learnt new techniques which will transfer beautifully into card making. TFS

Oh my goodness!! So very beautiful!! I just love the glass pen and also it is blue!! My favorite!!💙💙💙

Tanya from Scallion Hill crafts has made a fantastic junk journal. She has exhibited her first attempt on youtube and she is totally hooked. Glad you enjoyed your retreat!

Love your video updating us on your wonderful weekend! That pen!!! I think I need it!😉 your junk journal is lovely and so is the shelf! Bravo!👏👏👏🥰

Glad you had a great time at the weekend Two nice item to bring home with you.

Very interesting treasures! I got my younger daughter one of those glass pens last Christmas. They really are beautiful. Enjoy your new playthings💕

Happy that you enjoyed your weekend Christine and brought lovely stash home

It’s great to hear you had a fun weekend and that pen is awesome. ❤

I enjoyed seeing what you created! Really pretty!!❤

I do hope you continue to share with us the different things you do in your journal as I’m so intrigued by them… Just had to tell you that adding the gum and luscious powder was the perfect way to compliment the stand! I was hoping you would choose the “penny” and just love the look. I’d love to see it after you applied it to all the areas. You do realize that several of us who don’t have opportunities to attend workshops just live vicariously through yours😂. I, for one, truly could listen to you carry on about it for hours. Again, thank you so much for sharing everything with us ❤. You are so generous and kind to do so. I promise I won’t bother you again 😂 Blessings to all, Nancy Rolfe

I do love that glass pen. Never saw one before. I have also not ever heard of a junk journal, but yours is really lovely 💕

Those are beautiful Christine! I’m not much of a junk journal person either, but intrigued by watching them being decorated! Use some of the inspiration to create cards! Nina Ribena is one of my favorite junk journal artists! TFS!

I am so happy for you!! What a fun experience!!! I wish we had some in the USA!! ❤❤❤❤❤

💜💜💜 Your stopper in the bottle of ink is to insert the pen tip through and control the amount of ink for each dip. Great video and glad to hear you had a good time!

Hi Chris, I was wondering whether you could slot that large tag you were given, into the top opening pocket you showed us. My latest journal has loads of things jutting out everywhere using bits and bobs left over from card making... but I also have a few journals which I kept to certain colours/shades. Examples: One I worked on with my grandchildren is rainbow themed, basically anything went into it. 😁 Another was monochrome black/white with dashes of metallic and also there is my favourite one which is an antique style one, with frills and feathers. The best thing is they can be as full as you like or pleasantly understated! You have some wonderful items from your trip, I know you will make great use of them on you mixed media cards and in your journal. Thanks for sharing with us, Marie.😄🌼🌻

Thank you for showing. Iove the gum and glas pen.

So pretty and unique! I’m so glad you had a fun time.❤

Glad you had a wonderful time Chrissie, and that's a lot of work you put in but I can tell it was great fun too, and love the junk journal and the wonderful shelf/stand, and the added wax you made up to use on it looks great as a finishing touch. That glass pen is a revelation especially using the ink that came with it...couldn't believe that just one dip lasted so long..brilliant! Glad that at least you didn't have the dreadful traffic coming home. x

Really love your Junk journal and shelf. I ve always thought about buying a glass pen however I wanted to see someone use it not the people selling it as I've bought things after watching a sales pitch and not been able to use it! I'm sure I'm not alone but I trust you so I think I may venture into glass pen usage thank you Christine you truly are inspirational

I love the shelf and the book. I never understood the “junk journal” idea. I have a glass pen and have never used it. It will be great for sketchy borders on cards. Thank you for the idea. I will find it today and play!!! I’m glad you had a fun weekend!!

It sounds like you had a wonderful time on your Retreat making all sorts & learning new skills! The Journal and Stand are gorgeous. I like you, am not sure what to do with Journals, I've made a few ..... I think sometimes people collect them or keep the odd photo of a special time in them! Looking forward to seeing the backgrounds you make. 😊

I am so glad you had a wonderful retreat! Sorry the traffic was bad, seems to be getting worse everywhere. I love your junk journal and shelf they are fantastic. I enjoy writing with a glass pen occasionally, mine is not as pretty as yours. great new stamps and powders, I look forward to watching you use them.

Wow you did do well, they are gorgeous 😍 🎉. Glad you had a good weekend.

i just got several sheets of rice paper and adhesive, Christine. It's great to card with and to create a unique look. Loved the journal and looking forward to see how you complete some pages.

Sounds like a great weekend. Fun project. It will be interesting to see how this weekend impacts your card making. Great to have you back home.

Lovely to see you back as always ! I've made a few journals and I use to use an acetate sheet for sticking washi tape on, so it could be included further on in journal for decorating written areas.You can even make your own washi tape designs by stamping on plain boring 1 colour tapes and turning them into something fantastic.

Hi Christine. What a beautiful project. I loved the shelf and journal. I love seeing journals but I'm like you, I'm a little uncertain as to hownyounuse them. Great job. Thanks for sharimg. ❤ 🇨🇦 😊

Oh, how lovely. I like how the stand turned out and I think it's improved with the Luscious gilding. Looks like you had busy weekend crafting. I've only ever done travel journals. I did do a virtual retreat on junk journals but I don't think they're really my thing. During it, I did make a mini journal for my daughter to hold her Mixology recipes in from a Mixer company. The recipes always arrived with four recipes on a sheet of paper printed on both sides. I couldn't figure out how to properly make it into a book and gathered all sorts of supplies but never found what would work. Luckily, I got a fake leather empty mini travel journal as part of a bundle and it was perfect. I made signatures for each season (that's how the mixers arrive-seasonally) and cut the pages in half. It was the perfect solution. She loves it and can easily add new recipes as they arrive. I do keep a travel journal when I travel abroad, in addition to taking a ton of pictures. I only write on one side of the page so if I have any little paper mementos, I can add them. For example, the first time I had Fentimen's Rose Lemonade I fell in love. I had never heard of it so I peeled off the label and added it to the journal. How else would you save stuff like that? Or the Gingerbread wrapper from Grasmere, you know. Special memories that really have no place to go. Anyway, your journal and shelf are fab. Sorry, I just went on and on. Glad you're back. Made my Monday morning.

Hi Chris, glad you had a good weekend, I know what the traffic and roads are like,I used to live down there, so different since I moved to Linconshire, you got some lovely items whilst away, the stand and book look lovely,I'm not into journaling myself but I understand it's a big thing now,thanks for showing.😀

This is Funky😍Ms. Chrissie, Thanks for sharing!!!

Wow! I absolutely LOVE that shelf and journal! I have some Pebeo gilding wax in various shades and used it on my fireplace screen, metal wall decor, picture frames, etc. After seeing this, I want to find some wooden items to use it on. 😊 And that pen is fabulous! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed your time at the retreat. And I'm looking forward to seeing your alternative for rice paper because it is expensive in my area of the US. Thank you for sharing all your goodies with us! 🩷

I'm fascinated and can't wait to see how you use this. I have been watching videos on journals but keep telling myself the last thing I need is another project!

Gorgeous

Ohhh no I have a fancy for the glass pen……. I have done a sort of junk journal years ago. Not as fancy as yours though. Will watch with bated breath.

Lovely Chris, I have just started junk journalling so I am intrigued to see what you do xx

Cool; thank you! You brought us something fun!! I knew there was a reason I should own a glass pen ...

I do have one of those glass pens but I couldn't get it to work.I will have to try it again! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Looking forward to the background paper. ❤

You have made a wonderful job of the shelf and the book. I have seen them done maybe not as nice as yours but I just don’t see the point of them. Maybe I’m missing something! Lovely job though Chris 😘

It is amasing❤

I’m so grateful you didn’t have stressful traffic coming home! I used to enjoy driving but in the area I live (West Texas) it’s just horrible now. I have to drive 45-60 miles to shopping and I simply dread it…new oilfield companies opened around us seeing tremendous increases in 18 wheeler trucks who drive horribly. My husband said some are coming in to the area with fake licenses!? The lady said that same thing to me when I renewed my license. She said they are coming from Florida… I definitely “feel “ your pain of driving in bad traffic 😂😂. (just sharing a little bit about myself….hopefully doesn’t bore you completely) I just love the stand and book. I have seen videos of people making these junk journals but still unsure exactly what you do with them. I love the fact that you are learning about them. I’m so impressed that you are willing to attend the workshop when it’s about an area you aren’t familiar with and it’s the focus of majority of people attending!! The older I become the less it bothers me and I’ve always been one to “jump in “ to something that interests me and learning about it as I’m doing it…. It’s much easier than when I was younger because we had to read books or ask questions about it in a store. (I’m recalling when I decided to completely redo my grandmothers bathroom and I ran back and forth to the hardware store 😂😂😂 I’ve always found creative people (regardless of what they create) are very helpful , kind and generous in sharing their experience and knowledge. You have been the person who I found most helpful in teaching me how to create cards, different techniques, etc. I love the fact that you present it with the idea that I will have something similar to try using what you’ve shared. I laugh when I first began watching because it appeared that several people wanted to use the “exact “ dies, stamps and felt it couldn’t be done unless they had everything you used in yours 😂😂 Some people (who have many subscribers) are constantly changing their products for each video with something new from a “release “. I realized very quickly that they were getting the product free but I’d be spending more money than on groceries if I attempted to keep up. I’d found a huge sale before I knew what I was doing and my husband encouraged me to buy the items. I have plenty of things to create with!! We were looking at moving and I had put the items in packages/boxes waiting for the new house. I believe I have 5 die cutting machines!?! They were so inexpensive when I purchased them but still…. I’d forgotten what I had purchased 😂😂😂 I’m thinking about doing some classes at the library so they get used… I’m not sure why I am so chatty today…please forgive me!! I purchased a glass pen too! I just love it! I found an ink that is waterproof because I was painting prior to paper crafts and wanted something to use with watercolors. If you are ever interested I have more than I can ever use and would love to share with you. I have artists quality and some very good student brands. I use both on cards. Please let me know, Chris. I’ve shared with others but I’m not sure if you would have pay anything to receive a package from Texas. Please let me know! I also have a extra set of travel brushes. I’ll send those too. I’m not sure if they are what you were talking about. I’m DEFINITELY closing my long letter now. Sending much appreciation and blessings for you and your family Nancy Rolfe

The stopper in your ink bottle looks like it has a cross shape in it - is it an opening through which you can dip the pen and save yourself from getting inky fingers? It's hard to see on video. It sounds like you've had a wonderful retreat. BTW I think I've seen printable rice paper on the big A store when searching for the edible kind. If it's printable presumably it can take ink. What fun!

Yes, Chris, you now have the foundation of an art journal. With your sense of design and color, it would be a wonderful place for some of your creating and any words or thoughts you may want to add Not everthing needs to become a card. I started with journaling and moved to cards; now I do both. What fun to have Cleo create a page with you and write on the page somewhere about her experience with her granny. And maybe you do the same about your time with her. Just another way to document your experiences. Enjoyed today's video immensely. Thanks! From Cheryl in AZ.

Oh boy! I hope you get bitten by the junk journal bug! I started off as a card maker & rubber stamp enthusiast (for 30 years), but when the pandemic hit, I started watching RU-vid videos from all kinds of journal makers! I’m firmly in that camp now & loving it! The thing is you can bring any skill or interest you have to this arena: sewing, mixed media, collage, paper making, stamping, die cutting, ribbon & lace… well you get the picture, I’m sure!! I’m using all that I’m learning from you to create better journals, not necessarily just card-making!! All your goodies from the retreat are gorgeous! Your journal is really beautiful, Christine! Wish I could have gone with you, what a fun time you had! Erica❤

It sounds like you had a wonderful retreat. I always learn more when I’m pushed out of my comfort zone. It gets the creative juices flowing! Good luck & much fun with your journal.

Never got into journaling, but this would make for a interesting scrapbook for Cleo😊

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Hello Christine. Super si ce wk était agréable. C est toujours amusant de bricoler. Bon ça n est pas ce genre d article que j aime mais ça m aurait sûrement amusée de la faire. L utilisation du porte plume nous rappelle notre jeunesse ainsi que les résultats sur nos doigts 😅. 👋👋👋👋

I like glass pens, they hold ink really well. Time to use my own again. Thanks for reminding!

Wow that's beautiful, how do we find out to go on one of these retreats?

If you would like to see some beautiful journals then have a look at wendy's journal adventures. Her journals are lovely.

Junk journals are so fun to make. Yours is beautiful! 49dragonflies will teach and inspire you if you watch her channel, well done!

Couldn't you use for Mimi scrapbook from a trip?