Choose any paper base from a book or music sheet. Choose any words or phrases from your stamp collection that inspire you and choose an ink assortment for stamping. Cut and stamp randomly for interest.
These tiny tags were created with snippets from poems and then stamped at sentence and paragraph ends. The fold over top was folded and stamped first to create the tab effect.
Creative Journal Quotes
A journal can be a beautiful outlet for reflection, creativity or discovery but blank pages can be daunting. These creative journal quote ideas are just the spark that can get you started on how to fill your journal pages or how to complement them with positive affirmations, quotes or reflections. Themed or random you’ll be making bunches to have on hand as they are a quick and easy craft project.
materials
What you’ll need:
Scrapbook page ends or strips 1/2″x12″
Book pages, poems, music pages, any type of inspirational text to use as a base for stamping or writing
Stamps, word cut outs, book page lines of text etc. (Tim Holtz Ideology sticker books)
Markers, pens or any favorite writing tool
Glue
Trimmer or scissors
Tag corner punch (optional)
Paper punch
Follow the video tutorial for the simple assembly of basic word strips as shown above.
These are great to add to add to tags for gift giving to anyone who needs a lift or a word of encouragement. Fill a jar and keep handy on your desk to remind yourself to stay positive and help break negative thought habits. Great for kids or teens for positive reinforcement.
For DIY inspirational quotes find any book pages, poems, music sheets or print outs that you can use as a base for personalizing. Gather some inspirational stamps. These can be motivations, affirmations, the general types of phrases used for card making or single words that inspire you. Arrange your paper so your text is vertical and fold as shown in the video tutorial. Unfold and begin randomly stamping or writing your quotes/inspirations anywhere there is a blank space. A helpful tip is to choose at least three different colors and a variety to stamp sizes and fonts. You can use a general text stamp in the lightest color to fill in the background before choosing focal point words or stamps. Then stamp light to dark as you move around the page, don’t just stamp in a row or line but alternate your spacing. Fill in with the last stamp set in the darkest color. Finally fill in any black spaces with the lightest color or choose one more bold or contrasting color. Fold, cut and glue as shown.
Choose any theme or style. Even long quotes or phrases can be cut apart and still appeal as thought provoking so don’t worry if a phrase or stamped word gets folded over or cut. Use these ephemera bits as prompts for writing or design.
There are so many ways to create these basic word strips whether by doodling your own font styles for a single word or quote or adding your own handwriting to jot a thought you want to remember. Cut apart sentences or words from any book or magazine and make a word master board to scan and keep for future use.
Whatever inspires you can become a creative quote so let your imagination roam and create your own inspiring word ephemera.
Happy paper crafting!
