Girl Scout Cookies + an Art Journal = Sweet Bonus
A friendly challenge from Angela Daniels resulted in this Girl Scout Cookie Box journal. A friend on a craft blog sent a few of us a box of girl scout cookies. My family shared the first task in this challenge . . . partaking in the cookies.
I took the box and made a cover for my art journal that will hold 'inspiring' quotes. I simply cut off the top, bottom and one side to make a folder like cover. I painted it with a white washed coat of gesso (so I could still see the awesome words like create and inspire). I used Plaid acrylic paint, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens and the awesome Crafter's Workshop Poppie stencil designed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. I also created some signatures to be included inside my journal. These signatures included beautiful paper from the Artsy Findings store, napkins, and more. I bound the signatures and added beads to the spine. This was the result. It didn't take me but about three hours total and was a blast upcycling a Girl Scout cookie box. What have you upcycled lately? Maybe something you've recycled? I'd love to know.
I took the box and made a cover for my art journal that will hold 'inspiring' quotes. I simply cut off the top, bottom and one side to make a folder like cover. I painted it with a white washed coat of gesso (so I could still see the awesome words like create and inspire). I used Plaid acrylic paint, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens and the awesome Crafter's Workshop Poppie stencil designed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. I also created some signatures to be included inside my journal. These signatures included beautiful paper from the Artsy Findings store, napkins, and more. I bound the signatures and added beads to the spine. This was the result. It didn't take me but about three hours total and was a blast upcycling a Girl Scout cookie box. What have you upcycled lately? Maybe something you've recycled? I'd love to know.
Posted by Cheryl Waters at 5/20/2012 1:14 AM 
Categories: Creative Play
Tags: book binding art journal girl scout cookies mixed media crafters workshop Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Categories: Creative Play
Tags: book binding art journal girl scout cookies mixed media crafters workshop Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Cheryl,
PLEASE, Please teach an online course on this!! I am just putting my toe in the art journaling world and I am so hungry for information on how to create my own books, on technique, etc. . . I need it for therapy to get through my illness, but others need it to for lots of reasons. This piece was so beautiful, I can't believe you created it in such a little amount of time. You always amaze me with your talent and creativity!
Have a wonderful, blessed weekend dear friend!
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Wow, I looove this!!
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Cheryl this is wonderful. I think you should send this post to the National Girl Scout office. I can see you inspiring a whole new generation of artists!
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This was great! Talk about thinking "outside the box"!! Simple ideas make awesone projects!!!
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What a great idea!! I bet the Girl Scouts would love to see it!
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This is wonderful! I had some boxes, but they were recycled not upcycled.
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That turned out so well Cheryl!
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How cool that you made this from the challenge. I hope you will inspire yourself every day with this! I recently repurposed some take out bags as wrapping for a teacher's gift. I love me some upcycling lately
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I love your book. I use the small popcorn boxes from orville Redenbackers to make books.
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This is wonderful. I hope you don't mind I shared it on the SNR forum
http://scrapbooknewsandreview.com/index.php/forum/94-altered-art-a-mixed-media/205702-after-you-eat-all-your-girl-scout-cookies#205702
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