Digital Prints on Art Journal

Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with another art journal entry.  Today's page is different from my previous art journal entries. First and foremost, I don't have any stamping on this page. Second, I only used printed papers. And, lastly, it is interactive. I hope you like it. 

Blank Page Muse has a new digital download, the Summer Citrus Digital Papers, Ephemera, Pockets & Tags Printables. This is what I am using on today's page. I also used a green paper from the Frosty Night Christmas Papers & Ephemera Printables. 

One of the advantages of using digital prints is that it can be sized based on your crafting needs. I uploaded the full sheets of the the digital prints. It comes as a .png file when uploaded. I saved it as .jpg so I can add it as an image to Microsoft Word. I edited the image using this program, resizing it so it fills up the whole 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock. I also edited the margins, decreasing the size, to maximize the area to print the full sheet. The cardstock I used is Hammermill Premium Color Copy Cover Stock.

If you only want to print a particular image, you can crop outt image from the sheet. This cropped image can be resized and duplicated.

Not to forget, these digital prints are very affordable.

The only requirement is a printer. I printed my digital prints using a toner printer. I was going to try and use my Cricut to print and cut the images but my printer ink is low. I have not tried uploading the BPM digital prints to Cricut. I am very curious on how this will turn out. I am also curious on printing these images on a 12x12 paper which my printer is capable of. 

The details of the project is on my post at the BPM blog. I am just sharing snippets here. I added trims to the tags. I can intentionally fray the ends but I decided to heat set the this to melt it and prevent it from fraying.

I inserted the tags inside the pockets. The tags keep the folded journal closed shut. The one on the bottom tends to stay open so I might add a decorative paper clip to it to keep it close.

This is how the journal looks like when it is open when the tags are removed. You can see the stitching detail on the journals on the above photo. 

I have nothing written on the pages yet. I plan to write my goals on this mini journal pages.

I hope you like today's project. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

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Maria Giselle B.

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