Bolton House: A Personal Wine Journal

Saturday, February 23, 2013

A Personal Wine Journal

This can be a quick and simple gift for a friend or family member who loves wine and takes pride in keeping track of their likes and dislikes. I usually pick up books/journals that are on sale at book stores or office supply stores. This journal is a taupe color and measures 6" by 8 1/2". I had left over paper from the masterboard that I created for yesterday's project.

Sticking with my Vineyard Theme I thought I'd make a journal to go with the bottle of wine! I cut a piece of paper measuring 5 1/4" by 8", used a corner rounder on each corner. I rubbed some additional ink along the edges, in this case I used London Fog by Memento. I then poured clear embossing powder on all the edges and heat embossed it with my heat gun. While the edges were hot, I bent the right upper corner and the lower left corner up using a pencil.

I adhered this panel to the blank book using a very strong adhesive. I cut a piece of cork measuring 4 1/2" by 6" and glued this to the embossed panel. Now I cut a piece of the masterboard that measured 3 7/8" by 5 1/4" and stamped a Wine Cellar stamp made by Stamp Happen, Inc. with London Fog ink by Memento. I poured clear embossing powder over the image and heat embossed it. I matted this to a piece of purple cardstock, trimmed it close and glued the panel on to the piece of cork.

This journal came with an elastic band to hold it shut. I ran white ribbon across the Memento ink pads that coordinate with my Tsukineko Kaleidacolor Vineyard pad. In this instance I wanted to feature the purples so I used Lavender Lulu and Sweet Plum. When the ribbons were dry I tied them to the elastic closure. The closure was wide enough for me to hot glue a paper flower to it, next to the tied ribbons. I added a wooden flower with some twine and a lovely self adhesive pearl in the center.

I hope this gives you some more ideas as to the benefits of making a Masterboard. Many people make these and then photocopy the finished "board" to use over and over. In this instance I made a couple at the same time and just cut them up for different projects. Either way it saves you time while you make it and when cleaning up after. Have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you soon!