 How are you today on prepping our May inserts? or our May pages for our my year 2017 journal now our prompt for the month is Thanks bring Slash tip it in so today we are going to have that prompt in mind and we are going to decorate our May insert here and I'm going to show you how to do a tip-in. We're going to talk about tip-ins. I do want to tell you as I'm filming this There's still one more week to go in April. So or Yeah, one more week to go Maybe not quite a week a few days. I'm not we're not quite done yet, but this is my April inserts How far we've gotten with it. I think it turned out really great It's a very interesting lots of fun this and and texture right So the first thing we're going to talk about is tip-ins. So, you know every month I do a tip-in I add My book list something to put my book review list on in my section of my journal Tip-in the definition on Wikipedia of a tip-in is the act of gluing in or taping in a page to a bound book So the the idea behind is tip-in is you're adding an extra page into your book either from the edge or from the spine So we're going to do that again actually and I have hopefully an interesting way of doing it. This is my book list Doodle that I'm going to use this month. This is a free doodle that I created for you all It is part of a group of freebies that you can find in the file section of our group here on My year 2017 if you're watching this on YouTube and you're like what group? What is she talking about and you're because you're not a part of the group? Well, why not go join it's over on Facebook. It's free. It doesn't cost anything So the link is in the description so go join okay now I got this from Ulta not long ago and They send you basically the gift card with the idea that you're going to take it in for Mother's Day Go put money on it. I don't need anything from Ulta. So I didn't even show my daughter that this came I'm going to unglue this carefully, hopefully I Like the colors of it. Oh see I ripped it. That's all right. I Want to get the card out so let's take the card out There we go So that can be used for gluing so save that kind of thing I love old gift cards and stuff to for use for smoothing out projects Gluing things down. Okay. We're going to glue this back together and glue it back down Let me get that lumpy bumpy bits of glue down out Let's see. I need my tape runner There it is. So we've got it all Sort of put back together There we go. So I'm going to stick it down and then I'm going to just do this and I'm going to get that extra bit of Tape runner off something is falling behind me Would you all hear that? Okay, so that's cute and I do want to use this as a tip in obviously it's too fat, right? So we're going to have to trim it and it up here, and I'm going to just eyeball it Yeah, that'll work So you always have the choice of tipping it in from here and adding an extra page here or Tipping it in from the edge now Generally speaking, I don't know why but I usually tip in from the outer edge If you are adding a piece on the outer edge You want to leave about an eighth of an inch space between the piece you're adding and the existing page If you're adding it in via washi tape Most of your washi tape is not that sticky. So you're going to want to put glue underneath and over your washi tape I don't know if you saw last month If it was even honestly on video, but I did add glue I might have done it after the camera shut off, but I did add glue under this washi tape Because this is one of the washi tapes. It doesn't stick very well And plus this paper that I tipped in is very glossy. So it didn't stick in very well so You could just glue it in with a strip of paper. You could use masking tape You could use any kind of tape, but if the tape that you're using is not that sticky add glue All right, I think for May. I might want to add it into the center. I Think that would be interesting if we did This is masking tape. This is patterned masking tape. This stuff is sticky. This is by scotch You don't have to add glue generally Sometimes I just go ahead and add the tape the masking tape and then if it is an issue at some point then I come back and add some glue I'm going to take the insert and I am going to Run the tape up that folded edge So it's about halfway tape is about halfway on the insert and halfway up off or Little or it doesn't have to be exact and I just trimmed the two edges so that they wouldn't interfere And hang over the edge and then I'm going to set this back Just like if I was putting it at that at the outside edge I'm even though I am putting it at the inside edge But I'm still going to go about a quarter of an inch and a eighth of an inch away from the center seam And I'm going to push it down to this page I'm not actually pushing it down to that center seam. You see that it's not it's just stuck to the page Gonna grab another piece of tape Soon as I find the edge I'm going to do the same thing. I'm going to push this pull this back. I'm going to push the tape down with my finger and Stick it to not only this page, but to the other side of that tape It's on the other side Then I'm going to come in and cut these Weird crazy edges off so they're more even Just burnish it down with your fingers or a bone folder or something like that and make it sure it's stuck really well And then you've just added two more pages to your journal That you have to work with now. I do want to add my book club List to one of them. We have this hole here, which we're going to have to fill up And I have to figure out what I want to fill it up with I do think I know what I want to fill it up with I have another group one of those grocery list envelopes Do I want to just stick that in there? I don't think I do. I think I want to put something else there first Let's put our book list down. I'm going to just use tape runner You could use glue stick you could use Elmer's glue Whatever you've been using there's not really any wrong way I am going to kind of do all the pages tilted up so that I don't stick all the different pages together because that would be bad All right, and then I Think what I want to do is take a journaling card I think I'm gonna just Grab one at random. I Kind of like this one. People are going to judge you anyway So you might as well do what you like when I found this quote on Instagram something inside of my head clicked It's a very liberating thought Jocelyn Dick want a Dutch journalist. I really like that and that is very appropriate for me at the moment So we're going to add that in and it's just so that this side of the book list paper is not is strengthened We're going to give it some extra strength. I love the way that looks as we go along in a month In the month, I'm sure I'll find something to stick there. I'm not super worried about it I Have all these different bits and pieces. I think I want to Stop though, and I think I want to Hit that really puppy. I have some of my Inspiration stickers these are my own artwork that has been printed onto a sticker sheet This is one of the digital downloads you can get in my Etsy shop And I think I'm going to use some of these in this month's. I'm gonna just kind of space them out in the month This design particular design is also available as a rubber stamp. What else do I have this whole thing of? Stickers that I've printed of my artwork and some that are from friends Artwork I'm looking for ones that evokes the idea of spring to me So because we have what is that? It's think spring tip it in right so we want bright colors flowers floral shapes. Here we go This is a misprint. So this is this is a good one to use. This one is one that Misprinted and only printed on part of it. It's a good one to use We'll put it here and we'll fold it over and we're gonna take the other part of that Yeah, let's use it too Because this whole sheet is sticky It's just an only part of it is die-cut Into the circle shape. That's okay. Never stopped me before Yes, I never throw anything away if anybody's gonna ask I have so much trouble This reminds me of spring. There's these bright colors on this paper towel. This is a paper towel it's from one of my watercolor plays with the new neon palette and When it was drying I thought well, I really like the colors of that so we're gonna have to save that and We are going to now collage it down now for this We're going to probably need some matte medium I'm separating the layers of the paper towel sort of gently. I did rip a big hole in it But that's okay. I love some of the colors in here So let's get some matte medium and let's Tear off a few pieces Isn't that a great piece I'm gonna tear it to fit the page so that I don't have to cut it Yep, and let's get some that medium in here So I want to say I want you to think this week about how you can add extra pages to your journal Tip them in an interesting fashion Add fun piece bits and pieces and I do it every month last month I even tipped in the place card holders from the anniversary dinner that we went to to celebrate my husband's 20th year at his job I'll show you in just a minute And that's a small tip in but it could be considered a tip in so I want you to just think about That's not nearly enough in that medium Super absorbent paper towel So I want you to think about you know what you have as the month goes along What's appropriate to your month appropriate to your art journal? Whatever you're working on that? You could save and just tip it in and in the interesting fashion It's especially fun to do when you have something that you want to add to your journal that has a pretty image on two sides And instead of choosing a side Why don't you just tip it in and make it something that can flip out or can be turned so that you can see both sides That's fun. So these are Where are they? so here this was our place card holder on the table of the Dinner that we went to and this is the badge that they gave me to wear as a guest of lamb research and my husband And so I took the magnetic part of the badge off and then stapled this down And then I took the place card holder and I cut the edges of it so that I taped it down So it's this thing that flips out I can put some journaling on here some pictures or something like that and I did one for mine and one for his too So there's all different kinds of ways to tip things in so I almost never add something to one part of my Journal without adding it in at least one or two more places So we're gonna do that the paper towel is no exception. I love this neon colored bright orange. Oops spot That's on here Trying to get it fairly flat The matte medium is nice to use because it dries pretty quickly Okay, let's see. Do we have another little piece with some paint smear on it that we can use? Yes, I love this purple dot that's on here to add one more little piece Maybe Nothing back here. So let's put it back here I'm not thinking about it too much. I'm just going with the flow what feels right So we're going to stick the paintbrush handle in there so it doesn't like all glue itself shut together That would be bad very very bad. I have some Sticky embellishments here next to me and this particular set has flowers in it. So Again We're and butterflies and stuff. We're thinking about spring, right? So we're gonna put some of these in get those bits and pieces out that I know you all have hiding The stickers the tags Get them out and use them Just because it's an art journal art art journal or creative journal doesn't mean it has to all be full of Painted images. I am just grabbing things that appeal to me Now I have this Star that says shine May 18th is my wedding anniversary. So we are going to put that here This is a good one fall in love with your life Okay, so have fun decorating your journal get out your stickers get out your markers and your pens Add a tip in or two and just have fun with it and play. That's it for right now I will be back with more in tomorrow or and or the next day and I will see you soon. Have a great day Don't forget to like share and subscribe if you're watching this on YouTube If you can and want to join our Facebook group the Or support my channel by shopping in my Etsy shop You can send me happy mail You can send me an email all the information on all of the different places to go do any of those things is in the video description, so check it out and The most important thing is to have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys