 Hello everybody, welcome to my channel, it's Iwa from Bohemian Crafting and today I'm coming to share with you those two journals, but before I will share these two, I would like to go back a little bit to that previous video where I shared this template, I somehow was too concentrated on to show you how you can decorate that template and totally forgot to tell you the purpose. I came up with this shape and why I wanted to use it and how you can use it. So we did decorate few of these paper clips in that previous video and I said that it can be like a paper clip and I also forgot to show properly how it actually works. Once you have decorated this shape, this is the template I shared, I will put all links down below for that previous video and also for that free download of this one, of this template. So I was very concentrated on to show you few layers and on my English and I totally forgot, I'm really sorry. So once you decorate that shape, that template, if we got to show you closely, how you actually slide it on the page of how is it work, why is it holding so nicely. You do have that paper clip around, not inside, so that way, that way this shape, it's like extension of your paper clip and when you wanna see these small ones are just driving me crazy. Once you have it on your paper, that paper clip, then when you open those two sides, here is one side, one half and here is other half. So then you going with the page between those two sides and you are sliding your page between that paper, like here. And I did a small video right after I uploaded that previous one and I put link to that description box under the video, but I know it was just few people who clicked on that link, so I'm coming today to show you how other way you can use it, because I got many questions why I actually punched those two holes. So I punched them because I called these page stoppers and that's what was first purpose of this shape. Working on this journal by the way, these are beautiful papers I received from Maxine. Thank you Maxine, they are gorgeous and because these papers are a little bit smaller than my pages here and I wanted to kind of like keep them stopped from flying, that's why page stoppers because here I used only one shape, one of these kind of like triangles, I cut out one, I punched those holes and to those holes I put brats here. And it is in that video, in that short extension or extra video I made, but I'm gonna show it here as well. So here I'm using it like a page stopper. I glue it here on this side, this side is free of glue, so you can slide the page behind. And here in this journal I'm gonna show you how other different way you can use it. And why those holes are there. Maybe you do have some few papers you want to put into mini notepad or mini journal, so just put them together, put this template around and where there are holes you can put the brats or sew it with the thread. And you do have mini notepad with decorative paper clip which can be with decorative shape, which can be also like an holder for a Pemera. So that was another thing I wanted to use it for, but I was really so concentrating on decorating and to show you another decorating idea and to make sure I'm talking kind of like not too much, not, see now I confused myself that I'm saying everything I want to say in a understandable way. And I totally forgot, I'm so sorry. Another way. Now I forgot what I wanted to say. Oh yeah, and then I had few questions why I used two different grammars of paper. It does have a reason. The light paper, that normal very cheap paper, I think 80 gsm paper, that very light one I used because I knew I'm gonna make collage. I'm gonna use all my scraps and glued them on that paper so that paper will became harder and good for this shape. And the other one I print out on cardstock because I knew that I'm gonna use just stumps and that brayer and I will don't make any thick layer from the other side. So I needed heavy cardstock because I knew I will don't glue on the top layers of book pages or some offcuts. So I need heavy cardstock to make sure that my template will be nice and strong and it will be not just from, you know, from piece of paper like this and when I will fold it, it will doesn't hold anything. So that's why I choose heavy cardstock for stamping and that brayer technique because it did just very light, light coat and for my collaging with scraps I choose that light paper because with all those scraps it became nice and strong cardstock. So that was another thing I wanted to tell you and I think that's probably hopefully all. There was comment. I should have a look. I'm gonna have a look. There was one beautiful comment. Oh yeah, I found it from Elizabeth Kerikoff. I hope I'm saying that right. She made beautiful comment. Yes, she had many of these ideas too that these templates, these shapes can be used like backtoppers. That's a brilliant idea. Book hinges, yeah, yeah, something like this. I guess maybe she meant tablet toppers, tablet toppers, page tabs with dangles on it. Yeah, yeah and then that fastness. So that's what I do have on my page here. So it's good like backtoppers and book hinges. I think tablet toppers. I'm not sure what that is, tablet toppers, page tabs. Yes, that's true. So this shape it's amazing for many different styles. So I hope you like that shape and I hope you will enjoy to work with that shape. So that's what I wanted to say and now I'm going to share with you those two journals. I had, through to that time I had many chats and I received many amazing, amazing messages from you and I'm always so feeling so blessed because I do have here amazing audience really. I can't wish for better audience than I do have right now. We are so amazing all of you and you are giving me so much ideas and you know inspiration and this is kind of like that idea where I had to stop myself. It was so funny. Usually when I when I'm making, I'm gonna show you the journal and I'm gonna talk. Usually when I am making some journal I'm sitting here. I'm thinking how I will decorate it, what I will put here, what I will put there and sometimes I'm struggling with that but this time I was like oh you can't put there anything. Don't put there anything because these journals, these two journals are made the way where the new owner will decorate it. There is many things and there is many pockets and many openings but I was kind of like controlling myself. Do not use so many embellishments and try to keep the pages and those openings like somebody else will continue and will put stamps and decorations and maybe wash it, maybe laces. You know somebody else will finish that book the way the new owner will like it. So this is like build it yourself. No, build it yourself. I don't know how to describe it. This is journal where you will finish it. So it has so many openings, it has so many pockets because I do love to create openings and pockets. It's something very magical to you know pull out page and that page will open itself. Sometimes I am thinking about myself that I got stuck in my childhood because I'm just amazed by all these moving parts, all these pockets. So sometimes I'm thinking about myself that I got stuck in that you know childhood, in the childhood thinking because I like to play. So we do have many pockets, many openings. Even this journal, those two journals are not like huge. They do have kind of nice space for writing and it also can be at their signature because in both of them I created elastic holder. We will get there. So we do have many, many pockets with openings and with epimeras. There is so many epimeras. I didn't want to leave it empty. So here we have that elastic band where you can slide some signature. All these large pages, they do have three pockets here full of epimeras and I think this is only page. I kind of try to decorate it all. So it's open like this and like this. We do have quotes and we can lift this one up and we do have small pocket here. So this journal, it's like finish it yourself and I do have small polaroid frames. Put their stamps and your notes and messages. Just sit down and enjoy it when I'm talking about. Sit down. I have to tell you something. My son was laughing so hard when I told him what was happened to me through to that COVID lockdown. Stupid COVID. I put some weight on. I'm not that skinny like I was before so put some weight on and I do have that office chair. That chair where you can manage the high with that handle under that seat and it's going down and up. I do have that office chair but because I put a little bit weight on I think I'm a little bit heavier than the chair can handle. So lately when I'm sitting on my chair, my chair it's getting like and I'm nearly on the floor right. So usually I'm trying. I'm just sliding down now and I'm laughing but because I am woman you know and every month you know I do have visit right like all women right and before that visit I'm mostly very moody like really very moody. So it was right before that visit when I was moody and my chair went down with me like because I was in that lovely move. I stand up and I grab the chair on those handles and I look down through it like really really really crazy way and I sat on it like hardly. I shouldn't do that because my chair just broke down the bottom where are those wheels that was split off from that from that sitting area. That bottom fly away from me and I got stuck in my chair in that sitting area and I was like with all my force I mean hands and feet up was stuck in that seat and because as I said I took a little bit of weight up I just couldn't get out from that stupid chair. I was fighting here like you only you could hear but it was like sound like you know bull before attack when he's like making. It was so funny and I was crying like oh my god because I'm not that sporty that athletic lately. I'm like very lazy lately so it took me 10 minutes. I had to twist myself on on for in that chair to get out from there. That was terrible. When I told to my son he was laughing and he told me oh it's so shame I was sleeping. So we do have few writing areas some pockets and these are and there are there are in some pockets somewhere I forgot to show you. These are it is dye coating dye from Planners Essentials Elizabeth Kraft's dye. I will put name including number of these dyes down below and I used just embossing folder. First I cut out from can. I cut out this shape and it's really beautiful. It's not proper like it will doesn't hold anything. It's like paper clip but it will doesn't hold anything because it's just you know it's just very teeny tiny dye but it will be beautiful decoration on some layout you know to glue it somewhere just like decoration so it it's few of them in there and here we have the last one and that will be this journal. So I'm having these issues lately with my chair. It's so terrible I will have to yeah I you know I'm on keto diet now I'm taking keto diet. I took the book with keto diet but I think it's step in the right direction so that is inside and you should see this one it's temporarily as well for now and here is one bigger pocket they are there those those paper clips that's the one journal and there is second one I'm just gonna close it so I will have to start to do something because the chair just drives me crazy that it can't hold me anymore. So we do have pocket here we do have kind of like holder holder spot or pen holder spot where is it here so you can put there your pen behind this this paper or this cardstock and here we have this opening where you are come on so again opening and I do have tutorial for something like this on my youtube I will try to find the link it's probably not exactly same but it's very similar this opening I don't even remember how I made this one you know always scoring with some idea in my head and mostly then I am forgetting the measurement it's just I'm gonna score it somehow because I do have some idea in my head we do have pocket here and here again some openings and pages and envelopes and pockets loads of pockets and this journal has also the elastic band here pockets with epimeras and with those slides and with this mini folder and here we have this is also from Elizabeth Carrar's tie Planners Essentials I do love this die so much you can put pictures behind and to make some beautiful page with this I left it open so anything can be glued here and then put it together and you will have beautiful embellishment and again some opening and we have again that beautiful opening I do love all these surprising openings and we have this pocket we did a while ago here on youtube as well it's that multi opening pocket with many with many pockets here is pocket and I do have again epimera behind this one is here and here we have from Tim Holtz I mean with Tim Holtz papers I do have here those two beautiful large pockets and they are actually holding behind that elastic band and I do have opening here with some epimera inside opening here and here I forgot to put epimera look at me I will have to have a look what I've got and I do have pockets here with some epimeras and I do have this moving part here so you can write something here something here and then just close it and we have pocket here just a tax pot we do have pocket here large space and and one more I need something I need something to slide it behind come here so we do have kind of like a slide spot here so this is this journal both will be for sale I will put links down below and this one has pocket in the back as well and I need to find my second envelope I do have this fabric envelope see I think I placed it somewhere now I have to find it for this journal as well with same same paper clips so these are my two journals which I don't know how to call them I really don't know how to call them but they are for finishing up so this is my sharing for today I hope you found some some inspiration thank you so so much for all your amazing comments about these paper clips and you know about that template I'm so happy that you like it I hope you will you will enjoy it to make those paper clips because I really love how it looks like and this one as well and I do have somewhere also yeah here I used Tim Holtz stamp I stamped first that butterfly then fussy cut out and I glue it on one side of that of the template and now I do have really beautiful holder for tux so just slide it around and if I will use some epimera and slide it behind I think it looks amazing so use your stamps and stencils and epimeras and dyes and go to be creative because it's so relaxing so thank you so much for watching thank you so much for visiting me today have a beautiful day take care about yourself and I will see you soon bye