New Adventure - My Very Own Bullet Journal!!!

Hello...it's been a while!! Today I want to ramble about my newest and latest obsession; the BuJo!! Some of you may be asking (if you've being living under a rock), what is a BuJo??? Well BuJo is short for Bullet Journal, and a Bullet Journal is a DIY planner. The beauty of this system is that is 100% customized to your likes and needs. You can use whatever notebook you like or want, I use a Moleskine Lined Soft Cover notebook. One of the more popular books are the Leuchtturm1917 which is a German brand, they also make an "official Bullet Journal" book.

The Bullet Journal was created by Ryder Carroll, he have a video explaining the concept (this' the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRf43JTqY4).

I've made a bunch of videos (in Spanish) showing mine, also process videos on how I make my layouts. I will link one down below so you can watch it, make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos and tutorials. Also, as a gift for you, I'm going to link some of my sticker sheets. Happy Bujoing!!!

You can download my Bullet Journal Sticker sheet right here:

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Hello!! welcome back to me, to the blog...ha! I've been MIA 'cause as some of you may know making YouTube vids can be time consuming. I also have a lot going on with my fauxbonichi, my planner, my PL album, and more recently my Weight Loss Journal (if you haven't seen the video here's the link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFdwSjcUbb0 ), go check it out! and on top of that I'm preparing myself for an imminent move, yes, I have to move from my current home to a new one. I'm excited for that, but is going to be hard with all the stuff we have.

 Anyways, today I want to talk to you about my new Facebook shop - Mykraftcorner - just have a couple of items, but I hope it will grow bit by bit.

The first item I added is a set of calendar/planner stickers. They are circles with icons of different activities, bills, etc. They are color coordinated, meaning that the bills have one color, the activities have another color, and so on. They are 1" in size you can print them as is or double them in one 8x11 sheet and you end up with smaller circles and double the amount. The price on this babies are $2.00 for the download, so you can print as many as you like.

The second and third item are insert for Traveler Notebooks. They are planner inserts, they have four months in each and you have the option of dated and undated (they are priced individually). They are for the regular size TN, but surely you can adjust it to whatever size you use. They run for $3.99 the dated one (it is for May thru Aug. 2016) and 2.99 for the undated one. Again this prices are for the download file and you can print them and re-size them to your liking, cool ha? 

Just go ahead to my Facebook Shop - https://www.facebook.com/Mykraftycorner-1144147772282118/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel - and start downloading your goodies. On the comments of each picture you'll find a link that take you directly to the PayPal invoice for the file, make the payment and once you're payment cleared, you'll go directly to the download link. Really easy, right? I hope you guys like my shop and items, like I wrote before I will be adding more fun stuff to my shop soon, so stay tuned for that. And, if you have any problems with the links or invoices or downloads just let me know ASAP so I can help you out. 

Thanks for reading my looooong post, hope you like the stickers and inserts and buy some...ha. Write to you guys soon! Thanks!

Foam Board Craft Storage

Helloooooo!!! It's been so long, right? 

Want to show my new foam board craft storage, in my case is a "pocket journaling card storage" 'cause my plan from the start was to find a new home for my PL cards...I thought about buying the Michael's storage one, than Project Life brand came out with one (too much money). In the end I decided that I didn't need to spend a hole lot of money I could make my own!!! Of course if I would've the appropriate tools I could made a wood one, but... for now foam board would do the trick.

EDITED:
It was brought to my attention that the file that shared wasn't accurate or similar to the one I made on the video, I want to apologize for that, and I'm sharing with and edited template. Obviously it won't be exactly the same as the one on the video still, 'cause it was my first time doing it and some stuff and measurements didn't work that well.

This are the materials I used:

      1. Foam board (at least three)

      2. Packing Tape (I used a Staples brand, white)

      3. Metal ruler

      4. Utility knife or X-Acto knife

      5. Cutting surface

      6. Dimensions Sketch

Also made a video with almost the complete process of making it...

Thanks for watching and reading!!!

My Favorite Fauxbonichi Materials!!

Color Pencils: my Crayola Twistable Crayons and Color Pencils (I also have the regular ones). They provide a vivid colorful print and I like how easy it is to cover large areas with it. I also use Paint Dabbers, Acrylic Paint, Markers, and the Crayola Twistable Slick Stixs.

Pens: I like to use those on the picture and my ultimate favorite is the Sharpie Pen 'cause it does not fade when I erase over them.

Paint/Color Pencils: the Slick Stix from Crayola are a great alternative to paint and watercolor, but only if you are working on a large area. The point of the stix is large so it would be almost impossible to use in smaller areas. The good: vivid colors, no bleed thru, does not transfer to the other pages or your hands, and no dry time.

Watercolors: I've tried various watercolor sets, like two they sell at Michael's (Artist's Loft Watercolor Set and the Prang Oval), the one at Five Below, two I found at Target, and the Crayola Watercolor. Of this cheap ones my favorite is the Crayola (surprise ha?) it does not leave a chalky residue like the other ones and the colors are great. That was until I bought the Koi Watercolor set from Sakura: I'm in love!! the colors are extremely vivid, no chalky residue, and it have more options (of course you can blend them to make the desired color)...

Stickers: all sizes, all themes. My favorites for my fauxbonichi are the 1 dollar booklets, they have a lot of stickers and they come in all kind of themes and events. I got mine from Michael's and AC Moore.

Stamps and Ink Pads: these in the photo are from the dollar spot at Michael's, Walmart, and Joann's. The ink pads are from Michael's, at least on my journal I have to be careful of which one I use, 'cause some of them bleed thru.

Printables: these are super versatile, you can print whatever from the internet. For me at least there's days I'm kind of lazy and don't want to draw at all, that's when my printable collection come to play. This ones I found on Pinterest under Zetty Collage Printables.

Washi Tape: all sizes, all designs. Like them all!!

Templates: they come on a variety of sizes and styles. The alphabets are from Michael's and the other colorful ones I order on Amazon.

Paints: you can use whatever acrylic paint, and depending on the book you use, alcohol paints and stains also. On my MiquelRius journal I use acrylic paint dabbers (alcohol ink bleed thru a lot!), I haven't tried the Tim Holtz distress ink dabbers, but I think they would be fine. I've also tried the cheap acrylic paints they sale at Walmart, Michael's and AC Moore.

This are just my essentials basically, I'm no expert. This are MY favorite essentials. 

Thanks for watching and reading!!!

Fauxbonichi: Here's my second YT video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMz2PRuchhE

My New Planner (Fauxdori)

At the beginning of the year I was using a Sugar Paper Planner that I got from Target, and I was loving it!!! It was half way thru May when one day we got home and my lovely Chloe (a two y/o Pit) decided that I needed to buy a new planner. She destroyed it to the point that it's unusable...so instead of mourning my beloved SP Planner I went to work and created a Fauxdori...at last!

A Fauxdori (for those who doesn't know what it is) is a DIY copy (faux) of the Midori Traveler Notebook, there's many many versions of it that you can find on Etsy, and there is one for every taste. From materials like leather, place mats, vinyl, plastic, cloth, and other textiles, different cord designs, and a lot of other add on goodies.

I have watched a bunch of YouTube videos on how to DIY it, so I went to Michael's in search of some materials. I bought a 8.5" x 11" sheet of leather (teal color), elastic cord, and also two sheet of self adhesive felt (one black and one red). At first I want it to back the leather with some scrapbook paper, but didn't have a strong enough glue at home so end up using the black felt that I got, and it work great...

Also did another (underneath the leather one) with a place mat that I got at Big Lots for .90 cents, but to be honest, didn't like it that much. The place mat is like a foamy material and the bends from put it in my purse left a mark on the outside, if you're going to use it at home or work it would work just fine, but don't put it in your purse.

Recently I bought a pack of scrap leather (at Michael's again), it was cheaper than the first sheet and the leather is thicker and sturdier, it was kind of hard to hole punch and had to be stained black (it was a mahogany brown, didn't like it). But it end up looking great and I love it!!

So far I'm loving it...now I can throw it in my purse without worries!

I also made my own inserts; I made them in Word (with the help of a YT video, don't remember her name, sorry), print them in HP Premium Paper 20 Lb., add scrapbook paper as a cover, and staple them together (using another YT video), lastly I cut the edges to the desire size and rounded the corners.

Here's the link to download the inserts I made, they're free!!!

Blog Planner
Budget and Monthly Bills Planner
Month - Week Planner Insert

Thanks for watching and reading!!

Fauxbonichi Progress

Hey guys!!! I'm back...

This time I want to introduce to you my very first flip thru video of my Fauxbonichi for the month of May...I've been having a lot of fun with this book and with my new planner (we'll talk about this later, wink wink).

And here it is...

Hope you enjoy it, thanks for watching and reading!!!