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!!!

Fauxbonichi 2015: May Journaling Prompts

I know that I've been MIA lately, but I have a good excuse...ja. I know that I mention it before but I'm going to write it again; I have a new hobby... Fauxbonichi.

For those of you that don't know what Fauxbonichi is, let me explain. It's basically an Art Journal mixed with a Diary mixed with a Planner/Calendar mixed with Fun Prompts and cute Stickers, got it? (the name came from the Japanese planner called Hobonichi).

Today I'm going to show you some of my May Journaling Prompts pages.

Thanks for watching and reading...

Project Life 2014: Week 48

This week came awfully late...just a little secret between you and I shhhh...(((haven't finish my 2014 PL album)))) 

This was Thanksgiving weekend...can you tell??