Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Saddlebag Journal for Krazy Kat

Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything but a Card.  

Back in early June I caught a Junk Journal Class by Pam Barnes that was part of Junk Journal Boss Summit.  This class intrigued me...especially the part where she made the journal in the form of a Concertina using a packaging envelope.  

So, I went and retrieved an envelope from my stash and made my own sort of simpler wallet design roughly using some of Pam's techniques from the class.  

This is definitely a work in progress as it is a journal.  I have fashioned it for a fictional character I have created in my own head.  

It's basically the journal of a woman who left an upscale proper home in the early 1900's, where she was groomed to be a proper society lady in the clutches of her family, to become a scrappy horse woman living totally out of her element.  It's about her adventures and the items she collects along the way mixed with much of her own upbringing she is trying to escape.  Her name, Krazy Kat, was inspired by a tag I found in my box of treasures!  Interesting since my name is Katrina!  hahaha


The picture below shows my signatures before sewn, the fabric binding I constructed, my box of hoarded treasures, and the journal glued and started.  


  If you'd like to see what I have done in the journal so far, please see the video below for a perusal!  I will have some short videos over some of the process in the future.  You can find links from the walk-through video.  


I'm sure you'll see some of the more adventurous pages as I work through them.  Stay tuned as Krazy Kat lives her horse filled journeys! 

I have released one special find/page with the journal release.  See the video below!


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 Material List

Photographs printed with a vintage feel
Amazon Padded Packing Envelope: trash pile/stash
Fabric Remnants from stash
Sewing (hand and machine) using Thread and Embroidery Floss
Double F Thread and heavy needle to sew in signatures
Old tags, book pages, organizer paper, pieces of paper, washi tape, stickers, buttons all from stash 
Coffee Stained Paper
Candle wax seal
A kazillion stamp sets including these:  CTMH, Stamplorations, Duff's Designs, Visible Image, Unity, Hero Arts, Impression Obsession, wooden block stamps
Lots of "stuff" from my hoarded treasure boxes!
Old broken jewelry and finds from stash
Old, used envelopes
Painted metal key
Gesso, paints, inks, etc
Misc floral pieces
Metal pieces
Brads, eyelets 
Ranger Clips
Bits of laces, burlap, ribbon, twine, etc
Adhesives: ATG; Fabric-Tac; Double Score Tap
Cricut Design Space: Die cuts made here
CDS Access: Shapes
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Maker

I'm sharing with these challenges:
Perfect Time to Craft:  
Crafts Galore:
FarmQuest General Store:  AG Farm/Country
Let's Craft and Create:
Mix It Up:
Moving Along with the Times:
As You Like It:  Fav Colour Combo-blue and brown...love it because it goes retro, country, vintage, farm, rustic, etc
Inspirational:  Word Prompt "Leftovers"...Oh my, I have the leftovers here!!  Please see the video for all the leftovers...lots of them!
Do-Al(l) Kreatives:  ??

Be sure to visit  The Outlawz Anything but a Card for all the details 
about the challenge and to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.       

Krazy Kat's Turquoise Piece (Part of the Krazy Kat Journal)


Back in early June I caught a Junk Journal Class by Pam Barnes that loosely inspired my Junk Journal you can walk through/peruse here and read about here.  

This journal is definitely a work in progress and here I'm sharing one of the pages of Krazy Kat's Saddle Bag Journal! 

You can check out the video below for more info on this particular page!

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 Material List

Old piece of vintage jewelry from a sort of 'grab bag' I purchased during an outing at a 'antique mart'
Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distressed Paint
Liquitex White Gesso
Folk Art Metallic Gold Paint
Needle, embroidery floss
Ivory paper distressed/torn
CTMH CS Laughing Lola distressed/torn
Black Cardstock distressed/torn
Scrap of old lace
Gold thread
Bits from old broken necklace
Vintage Photo Ink

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Neglected Stuff:  CTMH paper is definitely an oldie!
Conjurer of Dreams:  AG

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.