Junk Journal clusters and layering-come faff with me-a requested tutorial 🥰

[@robbielovelace702]

Thanks for the cluster video. It was very helpful! For someone who has tried and they all turn out atrocious, watching you gave me direction. THANKS! ☺️

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw that's so awesome to hear that you got something out of it 🥰 thank you

[@SandysArt-cx5ek]

Lovely clusters. Would make a great addition to any journal.😍

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you 🤗🩷

[@SimBianchi]

Thank you, this was so helpful to me. You are a very good teacher and your videos are well put together and so enjoyable to watch. Please don't doubt yourself, you have a great talent for journal making and teaching.❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw I love this JJ community! It's the least I can do to give back, I'm so lucky that my career as a teacher makes that a little easier to do. Thank you so much for your support 🥰

[@lorettamaloney6287]

❤ Perfect! I love the clusters so much! You make them so quickly and make it seem so easy!! Practice makes perfect right!! Thank you so much for sharing with US. You have that signature style in your journals that is uniquely YOURS. I will try my very best to apply what I’m learning from you. Grazie❤❤❤❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

@lorettamaloney6287 aaaw thanks Loretta 😍 yes, the more you do the easier it becomes! Especially when you figure out the recipe that works for you! I hope this helps and may speed be with you 😆🩷

[@shawnrobinson6718]

These are sm of the very best clusters I've ever seen!! TFS❤❤❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw wow, no way 🥰 thank you so much 🩷🩷🩷

[@DizzyKittyKitty]

Love your thought process! It's so much fun to watch everyone do their clusters because techniques can be so different! Thank you so much for this!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you so much! 🩷🤗 I worried about posting this (even though i was asked) as there are already so many awesome creators who have already done these, so I really appreciate your comment 🥰

[@maxineleedle1180]

Great video and explanation. Loved the wholly pieces they add so much to the clusters. Thanks for sharing your process, very helpful 💐

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you for appreciating me 🩷🤗

[@purplelily7728]

It’s like watching magic happen 😮 This was great, I loved it so much! Guess I’m gonna be a-cropodiling stray bits of paper tonight, such a clever idea for texture! And so sweet of you to make something special for your friend ❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Haha magic-faffing maybe 🤣🤣🤣 I would have been happy if just one person got something helpful out of this video 🥰 thanks hun

[@ColleenMacDonald-r1c]

Amazing beautiful clusters.I always struggle with making clusters. Thank you for the tutorial,It has been so helpful.Xx

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw that makes me happy that you found it helpful 🥰🩷 thank you

[@jayneelinor]

Lovely, TFS

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you! 😊

[@rhodanicholson5018]

Found this by accident and yes it helped…….blessings on you…….smiles

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw fabulous 🩷😊🤗

[@kathytrakas772]

Sara-Lee, you are a treasure to us! Thank you for this excellent tutorial. It was so well prepared. (I recognize a fellow teacher when I see one!)

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw thank you Kathy!! 🥰oh wow, what age do you teach?

[@nettejakobs2501]

They are fab, thank you ❤ Greetings from Denmark 😊

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aw thank you 🥰 greetings back from little New Zealand 🩷

[@dawnbrosnan7186]

Thank you much! It’s hard as a beginner how to make things. This will give me a starting point! Dawn

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw Dawn this makes me so happy 🤗🩷 it can be hard to find a balance in tutorials between beginner and expert, I'm so glad it's helpful 🥰

[@debcox7839]

No apologies necessary. Very clear and helpful.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aw I'm so relieved! Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

[@suelawson4011]

very helpful! loved all the 'holey' scraps. thanks for the tutorial Sara ❤❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

A little bit of texture makes all the difference 🤗🩷 thank you

[@SuzanneCrosado]

Beautiful Clusters- Thank you for some good ideas that I will have to try

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw thank you 🥰

[@sandrablasius3254]

Love everything you do. This was VERY helpful. Clusters are very hard for me coming from a quilting background where everything is “matchy , matchy”.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Oooh I can imagine it would be! Good on you for jumping out of that comfort zone without a parachute! 🥰

[@maicelrabel4412]

You are really good at this! Thanks for sharing.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🥰 you'll do so many of them, you'll end up making them without even thinking!

[@DayTripVintageCo]

Beautiful clusters!😍I loved seeing your process and the components that added extra texture…especially the thread bundles and the bits of paper with the punched holes. Great inspiration!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you so much 🤗🩷 glad I could offer a little inspiration!

[@juliekirkpatrick9317]

Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing! You make it look so easy lol! Thank you

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you, it will be once you've done a heap I promise!

[@brendayoung4755]

Thank you so much for going through the process. I always get a block when I try and put clusters together. I like how you prepared all of your pieces first. I’m going to try that. Practice practice practice ❤️

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Oh im glad that you got something out of this video! I really wasn't sure anyone would 🥰 yes, practise, eventually youll be able to do them without even thinking about it! 🩷🤗,

[@paddywood89]

Love this tutorial, very inspirational. You are a clever wee girl. much love. xxxxxx

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🤗🩷

[@cyndiibbotson758]

I really enjoy watching how you create - I LOVE clusters and have a truckload, but I need to get into the mindset that they don’t need to ‘do’ anything in a journal eg tuck - they can actually just be a pretty grouping of things to add on a page or pocket that makes me happy 😱 and other than that, serves no purpose - I really like your hole punched pieces, they are really effective - you are a great tutor and explain things clearly - thanks for sharing

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Having a truckload of clusters is so great! They have SO many uses, and yes, sometimes just to sit there and look pretty 🥰

[@CarolynClark-q9z]

It was great help. Thank you

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

So glad it was helpful 🥰🥰

[@thatdayintimebysue3551]

This was a great video with a beautiful outcome. Thanks so much!❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🤗🩷

[@LalasCrafting]

So fun to see how you work 😍👌🏼

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Hehe that was a very organised version of how I work and it still had l9ads of faffing about 🤣 you'd laugh if you saw the raw version! 🩷🩷🩷

[@LalasCrafting]

@ 😂😂I can relate to that, I’m very clumsy, so I don’t make a lot of tutorials, because that would be a disaster 😂I don’t like to talk in my videos, but I’m practicing😊 so you’re videos help a lot actually 👍🏼🩷

[@jwiki1]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw yay! Thank you so much 🥰

[@daffodilsdaisies1932]

Loved this idea i have never seen it before ,I have just tried it for my latest journal thanks for the fabulous inspiration ❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Oh yay 🥰🥰🥰 thank you

[@CraftroomStories]

Lovely, I like the talking!!!😂

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you for appreciating me 🩷🤗

[@lauriedrinkard6063]

A very helpful video. Thank you.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you! So glad it's helpful 🩷

[@papeteriedechoix]

Thank you so much for doing this!!🤗🤗 No need to apologize!❤ This answered all my questions and gave me the visual I was looking for. ( I had searched KZbin looking for a video like this but never found one that was "user-friendly" ... As far as I'm concerned, you are the master of this process.) Your process is straightforward and easy to follow. 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw this comment made my day! Even if you were the only person who found it helpful, it was worth the time doing it 🥰🥰🥰

[@papeteriedechoix]

@@sara-leearmstrong5009 ☺🥰🤗

[@donnawebber9781]

Beautiful

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you 🩷🤗

[@CynthiaKerley]

This was very good 👍 thank you

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

My pleasure, I love sharing ideas 🩷

[@jjohnson1655]

Wow, thank you! I am inspired ❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw 🩷 then it was worth making the video! Even if it helps inspire one person, I'm happy with that🥰

[@fredabutler8991]

Wonderful.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you 🩷

[@Suesjournaladventures]

Fabulous hun❤❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thanks Sue 😘

[@patriciacampillo-eu3ex]

I didn’t request this video. I too like to use and make clusters. I think you did a great job explaining and showing the basics to making them!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🥰 it's just a thing you "do" isn't it? I really had to think about the how lol

[@sharronchurch6740]

Wonderful... thanks

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you I'm glad it was helpful 🤗🩷

[@juliagates3264]

Great tutorial, Sara-Lee:) I also like that your cutting board looks like mine - well used!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Haha thanks Julia 🥰 keeping it real!

[@LilacandTimeCrafts]

There is no need to apologise. Was a brilliant video. Thank you so much for sharing! 💜

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Oh phew! I really second guessed myself about even posting it!! 🤗🩷 thank you so much

[@debbiebreen6276]

Sara-Lee just love what you create, so many great ideas, do you have any tutorials on how you create a journal from scratch? xxxx

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🩷🤗Hmm, no I don't, they're all in bits and pieces, I have a video of how I start my inspiration, and then a couple making folios. This has been something requested, but unfortunately I don't make journals methodically lol, I very much stop and start halfway through things and work on something completely different. I make my journals by feel if that makes sense? So I can't even contemplate how I would go about making that video, but any advice would be very welcome! 🥰

[@magistra137]

I didn’t ask but I found this very helpful! Thank you!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you 🥰

[@brendaestes5391]

This really helps thank you!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw you're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful 🥰

[@beatrizsalisbury2024]

It was definitely helpful. Thanks a lot

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaw im so glad, thank you 🩷🩷🩷

[@procuringcraftcalm]

Love them! ❤

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Thank you so much! 🩷🤗

[@TerriGodbolt]

Thank you. For some of us, it's amazing how daunting small things can be. I didn't request this but I'm sure glad someone did. One thing I was interested in was your process of putting a signature together, just how much do you do to your pages before stitching the signature in?

[@kathytrakas772]

Excellent question! I lack confidence when putting signatures together. Maybe that would be an easier tutorial-few bits to wrangle!

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Aaaw thank you 🥰 as far as signatures go, I would say 90% complete before I make the cover and sew them in. I even have most of my pockets filled. Other than a few final touches if I come across a page I think is too blank, or a stamp, sticker or stencil here or there, I don't do a lot once they're in the cover. 😊 and my detailed pages, like in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKHMoYhsZd1qp9Usi=ursiyxBlHnY8qytX I always do first. I hope this answer helps, and thank you, that is a video I could share as well, I have been asked this a few times 🥰 I think a lot of people sew signatures in a lot earlier than I do🩷

[@tezag7561]

@@sara-leearmstrong5009 Spent last night watching a movie whilst tear up paper, inking and punching holes in some. Putting together a tray bits to make some clusters which will be whilst watching TV tonight. Very therapeutic and they'll be ready for my journals. Thanks Sara-Lee.

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

@tezag7561 haha I'm the same! Love having the TV on while crafting, that's my jam! 😆🤗

[@shawnas464]

So pretty! Will these be added to hidden paper clips so you can remove them to facilitate writing?

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

Sometimes I do 😊 sometimes I leave a page black or stamp lines on it and use them to decorate a page corner, sometimes I use them to decorate a pocket, and sometimes I use them backed with stiff card and only adhere a corner to create a tuck spot for notepaper or ephemera 🥰

[@paddywood89]

Just gorgeous. come and live at my house. xxxxx

[@sara-leearmstrong5009]

@@paddywood89 😆😆😆 this is the most gorgeous comment ever! 🩷🩷🩷