Napkin background Journal Round robin

For the journal that we use for this, it should be one that we can glue napkins in? Or can we make a journal of like 10 napkins?

Very good question TeaRoll.

You need a journal that you can clue napkins to the paper pages, and create something from the napkins as part of the background.

From my experience, it works better if you use a journal that is not spiral bound. Here is an example of the napkin journal I made last year:
https://plus.google.com/photos/116475306870159229859/albums/6215781167820268817
A spiral journal can be used, it is just trickier to get the napkin down on a 2-page spread.
The journal I used is carried at Micheals Craft store: Fabriano:
http://www.michaels.com/fabriano-ecoqua-notebook-5.8x8.25/M10276780.html?dwvarM10276780color=Wine#q=fabriano&start=1

This is ONLY to give you an idea! You do not have to purchase it.

Thank You Midteacher. I am amazed at how neat your napkins adhered to you pages. What glue did you use? They look like very nice paper.

The Fabriano journal is very reasonably priced. $3.99. That was surprising. And with Michael's always having a 40% or more off coupon. I am going to go shopping soon. I have not actually every made a napkin journal, but I have made many napkin atcs.

Found out today Micheals has discontinued the Fabriano journals (well of course)! So I found some comparable by Artists Loft in the art pad section. They come in a 2 pack for 3:99 (They are white with a stitch binding and look like they have paint splattered on the cover).

The Fabriano journals are avail 2 other places:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/fabriano-ecoqua-notebooks/#photos (you want the 74863 -)
Here it is in black:
http://www.dickblick.com/items/74863-2025/

Search Amazon for: Fabriano ecoqua Notebooks staplebound blank 5.8 in. and you can get some for 3.28:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nbsbnoss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=fabriano+ecoqua+Notebooks+staplebound+blank+5.8+in.+

And there is the Strathmore Mixed Media Softcover Journal 5.5"X8"-32 Sheets

Again, just suggestions. These are actual art journals which hold up against paint, textured mediums, and anything you want to add to the page that has some weight to it. In my experience, Dollar store blank books just don't work for this type of Round Robin.

To get my napkins down:
1. Carefully peel apart the layers of the napkin. You want the top, single layer. Lay asside.
2. cover entire spread using a glue stick, paying class attention to the corners, edges and seam.
3.carefully line the napkin up with the bottom edges.Lay it down gently then go over with a brayer, rolling from the bottom to the top trying to avoid wrinkling (there will be some). You can reposition the napkin or get rid of large wrinkles by pulling up on it BUT ONLY IF YOU DID NOT ALREADY BRAYER OVER THE NAPKIN.
It doesn not have to be perfectly flat! It does not have to be perfectly aligned! It's an art journal, after all!

Great help with your info on the way you got the napkins to look so neat and thick. Yes thick.

I ordered a journal from Blick, and a few other things I could NOT live without.

Not to be dense here, just want to make sure I understand correctly...do we do all the napkin backgrounds prior to sending this out...or does each participant add their own napkin background as it circulates? I am SO excited by this swap...napkins and tissue paper are some of my FAVORITE backgrounds, and you can find really pretty ones super cheap!

Also, I use mod podge with mine. I've never tried the glue stick Breyer technique, but I'm going to with my next project...that would be much less messy and much easier to maneuver if you are aiming for a particular area as your main focus to get positioned properly! Another neat trick...Choose a napkin with a large (or small) focal point that you like separate the layers, discarding the bottom two white ones. First spread a layer of mod podge on your base, then add your napkin. Gently press and smooth. Let dry (doesn't take long.) While its drying take another napkin, using ony the top layer, and cut out the focal image you chose. Now use hot glue to cover your image on your base...work quickly so the glue stays hot. Adhere your cut out image onto the hot glue. It doesn't have to be perfectly smooth, but it does need to be well adhered to the hot glue. Now apply another layer of mod podge over the raised image. It will blend it in, and make it look like a seamless 3D image!

It was my thought that EACH participant when it was their turn would use a napkin as the background of the pages they create. I was thinking I might give some napkins to each person to keep too.

I was not planning to add the napkins to the pages of my journal. I do think Midteacher was helping us see how nice her napkins came out when she used the better journal. Better and it is cheaper than most journals.

We now have 5 other players besides myself, and one person watching. I am going to send a pm to the group for last call. Because I want to close the swap and dont want to get the round robin too big.

I got my order from BLICK. The fabriano journal does have nice paper.

This swap is closed as I wanted to limit it 6 players. The mail by date has not changed. If you want to create a napkin journal please contact me for my mailing info and I will get your journal into rotation. I will mail it off with another journal swap.

Heather Farah (AZmom875) FF TR MT D B

Barbara Bennett (Babsmomof5) AZ FF TR MT D

Darla Maple (dartha) B AZ FF TR MT

Diane Williams (midteacher) D B AZ FF TR

Marian Goes (TeaRoll) MT D B AZ FF

tara smith (fabricfriend) TR MT D B AZ

The above is a chart that might help you keep track of the journals you have worked on, the mailing order and who has worked on the other journals. For instance when I work on Fabric Friends journal FF, I will high light the FF, and X it out when I mail it off. This is how I keep track of the swaps.

I just found some of the coolest napkins, I can't wait to use them! BTW, if anyone would like to create extra pages in my journal, please feel free!

I too would invite anyone to create extra pages in my journal. @Babsmomof5 can't wait to see those napkins!

I sent my journal to my partner @Midteacher today 9505 5130 2267 6207 0202 66 today.

Datha's journal went out to TeaRoll today, expected delivery on 8/2: 9500 1103 2816 6212 0071 94

sending my journal (fabricfriend) to AZmom875 today at the MI address. Two journals are headed to me at my APO address. I am in the USA right now but will be back at the APO Aug. 20th so if there seems like a delay that's why. Thanks for your patience!

Received babsmomof5's napkin journal today.

Sent Barbara's (babsmomof5) journal onto Midteacher today. 9505 5130 2268 6231 0244 75

i received midteachers and marions? journals and will get them out soon.

fabric friend, I got your journal and I mailed it off to Babs, after working on it. I do believe I mailed AUG 12 from Durand Michigan.

tracking found for journals to Babs, delivered 9500111592076232004052

@AZmom875 and @fabricfriemd s journals headed out today to @dartha tracking number: 9500 1100 1303 6250 0234 50

I'm so sorry I didn't post when I received them from @AZmom875 here... Promise to do better with the remaining rounds!

Received AZmom875 and Tara Smith's (fabricfriend) napkin art journals from Babsmomof5 today. Thanks Barbara.

Mailed AZmom875 and Fabricfriend's Napkin background art journals to Midteacher today 9505 5130 2267 6256 0467 12.

Today from Fabric friend I got 2 journals. I got TEAROLLs and Midteachers. I will have them done within the 2 weeks and mail them on.

Received @tearoll and @midteacher s journals ...not sure what day these came in this week, just now getting a chance to ooen all my mail. Thanks @AZmom875

@dartha just mailed off 2 journals today to you. They were @tearoll and @midteacher s. Tracking number 9505 5100 1302 6281 0294 01

Who has my journal right now?

Received Azmom875's and Midteacher's journals today from Babsmomof5.

@AZmom875 several people haven't been posting to the thread...do you have any idea who has mine?

Woops. I received from Babsmomof5: Midteacher's and TeaRoll's. Sorry about that. And Barbara I do not have your's - sent it to Midteacher in August.

Sending out tea roll's and midteacher's journals to Midteacher today. 9405 8036 9930 0323 0334 95

I got from Fabric friend, Darthas journal. I will mail it to babs soon

anyone know where my journal might be??? fabricfriend

thanks

I'm sorry, I have a bit of a pile up at my house. @babsmomof5 @Azmom875 @fabricfriend Are at my house. I have to finish them up and send them out to Tara.

Thanks for letting us know @TeaRoll

I am mailing off Dathas napkin journal to babs on DEC 1 st

@dartha your journal is headed home. Tracking number 9500 1142 4096 6358 0233 69 expected delivery of Dec 27.

Thank you so very much for all the gorgeous art work in my napkin art journal - LOVE them and am so inspired! I will look at it often and I'm sure I will see and discover new things in it each time. Thank you so much, darla

Babs, I got your journal from Tara today. Yeah! I will work on it and send it home. I also got my journal back. Thank you all for working on it.