Today's page has journaling that was printed on plain paper, cut out, and glued to tags. But it also contains HIDDEN journaling (note the "Pull" tab in the bottom left-hand corner of the page). First, WHY would you put hidden journaling on a page? There could be a couple of reasons. There might be a rather private story that you don't want everyone to see (in which case you might not put a very visible "Pull" tab on it!). Or, you could have a situation like I did here. I didn't have enough room on the page to tell the story I wanted to tell. So, I HID it behind a picture! This next picture shows what it looks like when the hidden journaling is revealed:
So, how did I do that? First, I printed the journaling I wanted on a plain piece of paper, folded it up (fold is about half-way down the journaling) and then glued the top part of it to a piece of cardstock. I cut a little tab with an exacto knife and wrote the word "Pull" with a white opaque pen. I mounted the picture carefully with glue on 3 sides, leaving the top open so the journaling could be slipped in behind it. (In the future, I would make a small envelope with an opening at the top. Glue the photo to the front and glue the back of the envelope to the page. This would make for a sturdier pocket.)
One more thing was needed. Since I keep my pages in page protectors, I needed to cut a slit in the protector where the journaling would slide in and out. To do this I slipped the page into the protector and used a dry-erase pen to mark the line that needed to be cut. Then I pulled the page out and slipped a cutting mat inside in its place. Using a craft knife I cut the slit carefully and then erased the remaining marks from the dry erase marker. I slid the page back in place (minus the journaling) and then slipped the journaling in through the slit in the page and behind the picture.
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