Custom Journal for Nana

I am so excited to finally share this custom journal for Nana with you. When I was a little girl, my Mom always encouraged me to journal and write down my thoughts and put my hopes, dreams, and emotions onto paper. It was a great outlet for all of my pre-teen angst. 

Over the years we have purchased journals for each other and this year I made her a special one since now she isn’t just Nana to my nephews and niece, but to Jedidiah too.  

I picked up a beautiful navy blue and floral journal at Target that I knew my Mom would love, grabbed some gold adhesive vinyl, and got to customizing.

Estimated Time: 15 Minutes

Skill Level:  Beginner

Supplies Needed:

• Silhouette CAMEO®
• Silhouette Cutting Mat
• Silhouette Cutting Blade
• Weeding Hook
• Silhouette Studio
• “My Favorite People Call Me Nana” from Club Chaos
• Gold Adhesive Vinyl
• Floral journal

CREATING YOUR JOURNAL FOR NANA DESIGN: 

• Open up your Silhouette Studio®. 
• Select the Page Setup Window and adjust your cutting mat size to 12×12 (or the sized mat you are using). 
• Download your design from My Designs in the Chaos and then open your word art in Silhouette Studio. Click File>Open>Select your downloaded file. 
• I used the tracing feature to get the red outline of the design to cut. Don’t know what I mean? I’ve got all the steps on how to trace in Silhouette Studio.
• Attach your Adhesive Vinyl to the cutting mat, color side up, and load into your machine.  
• Follow the prompts in the Design Studio to adjust your blade (if using a ratchet blade) for Adhesive Vinyl and double check to make sure your design has been selected to cut. 
• Select “Send” to start cutting. 
• Select “Unload” when your machine has finished cutting your design to remove the cutting mat from the machine. 

PREPARING YOUR DESIGN: 

• Remove your sheets of Adhesive Vinyl from the cutting mat – go slow so it doesn’t curl up. 
• Use your fingers or a weeding tool to remove the excess vinyl. Be sure to leave your design on the backing sheet. 
• Carefully remove the centers of the design – this is called “weeding”.

CREATING YOUR NANA JOURNAL: 

• Place a piece of transfer tape over your design. 
• Use the scraping tool to make sure the design adheres to the transfer tape. 
• Gently pull transfer tape and make sure the entire design lifts with it. 
• Place your design on your journal. 
• Use the scraping tool or your fingers to smooth the design onto the journal.
• Slowly remove the transfer tape. 

I would love to hear what you call your grandparents – my parents are Nana and Papa to their grandchildren.