Posted by Oles B
on September 04, 2026
Hello everyone! It’s Emma Williams here, and I’m really excited to be sharing a Turn The Page Journal project with you today. As soon as I saw Esther Glas’ beautiful collection of dies, papers, ephemera, and the stunning Dark Roast Binder, I was instantly inspired to use some vintage photos and design double-page layouts, where every face tells a story. So, please enjoy taking a look through these pages as I share photos and details of how they all came together.
- For each page you add to your journal, die cut a piece of white cardstock using the page die from the Keepsake Capsule Page Etched Die Set. With the same die, die cut a selection of papers/card from the Reminiscence Book, choosing a design for the front and back. Remember these pages create a double-page layout, so you will need to choose co-ordinating paper.
- Adhere each of these papers to the front and back of the white die-cut card panel to create your double-page journal spreads. Add hole reinforcers to the pages, cut from paper or card, using the die in the set.
- Use the Keepsake Capsule Borders Etched Dies to die-cut index tabs from papers in the Reminiscence Book. Adhere and fix these down the sides of each of the journal pages. The pages are now ready to start embellishing with each story.
- In preparation for using on your pages, use Archival Inks, colours of your choice, and ink up the Keepsake Strips Clear Stamp Set to stamp the word border strips onto papers from the book.
- Begin to create a header page for the journal by cutting letters from black card, using the alpha die in the Keepsake Capsule Page Etched Die Set. Adhere these letters at the bottom of the page to create the ‘Every Face Tells A Story” quote.
Adhere the girl in the yellow dress from the Book 10 Cardstock Die Cuts to the page, positioning her to stand on top of the composition label, cut with scissors from the Reminiscence Book.
- Layout No.1 features best friends.
This layout has a photo of the young children, mounted onto the pocket cut from card using the die in the Keepsake Capsule Page Etched Die set. The pocket is completed with a Noted Detail Rub On.
It also uses the alphabet dies from the same die set to cut the ‘best friends’ quote that is placed directly underneath the pocket.
On the left-hand page, attach a border strip cut from Kraft Stock Card using dies in the Keepsake Capsule Borders Etched Dies, ephemera pieces from Book 10 Cardstock Die Cuts, and stamped imagery using stamps from Keepsake Numbers Clear Stamp Set.
- Layout No.2 features two working brothers: Create the page using ephemera pieces, the Memories border strip, stamped in black ink using one of the Keepsake Strips Clear Stamp Set. Attach a black and white photo to a piece of calico cotton, and layer this over a Mica Tile. Add Noted Details Rub Ons directly onto the tile, and photograph. Complete the page with a red Hinge Clip on the side and a die cut arrow, stamped and cut using the I ING Words Stamp & Die Set. Complete the pages with border strips cut from the Reminiscence Book.
- Layout No.3 features a couple: Colour tint the image with Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, and mount onto layers of ephemera from the Book 10 die cuts pack. Add a typed quote, ‘they were perfectly happy’, the ‘Love’ border strip, stamped in Fired Brick Archival Ink, and a pocket die cut using the die from the Keepsake Capsule page Etched Dies. Machine stitch around the outside of the pocket before assembling it and attaching to the right-hand page. Place ephemera pieces inside the pocket.
- Layout No.4 features the ladies: Cut borders from paper in the Reminiscence Book. and attach these across the top and bottom of the left-hand page. Layer a black and white photo over paper cut from the Reminiscence Book. To complete the page, add Rub Ons.
- Die cut a tag from cardstock in the Reminiscence book.
On the back of the tag, use Fired Brick Archival Ink to ink just one section of the Favourite Photo quote stamp from the Keepsake Strips Clear Stamp Set and stamp this on the back of the tag, placing it at the top.
- Layout No.5 features friends forever.
- This layout features a drop-down section on the right-hand page, created from the Fragile labels, which is featured on a page in the Reminiscence Book. Die-cut the flap pocket from a further piece of card in the book. Assemble the pocket by folding along the scorelines. Apply glue to the tag and attach the pocket to the bottom edge of the “Fragile labels” layer. Cut and mount some of the paper from the book onto the back of the flap pocket and stamp the ticket “this date to remember forever’ in black ink on the left-hand side.
- Cut a further piece of paper from the book to mount onto the front of the pocket, and adhere into position. Cut the reinforcer piece for the pocket from a co-ordinating card in the book and attach this to the top of the pocket.
- Die cut a torn edge page using the die from the Torn Edges with Tag Etched Die Set. Machine stitch a photo booth image onto a piece of felt and then adhere to the tag, placing it over a piece of ephemera from the Book 10 die cuts pack. Attach the layers to the torn edge page, adhering the layers so they slightly overlap the tag. Add pieces of Cello Sticker Tape and a staple to the photo. Die cut a tab using the die from the Page With Flap Pocket Etched Die Set and machine stitch the tab into position. Apply a ‘Love This” Rub on to the tab.
- Use the die in the Torn Edges with Tag set, to die cut the letters “Remember” from black card and the solid backing from neutral coloured card. Attach the letters to the backing and then attach to the page.
And with the final page for now finished and ready to add to the binder, the project is complete. I hope you’ve enjoyed turning the pages to see this make in detail.
Thank you so much for visiting, and I hope to see you on my blog or over on my Instagram profile, where I will be sharing future projects, tips and techniques.
Die cut Emma
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Supplies
Tim Holtz idea-ology Cello Sticker Tape, Tim Holtz idea-ology Photobooth, Tim Holtz Hinge Clip, Tim Holtz idea-ology Kraft Stock Stack ~ Cool, Warm and Neutral, Tim Holtz idea-ology Collage Strips, Tim Holtz idea-ology Snapshots, Ranger Ink Distress Archival Ink ~ Black Soot and Fired Brick, Mica Tile, Scissors, Tim Holtz Distress Crayons
