Journal Scroll

I feel like I say this a lot but it has been awhile. 

Life has been so busy over the last 2 year so I have decided that it is now time to actually slow down a little and do some of the things I love to do.  

Over last 3 months I have attempted to reorganise my craft room(s) and although I have come a long way there is still a ways to go.  Definitely work in progress. 

As a starter I have reduced some of the extra things I have taken on over the years, in the hope to simplify my life.  So now hopefully I have a little more time to do more crafting.   I am also very inspired by a recent FB page I have joined and this morning I was up bright and early to start my weekend project.   Thinking it would take me 2 days but managed to get a lot done to today, which was nice and relaxing.  Here is the result.  

My Journal Scroll.
  

A quick overview:
Using my stash,  I stamp dyed some 7x10 sheets of plain cream paper.  

 

Once dried (thanks to my handy dandy hot gun) I embellished with some scrap papers.  

Leaving some spots for journaling and including a little hand embroidery piece from a card my mother-in-law had given me.   

To ensure that I don't have any pieces lifting once the scroll is unrolled I secured the paper by stitching around the papers with the sewing machine. . 

I then joined them together, again sewing a scrap paper piece between each page. 

The final stage was to add some little additional touches and

 then I attached a button and cord to wrap the scroll.   

Here it is the final scroll: 

        This is the reverse side

Hope you like it.  

Happy crafty everyone.