Which paper takes glue, paint and ink without curling — named in gsm.
Scale, quality and colour mode that keep ephemera sharp on a home inkjet.
What goes down first, so a spread looks collected and not cluttered.
An evening, a weekend or a slow project, said up front.
Stickers, tape and papers that match, so one kit fills a whole journal.
Mix weights: 120–160 gsm for printed pages, heavier card for covers and tags, and thin papers like book pages or tissue for layering. One weight all through makes a flat journal.
Usually the printer is on draft or plain-paper mode. Set quality to best and paper type to matte, and print at 100 percent, not fit to page.
Use a thin, even layer of glue stick or matte gel medium, and press the page under a heavy book overnight. Wet PVA soaks the paper and it cockles.
No. Old envelopes, receipts, book pages and a few free printables are enough for a first journal. Buy only when you know what you run out of.
Every layout names the paper, the printer setting and the layer order, so a spread does not turn muddy or buckle.
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