Hello my darlings and welcome.
Thank you for joining me as I create a Beltane Junk Journal spread out of a Children’s
Board Book.
It will feature a Flowers and Fire Tarot Card spread for the season.
Let’s do some magical crafting.
I am excited to announce that this video is a collaboration with another very talented
witchy content crater, Lucie.
Her channel is Les Patouilles de Lucie and I will link to it below.
She is an experienced artist and junk journal maker.
So while my video will show the creation of a single spread in my Beltane Grimoire.
Lucie has created an entire Beltane inspired board book journal for your enjoyment.
I Usually watch Lucie’s channel with YouTube’s English translation Closed Captions turned
on, however she had made an English version for us for this collaboration.
I hope you will check out her video after this one.
After preparing my pages with white acrylic gesso, I am covering my pages with a beautiful
golden paper I found in my scrapbook paper stash.
I am using PVA glue and a paint brush to make sure the paper adheres well . If you decide
to make a junk journal grimoire, the most important skill you can master is patience.
Every layer has to dry before adding more items on top.
Because the pages of this book are wider than 6 inches, I had a little border on either
side that needed to be covered, so I cut strips of patterned paper that correspond to my theme
of flowers and fire and glued them down to create outer borders.
Flowers and fire are two themes that relate to the traditional celebrations of Beltane
and May Day.
Beltane falls between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice when the natural world is
blooming.
A traditional celebration at this time of year is to gather flowers and create wreaths
and flower crowns.
Beltane was originally a Celtic holiday, and there is very limited information on the rituals
they celebrated.
They were mostly concerned with protecting livestock, crops, and family.
Cattle were driven through the smoke of the balefires and blessed with health and fertility
for the coming year.
I used some watercolor paintings of flowers and a bonfire and created two pockets, one
fro each side of the spread.
I trimmed out each one and then used a ruler and a dotting tool to score the fold lines
on three sides of each pocket.
The pockets are adhered to the book with thin pieces of double sided tape.
To decorate them a bit more, I decided to use a golden yellow glitter glue for the flames
of the bonfire.
I used white, purple and mauve glitter glue to add some bling to the flower pocket.
Then I used orange and purple glitter glue to decorate the border elements and add more
sparkle to the page.
Next it was time to let the glitter glue dry completely so I got to work making six cards
to tuck into my pockets.
One card for each question in my 6-card tarot spread.
I chose a bright pink for the three cards for the flower pocket, And a bright golden
yellow for the fire pocket.
I decorated the pink cards with more of the floral paper I used for the page border
And I decorated the golden cards with more of the colorful swirling pattern I used for
the fire page border.
I added strips of washi tape to the cards to add a little bit of metallic bling.
Once all six card were complete I wrote out each of the questions from my six-card spread.
The flower cards ask:
What is abundant or fertile right now?
What needs to be expressed or released?
And, What are you manifesting during this season?
The fire cards ask:
What supports your inner fire and ambition?
What needs to be transformed?
And, What is being burned away?
For the final decoration on each card I used colorful yarn and paper flowers
I created cute little corner decorations by tying a piece of yarn in half and attaching
a paper flower with a metal brad through the corner of the card.
I used pinks and purples for the flower cards and oranges and reds of the fire cards.
If you would like to download the printable for this tarot spread, please visit Magical
Crafting on Patreon at the link below the video.
My Patrons can download recipes, book of shadows pages, artwork and more.
All provided as PDF’s.
Now it is time to do some divination.
I have a question that has been weighing heavily on my heart for the past several weeks.
I am going to use this Beltane card pull to get some direction.
I shuffle the cards and hold the question in my mind as I pull six cards
What is abundant or fertile right now?
What needs to be expressed or released?
What am I manifesting during this season?
What supports my inner fire and ambition?
What needs to be transformed?
And, What is being burned away?
What is abundant or fertile right now?
The three of spades is about moving beyond sorrow, and understanding your own feelings.
It represents a change of plans, it represents disappointment and heart-ache.
This unhappiness is fertile and abundant right now.
What needs to be expressed or released?
The 5 of spades represents possible disappointment or unexpected loss.
The five of spades can be a sign that Fortune wants to play a game with you.
A difficult opponent.
. It can represent a decline in finances.
Difficult decisions have to be made right now
What are you manifesting during this season?
The Ace of Spades represents focus and clarity.
It relates to long-term investments.
It is a sign to strike a balance between accumulating wealth and having time to spend it.
Ace of spades is a very positive omen for the future.
This is a time to focus and find clarity about where my time and energy should be spent for
future happiness
What supports your inner fire and ambition?
The Queen of Clubs represents confidence and strength.
It can also represent a woman who is often very spiritual, and who loves to be of service.
It is going to take a lot of self assurance to make these difficult decisions.
I need to trust in my decisions and be strong.
What needs to be transformed?
Ace of Hearts represents emotional, spiritual or creative flow.
It signifies happiness and prosperity, usually in family life.
This card often stands for a breakthrough in feelings.
My creative workflow needs to be transformed in this season.
Both for emotional health and a happy family life.
What is being burned away?
The nine of clubs corresponds to the Sun card in the Major arcana of Tarot.
It represents clarity, simplicity and new life.
It represents success and monetary gain.
These are things that must burn away in this season.
Things may not be simple and the way may not be clear at times on a new path.
This card can also represent independent success.
Counseling that it is time to stop listening to others.
For extraordinary success, you have to act on your own.
I hope you found this junk journal craft and tarot spread inspiring.
Let me know in the comments if you are going to try a board book grimoire art project of
your own, or if you are a tarot reader, I’d love to hear your thoughts on my card pulls.
And now it is time to visit my friend Lucie at her channel and watch her create a beautiful
Beltane grimoire for the season.
au revoir!