If you're a fan of junk journaling or mixed-media art, this journal is a fantastic addition to your creative toolkit. This journal is specifically designed to cater to a range of artistic endeavors, making it ideal for both seasoned artists and enthusiastic beginners.One standout feature is its durable construction, which includes thick, high-quality paper that can handle a variety of media, from watercolors to collages. The pages are not perforated, allowing for great durability and no risk of re-arrangement.A particularly useful feature is the built-in pocket at the front of the journal. This pocket is perfect for storing extra materials such as scraps of paper, stickers, or even small tools, ensuring everything you need is conveniently at your fingertips.Overall, this product offers versatility and practicality for junk journaling. Its sturdy build, adaptable paper, and thoughtful design elements make it a top choice for anyone looking to enhance their creative projects.

Its super nice and durable

This smaller dylusions mixed media art journal is so hard to find locally (at least for me). I looked all over and finally settled on Amazon. Came just as described and is the perfects size for carrying around on the go when you feel like being creative.

I absolutely LOVE my Dylusions journal(s)!! I have used and filled up plenty over the years. I've used them for art journaling as well as scrapbooking to keep my photos and memories in. I am a mixed media artist and tend to use A LOT of water in my projects. I use a lot of acrylics, collage, pen and ink, matt medium, ink sprays, etc. I can say that the spines have held up as well as the paper. I have not found a journal that has paper as thick as this. I do gesso just about every page if Im doing mixed media. But there's still the fact that I use a lot of water and it leaks into the spine. My journals have held up nicely. I cant emphasize enough how good the paper is for mixed media. I have bought other mixed-media journals and even with the gesso prep, the paper isnt as thick. I would definitely invest in this journal if you are considering it.There can be a learning curve if you are new to journaling so hang in there. Based on the products you are using, you may need to figure out how to protect pages underneath and I do that by just putting a piece of paper behind the page Im working on. It also depends on the products you are using. You may not need that at all. But 10/10 would recommend dylusions journals!

The only issue I have with the journal is that someone decided to put a sticker directly onto part of the cover and not completely on the paper wrap. This caused some damage to the cover when I took the sticker off. It’s not the end of the world, I can make a design on the cover so it’s not seen, but it does make me sad that the damage is even there. I wish someone would have realized the sticker placement would cause damages and had made sure to put it entirely on the paper wrap.

Really nice binding and good thick pages. I also like the little pocket inside it which you can use to keep inspiration and found items. This size is small and portable. It is a bit big still for my purse but compact enough for my backpack. I have had many journals and this is my favorite so far.I have used ink, watercolor, crayon, pencil, gel pens, watercolor crayons, glue, embellishments, etc on the pages and it doesn't bleed through for the most part. If you add a lot of water or ink then it will seep through. The photo I uploaded is a page from the larger delusions journal which has the same paper. I used ink, watercolors, pencils and tombow dual brush pens and it didn't seep through to the other side.The binding allows the pages to open flat. The price is reasonable for what you get. I highly recommend it.

EDIT AGAIN JANUARY 17TH 2016 I think I've filled up 3 of these by now. I wanted to add that I have been using this journal for Copic markers (Sketch). Of course there is bleedthrough--but honestly they go through almost everything. I use the recommended Memento Tuxedo Black to stamp my images, and Pigma Microns to draw my images or make doodes with the intent to color. The Copic markers don't feather across the page too much, you just have to practice coloring as close to the line as possible without going over it, and that is true with a lot of papers. Although the paper in this journal isn't perfect paper for Copics, I do like art-ing (yes, it is now a verb, you're welcome) on the paper in this journal as it is smooth and feels really nice blending.I always love adding stuff to the covers as I go through the journal. Right now, I have an Apple (Mac) decal on the front cover, so I affectionately call it my "Mac Book".EDITED ON JUNE 16TH 2015I repurchased this journal because I wanted to see if the quality had changed since March of 2014. It has significantly. This journal (which I had purchased from Amazon both times) can finally used and holds up to the same expected quality of the large journal. Both the large and small journals take Dylusions paint beautifully, and can even handle using spray inks on top of the paint. In fact, I (re) purchased this last month and it's almost full already. Thank you Ranger! Now on to the cover. The cover that they'e using isn't as smooth as the older journals, they definitely have a texture to them. This journal and the last 5"x8" both of the elastic bands broke on me in the same spot. I don't think it's me, because the larger journals don't have a problem with that. What I decided to do was paint the elastic black, then took the hitched to the old elastic so I have the elastic problem fixed.ORIGINAL REVIEW FROM March 5, 2014I concur with others about being disappointed.I'm a big fan of the original Dylusions Creative Journal (large) so I decided to get this one too. Most of the time I like to work in smaller notebooks.I find there is significant bleed through, so I can't use the backs of the pages I do. So if I do a 2 page spread, the backs of both sides are unusable. If you so use ink sprays, or even plain water, it will be ruining your work on the other side. It's so wasteful.What I've been doing is using other paper (Bristol smooth 300 series) to do my things on then using washi tape (like if you were to insert pages back into the journal; a technique that Dyan Reaveley does) to insert in between the spread that has work done on either side so there's an extra page there even if it's not the same paper as the journal.You can use a little distress paint on the backs of the journal paper that has the bleed through from the other side.I own a lot of the Dylusions rubber stamps, and the images can take up a lot of space on a page(s) because they are on the larger side.