Canvas Covers - Lorella - Re-use Colored Baby Wipes - Journal Cards 

oh boy, come on double digit! so excited for all of you. i remember watching a video where the gal up-cycled her painty baby wipes to make what she called mini canvas pieces. they were fun and made unique ephemera to add to tucks/pockets. she glued several of the painty baby wipes together (yes-it's messy) until she got the thickness she wanted, then cut them into squares and shapes to embellish and even painted on them. they were too textured to write on, but still fun and unique pieces and a great way to use our "mop up" baby wipes. i love how you've made a piece of art for all your grandchildren gayle. how special those are, and what treasures for each one of them to have from Nana! the one for DD is adorable so far. hope you might do a "show & tell" of the spinny organizer once you have it all set up. so sad to hear about the little robin :( we've had a few incidents like that in our yard over the years. last summer, i noticed a little wren who had been hopping around the backyard for several hours, then realized he had something stuck in his little beak and couldn't close his mouth! hubby and i had to do something, it was so sad just watching him. we put gloves on, hubby caught him and i very gently pried the piece of bird food out of his mouth. we watched him for awhile and pretty soon, he was able to flutter up onto our bird bath, get a big drink, then off he flew! Tracie's digi kit looks yummy! excited to see it all in the gorgeous cover.

I think it's amusing that people critique your videos....I thoroughly enjoy every single one. Just do your own thing everybody and if you want to do something different then go for it. Art is subjective and unique to the artist. TFS

I covered an old sewing desk with my used baby wipes!

I’ve been watching your videos for a couple of months now and always love what you do! I’ve learned a lot from you and finally decided to jump in and do my first journal. It has given me a whole new appreciation for your works of art! I’m afraid my journal looks pretty horrible, but this is something I really want to do and I’m thinking that if I keep doing it maybe eventually I will get better at it. In the meantime, I’ll keep watching with awe at your creativity. You are the queen 👑

Those napkin birds are a hoot, but that crazy bunny has totally captured my heart. I want to put him on everything. I love it when you pull out the music paper with hymns. I find myself singing along while you glue and ink them.

So soothing to watch you bring random bits together into beautiful - and useful - bits. I enjoy using painty wet wipes. They go in my mixed media makes, create flowers with them, and used for texture/ background on journal pages - they are effective when stamped on, too. So full of yummy colours and that soft fluffy texture is awesome. I love listening to your stories; your warmth is tangible. As a cat owner (we have 5 of them!) I can well identify with the heartache of a damaged but still alive creature. I'm glad wee robin found a quiet sheltered space in your garden to 'retire'.

Those birdies are so adorable & of course our use of them in your collaging is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for answering the design team question! I always have fun watching your videos because I can tell you're having fun, too. :)

Oh ok, I don’t want to scare you but your “little” fruit box of scraps ain’t so little, it’s ginormous!!!!!! LOL 😜. Here in the U.K. there’s a big push to cut back on the wet wipes as so many are ending up in the seas and in whales tummies etc, but your idea of using them in crafting is superb. Think how if everyone crafted wet wipes it would help this crazy world we all live in, our community is loving and giving, less would end up inside an innocent mammals, or land fill??????? Gayle for the presidency!!!!! RIP little birdie. TFS😻xxx

dear Gayle, I like your series of different covers and - as you know already I am watching every video in the evening .... - now I wanted to ask you whether you could do a video about different possibilities of closures, that would be great. Thanks Andrea

Love what you do ....it's always a learning process and a pleasure!!!!💜👀💜

It gives us variety when you do different things in one video

I just don’t get it. How can anyone give a thumbs down. If you don’t like a video just move on to the next and don’t watch anymore it’s not like you need to comment at all. Nobody cares if you don’t like it. Just my opinion.

More than one way to glue a scrap!!!! Lol... I am watching this at 4:00 a.m. with thunder and lightning, heavy ropy rain..... my son has health issues and is playing these soft sleep- aide -type music chords... They seem to help him, but they really sound like a funeral home to me ==== so I am wide awake and sad... Anyway, I saw these splashes of tears hit my keyboard... uh, huh... it was the li'l robin story that did me in!!! lol I am so happy your daughter is getting meds to help her. I have to admit I am floored you can use things like baby wipes, and pages with kitchen cupboards and feet, and cheesecloth... I sit back for the ride and think... Oh, that Gayle... she has her work cut out for her to do something good with that or this or those!!! but bit by bit you spin gold from straw... I love to watch and learn.

This video was chock full of lovely art, great tips, and heartwarming (and one sad) stories. Glad your daughter is on the hopeful road to relief. Prayers for double digits impending birth - hope the new family has an easy adjustment. I glued lace to book page edges while watching and carefully worked with the end of my fabri-tac. But the never-ending bottle STILL isn't empty! I feel so accomplished getting close to the end of my first bottle - haha! Thanks for your efforts!

Gayle, I'm so very glad to see a use for the baby wipes! I'm not a rabid recycler, but I do use old rags for my blotting and wiping and cringe when I see disposable wipes used. This is perfect! It keeps the wipes out of landfills and you still get the benefit of not having to soak your craft cloth before washing. I bet you can still use them for glue, as well, and then reuse them for these very pretty collages!

Loving these too Gayle. Tracy Fox journal gonna be lovely and different xx

Nik the Booksmith has a new video that explains why your digital prints don't completely fill the page and how to work around that. It seems some printer drivers slightly reduce the image it is sent to print. I found the video very helpful.

Gayle, I do enjoy the hodge lodge videos - they are my favorite. You have so many great ideas. I cannot wait for you to get your double digit, what an exciting time. Let us know as soon as you can, when it happens. We are in this together, you know!

Missed this one last month. Love how the ‘birdie’ canvas one turned out. This is this first time I’ve ever cried watching a craft video. Well, except for laughing til i cry. The little robin story just hit me from no where... 😭. I 👍🏻 the video anyway. Lol

Awwww you told me Hi, Thank you Gayle! I loved how your faux leather journal turned out. I love the browns and lavender together. I have so much fun watching your videos and learn a lot about journaling. You said Do Do!!! LOL!!! I used to make fun of my kids when they would say that. 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️

Great time spent with you xx. Grand babies are the greatest we have number 4 coming in November. Love watching the process the excitement the kids go thru. No 1 for my son and his partner. ❤️

Your hodgepodge videos are fun! I love all the bird ephemera you made. So sorry about your little garden robbin. Thanks for sharing!

Omg love those wet wipes reused canvases!

Enjoying your videos. As far as taking care of injured birds, I have learned from some friends of mine who are pretty much specialists when it comes to wild birds, that you put the bird in a large box, cover the box or close it up. Keep the bird in the dark and quiet for a few hours. Don’t worry about water or food yet. If it was in shock like from hitting a window or something it will recover. I had an inured dove in my yard. I put it in a box and kept it quiet. After a few hours he looked better and I put him out in the yard and he flew away. Yay. It is sad when cats get to them though. I have had that happen too.

I just love all your digi’s, Gayle. They always look so great on the things you make. I wish I could get them but I don’t have a regular computer and printer. I have an iPad. I thought about asking my daughter to do it for me. Since she always asks what I want for my birthday and it’s coming up real soon I can have her download Some of them and print them out for my birthday gift. Anyway thanks for all your ideas. So excited for you to have a new grandbaby. My grand babies give me such joy and I know yours do the same for you!

I love, love the fold over cover its so cool. You are so talented its amazing.

Here I go again watching the videos in the wrong order! LOL RU-vid doesn't always give me notices. I enjoyed watching you make these stunning pieces. I love listening to your stories as always. I felt so bad just a little Robin. 💜💚💙

Really enjoyed watching this video Gayle!!! No - I’m not up-to-date with your new videos, but sometimes it’s fun to take a step back in time... virtually of course lol. TFS!!! Hugs, Sharon 🌷💜

The covers are just gorgeous Gayle ( especially love the little birdy one) xo How about, "there is more than one way to make a garden" 😊💖

Those bird napkins are awesome!

Always great to watch you Gayle! Love what you did with my digital birds! Your journal cards are always amazing! xo deb

I'm so pleased that your daughter is going to get some real help Gayle,what a worry for you.I really hope that things work out for her. So sorry to hear about the little robin,I used to have an aviary and people used to knock at my door with stories of orphans etc that i used to pick up out of their gardens! I love the colour on those canvases you made,they're awesome! I'm not fussed what you put on here it's all good stuff Lovin it xx

Gayle. Love all the journal ideas. Good idea to reuse the wipes. Some wipes get such beautiful colors on them. Perfect for art. I sometimes cut my used wipes into 1 inch strips and sew pleated trims out of them for my journal pages. I haven't tried this idea yet, but if you have a multi colored wipe you might be able to make thin strips out of it and roll into a flower. Love your videos.

Hi Gayle, you "grunge goddess"! Yes! I have a horrible time trying to not bend those tiny pieces in many stencils. I don't know what the answer is to that problem. Oh wow, love what you did with the painted wet wipes! Love the canvases!

Love you ideas and love you thank you for sharing 😘❤️❤️

You are so creative! Great ideas for reusing the baby wipes. :)

Your torn baby wipes looked like cotton candy pulled apart! Those napkins are so darn cute. I'm sorry about the robin. Good luck with the baby and your daughter.

I don't use wet wipes because of how bad they are for the enviroment but I know lots of crafters do afterall we all love to get messy 😊. It's great to see an idea for a way to reuse those wet wipes which would be thrown away in a crafty way. TFS 💜

Love your covers. Beautiful

I very much enjoyed your video. The episodes that you do when you are free thinking some ephemera often are my favorites. It’s fun to see what one creates when you “just go for it!”

I normally have a small bowl of water around so I can put my stencils into them when I'm finished I was them, another wonderful video, thank you for sharing

Beau-ti-ful!!!

Good morning Gayle, thank you for the reminder on cleaning the spray nozzles. On stencils, sometimes I damage mine slightly. I prefer metal ones, but they are not as common. I haven't used cheesecloth yet, but just found some at a garage sale yesterday. Hope all works out for your daughter.

Love your journaling cards, your makes are always so pretty! tyfs.

Being a "pleasantly Plump" grandmother, if that weight watchers container is as small as it looks on my screen, I'd certainly be raiding the pantry for something more to eat, LOL!!! Oh no, poor little robin....that is so so sad. I adore birds, and I am not trying to start an argument, but, my personal opinion is that people who get cats, (which I love too), definitely should keep them them inside and not let them become an outdoor cat. But, lots of people do...so.... And shame on that organization for not caring at all about the poor little bird. Another example of your 'golden heart' my ear friend!! LOL!!!!There is more than one way to sing a song!!!! I love it!!! Now, getting to your crafting today....everything you did was perfection and loved it all!!! Hugs,

Love this video Gayle!!! I love watching you create!! Love what you have been doing with all the covers. Blessings!❤️❤️

Hello Gayle, love the video as always so much fun to watch and I always learn new things, also maybe double digit will be here soon, like you said the last little bit of time is always the longest when you are waiting for a precious little one to come into the world, also praying for your daughter's safe journey to Canada to get her medicine, take care and I look forward to seeing your next video.

Love the hodgepodge videos miz Gayle!!! Keep'em coming! That last journaling card was jus to sweet.. Stay Crafty 💜

Love the covers and thanks for info on watching Tim holtz videos on oxides and ink very informative learned a lot ❤️

Another fun video!!

Love the hodge podge videos 💚.

When I purchase stuff from the etsy shops you mention in your videos.I always tell them I was recommended by you,I always mention your name!!!!😍😍😍

Thank you Gayle.

I was wondering about double-digit, thought I had missed his arrival! Glad to know all is good! Thanks for sharing!

Gayle I was once told that if you bend small pieces of a plastic stencil, place the stencil between two sheets of brown paper and iron it. The heat will soften the plastic and it will go flat again. I’ve never been brave enough to try it.

Such cute tags and I love the finished canvas cover. The bird is so cute. Yet another wonderful video. Thank you for sharing 🤗

Oh my goodness! I saw Tracie's Lorella kit this morning and put it on my list of "possibilities."

Another great video, love the bird tags. Great job as usual.

Enjoyed the video really sad about the Robin. I love having my coffee and working on what ever calls to me even if I have orders to ship I have to make a little something first. Tyfs

Love that journal cover and the ephemera turned out so cute! TFS!

Loving your mishmash videos. 😁💜👍🏻

THESE ARE SO PRETTY-TFS-HUGS/BLESSINGS

That is so neat to use the baby wipes!! I wish you would come up with a use for the all the baby wipes I use on my Fabric Tac lol!! Love the journaling cards!!

I really like your idea of re-using colored baby wipes. They look so good on the canvas and on the bird journal card. I hope you will show us the canvas for your new grandson once it's finished. I'm also looking forward to watching you work on the purple journal. The cover is so pretty and so is Tracie Fox's digital kit. I know it will turn out just as beautiful as the other journals I've watched you create.

On my printer it is called borderless printing...may not be available on all printers. It requires being turned on in advanced printer settings. It also only works on certain papers. So choose your presentation paper and it will work. I love it! Makes life so much easier. Hope it works for you! Hugs!😍

You just make my day❣️ Sad about your little Robin..one of my favorites along with Cardinals..my 2 favs❣️

Fun video with pretty goodies! :) I am loving those canvas covers too!

I keep an ice cream tub with some soapy water at the ready for used stencils, and funny 😁 as if..you will ever run out of ephemera in that craft room Gayle,I think you can relax ,poor robin !xxxLizzie..

I am lovin’ that bird canvass journal cover!! Awesome work Gayle, it has so much personality 😍. I am also enjoying the addition of mixed media. Thanks for another great video💕

Love the journal covers, love these journaling cards! So sad about the little birdie....but you tried! Nik the Booksmith has the perfect video on printing files....pdfs, zips, etc...and she discusses the borderless paper and how to achieve it. I can't wait to try printing a zip according to her instruction. And I can't wait to have my "first" grandbaby! There's nothing in the near future for us, getting a grandbaby soon, I mean....nothing that I know of, anyway... Hopefully, we can get to see a picture when little double-digit gets here! Love your videos! Hugs ❤ ~Suzy~ xx

Love it as always. Thanks Gayle. Oh! There’s more than one way to wash a 🐈. (Some ways really hurt. Lol)

Oh Gayle, hearing about that poor little Robin made me so sad, however at least he's no longer in distress xx I am really enjoying this journal cover series and it has given me some great ideas, please keep them coming :) ~ Victoria xx

We say that too...more than one way to skin a ..... I’m in Georgia & we have many of the same sayings you often use. Really enjoying this journal cover series.

I kinda like the warm brown with the yellow. It's so amazing how you took the covers so natural, cuz they had seemed so urban to me.

Ooh Gayle I have Tracie’s kit also will be interesting to see results love love the cover 🤗❤️

As soon as I climbed on this video and heard your voice my mind went to Inside Out’s Sadness immediately

Great video Gayle, I bend the little poky parts of my stencil no mater how hard I try not to, and I only use them for distress inks. Lol

I always enjoy a good hodgepodge video (though I was heartbroken for the wee robin). Regarding getting snagged on the pointy bits of the stencils -- I have found many have a smoother side that doesn't seem to catch as often when I wipe them.

SO happy for your daughter! Medication costs in this country are out of control. My doctor prescribed Entresto for me and it was over $200 a month. Couldn't afford that but I also had some side effects with it that I couldn't handle. Glad your daughter found a way to work around the cost. Love that chubby bird tag! SO adorbs! TFS the inspiration!

The modeling paste knife is pretty! Mine is plastic, may need to upgrade!😃

Thank you for yet another nice video. I hope double ditgit will come soon and that ypur daughter will be okay with the medicine from Canada.

Good Morning Gayle! I like to say... "More than one way to make it work" hugs❤

Sweet tradition about the canvases!

Don’t feel bad my stencils always bend. I love these covers they r all different. Thank u for sharing 😍🌴

Gayle, Just to let you know, I often comment as you are going along in your video. Hopefully, I'm not writing too much, but I guess I just love chatting with you as you chat and craft. The canvases are looking really good. You said you aren't the best with your supplies. Well, I think you do much better than me. I feel like I just get things straightened and it's a big mess again. You do inspire me with putting away things right away, but still, I tend to just stop, when things get bad, and reorganize. I can't work if it gets too messy. I like the Wet Ones you are using for the cards. My husband brought home this cleaning cloth he uses at work to clean computers. It's got a great texture, too, and is big. So, I told him he could bring home those cloths anytime he thinks of it after he uses them. He's actually been helpful in saving things for me, so he probably will. Thanks for talking about the design team. It was very helpful in understanding what you are doing when you say it's for a design team. Oh, my gosh, the birds! Love them so much! And that poor little robin in your yard. With all the birds nesting around where I live, there are stories like that with me, too. I found out a few years ago, that most baby birds do not survive after leaving the nest. That's probably why the people you called weren't too worried about your bird. I also found out it's illegal to remove a nest, especially if it's a bird that's sparse, because babies don't always survive. And, girl, you are so funny with the Grandma story. Sounds like my Grandma stories with my grandkids. LOL It's so fun being a grandparent. Some nice crafts today in your video, Gayle! Now I want to go do something with birds.Thanks! Have a great rest of your day!

YAY!!! for your daughter. So glad things are working out. It must be a relief. Sorry about the robin. I know how you feel. Why does there have to be so much brutality in the animal kingdom? Once in a while, I witness a miracle, and a bird I thought was done for was just stunned. I'm loving all your mixed media. It's fun to watch it evolve.

My first time watching and I did enjoy your video. I'm all for recycle/reuse for artists - I hate seeing people using paper cups and plates and throwing them out - so I appreciated you using that well worn container for your modeling paste. BUT it hurt to watch you struggle to get it out and use it - a suggestion - turn it over and use the bottom when you are using a pallet knife. So easy to see when it's not me making the video LOL. Thanks for your time in making these tutorials - I'm off to watch more.

The canvas with the bird is probably my favorite. But adter u added extra to the second one. You've gotten me torn betweeb the two haha!!

Just discovered your channel and happy I did. I've been looking for ideas on canvas journal covers :-) Just subscribed.

No advice here lol I do the same thing with my stencils. 👍 love your videos 🤗

No skinning of cats!!! 🙀 Every time you say it, I think there should be forfeit... Say instead of a swear/cuss jar, you donate $5 to “Hope For Paws” here on YT (they rescue cats and bunnies as well as dogs). 😊 And aww, poor little robin, bless his little featherless bum. 💖 Loved these papers for your Tracie DT project. Thanks for the video, Gayle. xx

Another good one! I won’t share our Robin or white owl story. They did not end well. And, we did call on the owl, Friday after 5:00. We never did get a return call, either. Grrrrr.....

How about keeping it in your theme, “more than one way to make a journal”, “more than one way to make a journaling card”, “more than one way to make a tag”. I love that lined paper that your subbie sent you that she coffee stained, that’s brilliant, I see those books at the thrift stores all the time and I think I don’t really need that for anything, but if you coffee stain or tea stain or Kool-Aid stain them you’ve got a practically unlimited supply of journaling space for the backs of cards and tags. I’m going to try it and hope my pages don’t stick together. I have a problem when I stack coffee dying that my paper sticks together and then they tear, I think it was because I was using an unwashed pan and the coffee and tea got all sticky so I’m going to try it may be laying out on the lawn.

Thank you for showing us how to clean our stencils! I haven’t used mine yet because I wasn’t sure how to clean them! 🙈 I also wanted to thank you for explaining the design team thing. I was one of the people who had asked what it was!! 💕 May I ask what your daughter is getting from Canada? I didn’t mention this in my other comment because it was long enough, but I had a complication from my pain meds and developed Gastroparesis. I get a medication called Donperidone from Canada as there are no meds in the US that help it. Awww, so sad about the bird! I used to work at a Day Camp in the summer as the Nature Specialist and people would bring me birds that were hurt. I had checked with an aviary vet who told me that birds are extremely sensitive and once they get hurt (falling out of a tree, flying into a car, etc) there’s no way to save them. So I would give them food and water and usually within four days or so, they passed away. I felt like, at least for their last few days they were comfortable... On a better note, enjoy your time with your grandchildren!! Are they crafty? Are your kids crafty? Thank you, as usual, for sharing with us! 💜

You need to change your settings on your full page on your computer. I took a class at the library and I came away with that tidbit of info. LOL

Another great video. Would you use the wax paper, that you used to protect your table with the canvas covers, for any projects. I noticed that it has a great patina from the gesso. Just wondered if it would adhere well enough for a project? X

Hi & Hugs back at ya Gayle! 😘

Sad about the robin, circle of life I guess, but sad anyway. I am enjoying the covers you are making.

Hi Gayle! I noticed that you only use one side of your "tear ruler". The other side of it looks like it would make a mess if you tore with it. So what would it be used for?!! Beautiful ephemera! Looking forward to seeing your canvas journals coming together!!