Christmas Journal Covers! - Craft with Me! 

Happy accidents are fun surprises, are they not. I always appreciate how real you keep things Gayle. It is encouraging for seasoned crafters and newbies alike to see the realities of crafting and ideas on what to do to fix up issues. Nothing ever needs to be wasted in the making of 'junk' journals. Thanks for keeping me company.

I watched this the day you posted it, and watching again in 2024 as a refresher! Love this paper!

I think we were all yelling “it’s too small!” You had the fabric up an inch and over an inch so you could see the numbers on your board but you didn’t realize you needed to add that inch back in! We all have done it! More than once! Hahaha. I like the idea of that oops being a page and now you got the tree you wanted on the cover!

My husband and I have been working feverishly to complete my new craft shed before the weather starts to get cold. We have built it from the ground up. He and I have done every single thing to it from framing to roofing, installing doors and windows, electrical ,painting and this past week he built me an 8 foot long by 7 foot tall shelving unit (think old general store ) and an 8 foot long counter for a work space. Still have some painting and staining to do, then get to move all my craft supplies in. Ready to get to work using all the great things I learn while watching you. Great covers today. Can’t wait to see the Christmas journals come together. ❤

I can’t help but giggle every time you say ‘talk amongst yourselves”😁

Absolutely the prettiest paper I’ve seen in awhile. Stunning!

A sweet morning to you, Gayle! I'm drinking my morning tea right now. The sun is out, but it's windy and much cooler. The maple across the road in front of our house is gradually turning its leaves to red. We had our first frost of the Fall last night. Brrrr. It's causing me to say a slow, but surely sweet farewell to my lovely flower garden. It isn't gone yet, but is withering. It was a good one this year, thanks to my son and daughter coming to put it in for me. It was such a gift from them after my surgery and helped my healing, too. I really am sad this time to see it go away, because it gives me good thoughts of a good time with my children. Happy moments to cherish for sure. Such lovely papers from Stamperia for the upcoming season. I'm looking forward to seeing how you put the journals together from them. Have a wonderful Sunday! Hello to Mr A, too. Hugs! Sue 🍂 ♥ 🍁

Happy Sunday to you! Have my coffee, blanket, and ready to settle in and watch you craft away! Thanks for adding your kindness into my cozy! ❤

Hi Gayle, good to see you this morning. I can watch you then football/baseball too. What a great Sunday. Hope you feel better, chicken soup and bed for you. XXOO Sandie

Happy blessed Sunday Gayle! It’s always fascinating watching you think out loud. You seem to come up with marvelous ideas on the fly! Gee-whiz those scrapbook papers and the fabrics are simply gorgeous! Thank you for sharing my lovely friend 💖

I LOVE LOVE Stamperia card stock! Thank you for introducing it to me and everyone.

That first cover with the houses as the pockets is so pretty! And the you just made two more that are just as pretty!! LOVE all of them, Gayle! Can't wait to see the pages you choose for them! 🎄💕❤

Good morning, Gayle!! Love starting my day with you! Most of those Stamperia pages could be framed, and hung on the wall!!

Happy Sunday to you and Mike as well. I adore your snowflake paper, the pink and red one.

Good morning, sweet Gayle. I'm not ready for Christmas, but it won't stop me watching. ;) Of course I'm also the person that will defend the right to listen to Christmas Carols all year long if a person is so inclined (it's not me, but live and let live). Really I'm looking forward to seeing all you make for the season. And yes, I'm on my laptop again so "Chatty Cathy" is typing. ;) I hope you have a delightful day. Love&hugs Darcy Sanders

Loved how you used the houses as the pocket! Awesome idea!! 😍❤

I think the black lace pocket would be cute with the scallops peeking out from the bottom and then you could sew straight across the bottom inside. They all look great and I love your solution for the small piece! So fun, Gayle!

I'm really enjoying watching the Christmas stuff!!

Bless you Gayle! Praying covering over you and yours health.

Oh Gayle! I have mis cut so many times! I'm right there with you. I love the idea of a fabric page. And with the lace. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Gayle, I hope you are feeling ok and not down with a cold. You should know you ARE more fun than a barrel of monkeys. I always laugh and have a good time, even when mistakes are made, because it just shows we all make them. Even talented people like you. Best lesson from that was seeing you keep your cool and not get rattled. I have to tell you when you were looking at the paper with the cottages and pondering whether to use them as pockets, I started shouting, “Just DO it!”. And then right on cue you said, “I’m just going to do it.” I laughed right out loud…as if you had heard me. You really are one of the best YTers I’ve come across who is so genuine and fun to watch. I always learn something new and think in new ways about crafting. Feel better and I’m looking forward to your next video! Bye from NW Florida

I like that your video are around an hour and that you think out loud to work through your work.

Good morning Gayle!! Beautiful covers you made today, love all of them. Can't wait to watch these journals come together!! Have an awesome Sunday....💙💚💙💚

Hey Gayle 😀! I'm also excited about your Christmas journals. I can't wait to see what you come up with for the fabric page; it's going to be brilliant.

Good Monday morning to you Gayle and all the friends. ❤❤❤

Those papers are gorgeous! My kind of papers! Gotta have them!

Yay! It's Christmas making! 🎄 🔔 I really wanted you to use the horses. Reminds me of Mackinac Island here in Michigan where no cars are allowed so they use horses and bikes. TFS🤗

I love when your making covers,awesome! Hope your not getting ill😢 please take care Miss Gayle 🤗💕🌻🥰🙏

I just love those houses as the pockets on that pretty paper! I just may have to order that paper now!!!

Good morning Gayle! 💕 This pink winter kit is so yummy! Gradually, during the past year and a half I have been using my favorite hoarded paper packs. Very painful, (I actually get a knot in my stomach with the first cut every time 🤫), but letting them simply pile up is a costly and rather fruitless endeavor. These will all be beautiful journals. 👍 Thanks for sharing! Have a great Sunday. ❤

I absolutely love the pink journal cover

Hello Gayle, I'm so pleased with your artistic choices! Beautiful!! I was SO HAPPY when you decided on the houses for the pocket! Genius! Also, if you get the Victorian Velvet on your nails then it will just blend in with your luffly nails! Happy! I LOVE that paper beyond & back!! 🌈🌹🌈🌹xxx

Happy accidents are great! Beautiful covers!!

Good morning Gayle. Having coffee ☕️ with you this morning. Love ❤️ these ideas and video. Have a great day. Hugs 🤗 Dee

Ohh, what a gorgeous pocket idea. I want one!!

Beautiful covers Gayle ❤ hope you feel better real soon. Thank a for sharing

Man is that Cathe Holden Christmas fabric beautiful - great covers - Hugs.

Gayle: love Christmas. It looks like you’re off to a good start. Carol from California

Great start to the Christmas crafting season Gayle!

I absolutely love all your covers. This truly made my morning cheerful and relaxed. Ty for taking us along on your crafting journey! ❤ Hope you feel better soon!

These are going to turn out beautiful!!

Hi Gayle! Yay Christmas Journals! So beautiful... oh you had me at Stamperia and Cathe Holden!!! You could back fabric page with a lacy dyed paper and make each page into a pocket, maybe one top loading and the other side loading. Just an alternative. PS... I was super excited to see you using your rotary Cutter! You can use it to cut the batting too next time.

not a colour scheme i would have thought of for christmas but have to say, its beautiful. ❤

Your covers are always SO INSPIRING!! Praying you feel better soon!!! 🙏🏻❤🕊🤗🙏🏻

❤ Gayle I must admit I fold all of my covers and innards including pockets prior to gluing or stitching as I find the spine then is a neater fold, doing it that way though I do need to trim a mere fraction off the outer edges when I’m done.

Love watching you make Christmas journals Gayle, it’s my fav x

Hi Gayle😊 Awesome covers, the house one is my favorite! 🤗💕

This is a great start to some pretty Christmas journal covers. I love the line of houses being used as pockets. It's so cute. Thank you so much for sharing.

Good morning! We are preparing for our Thanksgiving dinner here in Alberta (Canada’s Montana). So I am so excited to finish up my fall journals and start focusing on Winter! Enjoy your day!!

HI GAYLE-HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU-FUN VIDEO-THE COVERS ARE PRETTY-TFS-HUGS/BLESSINGS

Good morning Gayle. The papers are so beautiful. Cannot wait to see the finished journals. Have a fun Sunday. We are having our Thanksgiving Dinner today rather than tomorrow. Hugs.

The covers are all so pretty. I attended Threads Across Nebraska this weekend. A few booths had Cathe Holden fabrics but only saw it in charm packs. One booth also had some Tim Holtz fabric. Saw lots of pretty Christmas fabrics and thought of you! Have a blessed day!

These are going to be so pretty. Looking forward to seeing what paper you’re going to use.

The covers are wonderful for Christmas. I can’t wait to see what papers are going to go into each journal. I’m always so excited to decorate for Christmas. It’s like saying hello to old friends. But, I’m by the time Christmas gets here, I’m ready to pack it all away. Hope you have a great day😊

Found the covers! How cute

love this project. love the covers.

This was so much fun watching you making journal covers. Rotary cutter and me have issues. Thanks for sharing 💕🌴

so many pretty papers !

Love love love!!

Load up on Vitamin C and ZINC. Sorry you aren't feeling well. Loved today. Thank you.

I’m working on that Cathe Holden fabric for a journal also. I only got a fat quarter so if I’d been a little bit more careful I could’ve got two covers out of the fat quarter but I wasn’t really thinking and I wrap my fabric over to the inside of the envelope for a finished edge. I could make one and just make it smaller, it doesn’t have to be 6 x 9 it can be Readers Digest size. I love that fabric it’s so pretty and I did quilt around some of the squares like you were talking about doing I didn’t do very many of them but just some.

Good morning! Love watching you work through the creative process! So excited to see these come together!

These covers are going to be beautiful!

I love watching your videos! Your amazing

Pretty nails, pretty covers, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the fabric page turns out. xx 😍

I really love your covers. And I'm clumsy with cutting fabric to. I took me 2 or 3 times🙈🤣

Hi Gayle!! Been awhile hasn't it!! I moved and so I have been busy the past month packing and moving!! Starting to get settled into my new place!! Beautiful journal covers!! Hope to see more!! TFS!! Hugs, Liz:)

🎄🎄🎄So excited for Christmas Journals🎄🎄🎄

Thank you, that’s what I struggle with is covers, can’t decide, these are great, also I love listening to you ❤️🇨🇦

Love the Christmas fabric!

Just loved watching your video, learned so much, you are fun to watch

I was yelling too!!! They are gonna be lovely when complete, even with the “extra” page. 😊

Good morning and happy Sunday to you! These covers are gorgeous and I love how you used the houses for a pocket, so cute. I’m still working on some Fall stuff but getting anxious to do some Christmas! 🍁🍂🎄🎅🏻

Afternoon Gayle, I'm playing catch-up with your videos, I've had the dreaded C word. Anyway, glad you enjoyed your family time, missing my lot so much. Loving these covers, looking forward to seeing you complete the journals xx

Morning Gayle! : ) love the paper.

I love when you make covers, I get so inspired! I was hoping to have the tree on the front cover...and now it is! Super happy accident.

Good morning Gayle 💜 Love the inside of the cover. It’s like a mountain ski town 😍

Neat covers. I love how you get so excited about Christmas. Now that all my little ones are grown, my family is hard to get excited about Christmas. TFS

Very pretty. Correct who has time for a cold.

Hi Gayle, everything turned out really pretty today. Hugs

Hi Gayle! Love the new cover materials. Have a great day 😊

Beautiful papers!

Good morning, Gayle! I so excited about watching these Christmas journals come together! As a quilter also, please, please, please close you blade on your rotary cutter when you lay it down. I have taught classes, and have seen a few cuts. Sorry, don’t mean to offend.

Lovely covers!

I have been watching your old Christmas videos and am struggling to find the ones I want, so I think doing a Christmas 2022 playlist is a great idea! In the meantime I’ll keep scrolling looking for what my searches are missing lol

Good morning sweet Gayle xoxo hugs have a fabulous Sunday

Steam a seam 2 would be great for making fabric pages. I would have not thought about that, but you mentioned fabric pages. One more way to use my quilting fabric stash is good! Thanks, Gayle!

Happy Sunday

Love watching you make covers. ❤️ That Sweet Winter paper from Stamperia is gorgeous. I'm glad you don't edit your videos; because as a newer junk journaler I'm able to learn more from watching your process and "happy accidents," than I would otherwise 🙂

Good Morning Gayle. 💖💖 Hi and hugs🤗 Happy Sunday

Good morning! Happy Sunday to you dear friend! Thanks for sharing! Blessings!💕

Bless you🙃

I have only made a couple journals so far, but I have used washi tape around the edges of the cover like seam binding to strengthen the edge. My quilting background led to that habit I think.

I see what you did when you cut the fabric! You had the bottom left corner at the place where the number 1 intersected, but the measurements start below and to the left, so had you cut at 10 1/2 , it would have been right....9 1/2 + 1. Thanks for that though, because I do the same thing, but watching you helped me see what I have been doing too. Oh, and 2 hr video? Yes please!! :P. I watch while I craft, so wouldn't mind a bit. ;) Lol!

Lovely

Good morning Gayle 🌻have a wonderful day❤️hugs from Minnesota 🌻🍁🍂

Gayle you were measuring from the 1 instead of 0, but as you say there are no mistakes only happy accidents. Loved the video, I am also ready for a dose of Christmas. 💕

I decided tonight that I want a Christmas journal and I’d like one like yours. Do you have links to these supplies? I love that black lace.

What do think about putting the lace on top of your pocket

Love how you did this. Do you always back the Stameria papers? I find the papers are thin and hoping they start to make with thicker papers.