Craft with Me! - My Journals for 2024! - Eco Dyed with Stamping! 

How about a plastic ruler to use as a base for your border stamps? I just love watching you. You are an inspiration. ❤

❤ Gayle you could always enhance the eco pages you’re not fond of with yellow stamped leaves or honey comb.

Had my 50th class reunion last August. It was so much fun with all those old people!!! I had only gone to my 20th reunion prior to that one. I'm glad you plan on going!

Good morning my dear friend, it’s a beautiful bright, clear day today. Yesterday we got a dusting of snow. It is still not as cold as it should be for this time of the year. It has not been cold enough to make thick ice on the lakes for ice fishing and there have been some tragic accidents of people falling through the ice. It’s important that people check the thickness of the ice before they go on it. Once again enough weather reporting. I have to tell that I enjoyed this video, the journals you showed were wonderful. When you are speaking about the bee 🐝 journals that you will be creating you sound so excited and it makes me excited too. I can’t wait till you start and I don’t care how long it takes as I love watching you create your beautiful journals. I thank you for always brightening up my day. You are so amazing, it’s always wonderful spending time with you and I learn so much from you. I hope that you have a great rest of your day and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning. Take care my dear friend. God bless you and your wonderful family always. Your friend Cindy, from a small town in Northern Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🐝🐝🐝

The number one reason I pull out my stamping platform is to use it with stamps that are too large for my stamping blocks. 😉 Thanks for the hodge podge- always a pleasure to spend some time together. ❤ Belinda xxx

Beautiful eco dyed papers…WOW!! Loved the bee stamping!!!🐝🐝🐝🐝💕

You have some beautiful eco-dyed papers. 😊❤️

Hello Gayle. Every time I heard my name my heart’s smile got bigger and bigger!!! Love you and Hi miss Betsy!!!!💜💜💜Vernie

I love your hodge podge videos. They are always full of good ideas. All those ecodyed papers are beautiful. Love them.

You did good with your ephemera making!! TFS

Hey there! Love the giant bee stamp. Use your acrylic ruler as a stamping block for those long stamps! Best wishes

Hi Gayle, love the hodgepodge videos…you do pack them with lots of inspiration. Those Green stamps do bring back memories. My Mom had a tin full of them in the kitchen when I was little. I remember we would paste them into booklets. 💚👏🏻

I’m enjoying how excited you are when working on the bee journals. 🐝

Good Morrning Gayle, Your stamping is great, we forget its junk journals, no perfections. The journals are very nice. That eco paper is amazing I love it. Alittle snow today and 24F cold, please stay safe and healthy, big hugs. :)

Good morning Gayle! Wowzers! So much loveliness wrapped up in one video! Love the journals and the eco dyed papers and stamping. So wonderful. TFS! Have a wonderful day! 💞💕Hugs!

So much goodness today. I love hodge podge days. Those bee stamps are so pretty! Some day I’m going to try eco dying papers, I just love the look of them. ❤ Have a blessed day!

Hi Gayle - thrilled that you still have the Bee journal - that was one of my favourites! the kit is indeed from Artymaze - excited for your Bee episodes my friend xxx

Oh my goodness. Both of those journals are beautiful but I have to say that bee one you bought is a work of art. Lots of time put into that one!

I like how you are adding a few new things to your year, 2024 will be great for you! Thanks for a fun video. Hugs❤

Those new bee stamps are gorgeous! Lots of fun stuff today. TY. The journals you showed are so pretty, too.

Good afternoon Gayle! This was a fun unhoarding video. I love the journals and the eco dyed papers. They are gorgeous. Your be journals are really going to turn out cool with all of your hoarded supplies. Take care. I will see you tomorrow. I love you friend 😊🤗❤

Hi Gayle!! Those eco dyed papers are so very cool and the colors are amazing!! The bee stamps just give them the finishing touch!! That "Big" bee stamp is awesome!!! Your bee journals are going to be so wonderful when they are done with all the different types of papers going into them!! TFS!! Hugs, Liz:)

I'm so happy to hear your starting to journal again. It's so thaputic and helps with mental health. I have had a hard time at times to write but it does help. There will be a gayle journal in my future but there also so beautiful it might still on my self before I use it. ❤😂

Morning Gayle, I love watching a series, esp making a journal series. So looking forward to watching all of them.

Love the journals you showed for the Lace challenge and your personal use. I’m really looking forward to the bee journals. That is on my list of journals to make. As always Gayle, you are an inspiration for our creativity. Thank you. ❤

Awesome papers and stamps, just loved all the fun today.

I'm terrible with stamps also! I think yours came out beautiful. Huge HUGS, positive vibes and blessed healing for you, Mike and family. Namesta🐞🐞🐞

Hi Gayle, I've always found that the oils from your hands tend to bead up the ink and repel. Many stampers use embossing ink to prime their stamps as the stickiness helps to hold onto the ink when used for the first time. Another way to prime your stamps is to ink and stamp off several times before stamping onto your project. Just a suggestion. 🙂

Hi Gayle, I’ve used my new, unwarped plates from my die cutting machine to stamp with oversized acrylic stamps. You can still see through for placement. Really enjoy your videos❤

Good afternoon Gayle. Pretty journals. 😊

Hey Gayle. Love the hodgepodge videos. The eco dyed paper is going to be beautiful in the journals. Just finished ironing a huge batch of marble paper. My first time trying it. Very happy with how it turned out. Have a wonderful day 🥰

Cool journals and I like the stamping on the eco dyed papers.

You are so decisive as you decide what to do with what. I usually can’t decide and then put the item back in the stash. Whatever you decide to use for the long skinny stamp. (I thank a previous viewer suggested a ruler.) be sure it has a grid or lines on the ruler to help with getting a straight image.

Great journal choice for the Littlebitsoflace challenge!! The journals you pulled out are so fun and inspiring! I am so excited for wbat 2024 will bring and the part you and journal making will continue to play in my life!! ❤😍

Good morning Gayle, great video today. Beautiful journals and papers. Love your bee stamps! 🐝🐝💕

Good morning, Gayle. Another jam packed video. Love it! Happy day! ❤️😀

Good morning, sweet Gayle! Beautiful journals! Have a fabulous day xoxo hugs 🩷

Hey Gayle I use a clear plastic ruler for those long border stamps ..I am loving all the bee journals ❤❤❤

Hi Gayle, I enjoyed the journey with you this morning Anxious to see how you make the bee journals, I’ve been saving to make one too!so much fun! Have a great day my friend, Hugs. Maggie ❤️😂🇨🇦❤️

Hodpodge video is also good. Thank you Gayle! Blessings

Such a fun video. Definitely enjoyed it and was good to hear your voice💜💜💜

These bee journals are going to be so much fun!

Gayle if you’ve not got a long enough block for the long trims try using you TH ruler.

Hi Gayle, I too get the AARP magazine. I have used the bulletin, more like a newspaper, to make a journal cover. Open it to the middle and lay it flat. Turn each edge into the middle and crease. You can cover it in fabric and glue it together or sew around it. Add a signature and you are recycling an item that comes monthly and would be thrown away. Hugs from Texas.

Good morning Gayle! Fun mix of things! Your reunion sounds like it’ll be memorable! You’ll have have to keep us all posted about it and I hope your childhood bestie makes it! Hugzzz💖

Thank you so much Gayle for your lovely video and idea's I love your stamped pages ❤ ...Kia Kaha Stay Strong....

Buttreys Groceery Store was in my town too as a young girl. Its gone as well, so is the old Pamida, Alco and Ben Franklins, those were the best. Some of my fondest memories as a child shopping with grandma came from them ❤ The three journals are going to be so much fun 😊 Also those Bee stamps are amazing!!!

How about a journal using just eco dyed papers and things? I think with all of your beautiful eco supplies it would be a glorious journal and meets your unhording goal.

Loved seeing the journals, thanks for sharing. Need to go watch your eco dying videos, they look so awesome, need to give it a try!

Good morning, Gayle. I'm glad you are going to take your time with your journals. Everyday with you creating anything is a joy❤. BTW: my Fuddy Cussin' tote and matching little bag came in today and I am thrilled to walk around my little town with that tote and people ask about it when they see your name. ❤❤❤❤

Good morning, the journals are beautiful, love your play time xx

As a paper hoarder myself, I understand how hard it is to let go of things. Maybe I will be inspired by you to unhoard!

The journals you found as inspiration are very nice! I'm sure you will enjoy your 50th class reunion. We had our 60th Memorial week end 2023. There's always a homecoming parade and classes having reunions usually have a float. One of our guy classmates has a long flatbed trailer and puts 2 rows of chairs back to back for us to sit on. We did the parade route, went back to the site of the old high school. where we started, kind of played musical chairs and switched sides we were sitting so we could see and been seen by both sides of the parade route. There is a gathering in the park after the parade and there are food trucks so you can eat and visit with other homecoming people. We had an evening catered meal on Saturday and a noon catered lunch on Sunday and said our farewells. Our classmate who organizes the reunions does a bang up job! She usually has a fun program at the evening meal. This year the foreign exchange student we had our senior year was from Chile spoke. She has been to many reunions. Her "Dad" celebrated his 100th birthday that week end. She is a gynecologist in Chile and has taught at a university also. Over the years the clicks that might have been during high school years are no longer and everyone is equal and we enjoy our times together.

I loved BEE-ing here for this "hodgepodge" video!! 😘🐝 Your journals & your plans for them are wonderful!! ❤️📚 I think Vernie has embroidered bee words on fabric in her shop!? 😉

Hi Gayle! I thought I had just the answer to your predicament with the long stamps, but so did many others!😂 But... I'd use your Tim Holtz ruler, it's transparent and it has lines so your stamp will be straight. Also, I think your eco dyed papers that you're not so happy with might gain a little from inking all around with a yellow or yellowy green ink, or any colour that matches whats going on on the paper. I'm enjoying your bee-thoughts and crafty ideas immensly! Love and hugs from Germany Danielle❤😊

Good morning Gayle! Lovely journals and goodies❤️

Happy Friday Gayle💕 Hope you have a fabulous weekend, take good care. 🤗Hugs

I appreciate you as well. I hope you have a delightful day. Love&hugs ❤

AARP, that is sooooo funny. I have been using those magazines & newsletters for my base “book” pages (still can’t kill a book), lol.

Good morning Gayle, love eco dye papers & also your beautiful stamping! Thanks for sharing & have a wonderful day! 🤗💜🌻💕

Hi Gayle! How about using your glass mat to help with holding the tall border stamps and laying your papers on top of them? Just an idea til something else comes along? Love your videos! 💞🌸

You could use your ruler for the longer stamps. I’ve seen that done before. Love the bees!!

I like the way you promote "kindness" and "gratitude" on your channel. :) I have a journal with squares for each day. Rather than jotting down what I did that day, I try to jot down how I can be grateful for that activity. This has helped me to stay motivated to keep journaling. I love combining crafting with journaling. :)

Great video! Thank you for sharing. You can use a ruler instead of acrylic block for those long stamps.

Good morning! Yummy journals and pages! Tfs! Blessings dear friend!💕

Hi Gayle! What a fun video to watch! Those bee stamps look awesome! I need to find your videos on how to Eco dye and waxed papers, if you have them somewhere. You will have so much fun at your 50th class reunion! Yes, everybody will walk in thinking the same thing hahaha, where did all these old people come from? Hahaha I had mine last summer and now several of us gals meet up about once a month for lunch and general chit chat. So fun to find out what everyone has done in the past 50 years. I went to school for all 12 years with most of my class so there are memories from our childhoods. Keep us posted on how things go! I'm so glad that you had a fun Christmas! I wish I could get my kids all together again, so much fun! Thanks Gayle for your awesome videos.

Beautiful eco dying, ty Gayle 💜

Good morning Gayle. I love the journals you showed that you are going to use this year. I had fun watching you sort through and prepare pages for your bee journals. For me, watching you create is always a treat. Thank you for the inspiration! 💜

Big stamps are tricky!! A stamp platform is an awesome tool for big stamp stamping but putting a stamp image side up on a glass pane or mat and pressing the paper to the image works as well. Thanks for all the inspiration Gayle!!💛 🐝 🖤 🐝 💛

Hodge podge videos are very interesting! ❤

Awesome video, Gayle! Loved all the old new finds. So much inspiration and beauty in the journals. The eco dyed papers, the bee stamps, all of it, so much fun! 😊

What about a ruler for the boarder stamps? Just a thought. Love watching you everyday! 💗

Good Morning, Gayle! Thank you for sharing your journals with us. They are full of inspiration. Love the bee stamps. Have a great day!

Good morning Gayle!! I hoard my eco dyed papers from Ellyn Martin Originals. Some pieces you pulled look like hers. 🥰 Not sure if she's still on Etsy, I'll have to check. Glad you're journaling again. I also write at night before bed. Helps clear my mind!! Have an awesome day...💜

good morning and happy and prosperous New year in good health. Enjoy a cup of coffee and go through the journals with you. I see you have good intentions and the Bij journal is so much fun. I've never made them before. But this will have to wait a while, I have two Happy mail journals to make. and a Daphe's Dairy journal. But I will follow you again with a cup of coffee in the morning to start the day pleasantly. I hope you have fun making the journals again, but I believe so because you said that you Bee happy. ​

The eco dyed papers are so pretty! I have not succeeded in eco dying yet. Maybe I will give it another go ❤

Hi Gayle love watching you❣️I have an idea for you with the long stamp that you had trouble with… maybe try applying it to plastic ruler, it should be long enough for the stamp.

Love the bees!

🤗✋🏼❤️great inspirational journals plus the eco dyes 👏 I really want you to do a brown big bee on your eco dye ❤

I love Carol Laws!

The lacey journal will be so beautiful such a good idea thank you

Oh I just love the journals. They or gorgeous. Love the eco dyed papers too. 👏🏼👏🏼😻

Did write on the back of the lace card u put in your journal so u know 1 it’s your work & 2 why u did it? Stampers tip..put the ink pad lid inside up then when u r done using the ink between stamping u can put the inky side in the lid. Hard to explain, but basically the ink pad surface stays in the down position so u don’t have to flip the inky part and risk dropping it onto your project. Hope that is helpful

Good morning Gayle. Lots of inspiration and pretty papers! TFS Hope you have a great day. 🌞

Good morning!! Fun variety day today. Nice stamps as well. You need to get to the shops and see if you can buy some muscles!😂 Have a good day!😁💕

Beautiful journals and papers! Great video Gayle 🥰

Hi Gayle ... Happy New Year. Love the 2024 journals.

An idea for the long edge stamp, you could try putting it on a ruler and stamping with it xx

You could try one of your cutting plates from die cut machine. I have done this successfully. Take good care and have a blessed day!

Beautiful💙

Thanks for another fun video Gayle!

Gorgeous journals! ❤

For long stamps use a ruler 😉

It's so reassuring to hear you have 2700 videos! I'll never run out of my buddy Gayle!

Good morning Gayle 💜

Great! Thank you! ❤

💙🧵Good morning Gayle!🧵💙

I collected S&H stamps too in my younger years..

Gayle put those long edge stamps on your ruler. That should work.

Beautiful everything, you can use your plastic ruler for the long stamps🤎🤎