Journal Cover Series - Faux Leather and 9x12 Envelope Tissue Paper 

I KNEW I was saving all that used tissue paper for something!

“If you want perfection, you need to move along.” You crack me up!

Thank you for this series! My brain freaked out when you crumpled up that GORGEOUS tissue paper!! But it will be a beautiful journal!! Love you!!

I feel like I’m in an actual art class. Your personality really makes your demonstration so much easier to learn, Thanks!!! Terrific job!!!!

I'm new to journals and found this vid extremely helpful.

The floral tissue cover is just incredible! Just love this video, I have a journal in mind that needs that green painters paper! Perfect!!

Yes, this and all your videos are so helpful to newbies! Your work is amazing!! And, the ideas just seem to flow out of you. So very talented.

“Badda Bing Badda Boom!!!” 😂. You’re such a beautiful soul Gayle! This is exactly what I needed. I’ve got so much paper and envelopes now that I just bought and accumulated since I just started junk journaling to use, so journal covers it is. I love the faux brown leather cover. I wanted to make one for my hubby and didn’t know how to do faux leather, but I do now 😊. Thanks so much for an incredible video! ❤

The one with the lace looks like ruffles. Love it❤

Thanks Gayle for another great tutorial. I'm on catch up with all my favourite gals. Hey people what's there not to like about this very informative and educational video? I'm loving this series as it takes all the mystery out of how to create a professional product. Thank you again

Thank you Gayle. So much inspiration. I love your videos. Hugs and blessings.

I used one of these large envelopes. I covered it in fabric. To date it is my prettiest cover. This envelope makes a nice cover soft yet sturdy. Im going to get a few more at DT. My first was in the mail. Love the faux leather. Thank you for this Gayle.

Thanks Gayle. You got a lot done. Fantastic. Can't wait till the next one

Jog on, perfection seekers! This is que sera, sera and happy bumbling territory! 😂😘

My very first journal cover was the faux leather on the 9 by 12 envelope you did a few years ago. I used Tim Holtz tissue paper and the brown stain. This brings back so many memories when I was learning how to make journals and following you Gayle, step by step!!!

I made one for a Christmas Journal, used brown packing paper and used a gel stain on the wrinkles. I also mix gel stain and water in a small spray bottle, spray on papers, comes out nice. I agree it does make a nice base for a Journal, great tutorial. I like the antique look and this does it. I also added a hit of a gold tone to it, used acrylic paint. I wrinkled my paper first, I didn’t want to tear it, love the floral tissue paper. I’m doing more tea dying papers, using coffee to make rings on the paper, watched Eve’s video where she did a ton of papers and sun dried them. Lucky my garage is hot enough. 👍🌻🌻🌻

I saw that movie...loved it and yes, spooky and a social commentary. Love your covers

Another great video. Just love listening to you. I’m learning so much. Makes me excited to try all these things. I have been dying paper in the container. Using plain paper and thin paper with 70’s designs on them. Tones them down a bit. It does take some time to dry but I spread them out on my porch, as soon as I can get them apart. Had some interesting results. Take care and enjoy your visit with your son.

Love this Gayle thank you so much for your inspiration. Love all of your work and always learn so much. Take care xxx

Thank you gale you have started me on the road to journalling & I am loving your videos xx

Thank you so much Gayle. I have been watching your series and I have just given my first journal made from a Readers Digest to my best friend for her birthday. Happy birthday to you. Mine was on the first. I especially loved your craft room tour. You make beautiful journals and you do it in a small space. It gives me hope because my room is in transition.

What an interesting technique, thank you Gayle.

THESE ARE AWESOME GAYLE . TFS YOU AWESOME CREATIVITY.

That faux leather...... I'm making my brother a pirate journal for his coffee table. But have been sorta stuck with this. Also, I have that masking paper. I'm going to give it a go. Thanks so much Gayle for all your inspiration! Very much appreciated!!!

This cover series is fabulous! I’m learning a lot and it’s really sparking my creativity!

Thank you for doing this series ❣️ Every-time you say how much time is left..I check right along with you 🤣😂 I loved the readers digest one..looks like you spilled the coffee and tried to clean it up LOVE IT❣️❣️ To me doesn’t look like a stencil ❣️ You know what, I see 6 thumbs down😡 I do not like that on my Gayle videos😡 People move along!! You keep doing YOU Gayle, never change.. Bless your heart❣️

You have inspired me yet again so now I am making journal book covers so I have a few ready Thanks a Bunch

Really enjoying your videos. Great ideas for future journals. Love the idea of getting covers done ahead. Good to know you, too.!

Thanks Gayle for this video. I too, appreciate the new ideas. You crack me up. Go see Spiderman! He's such a cute Spiderman! I love me some marvel movies too! You are indeed a kindred spirit!! Thanks so much for all you do! I start everyday with my Gayle videos!! Love it!!

Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic idea, I have to make a journal for a friend, he loves music so this is going to make a great cover for him, loving your videos

I would love to make one of these covers You have given me the courage to try Thanks

You are going to love the movie! Saw it yesterday. Very well done!

Thanks Gayle! So many great ideas for covers. I'm loving this series.

Always good to have a refresher on how to make these, Gayle! TFS the inspiration!

I love these faux leather journal covers, beautiful!

Love how these journal covers turned out!!!! Yummy leather like texture!!

Love these! So many ideas

Love it can’t wait to see you decorate them. Thank you for all the inspirational videos 💜

The faux leather is wonderful! I think it would make classy looking tags as well...Janet

This is fabulous!! I’m so excited to try this!! Thank you so much 😊😊😊

Just love this process, will have to try soon!

I love these journal covers! They really look like leather and you make it seem so easy. Thanks for sharing!

I love the faux leather journal cover ideas! Thank you so much for doing these videos for us Gayle, us newbies love you for this!!! ❤️❤️😢

As always you are a good teacher! You make it easy enough for newbies to understand and interesting enough by throwing in ideas for those that have been doing it for awhile. Great job! Loving the envelope covers. 🦋❤️

I learn so much from you, Gayle. I love your artistry and your teaching style! This cover series is great - and this particular cover is simply brilliant. Thank you so much! Blessings!

Thanks so much for sharing your process Gayle. I really do appreciate it!

Loved seeing this done with so many different papers and texture suggestions. Always fun to watch your creative mind at work.

I can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much Gayle, I really enjoy your videos and have learned so much!!!

I love this journal cover series you are doing. It is so much fun. I love the leather look on the covers. I am so excited to try it. Thanks for the videos.

Oh goodness, LOVE that flower tissue paper!!❤️❤️

Hi Gayle, Really loving the series about Journal covers. This video using tissue papers and the masking papers is a great way to get a fair number of Journal covers done in a short period of time. Just love that idea! Thanks for being such an inspiration and just love your commentary! 😂

I love this! Thank you for sharing!

This is wonderful!! Thank you so much for the tutorial

Really enjoyed watching you make covers. Can’t wait to try the envelope cover. Thank you for sharing 🤗

Loving this tutorial. Thanks so much!

Love it!! I never thought to use tissue paper!! Thanks for doing this series, super helpful ❤️

Love the journal covers

Thanks so much for this series. I struggle with covers other than using books. This faux leather is especially good for my style. Thanks again. You’re the best.

Oh yeah!! I like the scrunching the paper first effects!! Very nice journal covers!!😍👏🏻

Got my notebook ready and cannot wait to give this a try. Again, another informative video for new subbies like me. Thanks Gayle!

What nice starts to journals! I never thought to use 9X12 envelopes to make journal covers. Looks fairly easy to do with great results. Thanks, Gayle!

Very helpful and inspiring. Beautiful covers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of crafting.

I am enjoying this journal cover series. I am catching up on my RU-vid note journal and watching your videos. I plan to make some covers tomorrow, can't wait to try these! Love the readers digest cover. Thanks for sharing.

Love this video! Definitely going to make these!

Hi Gayle...beautiful beautiful beautiful!! 🌼🌸

Hi Gayle, saw off that long handle, it is easy and then you'll love using it! Loved the video. I scrunch my paper up tight, then unroll and that makes a lovely surface, and I mod podge over the whole thing again.. x

Love the tissue covers! Faux leather is great also. Thanks

So cool Gayle! Going to give the faux leather a try. The floral tissue cover is going to be amazing. Can't wait to see what you do with it. 💚

Great tutorial! I love the texture you created as well as your choice of printed papers. I feel confident in telling you that a number of us will be on the lookout for lovely patterned tissue paper now. Thx for sharing!

I love this! Will definitely be making some of these!

What a transformation!

Love this technique, thanks for sharing

the faux leather is perfect for a Halloween journal. Another project to do.....Thank you for this

I love the covers, using the envelopes is a great idea and definitely an idea I will use in the near future. The reader's digest also turned out fantastic. Thank you!

Oh I’ve wanted this tutorial and found it YAY!!! Ty❤️

Thank again. Will be doing theses to have them ready . Excited to start 2020.

Wow, love this process...will make great covers for a man's journal (of which I have 3 to do for my brothers). Gayle, thank you for sharing your "know how" with us. I very much enjoy watching your videos and learn something with every one!

i am so glad you showed this again. i am getting ready to make a journal for my nephew and was wondering what to do for the cover and i think the leather look will be great!

Great job loved it.

Always love this when you do it!!! Thanks Gayle!! You have A LOT of journals to make now that you have all these covers ready!!! Lol!!

Love all these journal covers such fantastic ideas. Thanks for the video! I would like to see that movie "Once upon a time in Hollywood" it looks interesting.

Gayle these cover videos are so great. You have answered so many questions that I needed answered. It’s wonderful that we can go to one place and fine covers we want to make. The mix media is looking pretty good, I will have to admit, so you won that round. lol. That movie has so many curse words in it, I couldn’t watch it. The Lion King is more my style. The journal covers you made today are beautiful, I can’t wait to see you fill them up. ❤️

I’ll go Glamping/crafting with you! How fun, I love the way the green masking paper looks! My journal looks great!! 😜😘💜

Gayle thank u for an awesome video. I love envelope journals , now I have learned how to do a faux leather one.😍🌴

Brilliant. I’ve just done this for junk in the trunk this week ( not live yet). With napkin waste lol, and I’ve used purple where did that colour come from? Not in my normal palette at all. Xx

The flower tissue paper cover is soooo gorgeous! 🌺🌹💐🥰

I love how you do these covers. They come out gorgeous. Of course I am playing catch-up on my video watching.Thank you for this collection.of videos, they are very informative.💞😍

Hey, that's a pretty neat trick! It's always great fun to try something new. ty. Hugs till next time!

Tfs Gayle! Saw Aladdin today, it was excellent!

Love this video. So much easier than the way I have done before! I just need to get some masking paper! Thanks so much for this video I needed this one!

Getting my mod podge out again soon. That 'leather' technique is awesome, gonna be useful for when i want a more masculine look, baddabing baddaboom! thank you Miss G!

Thanks Gayle! 👏👏

i watched your previous tutorial on these. i work with an individual with developemental disabilities. we were able to create a leather look journal for him that was more manly, lol. thanks Gayle, he was so happy.

I'm going to try this method on a composition book. I was trying to figure out how to make it look like leather for a gift for my brother in law. Thx so much. Really enjoyed watching your method.

Good morning Gayle, this is a perfect way to start my Sunday morning. Great tutorial! tfs

Great new series. I am kind of in love with this technique. Love the antique process. I am now wondering what umber would look like. So many ideas. Thanks Gayle. xoxo

You are Amazing! Thank you for showing us all these techniques. I am going to Home Depot now to get that paper.

Great covers!

Love this❤️

Fantastic!!