Junk journaling; a no-creativity-needed option. Plus a few more  

My dear internet friend...you have helped me through some dark moments these past few months with my back issues, been there with an inspiring video that took my mind off my pain and helped me relax when I couldn't sleep. I wish it was that easy to help you, and your family, through the loss of your wonderful son. I never had children so I cannot even imagine the life changing grief you must be feeling and anything I could say, or anyone could say, cannot take away one ounce of the pain you are experiencing. Just know that your youtube community is grieving with you and for you, and holding you and your family close to our hearts and will continue to keep you in our thoughts. I know after losing my mother how I needed projects that I loved and could get lost in helped me. My love and work is historic architecture, so I spent many nights researching buildings and architects through many sleepless nights. I hope your beautiful crafting and sharing your ideas gives you some moments of peace and joy. It will never change or make better what you are going through but hopefully it gives you some peace and lowers the anxiety level just a little. Sending love and prayers from Arizona.

Cori, even when times are so tough you still manage to be so incredibly productive and inspiring. I had to reach for my ideas notebook and sketched out 4 of your ideas ready to use. I know the crafting community is so grateful you are still giving us your time right now. Sending lots of love 💚

Dear Cori, sending hugs and prayers to you and your family at this heart wrenching time. You are such a wonderful example of giving to others when you are down to help deal with your own pain! Thank you so muchh for your inspiration, your crafting ideas and inspiration and for being a real light in our sometimes dark world. Blessings!

Im up this morning trying to take my mind somewhere besides being sad over my son's 28th birthday in heaven, and im seeing you have lost your son too, I am so incredibly sorry ((((hugs)))) I know the pain you are feeling and i remember being on auto pilot- or in a fog with it all. Its over a year for me and i am still struggling, crafting helps me so much, especially this type. Thank you so much for sharing during this sad time. My prayers for you and your fami;y are definitely coming, Your crafting is so calming for me, I truly am so thankful for you. Sending love, light and prayers from one mom to another. ❤ Maria

Thank you, Cori. Today, I had the energy to watch this and make a simple piece with a few scraps and a flower sticker. At least, I made something. I treasure you, dear.

So many great ideas. When I was a kid we used to cut the corner off an envelope to make those corner bookmarks.

Thanks for being here with all your beautiful bits.

Oh my goodness, Cori!! What a treasure box of awesome ideas and tidbits 👌💕💕 Mocked up some of your ideas as I watched to use later 👍 Thank you always for sharing your fantastic creativity, but especially during this time, Cori 💕 Beauty from ashes.... Lots of love and big hugs, dear one 🙏💕💕

Sending my condolences to you and your family....I Found your channel and love it😊 thankyou from 🇬🇧

Sending love & light. You and your family are in our thoughts. Thank you so much for being here with all of us. ❤

Thank u for sharing the wee nugget of how to tie a bow flat as I had no scooby. Sending huge cyber huggles to you ad yours xoxoxoxo

Some fabulous inspiration here Cori, “baby steps” approach I guess which is perfect for everyone at different times….thank you for continuing to share and inspire even when you are suffering such a loss. I’m sending loving thoughts and prayers to you and your family❤

You are a very creative artist, thank you for sharing

ThankU for this . I hope you found these makes helpful for yourself too 🤗

What great ideas! I am definitely going to try them. You inspired me to get out my Big shot and do some make aheads for my favorite dies just on white cardstock. I can put them in a box and color them with inks when I have an idea of what I want to do. So many times I stop because I don't feel like getting my more bulky items out to create with to just one thing. So if I spend some time prepping my favorites, then I will have something to create with. Thank you for this great video. I can hardly wait for the next one.

Cori, I love all of your ideas to turn TH ephemera into your own! This would be a perfect thing to do when you don't feel creative. Hugs and blessings!🥰

Greta to ‘see’ you and thank you for the inspiration, I’ve been busily creating while watching you ❤❤❤❤

Hi Cori. Long time subbie but not often comment but I just had to say how sorry I was to hear about your loss. I just lost my brother yesterday and as sad as that is, I could not imagine losing my child. You do not know how inspiring you are to so many, me included, and how you spread comfort even in your grief. Thank you for all you do for not just your inspiration through your craft but the courage and strength you’ve shown to help the rest of us who are grieving to keep pushing through. Please accept my deepest sympathy and hoping memories of happier times gets you through the dark days. Much love and thanks for all you do. 💞💕

Hey Cori, thanks for this video, it really does help to sometimes do “no-think” projects. I am limited at the moment creatively, or at least so I thought. I looked around my craft room and I have so many little things that I can make into project things! My technology will be back, but this put a huge smile on my heart. Hugs my friend! And as always, thank you!!

Thank you for your great ideas. Sending love, prayers and healing thoughts to you and your family. Take care of yourself ❤

Wow, you packed a lot of great ideas into this video, Cori! Thank you so much. Sending prayers for you and your family💕

Prep work is soothing. The repetitive actions coupled with just enough decision making is perfect. You brought me back to my classroom time. We always made what I called flag book marks. They look like folded flags. And, then I remembered we made zines, though I didn't know them by that name. It was a nonverbal lesson as I only used observational demonstration. Thank you for sharing. We all know these are tough times. You are deeply cared for by the whole community.

How adorable Cori. Hope you are doing a little better everyday. I think about you daily and wonder how things are going. If there's anything I can do, please let me know. Hugs ❤❤❤

This was good. And I'm one of the people that didn't know about having a straight bow. So thanks for that too.

Thank you for so many good ideas. Easy crafting sometimes lets the tears flow. So very sorry for your loss

Oh hun, I am sorry.... I think I missed a vid.... I am liking what I am seeing.... You are so talented Cori... love your style. Much Love... sending hugs xx

Outstanding! Still enjoying ways to use lace. Love the new ideas! Thanks for sharing! 💕🤗

Always love everything you make. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us ❤❤❤

Love the wrap tags!!

These are the very things I want to make and have ready to stuff a journal with.

So many great ideas here, Cori. Isn't it funny how you start doing prep, because you don't feel creative, and then all of a sudden the prep work sparks an idea and off you go? Doesn't always happen, but i love when it does. Thanks for the bow tip. I needed that!

Thank you, Cori! You’re an amazing presenter of ideas! I plan to rewatch this video tomorrow when I’m not so bleary eyed and my brain is functioning better! 😘 it’s been a long day. There is so much great info in this video that I want to absorb. Well done, dear friend! Love and big hugs! 😀💞

Good idea using a laminator to get rid of the bubbles. 🎉

Thank you so much for this great videos with so many good ideas. Know you are in my thoughts and prayers❤️

Love all of the ideas Cori. Great ways to keep crafting

Wonderful to watch when I woke this morning x

Great video Cori. TFS. 💞

Thank you, Cori! These are all great ideas. I have a lot of these bigger Tim Holtz ephemera pieces and always pass them up because I didn’t have the imagination on how to use them. Thanks for the pointers. 😍❤️

Great ideas as always. You are such an inspiration. Continued prayers for you and your family. 😊🤗❤🙏

Wow Cori, your creative mind never stops working!!! Fab ideas again. Thanks so much. 😊😊

This video is so inspiring! Even though I'm struggling right now I will give these a try! Thank you so much for sharing with us. We love you and know this is not an easy time, yet you continue to have great ideas! 😍

Yahoooooo…love to have you back ❤❤❤

Very informative and very appreciated! Thank you!

So many ideas wow. Love them Cori. Thank you❤

Hey there Cori, thank you for sharing :) I absolutely love doing the strip clusters, they are amazing additions to my pages and projects. I am enjoying the little bit of lace as well. Blessings, Diane

What fabulous inspirations! Looks like I need to do a couple of mass makes. So lovely, as always. Hugs 🤗❤️

Love all these. Thanks for sharing that circle pocket I have never seen it!!

These are my favorite kinds of videos. I love to see how you change up ideas and mass make with scraps. These are such inspiring ideas when it is hard to find a place to begin, but you want to create something. Prayers for you and your family and thank you for always inspiring us.

Thank you, Cori. You covered a lot of great ideas. 🤗

So many great ideas , thanks for sharing 💕

Thank you for sharing your creativity❤

Lovely ideas as always, thank you Cori 😍

Thanks for this one……I need some none thinking things.

Love your paper holders... enamel pans great idea... I need to look for some of these...great journal video thanks..new to your channel...

Some more great ideas. Hugs!

Thank you for this video. 😘

Love it all. Very nice work as usual. Thank you for sharing!!

Thanks! These are great ideas! I appreciate you

I'm so sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family. Know we are here for you. Thank you for sharing many ideas that I'll use.

I love everything that you create Cori! Tyfs!

Cori, you are amazing!!!! I so look forward to your videos and love watching the detail you add to these beautiful expressions of your craft. They are ALL so lovely…and your description of how you made them is so appreciated.

❤a very good video , takes the ephemera to a whole new level ❤😊

I lost my daughter 5 years ago,. I’ve lost many family members over the years, but there is no pain that compares to losing a child. I’m so sorry Cori. There really are no words to help, except please know that we are all here for you and do what you can when you can. Those are my words of advice. What a great video, why have I never thought of using Tim’s items to build upon. Guess what I’m going to be doing later today? Sending hugs and love your way 💙🌀

Nope, I didn’t know how to make the bow go straight. I had to watch it twice and now I have to try it.

You make beautiful ephemera 🎉

❤❤Hello Cori, thank you so much for all the fabulous ideas. Sending these hearts to you, take care.❤❤

A lot of great ideas, new subscriber☺

Continued prayers for you and your family Cori. ❤ Wish I could say something comforting, and helpful but losing a child leaves me without words other than I’m praying for you. Crafting can be a comforting respite and I hope that’s what it is providing you. Your videos are so inspiring, thank you for sharing. I have a question - how do you laminate the piece of ephemera with backing without actually laminating the piece with the plastic coating? (I hope my question makes sense.)

thanks so much

Have you tried “Yes Paste”? It was one of the first glues I played with and one I use often still. The key is to use a very thin layer. I usually use a pallet knife to apply and then I put thru laminater if my gluing is haphazard that day. Lol

Hi Cori, It's good to hear your voice again. I do have a few questions when you get a moment. Can you tell me if you have videos on how to make the cello tape and which color ink you use? Also, I've seen people using the magents, but I don't know which type of magnets are best to use and how they are attached. I'm assuming between paper layers. Do you have a video explaining the magnet application? Thank you in advance.

Thank you for another video full of good ideas and inspiration. I'm wondering what the paper from Amazon is called, similar to straw paper. I'm praying for you and your family.❤

This vid was randomly suggested to me despite my having subbed quite a while back and you just never show up on my "suggested homepage" area.... And I'm intrigued. You ran the pieces through the laminater to reactivate the glue, you say?! How, wait... what!? 😮 do explain the technique or refer a how-to bc I am definitely interested ps I ❤ me some T.H.!

Please provide the link to the Amazon Straw Paper. Love this project. ~Terri 😊

Good morning Cori! Thanks for these great ideas. I have a question for you regarding using a laminator to "spread out" the glue once you've backed your items. What kind of laminator do you use; a hot or cold or one that can do both? Do you put the pieces through individually, even though they are small? I would love to see a quick "tutorial" on how you do this. This is such a great idea and makes great perfect sense when using a glue stick. I would like to get a laminator (but not spend too much on it) for just this purpose. Any insight that you can give would be appreciated. Again - you and your family are in my thoughts/prayers. Thank you.

Cori, I have really enjoyed this time with you learning so so much. Thanks for this learning class. I have a question for you. I have written to you before and ask you but have not gotten an answer, so could you please give me the answer, please please, question??? Where did you buy the little black magnets that sit on your desk. I have been trying to find them. I need a set of them for crafting and sewing and cutting fabric. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks you every so much.