Mixed Media Monday! - Journal Covers from Unloved Scrapbook Paper! 

Please don't apologize when things don,'t work exactly as planned. We learn from experimentation, and it only makes us braver when trying out new things. These are great.

The highlight of my day is when I have time to watch your videos!!

Those turned out so pretty, what a change from what the originals looked like. Glad to hear Mr, A doing better.

Looks like fun Gayle! Can’t wait to see the finished product. Oh, and thank you for the shoutout if it was directed to me 😊

Oh Gayle, I do love your spirit. Pure determination and with a sense of humor that is endearing. I'm sorry I enjoyed your struggles on the first sheet, but it was only because I identified with that struggle. You know the doctors oath - "do no harm"? Well a journaller's oath could be "have no waste" 😆 Thanks for giving me such cheerful watching while I slow stitched.

A healthy dose of reality is good for all of us. When crafting if all we see are things going smoothly it can be very discouraging when they go south in the craftroom. Love you and your channel so see you tomorrow!

Love love how these pages came out

I love watching your videos because no matter what happens you keep on going and always have fun. Just love you to pieces!

I LOVE THAT IDEAS AND LOVE WATCHING YOU CREAT

Good morning my friend, happy Mix Medium Monday!!!! 💕

Oooh, I love them all but especially the wallpaper. Beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful! I imagine that when they dry it will be more muted and gorgeous for covers!

WOW they all look awesome! The last one, the wall paper one, is my favourite! 😍💕

Good Morning Gayle. Hope you have a fabulous day. Love mixed media Monday.

Morning Gayle!😃 loving the sprays..gorgeous

What fun! It’s just messy fun. Makes you go back to childhood. Hope Mike is doing better and getting some strength back. I’m thankful you have been symptom free. Still praying for you both. The last one looks so rich with those fall colors. Beautiful. ❤️😊🦋🙏

Would love to see all the different ways to use my scrapbook paper that I will never use

All I could think of is Alive in Wonderland, “painting the roses red!”.

Gayle, enjoyed the mixed media play and will look forward to seeing them dry. TFS

This was a fun video to watch Gayle!! It's just so freeing to just go for it!! Can't wait to see the end results (once they've dried)!! TFS!! Hugs, Liz:)

It's 2024 now that I'm watching this video and I absolutely love this technique❤❤❤

I love how these turned out 😍😍❤️❤️ can’t wait to give it a try 😊😊 TFS 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

I love mixed media Monday. What a great way to use papers that aren’t to your liking. Yours are gorgeous and could be used for any ephemera. Thanks for showing us your techniques.

Hi Gayle😊 I love me some textured paste, actually need to buy more. Glad to hear all is well and everyone is on the mend. Take care of you!💜

Good Morning Gayle ❤️ I am in love with the last one!!!!

Hi Gayle, you made me laugh today, watching you work with cement!!🤣😂🤣😂Your papers turned great, you my dear are a riot! Hugs

Those all came out gorgeous. My favorite was the rose one. Great video as always.

Just love the ups and downs of crafting with you! You make each "mistake or mess up" completely part of the process toward fun! Thank you! Reality is far better when it isn't always perfect!

What a great idea, thanks so much. I'm sure I've got plenty of unusable scrapbook papers to try this on👏👏👏

Oooh so much fun...love it❣❣❣

Hi Gayle 😀 thankyou so much for all your videos. So pleased to hear that your husband is doing well and that you are OK. You have both been in my thoughts and prayers. Sending best wishes from Australia 🐨

The reason I watch your videos more than any others is because you make mistakes, and it makes me feel better when I make mine! Your vids are very relaxing to me

Love them. Autumn is my fav!

Loved this! You keep it real, and that is much more helpful to me!

Oooo! I loved that last one best! I love the fall colors! Have a great rest of your day.

Just love your infectious laugh❣️‼️❤️😘

I had a lot of papers that I just don't care for, now I know how to fix that! Thanks Gayle! :)

Good morning Gayle. I so need to try this. Have a fabulous day. Hope Mike is feeling better hugs xoxo

Hello Gayle! Great idea with the use of scrapbook paper and stencils. Will give this a try; we’re in a heat wave, perfect for dying papers. I keep a old container filled with water to place my dirty stencils in, I’m one of those people to have to keep my stamps and stencils clean, I got it from my mom..😂😂 love how the wallpaper came out. Have a great evening! 👍🌼🌼🌼

Love all your paper redos. Beautiful colors. Tip for sprays- spray a dot on the lid tops for easier finding the colors. Had a good giggle at your stepping in the paste..lol.

I have not done this in this way before. I might have to give it a try. I've got some wallpaper I won't use as is. Thanks for sharing. I think it's no surprise that o love mixed media Mondays. I hope you find delight today. Love&hugs

Super fun. Love it.🤗🤗

Good morning, off to a wonderful week!

All of these are so pretty! You have inspired me to try it

That cover is even more stunning in person. Thank you for showing the process. Love and miss you my sweet Gayle!!!💜💜💜

Beautiful, Gayle! TFS! From Cheryl in AZ

I love it when things don’t go as planned. Makes me feel so much better 😊

💜 TY Gayle!

Great ideas, thanks Gayle

Love watching you Gail xx

This technique is so interesting. I have a few 12x12 stencils. I’ve never used them. I need to find them and try this out. I actually have everything thanks to my Mixed Media Minnesota kits😊

Oh my, so many ideas going through my head right now.

SO FUN...since I love Autumn, my favorite would have to be the last one w/ the Fall colors!! 🧡🍁💛 Rusty hinge...OH YEAH!! Didn't need green...the ivy from the wallpaper gave a hint of it from below. 😉 LOVE & HUGS!!! ❤🤗🙏🏻

Those are gorgeous. I've got to get some of that paste & give this a try! TFS

You are awesome! I really wanted to see the footprint texture. I didn't realize that the entire cover could be textured with paste...I've always avoided the spine because I was afraid it would crack and flake off from bending. I do have some "flexible" modeling paste so I'll give it a try. Also, I think the snowflake paste dries clear with a sparkle so if it doesn't show through the spray, you might try spraying first then adding the paste when the color is dry. I love Mixed Media Monday; I always learn something new. Thank you and you don't ever have to apologize, I'm just happy that you film everything. Oh, and put Camp paper towels over and under the stencils until you can give them a wash.💓💓

Was having a hard morning...found this video ...Gayle, your laughter is contagious 😍 Tks my friend...these are beautiful!

Such a funny start to my day Gayle. Giggling is contagious. Maybe you could do a bloopers video. 🤣 Hope you continue to avoid the CV. Hugs.

Beautiful papers! What a transformation! What a fun messy Monday morning activity! ❤️ it Gayle! Thank you for sharing!

Wow, those turned out great - Hugs.

Good morning Miss Gayle☕️ I absolutely love you're creations on this beautiful mixed media Monday!! I have to say I think the last one is my favorite,that Rusty Hinge made a big difference..Can't wait to see how they all look at the end..Thnx for another great MMM! Happy to hear Mike is feeling much better.. Hope your day is blessed and beautiful sweet friend!! Sending hugs from Kentucky💙

Good Afternoon Sweet Gayle!!! Watch where you step. 😂 These are amazing covers! Still sending Positive Healing Vibes for Mike and Sarah. TFS 💓🐞💕

Lovely! One day I’ll be brave and try some mixed media! Lol

I found a texture paste with tiny tiny glass beads in it and it’s so much fun because a lot of the sprays don’t stay on the glass and it adds so much fun! These turn out great. Even with old texture paste!

Hey Gayle warts and all. It's great. Just as a note you can use dry wall filler also. Love your videos. Thanks

I always learn something from you. Today’s lesson, in addition to the technique and all, is use your product! Thanks. 😀😀

WOO HOO another to add to your Journal cover collection.... My always go to💖 Happy to be here luv, you make me laugh and brighten my day. Blessings

Love them x

Can't wait til tomorrow! These projects are so gorgeous! Blessings-- Cindy

You motivated me to go through a bunch of my old mixed media stuff. I had to throw out crackle paste, glass bead gel, several things of different gel medium and some gesso were all hard as rocks. I have some old Alene’s 3-D Accents Design Paste, that’s my only modeling compound and I have two jars of it, as old as it is it’s perfectly good. I have other things that are fine and I don’t even know what they are, interference green, acrylic ground for pastels, Tar Gel, digital ground, acrylic glazing liquid. I don’t even know what some of these things are or what I had them for. Next to go through, paints and sprays.

This was so much fun! I will be doing this soon. Thanks Gayle!

Thanks for the “Hi and Hugs” it’s so fun when it’s your turn! My favorite cover is that last fall/autumn one…really cool!

Good morning, Gayle! 😆 Stepping on the gesso, eh? 😆 "It's going to be one of those days!" 🤣 You had me laughing right away today. A day late, that is. 🙄 It's funny and cool that you can laugh at yourself. Makes things so much fun! OK, so you probably know me and my ideas. Well, I was thinking... Maybe you could seal your sheets with wax. Specifically antique wax. You have to use a clear wax first, let it dry, then go over it with the antique wax, which is a darker brown. But, the antique wax is applied and then removed strategically to give the effect you want. Thus, it gets into the cracks to outline the stencil pattern and gives an antiqued tint to the project. It also seals and protects the work, too. I'll put a few videos on to show how it's done: (Basic how-to) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YNRL7mU23bM.html (Next video shows how to use antiquing wax on mixed media. Start at time 22:53) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TjpR6Dvdrs8.html I've done this on a wood project before and it turned out beautiful. I got the Waverly waxes I used, the clear and antique, at WalMart. There are other brands, I'm sure, at other places. This looked like fun! Thanks for sharing, my friend. I'm glad Mr A is doing okay, too. It does take a bit to get over it completely. I'll try to watch your next video today. It wasn't up, yet when I started to watch this. I had a phone appointment, too, while watching, so took awhile. Anywho, hugs, dear lady! Sue ❤

These are very cool! I also favorite the last one. I will have to try this. Thank you for teaching me yet another technique Gayle 😍

I think RU-vid should pay you extra every time someone rewinds when first watching a video. You could have 1k from me today❣️😄 I was watching/listening while looking for a daRn road sign for MM 23 ‼️ I finally just made one and got the paste mediums you were using written down that you were using😄 Thank you rewind - heck I don’t know if that’s what it’s called anymore - it could be the back up bar❣️🤣😂 🤗💕🦋 PS Excited for dry reveals tomorrow❣️💖

Fun, messy, and very pretty but I guess a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to get the job done 😵‍💫 great video Gayle !

Love it!

Gorgeous 😊

Yes I am glad I am here! 🤣

Fun with gayle, lol …Gee I love it and now I need to use my stash on paper I don’t like, lol Thanks great tutorial

Well just came across some modeling paste and it wasn’t hard. Here’s today’s project. TFS. You’re always inspiring.

Good morning sweetie! Hugs ! Have a great day! Love these pages! Thanks for sharing! Blessings!💕

I really like the Cathy Holden floral stencil, have a wonderful day.

I've never done this technique before, thanks for the lesson! Have a great day ☺️

Good morning Gayle 💜

Hello Gayle, they are going to be beautiful. I will have to try this. I need to get more stencils. Hope your day is full of blessings. Glad to hear that everyone is doing okay. Have a great day.

Good morning Gayle. I have lots of papers that are constantly passed by but I don't know if I am brave enough to try this. First I would need to get the supplies!. I do like the results. TFS. Love and hugs.

My favorite is the last one, love the fall colors!

Good morning Gayle! 💕You go girl! Loving the texture! Gorgeous and so messy and so fun! After stenciling on the page, before cleaning stencil, what if you flipped stencil over onto a squish off page and brayer over it? My texture paste is probably one solid rock by now. 🥴 Thanks for the ideas. Have a great day! 💕

I had to laugh about the dried product. Everyday I envy your crispy paper noise, sometimes I need to put pages in the oven to get them dry - and they donʻt stay dry! But all my paints and pastes stay moist forever. Itʻs all about humidity I think. Cool results today, thanks again for inspiration.

Gayle, I'm fascinated with how the last spritzes you did with the yellow shade sort of pooled (?) in spots. Is that the result of ink as opposed to oxide, or bc it came in contact with the paste? This is such a cool project!

I can’t wait to try that. They are all so pretty…and fun to make, apparently. 😉

Those fall colors are gorgeous!!!!

I would love to see a video on uses for ugly papers.

Ohmygosh!! I heard "hummus" gel and thought there was something new I needed to try! LOL - see you make me laugh even when you are being serious!!! Thanks for allll your videos! ~ Karen

These are just beautiful. I don't have all those sprays, but I do have lots and lots of watercolor paint that I can make washes out of and put them in spray bottles and spray it on. I'm all about not spending any money that I don't have. I'll let you know how the watercolor turns out. I'm also going to make my own paste with baby powder and gesso.

You might want to find a retractable clothesline that could be mounted on the wall or a piece of furniture. That way you could have a line to dry stuff when you want it, but it won’t decapitate you when you forget it’s there. 🤣 Alternatively, one of the foldable, multi-shelf drying racks for lingerie would allow you to keep the papers flat. 🥰

Good Morning Gayle. 💖💖

Hello 👋 this looks so fun! 😆😁

Before you give up on that stencil soak it in Murphys Oil Soap. I think that stuff can clean anything if left to soak long enough. hth

99% of the time Stampin Up has beautiful paper. However, every once in a while I look at their paper and think - "What in the world were they thinking"? And it sits all by itself because I won't throw it away. Yea, Gayle to the rescue.