Tutorial - Altered Book Journal Preparation 

THANKS ONCE AGAIN, great teaching episode!!! Always enjoy your tutorials Gayle, you are a top notch teacher, and I always learn something new, thanks!!!

your video's are so good. So much info for beginners

I love your videos because I never know what extra hint or tip I'm going to get along the way. Thanks!

These are fun. Definitely going to make some joined banners. Thank you 💐😊

I just started a book; glad I started like you did. I had not glued any pages yet ....I never thought about pockets. I had to cut my pages out with a craft knife. Thanks for sharing

Really cool ...I grabbed some dollar store books and I had no clue what to do with them! Now I do! Yay!! Thank you🌈😊

Just found your channel. Amazing tutorials. I have never made an altered book before but looking forward to having a try. Thank you for your inspiration.

Hi Gayle....these are so fun but I always pick up tips & tricks from you so Thank you for sharing. God Bless 🌺😘

I love the banners! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️

Thank you! I was so pleased to come home this evening and find this tutorial. The banners caught my eye in your video I watched last night and I even glued some book pages to card stock to dry under a weight while I was away today with the intent of creating banners this evening. Your method is even easier than how I thought I'd have to do them. I am wanting to use them as tucks at the top of a page. xx

Just found you and I find your contact to be very helpful. I'm wanting to start a journal and I think this will be a great place to start. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You made it understandable! I couldn’t wait to see this....thanks for letting me know you would be doing it❤️❤️❤️

Great tutorial......thanks for sharing!!!

Its fun I tried this before. I love your method!

Thank you for the tutorial, I love making the banners i use music & dictionary paper.

Easy to fillow and understnad, great tutorial. How do you find the cheap book pages take the wet glue? Do you get much warping?

Great tutorial Gayle!! Tfs.

Thanks so much for the details

Thank you so much Gayle, for sharing these tutorials! You are a good teacher! I really want to try these. I really enjoy watching your videos. Smiles, Deborah:-). P.S. Does anyone know why Craftyirina doesn't do videos any more?

Thank you for this tutorial, Gayle. You are the best. I have a question, does tearing out a page not compromise its other half in the signature? Would it come adrift later on? Would love to try this technique but my brain always comes with stumbling blocks, sigh. Lol.

I'm a basic, basic beginner and THIS tutorial is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

I'm wondering if you use the pages you removed for embellishments or other projects.

I wish your camera was in a better position

This is it !!!! This is where I am going to start. In my mid 60’ish, this month.....and chronic pain person. I think this is workable. Gayle I treasure your RU-vids and your sweet spirit. Thank you.

You are the nicest to share whom you learned it from and how to do it! Thank you so much 😍

Thanks for showing us how to do the book and banners. I am going to try both. You always share Gayle and that is so nice of you!

Exactly what I needed!! I so love your work. Just learning the ropes here but I think I could do this...after this helpful tutorial!! Thank you!

Awesome....was hoping you would do an explanation of the beginning of altering a book ..thank you 👍❤️

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you for the clear and to the point directions.

Hi Gayle...I need your help please. I have a book which I shall attempt to alter. It is 9’’ by 6.75’’ and it has 835 pages. How many pages would you recommend I tear? Thank you for inspiring me. Warm greetings from Malta (Europe). Joanne x

First time on your channel and love it.Started crafting 6 months ago when I stumbled on an other junk journaling channel who made books from scratch found this very difficult as it involved sewing to bind the spine and as I have arthritis physically challenging . I have done other projects christmas decoration for instance. Very excited by the altered book as I know this is a way forward for me .Will be tuning in to more of your tutorials . Thank you so much. Happy Christmas from Ann in Derry Ireland.💚🎄💚👏👏👏

Gayle, this was the easiest one I've seen yet! So doable! Thank you! I have one question - I've learned in other videos that the pages need to be SEWN into the spine in order for me to do an altered book. Otherwise, if they are glued, the adjoining pages elsewhere in the book are going to become loose and fall out. You didn't mention anything about this, so I'm wondering, no I'm confused. What is your advice, please? Thank you so very very much for being such a lovely person and so easy to follow! I learn so much from you!

May I ask something about your completed journal? I’ve noticed you had beautiful floral pictures on some of the pages, are they glued on to the page and Can I also ask if they are where you got them? Are they printable? I’m sorry about all the questions I just love your work and I hope someday to be able not to be so scared to start and use all the things I’ve collected to make my own. I fear I will ruin everything I’ve gathered for the project.

Hi Gale can you glue two pages together to make the paper stronger .As I have started a journal like this and have glued pages together but have done pockets extra as well. love your videos .I learned so much from you thank you Gayle .Daphne In Australia 🇦🇺

always enjoy your videos. I am finishing up my second altered book....great idea to glue pages together to hide the torn section. I tired hiding it with tape....but your idea is so much better. Stay safe and well,.

Thanks for explaining. I have one question, on the spine of the book were the pages glued to the spine individual or were they glued as signatures? I was watching somebody and they said to make sure the pages were glued to the spine individually otherwise they are hard to remove. She did not say impossible to remove. My dollar store book is glued to the spine as signatures so I was afraid it might not work.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I can't wait to try & make one of these. I especially loved the banners ! :)

I love craftyrina! Miss her! I cant wait to play, its been a long time since I altered a book! ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for the inspiration🌺🌺🌺

Such a great thing!! Thank you!! 🌹❤️ will definitely do this one!

Gayle - this wonderful video is just what I needed. Thank you!!

I'm a beginner and this is perfect for me so thanks for sharing and I just subscribed to your channel

Thanks for sharing Gayle, will be doing this for sure. Regards Susanna

Thank you for sharing! You are a great teacher.

❤ Thank you Ms. Gayle for this tutorial from 5 years ago that I just viewed. Now I know how to use an altered book as a base for a journal. You demonstrated the process so clearly!! Gracie!! This will be my next project!!🎉🎉🎉

Thanks so much Gayle as always, just starting my first altered book. I took a chance and started before i found your video but lucky, as it turned out my instincts were on target and we did it basically the same way. So i am greatful to know i am doing it ok. ❤Thanks again 🤗

Thanks for sharing Gayle. Love your videos

Thank you for being so detailed. I felt like you were teaching me one on one! Wonderful video!

I love the way you worked out the pages and the pockets and loving the small banners 😊...I am a beginner in this too and I would love if my book turned out like the one you have made already, that is so pretty, I love the little girl on the front, where do you find these images, if you don't mind me asking? Does it matter which type of glue you use as I don't have any like yours with the nozzle on, I have glue stick and Mod Podge? TFS 💜

....but the book has no pages for art and to “work” with/on...just pockets?

Awesome tutorialing..lol..love this idea..so I saved it to revisit when I'm ready to give it a go. Thanks so much Gayle.

Very helpful tutorial! Thanks Gayle 😃

Yay! Thanks for both of these tutorials, Gayle! 💖 👍 I will love to show my 77 year old Momma this one. She will have a blast at decorating it. I'm in love with your ephemera box, myself. You have been a busy lady. 😍

Gayle, I’m new you scrapbook and junk journals. You use many different glue, can you explain what glues you use, and the different between the glues and why you used that glue instead of another glue. thank you. Alice from Michigan

Both processes are brilliant! I do have LOTS of old book pages that are kind of fragile and this certainly strengthens them and makes them quite usable.

Thanks so much for the tutorial! While watching the replay, I made three banners. Love your idea of making up a bunch of them to have ready for another journal!

This is what I have been looking for 😃👍

This is a wonderful tutorial. Thanks!

Ik kan niet Engels, 😑maar .....prachtig 👍

you really inspired me been wanting to try this for some time now. Thanks

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I was wondering how to reuse my pages instead of ripping them all out😬. I’m subscribing now!!! Again thank u!!!

Perfect. :) I can do this....

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! I am going to start an altered book!

Hi Gayle! You're one of my daily inspirations to journal. I have a question I would like to ask concerning your perspective on altered Readers Digest altered journal books. I found about 30 of them for $.25 a piece and absolutley in love with them. I want to badly to repurpose as altered journal. I guess....I'm asking for your blessing to do so. 💜💛💚💙 also, Stikki Club has some amazing rabbit stickers in their shop. You may like them if you dont already have them. Thank you so so much for helping.

Thank you for showing us how to start.

Hello Gayle ! I do love your tutorials you have got me hocked on journaling !!!! big hugs Sonya

Fabulous tutorial!! Thank you!

I love the cover imsge! It it's a printable, please share the source!

So very helpful!❤

Very helpful. I just watched CraftyIrina’s video, and she said on a book with around 325 pages, she tears out 8. Depending on how heavily you embellish, that might be a good guide to use for a book if you are like me and are just starting out. You could do more or less depending on the size of your particular book and crafting style.

Thanks Gayle.

Hi Gayle - just started looking up altered book tutorials and yours was the first one I decided to watch. Really enjoyed it! Look forward to seeking other work on your channel. Ty for sharing this! God bless.

I too am a total beginner and I found this tutorial absolutely brilliant! I actually paused it, found a hardback unwanted book in my pile to go to our charity shop and joined in with you! Thank you so much! I had already started my first ever journal which was a new blank A5 book with a soft tree of life leather cover my daughter bought me a few years ago and I have started that one with a Wicca theme. I have not found it easy as the pages are all intact and I don't really want to tear those out but am learning from RU-vid how to embellish them. This tutorial of yours is fantastic for old books that can be altered and I am very excited that I now have a book ready to embellish with a different theme. Amazing! I am going to look through all of your previous videos now!

I’ll have to try one soon!! I’m supposed to be doing a life history can you believe. I’m happy having too much fun watching utubes!!

Greasy idea!

Hi Love the other book, did you paint all the pages left in the book white before adding to them?

I am just catching up on your wonderful videos. I can't wait to give both of these ideas a try. I love to try new and exciting things like these. TFS....Linda

Hi Gayle, on the bigger books, how do you fit regular paper in them.

Thank you. Just beginning and I think an altered book will be my first journal.

Thanks for your response, Gayle. That makes sense and I agree with your analogy regarding us humans. I myself am very dog-eared!

Thanks Gayle, I had tried one about a year or so ago and as far as I got was tearing out pages and gluing !! haha. Didn't never get around to decorating it and really didn't know what to put inside. I really like the digital kits!! Did you print them out on regular copy paper or what # did you use. I done mine by Craftyirina and I put glue down the spine area too,,,hmmm not sure if I should have. I see you only done 2 sides according to if you wanted the top or side pockets... I only done my for side pockets, another mistake, so I am really glad you did this tutorial showing you can have top and side pockets plus the deep pocket with the piece folded in,,, I loved that one also !!!! Gonna try the banners also,, too cute !!! Thanks again for sharing !!! You always aim to please us !!!!

Thank you so much for doing this Gayle! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! You are the BOMB! xo

What a great way to make pockets....Your are a great 👩‍🏫

awesome, thank you. it is #66 in the playlist and Im only at 31..lol

I do the same process as you but I always keep the last page of a chapter and cover the writing on both sides with paper then you have room to write on both sides . Thanks for the additional information.

Hi Gayle is this part of a series ? I would love to see the whole process 😍

You are so lovely:) I enjoy all of your vids and tuts. Thank you.

Thank you again so very helpful ,love to watch and listen ,your voice is sweet.

Thank you, Miss Gayle, you make it seem easy. I have made altered books but never in a planned way, just kind of as I go but I like this idea of prepping it first with the pockets and then decorating it in a theme. I will be trying this. I love the banner idea, of them all stuck together to create how chunky or how wide you want. I don't know Patricia but I am going to have to look her up. Thanks for sharing. PS How do you spell her last name? : )

Thanks Gayle. I love your method!

I like the idea of taking advantage of the existing pages. I haven’t attempted any junk journals or faux dori or frame pages;;;; I love the way they look but I’m still not quite sure if its purpose. Question - can you insert what I think they call signature pages in a book like this.? Or you basically use the existing pages for that also

Love those banners. Wish I could find the time to fill a box with ready to use ephemera. Do you know where I could find some extra time Gayle?!?

Great job, Gayle! Love your banners! TFS!

Wonderful tutorial Gayle. Added it to my saved videos. 🌻

Gayle, I'm making my first journal from a dollar store book. Do you have any other videos on doing the cover or completing the journal after preparing all the pages?

Thanks Gayle, I'm going to try both of these! 😺

Thank you for all the tips. love your ideas!

Hi Gayle! I just ran across this tutorial of yours and loving it. I do have a question....do you prefer sewn in pages or glued? I find that the sewn are usually older and the spines are falling apart...which is your preference?

I love this . I’m gonna try it. Thanks for sharing this process

I love crafty Irina's videos, so so talented.