Tutorial - Faux Leather Envelope Journal Cover 

I realize it has been almost a year since you made this video, but as a fairly new subbie, I am slowly, but surely, making my way through the older ones. Sharing your kids with their in laws is not much fun, but you seem to have a good attitude about it. It is great that all of your kiddos are on the same schedule. Hopefully they all stay on the same every other year thing so you can have them all together with you this year.

Wow! It does look like leather! Very cool!

Awesome look Gayle . Happy thanksgiving from Australia , it’s great to give thanks for everything in your life . I give thanks every day to my kids and grandkids and for finding Gayle Agostinelli on RU-vid . I tune in every day . Love your stories and your laugh. I love it when you make an oops and giggle . Don’t each too much turkey , leave room for desert. Cheers and beers from OZ. Xx

Thanks for sharing as always it’s fun to see/listen to your videos. 💜

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Enjoy being with you in your videos!

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃. Love the technique your using. Please don’t worry about the time. We can always pause and come back. I look forward to your videos every day. I have been going back to see past years videos too. You are truly a joy to spend time with. And very good at explaining the projects. Thank you so much for sharing!

I will have to try your faux leather technique. I make it as well but, I use brown paper bags. I ball the paper up several times and I also rub peices against itself. It loosen the fibers and makes it feel really worn. I then mod podge it let it dry & do whatever stain treatment I choose at the time. Sometimes I do a paint wash on it, other times distress inks, and I have even colored it with the old coffee grounds inside the filter! I love the patched piece on yours, it makes it more organic to me, like it was mended after it was torn open at the time the bags was made or after it had a product inside & sprung a leak! LOL I hope you and the hubby enjoyed a quiet and peaceful holiday together! Happy Thanksgiving Gayle & thanks for putting us before your turkey LOL! *hugs*

This is just what I was looking for today! Thanks, Gayle! Hugs.

Happy thanksgiving to you too. I’m thankful for you and all the incredible things your teach me. I’m also thankful for our friendship. Thanks for sharing

Hi Gayle I love watching your videos, I picked up envelopes today at a thrift store so this video is perfect for me ❤️

Just 'inherited' some old large envelopes, I have a roll of brown craft paper - perfect timing to catch-up watch this tutorial. Ready to 'faux leather' things now! Thanks. It's New Year's Eve in Australia as I watch this, so Happy New Year to you. Jennifer

What a great way to end a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Thank You. Hope your day was just as good.

Been searching videos for my Junk Journal for Quotes and I came across yours. Going to def. do this one . I like it. I should have known you would have something I would like. Thanks for all the tips.

love how you just closed the flap edge and did not even worry about the metal clasp. awesome! I'm gonna give it a go, for sure!!!!

Gayle, you are one of the things I'm thankful for this year. I never knew there was this community of people willing to share their time and skills with the rest of us. Thank you and many blessings.

The kit is amazing and I love these faux leather journal covers, I store my mod podge in a huge recycled ketchup bottle and so far it has worked out for me. The only thing is you wont be able to dunk your brush in it I just save plastic lids and squirt out what I need. Thanks for sharing a video with us on thanksgiving.

Happy thanksgiving, I am grateful I found your channel, you are the first video I look for every day. Thank you for sharing your light

Happy Thanksgiving, Gayle! Hope you are having a great celebration. I am grateful for all the beautiful, wonderful tutorials you share.

Happy Thanksgiving Gayle...so thankful for your wonderful videos and spreading your giggly happiness to us.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Love the faux leather look. Love your videos, you are a great teacher.

Oh how smart and an inexpensive way to do a faux looking leather anything lol. Thanks for sharing

Happy Thanksgiving Gayle. Love you videos.

Another great technique Gayle. Your voice just projects HAPPINESS, I'm addicted!

Happy thanksgiving Gayle we are also thankful for you

Happy Thanksgiving sweet lady! Love Love Love your tutorials!!!!!

Hi Gayle, I love this technique and have used it on my first Junk journal that I am making for my sister. I followed your original tutorial and just used acrylic paints instead of the antique medium. I believe I ended up using three layers of acrylics along with some distress oxide ink which gave me a wonderful look as I put the metallic acrylic as the first layer so it just peeps through the other darker colours. It turned out beautifully. Absolutely love your channel and just had to tell you how inspiring and fun you are to watch and to thank you for introducing me to the wonderful world of junk journals. Many of my happy accidents have turned into happy results and when something doesn't go quite right I just tell myself it's all part of the learning process! Hugs Quetta 💕

Thank you so much for the tips and SO VERY MUCH for the UGreen suggestion! I have one now on my wish list and will purchase it on Friday!! It will also fit my microsoft camera, abate with some fillers, and that's great!!🙏🙏🤗

thank you for your videos I have been lurking for some time. I love real down to earth and inspiring artist's. Thank you for showing us a part of you.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Gayle.

thank you for your videos I have been lurking for some time. I love real down to earth and inspiring artist's. Thank you for showing us a part of you.

Wonderful idea! Thank you!! Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving Gayle. Your cover it's just great. TFS

Fabulous Gayle! Love it! I shall try it for sure Thanks so much. And Happy Thanksgiving ❤️💋🦃🤪🥰🌺❤️

Just stumbled upon your video. Love watching your creative process. New fan and subscriber. Must give this a try.

I learn so much from your videos! Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving!😎

Happy Thanksgiving Gayle, it's Alesia I watch your video with the your waterfall Journal flip through and they were both fabulous dear I love them and I will be giving this one a try too everyday I watch your videos I always learn something new from you, thanks for sharing with us always Gayle God bless you.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Love the look!!

Way cool Gayle!!!

Great job love them. But yet another project 😊 thx

I made two 5x7 covers thanks for sharing 😊

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Gayle. Thank you for sharing this tutorial today. I really like the new camera angle. Clearer for us and easier for you. I love your hour long videos, but this shorter one is a nice change for when we don't have an hour to watch. Let's us still have our "Gayle fix" lol. You make us feel like friends and for that we love you.

Enjoy everyone of your videos because you have things happen that I do also. Great technique, I've never seen before . Ty hope you had a good thanksgiving.

Gayle I am so grateful I found your channel! Your videos always inspire me to create. Happy Thanksgiving! - ❤️ Crystal

Dear, happy turkey day to you and husband. Thank you for your kind heart and your sweet words every time you craft with us. You reach out and enrich moments of our life. ❤️

Gayle you are so down to earth and funny. It's good to see that any mistake can be fixed. I enjoy your creativity so much! tfs

I like the accidental patchwork too. I can hardly wait to do this technique. You are so much fun! Mod podge flood.

Happy Thanksgiving Gayle hope you and ur hubby had s great day!!

Love this idea! I have made a few journals using a manila envelope, by following your tutorial. I may now have to try this! TFS! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! We Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving in October. Hope you have a great one!

Enjoyed your faux leather technique oops and all.

The patch kind of looks like someone's peeking at you. LOL very cool you have me wanting to go downstairs in my scraproom and play with my tissue paper and gazillion envelopes.

Can’t wait to try this method!! I’ve only published two of my books/journal recordings but I’m looking forward to doing more here on RU-vid :)

Gayle, thanks for showing us how to do this! I love watching your videos and I always learn from them! Plus, they make me smile (or laugh!)along with learning! Becky

Hi Gayle... fairly new sub here. And new to JJ...I Just got a chance to sit and watch this.. I am so glad I did! because I heard you say, Montana!!! I am from/ live in Montana... so cool to find others who live here. I absolutely loved your technique and your channel... tfs and I can’t wait to learn more from you!! have a wonderful Holiday Weekend!! Angie... 😊

Thank you Gayle, this is a beautiful project. I love painter's masking paper! The green is my favorite. It works well with acrylics and gelli plate printing as well. Thank you for always sharing your talent.

I really enjoy watching your videos. I learn so much, and giggle along with you! Thanks for always sharing your talent and ideas with all of us. ❤️

Would love to see the finished journal!!!!! 🤗🤗😍

Great video Gayle ! And things always look easy when someone else does them ! Love to see what you do, thankyou for sharing.

Cool masking paper. Love the leather look of the covers! TFS, Gayle!

Happy Thanksgiving, Gayle! We love you too.

I really have to try this, I love the results. Hope you had a wonderful Thanks giving.

Love the faux leather Journal Cover!!

Hi Gayle. We sure are thankful for YOU! ... cool technique, and I have some of the masking paper, so I’m definitely going to give it a try. Never thought about using it for anything other than catching drips!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your love ones. I am very thankful for having you in my life you inspire me. Love your videos. :)

Hi Gayle, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

Happy Thanksgiving!! Love how these covers turned out. I’m happy that you were able to get the new arm to video more easily. Your videos are awesome. I’m grateful for you too Gayle!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Gayle! I’m thankful for you! You are sharing yourself and your talent... it’s incredible and thank you Gayle. I look forward to our visits and crafting time, you’ve touched my heart and have inspired me to create again. Thank you!

Thank you! 👍🏻

I hope your thanksgiving was so good! Thankful for your inspiration😊

Gayle, I have to say that I so enjoy your videos. Your listen is soothing and your disposition is delightful. I am amazed at how organized you are. I wish I was like you and knew what I wanted to do and do it. You must be a seasoned crafter and know what you are doing. You would have to be super organized. I love it and it gives me hope. How long have you been making videos? You journals are well put together. I love it. Do you live and breathe making journals? Thanks for sharing. Your videos are so entertaining and I love how you can laugh at yourself.

I just watched the parade this year after years of not being allowed and told my daughter that the rockets and Santa were the whole reasons I love it.

Saw a video where they used glazing medium and added drops of paint color to make different glazes...haven’t tried it but I will...I think it would be fun to have different colored glazes for napkin tags.

On my to-do list for sure...love the result. Hugs, Carol

Gayle that’s so awesome I really love 💕 how they turned out. Thank you so much 😊 Gayle it’s always a pleasure to watch you work xx Mags

Happy Thanksgiving, Gayle! And thank you for keeping it real on your videos. xx

Great instructive video, as usual full of good feelings and many laughs, a blessing to all of us! Hope your Thanksgiving was a good day!

I can’t wait to try this. Just need to get the antiquing cream. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like eyes looking at us through the book cover!!! Oh spooky!! lol

I love this reminder. I watched your first one and now this one and still have to do this! Will look at Walmart for some "antiquing medium" this weekend. Thank you for last year of video loveliness! I think I can say we all are thankful for you! Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving!

I love this!! Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you...happy to have you to inspire me and fill my creative tank will make it fuel...hugs🍗

Happy Thanksgiving! Wonderful tutorial and loving the new camera angle.

Happy Thanksgiving to you🦃

Love this technique! ❤️

You cheered me up today!! Many thx❣️and TFS you faux leather technique

I love this look. I am going to try this Thank you.

Hi Gayle, I'm catching up on some old videos today so that's why I'm just commenting. Lol. I love this technique, I'm in love with mixed media so I really like this kind of tutorial for inspiration! :)) I have 2 questions, 1. Would a regular hair dryer work? 2. Do you use wet baby wipes or dried out ones? Thank you so much!

Thank you gayle, lovely tecnique. Happy thanksgiving. Enjoy your turkey 😁 love jo x

I love your technique, I’m going to try it. Happy Thanksgiving.

I really enjoyed watching and listening to you. The faux cover is always such a wonderful look. I use shoe polish as an alternative. Am now going to watch your embellishing ehemera video now. Crafty hugs Janine :) Happy thanksgiving to you and yours Gayle!

Thanks for sharing Gayle! Hope you and the Hubble gad a great Thanksgiving!

I Love the burlap, the tear looked awesome :-D Happy accident. xx

I love this Christmas kit by Artymaze and have already made a journal with this kit. Hope to make a video soon and post it on my channel. Thanks again!

You always make me laugh Gayle. I really like this design. Happy Thanksgiving from Canada.

I love your video..happy thanksgiving..love that I will have to try it thank you for giving us great video✂️

Awesome tutorial Gayle, I will be looking out for the masking paper, I love the way you taper the corners!! I will be using your method from now on. Also, thanks for mentioning what paper you use, I know you mentioned it before and I didn't write it down...happy thanksgiving. Hugs

Lol Gayle I laughed when you put too much mod podge lol your like me so much, now I need two more things to pick up tomorrow so I can do this. If I go to michaels do I ask for any kind of antique medium? Thank you for your time and the laughs ❤️

🤗 HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🦃🦃🦃

I love it !!! Thank you for the inspiration and tuto Gayle !! Sabine

Hi Ms.Gayle!!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your hubby!!! I'm home making a turkey too with mt roommate.Everyone went somewhere else. So I know what you mean, it's a little odd, but then again, it's nice. I enjoy being home in my P.J's cooking. My roommate didn't say anything when I came downstairs after my shower with clean pajama's. (He knows me well).Lol!!! I had to laugh with you when your tissue paper tore and you just patched it up. Your so funny. I like how your covers are coming along. I'm going to try to do it with sewing pattern paper. Thanks for the idea! I was so happy to see you today Ms.Gayle! Have a nice dinner and enjoy your evening with your hubby! Big hugs my friend!!! ~Liz~

Looks great!