How To Make Your Own Craft Paper 🖤 Upcycle Any Sheet of Paper
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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2023
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I went to my local library's used book sale for the first time. I bought a 168 page field guide book of beautiful butterflies. I also bought a 184 page book of herbs, spices, & wild flowers. The books were grouped according to topics, so I looked in the gardening section. My local thrift store does not segregate the books this way. Both books are like new & full of beautiful color photos. I feel so fortunate. I spent $1.00 on each book! The butterfly (new) book price on the jacket is $24.95. I'll use them in journalling or wherever I want to add a personal touch. Check with your library for dates of their used book sales.
What an amazing find! Sounds like a treasure hunt that really paid off.
I’m always finding good deals at our libraries. Some have “a-buck-a-bag”. And the librarians love when I tell them how I’m going to use them. At first I thought they would lecture me about taking a book apart, but they like knowing it will live a new life.
@@robinsutton4952 I love this. Librarians are the best people.
Field guides are quite costly, great find.
Love your idea! I got similar books at a second hand bookstore giveaway. T4S!
I love frugal living, and now that I'm retired, my income became very limited i love to see what I can make from junk. It's sort of like making a delicious pot of soup from what's in the fridge!
Which I do every week! The soup making, I mean... Well and the making things from junk too actually! 😂 I'm so glad to have connected with you. Thank you for watching.
I love what you did! I work for an electrical contractor and I've started playing around with using old electrical plans/blueprints in my journals because they have a neat background to make envelopes, pockets, etc. They would be great for this too.
Oh my, Cathy. What a wonderful material to have access to. I bet you'll have a fantastic time with those. Thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Also, you could use scraps of electrical wires to make spine charms for journals. X
@@annwestcott3752 excellent idea, except we sell all our scrap wire to a recycler 😀
@@cathyward6909 shame. I’ve seen it advertised on eBay, and I’ve seen people who are selling stuff made with it on Etsy. This might be more vintage stuff rather than scraps I cannot remember. X
I think I like this better than the tea or coffee staining paper videos I’ve watched. Your results are lovely. ( And less messy!)
🤣🤣🤣 I know what you mean. Tea dying can be fun but it is also a lot of work. Watercolour and inks are much easier and dry much quicker. Thank you for watching. ❤️
These papers are so nice. I never thought of re-purposing used printer paper. That's a wonderful idea. I've got bunches of paper already; some I'm donating to the art teacher at a nearby school, and a load of supplies I'll be selling this summer. I love seeing the results others achieve from up-cycling old, cheap, discarded books that would end up in the bin, but I can't do it. I do know they are being turned into beautiful pieces of art, though, which does help the planet.
I totally understand about the books Beverly. I think it still hurts many of us to cut into them but yes it is in the spirit of bringing them new life. It's lovely to hear you donating supplies to a nearby school! Thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Brilliant! This sort of thing is right up my alley. I agree with you about most purchased papers although I have bought some which I really love, and then can't bring myself to use - I get it out and stroke it every now and then, and then put it away again! I love making art from recycled stuff - I keep all my Amazon packaging (that brown paper they put in their boxes is great), and I have a large roll of unprinted newsprint that the removal men left behind once - when the paper is plentiful and free, you can be much freer with your art and really splash about with no fear of wasting precious paper. I have also recently discovered paper mesh, a packaging material. This brown paper is cut with little parallel slits, and when you pull it apart, it opens up and bulks up. This is great for collage, for stencilling through, and for the gel plate. I paint it, add gilding wax... whatever takes my fancy.
I keep all the old greetings cards, and this year I have been ripping them into scraps and sorting them by colour. Then I collage them onto other recycled cards, either strips or sheets. I recently saw someone doing this and then putting it in an embossing folder and this was really cool - can't wait to try that.
I have used fruit net, either as-is, adding gesso and/or paint after sticking it down with gel medium, or you can melt it first - it shrinks up and goes much harder. Gorgeous texture.
My recent fun recycling art is from the accordion-folded leaflets that come in medication packs - you don't even have to fold your own accordion! Simply punch holes in the piece with a crop-a-dile and then unfold it - the printing adds texture. You can punch randomly or in a pattern. Then paint, embellish as you want - use as a stencil, use on the gel plate, whatever. Free, and fun!
I also make "skins" from tiny offcuts of paper or foil, little scraps of fibre or yarn. Spread a plastic sheet, then some tissue paer and spread on some liquid polymer or watered down PVA, and spread the scraps on. Let it dry. You can add more polymer if you want. This is transparent when dry and makes gorgeous layering collage elements.
I'd better stop with my frugalisms or I'll be joining you as a book writer! Thanks for sharing your brilliant video.
Lol. I love this comment so much. I was very jealous to read of your unprinted newspaper reel. I have a notebook of that ilk that I got as a gift. I think your frugalisms are fantastic and I'm very grateful to you for sharing them. I'm sure other viewers, like me, scroll through the comments for extra tips and this one is such a goldmine. Thank you again for taking the time to do this. It's so helpful to me and other crafters. ❤️❤️❤️
@@journalingplanet Thank you so much for your lovely reply - and so prompt, too! What a star. So glad you enjoyed my frugalisms. I agree - looking through the comments is always a great source for inspiration and tips.
My hubby and I have a running joke. If we are out and about, shopping, or in the countryside or whatever, I often pick something up and say, "I wonder if I could make art out of this..." (always something totally unrelated to art, you understand) and his reply is always a resounding "NO!" which I take as a challenge to prove him wrong!!
@@ShoshiPlatypus lol. That sounds like a very fun game indeed. I love the humour of it. Keep it up! ❤️
I will use anything for pages that I don’t need anymore. My husband brings me construction plans he is finished using ; I cut them into whatever size pages I need to add to junk journals, make tags, paint/decorate, etc.. We home schooled our children (one learns to live VERY frugal doing so) and still have pads of cursive handwriting paper and old notebooks which I usually dye or color for projects; also old atlas/map books are great! We still get junk snail mail and if the envelopes can be reused, I place them in a drawer along with paper bags; also keep the little paper bags that some restaurants slip their silverware into and bring out with their menu. Also, thick catalogs with thick paper that are a few pages in size (like makeup, The Republic of Tea, new cars, etc.) are great for mini books or cards by covering them with the art pages one makes and personalizing them for the occasion. Lovey video! Thank you!!! 💝🧵💝😂✂️💝
This is an absolutely brilliant list. Thank you for sharing it. I've no doubt it will inspire other crafters. I'm so glad you liked the video. ❤️
I'm in the medical world and have saved materials for just this very reason. You have provided great inspiration.
I'm so glad! It sounds like you have some great materials to work with!
First of your videos I have seen, and so glad I watched. Great idea, and like you I LOVE that each project is unique and not mass produced. The possibilities are endless. Thanks for sharing. Your time in creating to share is appreciated. ❤
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you have fun creating! ❤️
I am a frugal recycler too. I found junk journal videos about 5 years ago, yet have not used pretty commercial craft papers in any of my journals. I continue to "waste" my time spending hours making my own journal pages from trash. I felt crazy, until hearing you say you're not interested in the pretty commercially available papers, too. Thought maybe being frugal was the reason, yes, it is a part as you said but it is not the only reason, thank you for saying that. Conservation and rescue is also another reason for me. I am looking forward to your 100 day recycling project. I'm going to binge watch your channel and get up to speed.
Another comment...I like your process of starting with printed text, then stamped text and images and lastly watercolor. Often the process is the other way, start with blank paper, add color then focal images.
Thank you so much for this. For the record, and as you would probably expect, I don't think any time spent being creative is a "waste". I'm so glad my musings on this subject resonate with you. I really hope you enjoy the other videos you watch. It's great to be connected with you. ❤️
I’m so happy I came across this video. I too am frugal. I subscribed to your channel and I’m looking forward to your videos. 😊
I'm posting a video tomorrow where I talk a lot more about being frugal. 🤣 It is one of my great obsessions. Thank you so much for subscribing. I hope you enjoy the videos!
Love these💖, and as someone who loves to create art with a lot of 'junk', it's always nice to find a new person to watch. I've done something similar with all sorts of papers, but the best ones are the medicine instructions in pill packets as they are almost tissue paper thin so are great for collage and decoupage and tend to be really large so lots of bang for your buck (£!)! I also like using them for gelli prints too.
I also use cereal and cat food boxes and all sorts of packaging as journal/card backings/embellishments etc; cereal liners as table protectors and wax paper alternatives. Other things can be made with them such as envelopes too - the channel Treasure Books is a great resource for those. Anyway, TFS 😊
Thank you for this great comment! I'm sure other crafters will find it just as useful as I haven I agree that medicine instructions are amazing material. I'm definitely a Treasure Books fan too! ❤️
I once made flower pots from all my medicine leaflets Painted them glitzy and gave as gifts with a plant inside Oh and a big bowl too lol Crazy how many I had to use at the time Good fun and somehow satisfying lol
@@rainbowflowerfairy4369 sounds very satisfying indeed. I love it!
@@rainbowflowerfairy4369 Sounds fab🙂
Excellent video I love how you made this beautiful paper and love what you said "no more $ to the man" I hate commercialism and how greed is ruining our planet. Thank you so much you inspire!
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😂 'the man' is not a subject you want to get me on. I never shut up about it. I'm so glad you liked the video and think along the same lines.
I also make my own craft paper and make stamps from everything I find in my house. I am a vegetable farmer in the Namib desert in Namibia and I have a veggie stand in the little town we live near. I always have a list of things on my table that I use for my crafting, like corks, buttons, brown paper bags, candle wax, and everything an Idiot could use to craft with. My customers will bring it to me instead of throwing it away and they are very happy to know it will be re-used. So a lot of my inspiration comes from what people bring me. I have thousands of the Chinese chop sticks that I get from the Fishdeli and Sushi bar and I am still waiting for a super idea what to do with them. But one day it will pop up in my mind. I understand your feeling of not getting excited going into a craft shop. Like you say, everything looks the same. And what I still do not understand is how so many people make junk journals with *bought* paper, *bought* stickers etc. Junk is junk and you can make it into something beautiful like what you just showed in this video! I hope many people will see your video and learn what you wanted to teach them!
Thank you for this Tieske! I admire your creativity greatly. I fell into the trap of buying generic craft supplies years ago and am now whittling down what I've hoarded and using it to upcycle real junk. There will come a point where that hoard is gone and when that happens, I intend to be like you in my approach to materials and rely on what comes into my life and what others give me. I truly believe it makes us much more creative. ❤️
Also, if you have paper packs with designs you don't like, you can also customise them rather than use them as is or waste them - using embossing to create a resist effect is a great way to do that. 🥰
Yes! Someone else mentioned this too and I think it's a fab idea!
I love this paper you’ve made, what you’ve done with it. Glad you are frugal, hope to be that way too.
@@ruthskiff2899 thanks Ruth, I think given the economic and environmental picture frugalism is having something of a renaissance and I don't think it's any bad thing. ❤️
I've been doing this for years, i.e. upcycling used papers, paperbags, cardboards, etc. into journal materials. I didn't care if I got criticized as frugal. For me, I find joy in making something from what other ppl would call junk. It enhances creativity plus less waste.
That's wonderful! And you definitely shouldn't listen to anyone who critiques you for being frugal! ❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely love what you just made. I also love the fact that you’re using things you already have. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for this lovely comment. It was so much fun making the video. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. ❤️
This is lovely!! I speaks to my crafters soul. Creating one of a kind paper. How can you not love that!!
I couldn't agree with you more Grace!
I have been pondering how to be originally creative about paper. I can put together photos etc but never thought about what you’ve demonstrated. Those turned out beautiful. I agreed with so many of your comments and that you can go broke trying to figure out preprinted papers of which you like some pages but not others and they tend to be too … what’s the word here? Strict? Not my likes and personality so much as taking time and creating something you really like or love. Not that I don’t like some papers - just end up with pages I don’t like. Thank you. I hit the subscribe and like buttons. Thanks.
Ah, thank you Jenn! I really appreciate that. I think you are right. These process gives us more control over the kind of papers we embrace and makes it less likely that we'll introduce papers we're not keen on into our stash which is great for reducing wastage - of money, materials and space in your craft area!
Contemporary greeting cards, magazines, cereal boxes make tags, journal covers, tabs, and book marks. ❤
All fab reclaimed materials! Thank you for sharing. ❤️
I love your frugal philosophy. My income is almost non-existent. I am looking forward to watching your 100 day project. I do a weekly video called Trash Craft Tuesday (NZ time, so Monday for most places). Thank you for sharing your fabulous tips.
Thank you for this. I'll tune in. ❤️
@@journalingplanet of thank you! That's so kind.
I love this idea. It's so fun. This idea means I can do all sorts of experiments and use up my hoard.
Absolutely? Experimentation is so much fun!
This is great idea!!! I save printed pages that come in junk mail. Its often very nice paper!!! I make painty papers from them. Or collage with DIY collage paper. I'm not 100% happy with them,...yet. I think this video will help me!! I do save tissue paper wrapped around TP because its very thin (for collage), and doesn't have much printed on it. My son told me how pretty it was. And laughed when I told him what it was from! Haha! I haven't used any paint or colors on it, except stamped with Archival colored ink pads. I love how you applied ink from ink pads using a sponge. That looks really great and doesn't have edge lines from ink pad!! Never thought of applying with sponge!!! I'm going to do that! And water colors look great too!!! I like this VIDEO!!! TFS
Austin TX USA
Haha. I love that you are defying your son's expectations about what constitutes art supplies. It's wonderful that you are so experimental and embrace the process. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. ❤️
@journalingplanet I make cards for my friend's & family for birthdays, etc. I always make my son's out of trash or recycling. He always loves my cards!!! I love to tell him I used trash! LOL! When I go to his house, I always go thru his trash & recycling! They have the best trash!!!
@@barbaracabrera207 hehe that's brilliant. Other people's trash is always the best. 🤣🤣🤣
@@journalingplanet Exactly!!!
I made Tim Holt's type paper using
The back side of a calendar, was really cute.
That sounds brilliant Charlotte. A great upcycling opportunity seized! ❤️
I really learned alot and going to make backgrounds for my card makeing
That's amazing! I hope you have fun. ❤️
Thank you so much I really really enjoyed watching you creating those gorgeous and beautiful pieces for nothing. And yes it’s really really hard to tell what the paper’s were before now. I’ve subscribed and given you a thumb’s up too. Please stay safe and well too
Thank you so much Mags. I really appreciate your positivity and support and positivity! I really appreciate it. ❤️
Just found your you tube channel lovely lady. I so agree with your frugal commentary! I buy second hand books, create my own craft paper, save envelopes, cardboard, tags, etc to use in my journals. Have just a few purchased papers to mix in with my original papers. Originality and being conscious of the environment are good things! Hope your hubby gets better soon.🙏 I just hit the subscribe button🥳 and look forward to checking out more of your videos! Thank you for your time. 💞🌺Hibiscus Hugs🌺 from Hawaii!🌈🙋♀️
Thank you for this heart-warming message Sherelyn. I love to hear about how you are using reclaimed materials to make your art. I think it's a cool thing to do! Thank you also for your well-wishes regarding my husband. That is very kind. ❤️
Thank you for sharing. I agree with the last comment - less messy & streamlined process for getting some great looks. I'm new to your channel - look forward to seeing other videos.
Thanks Pat! I have done tea dying in the summer when I can hang the paper to dry but it really is a lot of fuss when sometimes you just want (and need) a quick project.
Very nice. I enjoyed this video. Guilty about just buying paper, but it was definitely one I love. I sometimes get paper at our local Goodwill...a stack of misc scrapbook papers people no longer want. Maps and magazines from a friend and the used ones from the local beauty shop sometimes find their way into my crafts too. Old calendars are a wonderful resource...and the junk mail is often cardstock so it makes a great base for things. I look forward to seeing more of your videos!
We are artists! We're always going to buy some paper at some point. We can't always have time to sit down and make something from scratch either. That's why I love book pages so much. Affordable reclaimed scrapbook paper! It sounds to me like you are already upcycling a lot. I love that. ❤️
I use calendar pages. It comes out very nice.
I love your handmade papers, they are very beautiful. The projects you made are great too. I look forward to seeing your 100 day project, using our own resources is something I really enjoy. 😀❤
That means so much thank you! I really enjoyed your video and will definitely tune in for more. The 100 day project is going to be fun. I'm glad you'll be along for the ride. ❤️❤️❤️
Those came out beautiful. What a creative idea.
Thank you! I really enjoyed making them. ❤️
i paint cash register receipts, pages from appliances installation manuals and such with acrylic paints so that some of the original text still shows and then stamp like mad on top with my home-made stamps. i use those papers in my collages and love them. absolutely agree with you that it is much much more satisfying to create something nice from almost scratch than to create with expensive tools and supplies. I make journal covers with pieces of my old clothes. etc. and i totally can buy new stuff, i am just not excited about creations made with them (that diminishes a bit the point of crafting, in my opinion).
Loved this! I am so happy I found you! Subscribed and going to binge watch your other videos.
Thank you so much for subscribing and watching. I really hope the videos are useful and enjoyable. ❤️
Love your ideas! I just subbed and can’t wait to watch more of your creations ❤️
Thank you so much for subscribing. It means so much to connect with you. I really hope you enjoy the videos. ❤️
These turned out so pretty. Just subscribed, so happy I found you!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the support and am so glad you enjoyed the video!
Love it! Beautiful work!❤
Thank you so much. ❤️
Definitely going to try this , looks really cool x
Fantastic! I'm so glad the video was helpful. Thank you for watching. ❤️
Your papers turned out so pretty! I love all the projects too! Just subbed!❤
Thank you so much for supporting the channel, Jan. I was pleasantly surprised by how well this project turned out. 😁
Love the bookmark made on coincidence packaging!
It's so difficult to choose but I think that might be my favourite of the bunch too. The textures on it came out so well.
Very inspiring. I just made a big load of coffee dyed paper. I’m going to attempt to turn into some ‘Scrapbook Paper”! Hope your husband is feeling better! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this. I hope your tea-dyed scrapbook paper turns out swimmingly! I'm sure it will. ❤️
Enjoyed this immensely.
Love this idea !!!
I'm so glad, Ivette. Thank you. ❤️
These are wonderful, thank you for sharing. Love them all.
Thank you Jessica, I'm so glad you like them. ❤️❤️❤️
I SO love this. Thank you for showing that 'it CAN' be done ! Beautifully
Thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Thank you! This was so inspiring and the papers you made were simply beautiful. I can't wait to get my stamps out and try making some myself!
I hope you have fun with it! So glad to have thrown some inspiration your way. ❤️
Thoroughly enjoyed your video!!!!!! Thank you for the inspiration!!!!!
I'm so glad Sandra! Thank you so much. ❤️
Wonderful vid! Thank you for showing us how to make our own craftpaper. Can't wait to try it.
So glad you enjoyed it. I hope it helps you make lots of fab creations. ❤️❤️❤️
I believe you and I agree with!
Lovely papers!! Watching for the first time. You have a new subbie thank you so much !❤
Thank you so much for the support. I'm so glad the video was helpful. ❤️
I love your art and your crafting philosophy! Thank you so much for this inspiration!❤❤❤
Thank you for this lovely comment Corey. It means so much that you enjoyed the video!
Great ideas! These papers turned out looking great. Your bookmark and envelope look great also.
Thank you! Yes, I really loved the bookmark too. It might be my favourite now. ❤️
Omg wow that is such a neat idea. I love it!
I'm so glad Linda, thank you!
In an effort to use the trove of paper and supplies that I have amassed, I’ll be doing a ton of this. Yours are all beautiful. I sure look at all of our junk mail in a new light.
I'm so glad it was helpful Trish! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Lovely creations, and thank you for the encouragement to use what we have. I am on the same path and will follow your channel. Will look for your books too, reading is a huge part of my life!
So lovely to meet a fellow avid reader. Thank you so much for the support. My books are murder mysteries and they are under my name, Helen Cox. I really appreciate the comment. Happy reading and crafting!
Love those bookmarks and journaling cards
Thank you! They were a lot of fun to make.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what you do! This is my first time viewing your channel and WILL be back. Keep up the beautiful work! Hello from Minnesota, USA!
Ah Debbie, thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It was a lot of fun to make. Hello back from Sunderland UK!
Absolutely lovely thanks for the ideas. X
It's my pleasure! ❤️❤️❤️
I like it! It looks sooooo good! Thanks for the Tip!
I'm so glad! Thank you. ❤️
Just found your chanel. Love what you make and do, eco journaling. I’m all in for it.
And love your English and voice. You should use your voice for Story Tell. Thx for this great tutorial. Greetz from Holland
Haha. That's brilliant thank you so much for the compliment. Always so happy to be connected with a fellow eco-journaler! ❤️❤️❤️
What a nice refreshing video for using up our stash!! Thanks!
Thank you so much, I'm glad! ❤️
Wow this was so inspiring for me! Thank you for showing us this 🥰 I loved it!
It's my pleasure. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
I have to say at first once they were dry I thought it looked too random and couldn't see how it could make something pretty. But I was proven wrong, very wrong. I love the things you made. They are gorgeous. Thanks for the ideas
lol. I appreciate your honesty Shirley. Not everything I make on the channel actually works out but I think it's important to show that sometimes that happens. Mercifully, this project did work out well. Mid-project things tend to always look a bit disappointing!
Just found you and I love making things from scratch! So satisfying! Tracing paper is nice to stamp up!
I'm so glad you did find me! Hmmm. Yes. I have stamped individual embellishments onto tracing paper before but not the whole page. Definitely need to experiment with that! Thank you for watching.
What a good job, they came out beautifully.
Thank you so much. I'm really glad you think so.
Thank you so much for this great inspiration. I love how your finished pieces turned out - so unique and lovely. And I appreciate your encouraging words to use what I have and not go out and buy a bunch of stuff that I can create myself. Obviously, as you said, there are items we can pick up from time to time because we love the pattern, but there's absolutely so much we can create with our own supplies. Heading to my craft table right now to gather paper, stamps and watercolors!
That's so wonderful! I hope you enjoy your crafting time. Yes, I think as artists we'll always buy some things for our craft but it is awesome to make something unique whenever we can. ❤️❤️❤️
SO SMART, THANK you
Gorgeous!
Thank you so much. ❤️
What a fun way to create your own craft paper. It can be very personalized using certain stamps and colors. Thanx for sharing.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and that it was helpful. I love personalising supplies. ❤️
Just subscribed ~These are amazing! And you make it look so easy! Thank you and God bless ❤️
I'm so glad you like them. ❤️
I've been saving the cat food packaging containers for this very reason 🙂 Yours look beautiful, and it's always more exciting to make your own creations.
Haha. I'm glad I'm not alone on saving the pet food containers. I agree that making your own creations whenever you can is where it's at.
👋 I just happened on you page and am so glad I did, love the papers you created and the ephemera on my way to give it a go. 💕
Yay! I'm so glad. I hope you have fun.
Wow!!! First time I've seen one of your videos and so glad I watched!! These are amazing... can't wait to try this! Thank you!❤
I am so very glad it was useful and that you enjoyed it!
Great video I enjoyed you presentation. Good ideas to keep of from over buying too.
Yes Linda, I think the reason this approach works for me is that I already have things in my stash that can be used for decorating paper. So by not buying more craft paper, I'm not just avoiding adding to my stash but am also whittling down what l have already so it feels like a double win. I'm really pleased you liked the video. ❤️
Thanks for sharing!
A pleasure!
Wow! I really appreciate you sharing this…very inspiring, will give this try with my own printed papers! Thank you 😊🌸
I'm so glad it's helpful and inspiring Caroline!
Great 👍
Wonderful Video, I keep every tissue box, every box that comes into the house. I do collage on them, yes from more paper that I keep, I agree it's nice to own (TH) kit's etc, not ever got one. When you make them yourself, it's so much more rewarding. love from Australia.
You are right in all you say, it's definitely a good way of making something unique from the supplies we have around us. Lots of creative avenues to pursue. Thank you for watching.
New subscriber here because I love how you think, love your art, and love your videos!!! Thanks so much for sharing!❤
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like my style. 😁 It means a lot when people take the time to comment. ❤️
Never thought to do this. What a good idea. I will definitely try this!
Yay! I hope you have fun! ❤️
First video I see from you and it is exactly what I was looking for. I love the idea of making things by myself, it's so creative, thank you!
I'm so glad you found this video at the right time, Emmanuelle. Thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Loved them all but my fav was the leaf bookmark! Definitely making these. Tyfs❤❤❤
I love the leaf bookmark too!
Gorgeous papers, tags. Really lovely 💖✨️
Thank you so much. I'm glad you like them. ❤️
Super! I took this idea for me))) Thanks a lot!
Brilliant! I'm so glad it was helpful.
I totally agree with your vision..I make nearly all my papers...love what you made
That's brilliant Hilde! Lovely to connect with someone who is like-minded. ❤️
Best video of this type I've seen.
Thank you very much!
Thank you Wendy, that's a huge compliment and I really appreciate it!
I agree, I want to do things that are unique! ❤️
Absolutely, it's great to do that.
Exquisite paper making, really must try this. Thank you for the inspiration just found your channel.
Welcome, thank you for watching!
I don’t know if you, or anyone else lives near a scrap shop. But that is a great place to go for craft supplies. My local one sells paper, fabric, stamps, and old lace and ribbons. All preloved, and now passed on. As well as all sorts of other stuff. I’m UK based and I know they are popping up all over the place now. I’m sure that is happening worldwide.
And the wonderful thing is that if I buy something I don’t like, or my crafting goes in a different direction, I can just give it back.
I’m a new subscriber and looking forward to seeing more. I really like the idea that junk journals are made with junk. And yes, I am naughty and do buy the new shinies, but I still love the preloved and tarnished too. X
Oooh Ann, I didn't know about this Scrap shop trend!!! Might you be able to tell me one or two places you know they exist so I can visit? I'd love to support such enterprises. ❤️
@@journalingplanet hello, my local one is in Church Stretton in Shropshire. It’s called Scrappies. I love it. I have a membership and get a 20% discount. They have just opened one in Hereford but I haven’t been yet. Then the Cornwall one is near St Austell. But be aware it can be dangerous, because it can be distracting and addictive. But I have loads of plain, lined and squared paper waiting for tea and coffee dying but it’s also all a bit different so it’s not the same as buying a ream of paper that has every sheet identical.
I also think an internet search of ‘scrap stores near me’ might give you more local options.
As well as scrap stores there are a couple of charities near me which give support and run activities for people with learning disabilities as well as having mostly fabric based preloved goodies. They are not as good as scrap stores but well worth a visit. The ones near me are Clever Betsy in Leominster (Herefordshire) and there is also one in Hereford which I know well but brain fog is preventing me from knowing by name. I’ll add another comment when I remember it. Edited to say I have remembered, it’s called rose tinted rags.
Enjoy. X
@@annwestcott3752 I really appreciate all of this valuable information Ann and will definitely go on a search for scrap stores. Thank you for opening my eyes to them! 👀👀👀
@@journalingplanet it’s a pleasure. I think they are such an amazing resource so it’s great to get someone else to share the joy! X
Great ideas for those of us on a budget. Thank you for sharing this...
I'm glad it's useful. It was fun making them. ❤️
Great techniques tfs
Glad they are helpful! ❤️
Loved this video. It ticked all my boxes - beautiful, original, frugal, green, inspirational. And I've subbed.
Oh brilliant! Thank you so much. That's so lovely to read. ❤️
@@journalingplanet Just to let you know I tried this, and I love how it turned out. Only thing I did different, I don't have archival inks, so I did the watercolour first, and stamped over it when dry. I now feel liberated from buying craft paper!
@@londongael414 that's a perfect solution. I love that it turned out so well! 👏👏👏
Thank you for reminding me to create my own unique style. I totally agree with everything you say when it comes to crafting. 😊
Thank you Dianne, I do think it's easy for us to forget how wonderful unique hand-crafted pieces can be!
What great ways to "use what you have!" I never thought to dampen the sponge before applying Distress Ink. Thank you!
I'm so glad it was helpful. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Brilliant!!!!! I'll try it, thank you from New Zealand. 🥰🥰🥰
Amazing! Lovely to have viewers on the other side of the world!
I will use all the health insurance mail to do this process. I appreciate your video ideas.
That's brilliant Mary! It really warms my heart to hear about those papers getting a new life. ❤️
Beautiful paper!
Thank you so much. ❤️
Such wonderful tips TFS
It is very much my pleasure. Thank you for watching!
Hallo! Super, super, super!!! Grüßle Moa 🙋♀ 🌳🐝🌻Thema passt zu meiner Einstellung! Abo und 👍dagelassen! 😺
Thank you so much for your support. I'm glad we think alike when it comes to journaling. ❤️
This was fabulous. Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to make some of my own
That's wonderful Carrie. I hope you have a lot of fun doing it! ❤️
I’m new to junk journaling.
Love this video. Thank you for sharing. Simple and to the point. Will definitely give this a try.
I'm so glad Anixa. I hope you have fun with it!