What a great tutorial! I could listen to your voice all day. I'm so glad I found this before I start my first journal, your work is just amazing and I appreciate your sharing of techniques and your thought process in picking out your materials. Thank you so so much!
How generous of you to share this tutorial, Martyna❣️ This could easily have been a “course” that others charge for. The journal is gorgeous and you have inspired me to try this type of painted cover with crackles. Your English is beautiful and I enjoy your videos. Again, thanks for sharing ❤ Grenae
Hi Martyna, your explanations are always beautifully clear - you say how but also why - and that is so helpful. Please don't ever apologise for your explanations in English - your English is flawless! The journals are all beautiful, and you have inspired me (yet again) to make another few journals. I intend to do a painted cover at some stage, but I had some lovely Christmassy fabric so I decided to use that first. Your idea of watering down the PVA using a damp brush really does stop the glue from seeping through the fabric, and I have now adopted that method completely. Thank you again for your lovely videos, I watch them over and over! Hugs from the UK xxxxxxx
Gorgeous work! I always love the layering of gold, colors, and textures you add to everything, especially your covers. I really love seeing such bold colors here.
Thanks so much for this video!, I love watching you create! Also, thanks for sharing how long it takes to make the journal. I feel that I’m so slow in creating, lol!😊
This is one of the most beautiful and unusual Christmas journals I jave ever seen ! 👋👋👋👋Brava !! Your explanations of your procrss are thorough but not boring..LOL..I also love a combination of papers..So many makers just stock to a "kit"..Little creativity there.. Keep up your excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and artistry...💚
Thank you for sharing your process! I absolutely love the cover especially 😍 The whole journal is gorgeous but I was really glad to see the cover being made. Beautiful.
Love this beautiful cover, it’s truly an art piece of art. Thank you for such detailed instructions. I really think I could do this and can’t wait to try. I’m looking forward to going back and watching more of your videos.
Wow! Your finished product is quite extraordinary! So beautiful! Thank you so much for the step-by-step guide of how you achieved the final look. I am working on a Christmas book for my sister-in-law. Since I haven't started the cover yet I may use some of these methods for the cover. Again, great work, great end result!
Amazing journal and even more amazing tutorial. I can’t wait to try painting a cover…… thank you for sharing and thank you for providing such clear instructions! Love your videos and your design aesthetics 😘
Wonderful tutorial!! You told how to make everything clear so clearly and with such a lovely expression of joy! 😊 And, of course the journal is gorgeous! Your work is always gorgeous! Thank you Martyna❤💚❤💚
🌟🌟🌟 FANTASTIC video 🌟🌟🌟 You're amazing, and as I've mentioned before a great pedagog, Martyna. ❤️ Looooove this video. Very inspiring indeed. Thank you for all the time you put into this! /Ditte 🤓 ❄️ 🇸🇪
Very great Video, thank you for the inspiration. You always show everything in great detail, I think that's great. Thank you for taking the time to share the making of your journal with us.Greetings from Germany
Hi Martyna, this journal is stunning! I wondered what scrapbook pads you used, all of those pages you showed were beautiful! I loved how clearly you demonstrated making the graph paper guidea, I'm going to do that next time I sew in signatures, thank you😊🧡🎄❤
This turned out beautiful, you make it look so easy! I love all the details you include in your journals, and now I can see how you do it! I will be giving it a go! ❤
I am so grateful and thankful you made this video. You know I've always loved❤️ your journals and this Christmas journal is absolutely beautiful. To be able to actually watch you create this beauty, made me so so happy. I have a dilemma, maybe you can help me? I started my Halloween journal, I posted pics of the cover on my community tab. I only have a few Halloween papers. Here's my question, should I leave it to finish until next October or finish it? I want to make a Fall journal and I have all my papers ready for that journal, just have to make the cover. However I have everything ready for a Christmas journal lol. I think since Halloween is over, perhaps I put it away until next October, finish it then. It takes me longer to make a journal, because of my major back issues. I have to do so much every day unfortunately. Once again thank you so much for making this video. Please give puppy hugs and kisses for Chikita and myself. ❤️🥰🐕
Thank you Kem!! 😊 I am of the opinion that you can never have too many journals lol. I would make whatever I feel like! If you feel like making a fall journal, go for it. You can use your Halloween one next year like you said :) I think it's most important to make what inspires you and what's most fun for you at the moment!!
A stunningly beautiful journal! I love your choices of paper, but I like that you mix new with not-so-new. You mentioned in your video how long it took for you to complete your journal - are you working on other journals during your downtime from this one? Or do you just work on one at a time? Your explanations of your work are very clear and precise, and along with the video, you share a foolproof method. Thank you so very much. BTW your voice is soothing and your accent beautiful!
Thank you so much, Julie! 💕 I was working on 6 similar journals at the same time and when they were all drying I was doing some mini projects in between :)
Such a beautiful journal and I LOVE this tutorial!! It's how I made my first journals and it's my favorite! All your handmade journals are stunning and have such beautiful details to them all! TFS xo
Greetings from NY! You are very thorough and easy to follow with awesome directions! That WAS a lot of work making this tutorial. It is great! ✂️💯👏🙇♀️ How many pages are in each signature? That is my downfall… determining that. I’m like you, I enjoy having a wide assortment of papers, sizes etc. I will save this for future reference. The cover is stunning! Thank you so much!
Thank you, dear!! 😊 I would say I try to have between 8-14 sheets per signature. 10 is my sweet spot, when folded it gives you 40 pages counting front and back and it's not so much that binding will be difficult :)
Wonderful tutorial! I am going to be paint my next journal and use crackle..interesting My major battle is sewing in signatures ive tried different methods and not successful Just finished tutorial I think you've solved my problem just now
What kind of scrapbook paper do you use? And can you use like store bought paper if you want to sell it? Is that ok? Lovely video! Thanks, I really want to try it. 🤩😍
Thank you so much Madeleine! ❤ For this journal I used a lot of store bought papers from brands like Mintay or Craft O'Clock. You can definitely use papers you buy in journals for sale. You shouldn't copy and print them but if you use the exact sheet you got in the store, you can then sell the journal :)
Muchas gracias por tu video, es precioso, un trabajo excepcional. Por favor, podrías poner los subtitulos tambien en español. Te lo agradecería mucho. Para así poder aprender mejor con tus tutoriales Saludos desde España ( Barcelona). Thank you very much.
In your last video you asked people to share something about themselves. I have never made a real journal, but have practiced with a few pages which were bound. I’d like to make one some time. I didn’t understand the purpose for journals as an art form until I found your videos. I thought you can’t hang it on the wall, nor share it in a way that people can see it without taking it out from wherever it’s stored, but now realize it goes so much deeper than something you can hang on the wall etc… I’m a two time cancer survivor and a mother of two boys. My eldest son was killed in Iraq while serving with a special forces team in the army. My youngest sone is now 35 which is so shocking to me. It seems like yesterday they were babies. I know it depends on the journal, but what is an average price for a journal you make? I’d love to order one with maybe 4 signatures, laces on the edges of some of the papers in each signature and mostly decorated with journaling spots both hidden and obvious. How long does it take to get a journal? I heard you say in one video you hoped to be done with all your orders by the end of the year. Please let me know whenever you have a couple minutes, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with me Tina! I appreciate you so much! Currently I am not making custom journals for sale, rather I create a collection, share it on TH-cam and then put it in my Etsy shop :) I should have a new collection up early next year. The price of the journal depends on so many factors for me - the type of the cover, size, number of pages, decorations and so on! But the ones I make usually start from about 160 EUR :) hope it helps! Sending you love and hugs!!
@@TealandTattered Yes, that helps a lot! I’ll be Kipling my eyes and ears open especially as we get closer to the new year. We appreciate all your hard work and basically free art classes. Thank you for being you.
Please help me understand this. I am an artist and I think your work is beautiful but I don't understand the purpose of this jornal. You glue ephemera into the pages (stuf you paid for), then you glue other ephemeera over it obscuring the information/beauty underneath it. Mainly, now that it is finished, what do you do with it? I would like to do this with my little Granddaughter but she'll want to know why we are doing this too. Kids, huh? Guess I'm a kid too. Thanks for the video. Very well done.
The time and care you put into your work is so admirable! Thank you for the step by step tutorial!
Thank you so much, Janet! 💕
Love it Martyna gorgeous as always thank you xx
Thank you Janice! ❤
What a great tutorial! I could listen to your voice all day. I'm so glad I found this before I start my first journal, your work is just amazing and I appreciate your sharing of techniques and your thought process in picking out your materials. Thank you so so much!
How generous of you to share this tutorial, Martyna❣️ This could easily have been a “course” that others charge for. The journal is gorgeous and you have inspired me to try this type of painted cover with crackles. Your English is beautiful and I enjoy your videos. Again, thanks for sharing ❤ Grenae
Thank you so much, dear’s! 💕
What a beautiful (non) junk journal!!! So very pretty!!!
Thank you, dear!! 😊
Very helpful Martyna, thank you!! Xxx
Thank you Evi!! 😊
Hello Martyna, your Christmas Junk Journal tutorial was a delight to watch, very beautiful. TFS
Thank you so much Denise! 🥰
Hi Martyna, your explanations are always beautifully clear - you say how but also why - and that is so helpful. Please don't ever apologise for your explanations in English - your English is flawless! The journals are all beautiful, and you have inspired me (yet again) to make another few journals. I intend to do a painted cover at some stage, but I had some lovely Christmassy fabric so I decided to use that first. Your idea of watering down the PVA using a damp brush really does stop the glue from seeping through the fabric, and I have now adopted that method completely. Thank you again for your lovely videos, I watch them over and over! Hugs from the UK xxxxxxx
Thank you, dear!! I'm so happy you enjoyed the video!! 😊
Thank you so much for showing how you make the covers!! 😍 I have been wondering how it was done. Sooo beautiful!
Wonderful explanations and beautiful results! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much Patty! ❤
That journal is absolutely stunning. I love the papers you chose. Thank you for showing us your process.
Thank you, dear!! 😊
Just beautiful and your instructions are so helpful! I love all your videos so much! Thank you for sharing yourself with us!❤
beautiful christmas journal and you explained everything very clearly 😀👌
Thank you so much Nikki! ❤
Martina, thanks for taking the time to put together this video. The process was well explained and your work is flawless. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Thank you so much Diane! 🥰
Gorgeous work! I always love the layering of gold, colors, and textures you add to everything, especially your covers. I really love seeing such bold colors here.
Thank you so much, Candy! 💕
Thanks so much for this video!, I love watching you create! Also, thanks for sharing how long it takes to make the journal. I feel that I’m so slow in creating, lol!😊
Thank you Trish!! 😊
Beautiful with excellent instruction. Very impressive.
Thank you so much Charles! 🥰
This is one of the most beautiful and unusual Christmas journals I jave ever seen ! 👋👋👋👋Brava !!
Your explanations of your procrss are thorough but not boring..LOL..I also love a combination of papers..So many makers just stock to a "kit"..Little creativity there..
Keep up your excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and artistry...💚
Thank you Joanclaire!! 😊
Thank you for sharing your process! I absolutely love the cover especially 😍 The whole journal is gorgeous but I was really glad to see the cover being made. Beautiful.
Thank you, dear!! 😊
BEAUTIFUL journal and a great tutoriaL !!!! ❤❤❤and, as usual, your digital kits are fabulous! Thank you!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you Alice! ❤
Great, easy to understand video! I don't feel as intimidated to try a cover like that, now! The journal turned out sooo beautiful!
Thank you so much Nancy! ❤
Love this beautiful cover, it’s truly an art piece of art. Thank you for such detailed instructions. I really think I could do this and can’t wait to try. I’m looking forward to going back and watching more of your videos.
Thank you Sharon! ❤
Your journal is fantastic and your process clear and detailed!! Thank you very much 💗💗💗
Thank you Giusi! ❤
You are amazing. Such a beautiful journal! Thank you for this excellent step by step tutorial!
Thank you so much, Natalie! 💕
Wow! Your finished product is quite extraordinary! So beautiful! Thank you so much for the step-by-step guide of how you achieved the final look. I am working on a Christmas book for my sister-in-law. Since I haven't started the cover yet I may use some of these methods for the cover. Again, great work, great end result!
Thank you dear!! 😊
Amazing journal and even more amazing tutorial. I can’t wait to try painting a cover…… thank you for sharing and thank you for providing such clear instructions! Love your videos and your design aesthetics 😘
Thank you Cris dear! ❤
I love it! The crackle looks awesome!!!
Thank you so much, Devin! 💕
Wonderful tutorial!! You told how to make everything clear so clearly and with such a lovely expression of joy! 😊 And, of course the journal is gorgeous! Your work is always gorgeous! Thank you Martyna❤💚❤💚
Thank you Amy!! 😊
Excellent video! Beautiful journal. You did a fantastic job. Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
Thank you Cheryl! ❤
The journal is beautiful. Thank you for all of the information I love the crackle!
Thank you, dear!! 😊
🌟🌟🌟 FANTASTIC video 🌟🌟🌟
You're amazing, and as I've mentioned before a great pedagog, Martyna. ❤️ Looooove this video. Very inspiring indeed. Thank you for all the time you put into this!
/Ditte 🤓 ❄️ 🇸🇪
Thank you so much Ditte!!! 🥰
Very great Video, thank you for the inspiration. You always show everything in great detail, I think that's great. Thank you for taking the time to share the making of your journal with us.Greetings from Germany
Thank you Anna! ❤
Such a beautiful journal and a great tutorial! Thanks for sharing your process. 💜
Thank you Aleksandra!! 😊
Hi Martyna, this journal is stunning! I wondered what scrapbook pads you used, all of those pages you showed were beautiful! I loved how clearly you demonstrated making the graph paper guidea, I'm going to do that next time I sew in signatures, thank you😊🧡🎄❤
Thank you so much Susan! ❤ I used papers from Mintay and Craft O'Clock mostly for this journal :)
Absolutely gorgeous journal. Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. ❤😘
Thank you Marcy!! 😊
This turned out beautiful, you make it look so easy! I love all the details you include in your journals, and now I can see how you do it! I will be giving it a go! ❤
Thank you, dear!! 😊
So pretty!! Love all the details you add!!
Thank you LaDonna! ❤
It's a beautiful journal.
Thank you so much dear! ❤
Beautiful journal. Loved the video, it was really helpful, concise and all in one.
Thank you so much dear! 🥰
Soooo beautiful!! Thank you for the tutorial!
Thank you so much, Linda! 💕
I am so grateful and thankful you made this video. You know I've always loved❤️ your journals and this Christmas journal is absolutely beautiful. To be able to actually watch you create this beauty, made me so so happy. I have a dilemma, maybe you can help me? I started my Halloween journal, I posted pics of the cover on my community tab. I only have a few Halloween papers. Here's my question, should I leave it to finish until next October or finish it? I want to make a Fall journal and I have all my papers ready for that journal, just have to make the cover. However I have everything ready for a Christmas journal lol. I think since Halloween is over, perhaps I put it away until next October, finish it then. It takes me longer to make a journal, because of my major back issues. I have to do so much every day
unfortunately.
Once again thank you so much for making this video. Please give puppy hugs and kisses for Chikita and myself.
❤️🥰🐕
Thank you Kem!! 😊 I am of the opinion that you can never have too many journals lol. I would make whatever I feel like! If you feel like making a fall journal, go for it. You can use your Halloween one next year like you said :) I think it's most important to make what inspires you and what's most fun for you at the moment!!
Thank you so much for sharing your process. This is a beautiful journal. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much, Sheamarie! 💕
oh Wow!! Thank you so much! This was a great tutorial!!
Thank you Shannon! ❤
Thank you for sharing your process I always love your tutorials, and this one definitely did not disappoint absolutely beautiful!♥
Thank you dear!! 😊
Well made tutorial I appreciate you ❤
Thank you so much! 🥰
A stunningly beautiful journal! I love your choices of paper, but I like that you mix new with not-so-new. You mentioned in your video how long it took for you to complete your journal - are you working on other journals during your downtime from this one? Or do you just work on one at a time? Your explanations of your work are very clear and precise, and along with the video, you share a foolproof method. Thank you so very much. BTW your voice is soothing and your accent beautiful!
Thank you so much, Julie! 💕 I was working on 6 similar journals at the same time and when they were all drying I was doing some mini projects in between :)
Thank you do much. It was wonderful and very helpful
So
Thank you Julie!! 😊
Gorgeous!
Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you so much this video was amazing
Thank you Ivonne!! 😊
Such a beautiful journal and I LOVE this tutorial!! It's how I made my first journals and it's my favorite! All your handmade journals are stunning and have such beautiful details to them all! TFS xo
Thank you so much Meredith! ❤
Greetings from NY! You are very thorough and easy to follow with awesome directions! That WAS a lot of work making this tutorial. It is great! ✂️💯👏🙇♀️ How many pages are in each signature? That is my downfall… determining that. I’m like you, I enjoy having a wide assortment of papers, sizes etc. I will save this for future reference. The cover is stunning! Thank you so much!
Thank you, dear!! 😊 I would say I try to have between 8-14 sheets per signature. 10 is my sweet spot, when folded it gives you 40 pages counting front and back and it's not so much that binding will be difficult :)
@@TealandTattered Thank you for the great advice❣️👍😄
Wonderful tutorial! I am going to be paint my next journal and use crackle..interesting
My major battle is sewing in signatures ive tried different methods and not successful
Just finished tutorial I think you've solved my problem just now
Thank you so much, Margie! So happy the video was useful!! 💕
You are doing very well with your English
Thank you so much Noela! 🥰
I love it!!!!!!
Thank you Jeannette!! 😊
Thank you very much!
Thank you Elise! ❤
Thank you! 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you, dear!! 😊
Your voice is lovely!
Thank you Catherine! ❤
What kind of scrapbook paper do you use? And can you use like store bought paper if you want to sell it? Is that ok? Lovely video! Thanks, I really want to try it. 🤩😍
Thank you so much Madeleine! ❤ For this journal I used a lot of store bought papers from brands like Mintay or Craft O'Clock. You can definitely use papers you buy in journals for sale. You shouldn't copy and print them but if you use the exact sheet you got in the store, you can then sell the journal :)
This journal is amazing! I really like your color and paper choices. Quick question, where can I find the paper you show at 16:06?
Thank you, dear!! 😊 It is from a Mintay paper pad and I got it online in a Polish craft store :)
Thanks!
Thank you Mary! ❤ Your support means so much to me!!
Muchas gracias por tu video, es precioso, un trabajo excepcional.
Por favor, podrías poner los subtitulos tambien en español. Te lo agradecería mucho. Para así poder aprender mejor con tus tutoriales
Saludos desde España ( Barcelona).
Thank you very much.
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Piekniutki!!!!
Dziękuję!!! ❤
In your last video you asked people to share something about themselves. I have never made a real journal, but have practiced with a few pages which were bound. I’d like to make one some time. I didn’t understand the purpose for journals as an art form until I found your videos. I thought you can’t hang it on the wall, nor share it in a way that people can see it without taking it out from wherever it’s stored, but now realize it goes so much deeper than something you can hang on the wall etc… I’m a two time cancer survivor and a mother of two boys. My eldest son was killed in Iraq while serving with a special forces team in the army. My youngest sone is now 35 which is so shocking to me. It seems like yesterday they were babies. I know it depends on the journal, but what is an average price for a journal you make? I’d love to order one with maybe 4 signatures, laces on the edges of some of the papers in each signature and mostly decorated with journaling spots both hidden and obvious. How long does it take to get a journal? I heard you say in one video you hoped to be done with all your orders by the end of the year. Please let me know whenever you have a couple minutes, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with me Tina! I appreciate you so much! Currently I am not making custom journals for sale, rather I create a collection, share it on TH-cam and then put it in my Etsy shop :) I should have a new collection up early next year. The price of the journal depends on so many factors for me - the type of the cover, size, number of pages, decorations and so on! But the ones I make usually start from about 160 EUR :) hope it helps! Sending you love and hugs!!
@@TealandTattered Yes, that helps a lot! I’ll be Kipling my eyes and ears open especially as we get closer to the new year. We appreciate all your hard work and basically free art classes. Thank you for being you.
Perfect tutorial video. But I have made junk journals for years. I'm probably not the person to ask.
Thank you Kelcy! ❤
Please help me understand this. I am an artist and I think your work is beautiful but I don't understand the purpose of this jornal. You glue ephemera into the pages (stuf you paid for), then you glue other ephemeera over it obscuring the information/beauty underneath it. Mainly, now that it is finished, what do you do with it? I would like to do this with my little Granddaughter but she'll want to know why we are doing this too. Kids, huh? Guess I'm a kid too. Thanks for the video. Very well done.