Thank you so much for watching! And I do too! I realized my magazine stash was overflowing and now that I’ve started making things with them, I can’t stop 😜
A nice video, magazines are so good to use. I got however a little seasick because the things you made , you moved them all the time around in your hand. But thats just a tip, not a bad thing. Thanks for taking time to make the video.
Several great ideas, especially the arm chair travel journal and the Polaroid pic idea. I use magazines a lot and love it. A little hint when gluing and avoiding air bubbles : glue, and then take wax paper, place over glued magazine pic and smooth down with an old credit card. It gets rid of any bubbles and doesn’t put wear and tear on that pic. Work from the center out. It always works! Carol from California
Ahh thank you so much! That tip with the wax paper is gold. I usually try to get bubbles out with the bone folder from the center out but a lot of times it “weathers” or cuts the fragile magazine paper. Can’t wait to try with the wax paper and credit card. You’re the best!!
Hi first time I’ve seen your site. How about running the “spoilt” postcard through an embossing folder and see if that helps recover the image from the uneven glue result.
Hi Britney ( hope I spelled your name right). Your channel came across my RUclips feed and I'm glad it did 😊 I just started using magazines because my sister uses magazines and when she was visiting, she showed me her journal and I am hooked! 😊Seriously, I took the free brochures from the doctor's office!! I saw images that look good! Lol.😮 You have great ideas! I like the Polaroid, that is so cute! Your wine bottle came out great!😊 I subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching more of your videos! Thanks for sharing! Gina
Gina!! Literally the only good thing that ever came from going to the doctors office 🤣🤣 thank you so much for watching. I love playing with magazines too, so hopefully more ideas to come! Cheers 💖
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. I have been reluctant to toss magazines thinking I would learn how to use the images - your video helps a novice like me understand ways on how others use mags. I also love your 3 ring binder idea for storing the cut out images.
Thank you so much!! I too had let magazines pile up in my office. I just started cutting them up and couldn’t believe how many cool ways there were to use them…. Just start cutting and the ideas come, I promise 😃
Terrific video! Your artist skills far surpass mine!! I just wish magazines weren't so expensive, but the pictures are fabulous. Thank you for sharing your talents!
Thank you so much. You are too kind. And artist is a bit generous! Hahaha You should see me with a paint brush… utter catastrophe 🤣 guess we all have our strong suits. And I know magazines are getting more expensive… one of the thrift stores near me has them sometimes. Friends, family? Doctors office?.. If your thrift store doesn’t carry them, maybe look and see if they have heavily illustrated books. I often do many of the same kinds of projects using those which many thrift stores have and sometimes libraries are looking to get rid of for next to nothing.. I hope that helps… I know it can be challenging to get your hands on them sometimes. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment 😊
I absolutely love harvesting images, words, quotes, text, etc from magazines! You have some great ideas 😊 I also use binders (and folders too) to store things & pages I clip or tear out. But I have so much that I need condense combine and reorganize. It’s such a task though 😩 lol. Thanks for sharing ❤
Wow, I’m so impressed with your ideas! I will be looking at my magazines through a different lens, for sure. I usually look for people, florals and landscapes, but you’ve opened my eyes! I’m a homeschool mom and I LOVE the ideas of making a mini journal on a location. 👐🏻
You’re so kind. You’ll come up with so many things. You just have to look! I don’t know what took me so long but I finally started digging into my stash when my bookshelf started caving in lol. Ps happy homeschooling….You have one of the most important jobs around 😊
Of course, thanks so much for watching!! I’ve gotten so many good questions, I think I will need to do another magazine video soon. The best advice I can give you is always secure the magazine images with glue stick…never wet glue which always seams to cause wrinkling. Once I put my images down, I often will go over them gently with a bone folder. Start from the center and work your way out. That usually works keeping the wrinkles at bay. Sometimes it happens no matter what in which case I’ll sew over part of the image or put down a couple decorations to Hide the bubbling. If things really get out of control, I’ll just embrace it and take my daubber out, and ink over the wrinkles for a very nice vintage, distressed look :) I hope that helps!
Helloooo! 👋 wow, Norway. Way to represent. One day I hope to be able to visit and see those beautiful glaciers you have! Thank you so much for watching 😊
Amazing ideas and beautiful examples! I was just looking at my magazines and wondering how I could better use them in my journals. This was perfect timing!
You are too kind. I absolutely do not paint, but I’ve forced myself to put paint on my brush, and brush to paper because I’ve always wanted to be able to “paint” in my journals 😂 It’s a journey for sure. We all gotta start somewhere 😊
Definitely intetested in glue technique s to use on magazine. I even tried spay glue. It dried and i could just peel image right off the cardstock. Lol 🤷🏻♀️
Oh man. Note to self… no spray glue lol! The best results I’ve had so far are with glue stick by itself. Wet glue always seems to wrinkle the paper. Work out any wrinkles and bubbles from the center. I’ve always done this with a bone folder, but you have to be very careful not to knick and “weather” the image if this is not the look you are going for. One sub said they put down wax paper over the image first and then work out wrinkles with a credit card. I can’t wait to try this… I bet this would work great!
2:19 -- Creative way to showcase a beautiful landscape photo by making a postcard. 22:29 -- "Use the images to inspire you to create...makes you more creative and pushes you to create different themes and styles you wouldn't have thought to create on your own." -- Seriously simple, yet profoundly impact full. 🎉
Lots of great ideas, thanks! I'd like to recommend maybe not using plain white copy paper as background, for a vintage look, use old book pages from charity shop, or for a modern look, use other parts of magazine for backgrounds, painted pages or scrapbook paper. Inking round edges of everything really gives it a better look overall, it hides any missed bits and the edge of the paper. Also, it's worth picking up some cheap letter /number stamps, for titles, quotes etc. Amazon have many. Tearing edges can give a fabulous look, especially for vintage/rustic vibes 😊💜
Ahh I love all of these, thank you!! I think I might try some of these projects on book pages and Gelli prints I have next. idk why I went so copy paper heavy… oh well, an excuse to make more 😂😘 and love the stamping idea… I think that would look so cool especially on the paint strips ☺️
You could emboss that wrinkled air-bubbled image and layer it up on a journal cover! Use a busy patterned embossing folder, one with small details all over the entire surface and it will completely smoosh out the paper and mask the bubbles within the pattern. Alternatively you could pierce each bubble discreetly with a sharp pin, and run it through a laminator over and over, or iron it, to gradually push the air out of the holes. The picture will ever so slightly overlap in tiny places but it will be flat. Stencil over it with texture paste to create more dimension, to blend and work with the bubbles. Or go for a combination of all of these to really make it mixed media in texture... Bubbles??? What Bubbles??? Oh THOSE Bubbles! Haha Silly Billy, they are part of my creative design! 😄 EDIT*** I just thought of something...have you discovered the absolute joy, that is Clear (translucent) Gesso? I love it for brushing over shiny surfaces to give a TRULY matte finish. It's not like matte Mod Podge or similar glues, that despite being matte, still have a sheen, albeit less glossy. It has a granular almost sandy grit to it, exactly like gesso, but dries clear. I just thought of that seeing as you like working with magazine images, but some styles of journals such as vintage or grungy don't necessarily work with shiny magazine images. But it would make your magazine ephemera even MORE versatile! A little goes a long way, and it allows ink to be used for aging or layering, as it grips to the texture better than it does on glossy paper. Just something I thought of! 😁 I can't shut up! 😳 Sorry! 😂 But I love the accordion fold location bucket list idea! Imagine making lots of those and binding them together! Cool.
Oh my gosh!! all of these phenomenal suggestions had me wanting to go back to my craft desk, pull those magazines out and do this all over again... Embossing those bubbles... YES PLEASE! Hello texture- LOVE THIS! Texture paste too... going on the list. And yes, I have to get myself some clear gesso!! My white gesso is too opaque and not getting the job done. Bet this would work so much better than mod podge too. Especially when it comes to being able to paint on the magazine images. Sometimes I make paper dolls and instead of making them clothes with other fabric or papers, I like to paint them on. Gesso would be wonderful for this. I didn't know that gesso came in other colors either until someone recently informed me of this. I have a couple of projects in mind using black gesso... hold that thought..... And please don't be sorry... I love a good tangent. Thank you for the brain dump and all of these amazing ideas. The inspiration is always so much appreciated xoxo!!
Both sometimes! If I am looking to do a really specific project like make paper dolls, I will scour through the magazines to get the ones I want. Otherwise, I will just go through magazines and start ripping and cutting out what I like and then I store the images in a binder with those clear plastic inserts. I try to sort them by theme ie: people, words, places/travel, etc… that way I have a better chance of finding things lol
Hi there! Definitely glue stick… wet glue will cause a lot of wrinkling. Once you get the image down, you’ll want to go over it from the center moving out to get those bubbles out. I usually do it with a bone folder. Someone else suggested using a credit card and putting wax paper over it first to protect the fragile magazine paper which is a brilliant idea. I hope this helps! 😊
Hi! For the faux postage stamps, what is the name of the actual thing you stamped on the stamps lol. The wavy lines and “classified” look. I don’t know what to look up online to buy it
Or AliExpress, EBay, Temu, and Etsy too. Although Etsy is typically more expensive. I stick with Amazon, Ali, and eBay for stamps. Besides thrifting or yard sales. Lol
Like your post, however when we try to take a photo, you keep putting your fingers in the way, and moving the item constantly. Frustrating. The glare is bad too.
Thank you. Very good ideas!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great ideas... I love using magazine images for collage and backgrounds too. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Thank you so much for watching! And I do too! I realized my magazine stash was overflowing and now that I’ve started making things with them, I can’t stop 😜
So many cool ideas! I especially love the recipe cards and the Polaroids 🥰 Very unique
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it 🤗
Lots of very helpful ideas! Thank you.
I'm so glad!! :)
A nice video, magazines are so good to use. I got however a little seasick because the things you made ,
you moved them all the time around in your hand. But thats just a tip, not a bad thing. Thanks for taking time to make the video.
Thank you so much and thank you for the feedback. As a motion sick person, I will make sure I’m more mindful of this in the future! Thanks again 😀
Several great ideas, especially the arm chair travel journal and the Polaroid pic idea. I use magazines a lot and love it. A little hint when gluing and avoiding air bubbles : glue, and then take wax paper, place over glued magazine pic and smooth down with an old credit card. It gets rid of any bubbles and doesn’t put wear and tear on that pic. Work from the center out. It always works! Carol from California
Ahh thank you so much! That tip with the wax paper is gold. I usually try to get bubbles out with the bone folder from the center out but a lot of times it “weathers” or cuts the fragile magazine paper. Can’t wait to try with the wax paper and credit card. You’re the best!!
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This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I love using magazine and old books, too. I'm thinking, what fun we would have if we lived next door!
Living next door and sharing the same passion! What a beautiful and calming friendship right
Ahh that would be lovely. Plus can you imagine the combined community craft stash?! Now that’s what dreams are made of 😆 💖
@@InkandPapyrus : I want to join in the community definitely! Eventhough I am far away from Singapore, South East Asia
@@nurainiain7761 Hi ! 👋 So happy to have you 😊
Thank you for sharing your magazine ideas. They are great. Happy Journaling!
Thank you so much 😊
Hi first time I’ve seen your site. How about running the “spoilt” postcard through an embossing folder and see if that helps recover the image from the uneven glue result.
Oh wow I love this idea! Not just to “fix” the post card, but just for decoration sake. Thank you! ☺️
Hi Britney ( hope I spelled your name right). Your channel came across my RUclips feed and I'm glad it did 😊 I just started using magazines because my sister uses magazines and when she was visiting, she showed me her journal and I am hooked! 😊Seriously, I took the free brochures from the doctor's office!! I saw images that look good! Lol.😮 You have great ideas! I like the Polaroid, that is so cute! Your wine bottle came out great!😊 I subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching more of your videos! Thanks for sharing! Gina
Gina!! Literally the only good thing that ever came from going to the doctors office 🤣🤣 thank you so much for watching. I love playing with magazines too, so hopefully more ideas to come! Cheers 💖
Some very interesting ideas 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for creating and sharing this video. I have been reluctant to toss magazines thinking I would learn how to use the images - your video helps a novice like me understand ways on how others use mags. I also love your 3 ring binder idea for storing the cut out images.
Thank you so much!! I too had let magazines pile up in my office. I just started cutting them up and couldn’t believe how many cool ways there were to use them…. Just start cutting and the ideas come, I promise 😃
Beautiful.. lots of creative ideas 💖🙂
Thank you so much 😊
Terrific video! Your artist skills far surpass mine!! I just wish magazines weren't so expensive, but the pictures are fabulous. Thank you for sharing your talents!
Thank you so much. You are too kind. And artist is a bit generous! Hahaha You should see me with a paint brush… utter catastrophe 🤣 guess we all have our strong suits. And I know magazines are getting more expensive… one of the thrift stores near me has them sometimes. Friends, family? Doctors office?.. If your thrift store doesn’t carry them, maybe look and see if they have heavily illustrated books. I often do many of the same kinds of projects using those which many thrift stores have and sometimes libraries are looking to get rid of for next to nothing.. I hope that helps… I know it can be challenging to get your hands on them sometimes. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment 😊
Great ideas, thanks!!
Thank you so much! 😊
I absolutely love harvesting images, words, quotes, text, etc from magazines! You have some great ideas 😊 I also use binders (and folders too) to store things & pages I clip or tear out. But I have so much that I need condense combine and reorganize. It’s such a task though 😩 lol. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you so much 😊 and yes, I feel your pain!!! Harvesting is so much fun…. Organizing well, is not 😛 I’ve been putting off doing the same!! Cheers 💖
Many great ideas!
Thank you so very much 😀
Wow, I’m so impressed with your ideas! I will be looking at my magazines through a different lens, for sure. I usually look for people, florals and landscapes, but you’ve opened my eyes! I’m a homeschool mom and I LOVE the ideas of making a mini journal on a location. 👐🏻
You’re so kind. You’ll come up with so many things. You just have to look! I don’t know what took me so long but I finally started digging into my stash when my bookshelf started caving in lol. Ps happy homeschooling….You have one of the most important jobs around 😊
I like what you did…I prefer to make my own ephemera in addition to small already made items.😊
Thank you, and me too ☺️
Thanks for sharing!
I appreciate all of the ideas and inspiration.
I personally would love a video on how you glue Magazine images without wrinkles.
Of course, thanks so much for watching!! I’ve gotten so many good questions, I think I will need to do another magazine video soon. The best advice I can give you is always secure the magazine images with glue stick…never wet glue which always seams to cause wrinkling. Once I put my images down, I often will go over them gently with a bone folder. Start from the center and work your way out. That usually works keeping the wrinkles at bay. Sometimes it happens no matter what in which case I’ll sew over part of the image or put down a couple decorations to Hide the bubbling. If things really get out of control, I’ll just embrace it and take my daubber out, and ink over the wrinkles for a very nice vintage, distressed look :) I hope that helps!
Such great ideas!
Thank you so much 😊
These are so unique and clever! I was looking for something different, thanks! ❤❤❤
So glad! Thank you for watching 😊
So many great ideas!! Thank you so much for this inspiration. I love magazine images, and you've given me so many new ways to use them!
I’m so glad. 😀 thank you so much!! Happy crafting!
Awesome ideas. First time viewer. I have many magazines. This idea would be great. Junk as well.
Thank you so very much. Magazines have recently become one of my favorite craft supply ☺️ Hopefully more ideas to come!
Great ideas !!
Thank you so much 😊
Fun, inspiring and creative video 👏😍 lots of love from Arctic Norway 🥰🍀🌼🌸
Helloooo! 👋 wow, Norway. Way to represent. One day I hope to be able to visit and see those beautiful glaciers you have! Thank you so much for watching 😊
Amazing ideas and beautiful examples! I was just looking at my magazines and wondering how I could better use them in my journals. This was perfect timing!
I am so glad and thank you so much! I’m guilty of hoarding tons of magazines so hopefully more magazine ideas coming soon ☺️
thank you for this great video
Thanks so much for watching 😊
By the way I just love your paintings. 😊
You are too kind. I absolutely do not paint, but I’ve forced myself to put paint on my brush, and brush to paper because I’ve always wanted to be able to “paint” in my journals 😂 It’s a journey for sure. We all gotta start somewhere 😊
Definitely intetested in glue technique s to use on magazine. I even tried spay glue. It dried and i could just peel image right off the cardstock. Lol 🤷🏻♀️
Oh man. Note to self… no spray glue lol! The best results I’ve had so far are with glue stick by itself. Wet glue always seems to wrinkle the paper. Work out any wrinkles and bubbles from the center. I’ve always done this with a bone folder, but you have to be very careful not to knick and “weather” the image if this is not the look you are going for. One sub said they put down wax paper over the image first and then work out wrinkles with a credit card. I can’t wait to try this… I bet this would work great!
I love magazines, too! Should have bee a photojpurnalist!
lol yes! 🙌 they are great. Always on the hunt for more ☺️
2:19 -- Creative way to showcase a beautiful landscape photo by making a postcard.
22:29 -- "Use the images to inspire you to create...makes you more creative and pushes you to create different themes and styles you wouldn't have thought to create on your own." -- Seriously simple, yet profoundly impact full. 🎉
Thank you so much! It’s true 😊 Happy crafting!
I absolutely loved this video! First time viewer and will subscribe 🥰 thanks for sharing
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much for watching 😊💖
The image you didn’t like cover with shipping tape soak in water and the cardstock and glue will dissolve then you can remount. Thanks for sharing!
Ahh fantastic suggestion, thank you!!
@@InkandPapyrus welcome 😊
Lots of great ideas, thanks! I'd like to recommend maybe not using plain white copy paper as background, for a vintage look, use old book pages from charity shop, or for a modern look, use other parts of magazine for backgrounds, painted pages or scrapbook paper.
Inking round edges of everything really gives it a better look overall, it hides any missed bits and the edge of the paper.
Also, it's worth picking up some cheap letter /number stamps, for titles, quotes etc. Amazon have many.
Tearing edges can give a fabulous look, especially for vintage/rustic vibes 😊💜
Ahh I love all of these, thank you!! I think I might try some of these projects on book pages and Gelli prints I have next. idk why I went so copy paper heavy… oh well, an excuse to make more 😂😘 and love the stamping idea… I think that would look so cool especially on the paint strips ☺️
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You are very clever
Thank you!
You could emboss that wrinkled air-bubbled image and layer it up on a journal cover!
Use a busy patterned embossing folder, one with small details all over the entire surface and it will completely smoosh out the paper and mask the bubbles within the pattern.
Alternatively you could pierce each bubble discreetly with a sharp pin, and run it through a laminator over and over, or iron it, to gradually push the air out of the holes. The picture will ever so slightly overlap in tiny places but it will be flat.
Stencil over it with texture paste to create more dimension, to blend and work with the bubbles. Or go for a combination of all of these to really make it mixed media in texture...
Bubbles??? What Bubbles??? Oh THOSE Bubbles! Haha Silly Billy, they are part of my creative design! 😄
EDIT*** I just thought of something...have you discovered the absolute joy, that is Clear (translucent) Gesso? I love it for brushing over shiny surfaces to give a TRULY matte finish. It's not like matte Mod Podge or similar glues, that despite being matte, still have a sheen, albeit less glossy. It has a granular almost sandy grit to it, exactly like gesso, but dries clear. I just thought of that seeing as you like working with magazine images, but some styles of journals such as vintage or grungy don't necessarily work with shiny magazine images. But it would make your magazine ephemera even MORE versatile! A little goes a long way, and it allows ink to be used for aging or layering, as it grips to the texture better than it does on glossy paper. Just something I thought of! 😁
I can't shut up! 😳 Sorry! 😂 But I love the accordion fold location bucket list idea! Imagine making lots of those and binding them together! Cool.
Oh my gosh!! all of these phenomenal suggestions had me wanting to go back to my craft desk, pull those magazines out and do this all over again... Embossing those bubbles... YES PLEASE! Hello texture- LOVE THIS! Texture paste too... going on the list.
And yes, I have to get myself some clear gesso!! My white gesso is too opaque and not getting the job done. Bet this would work so much better than mod podge too. Especially when it comes to being able to paint on the magazine images. Sometimes I make paper dolls and instead of making them clothes with other fabric or papers, I like to paint them on. Gesso would be wonderful for this. I didn't know that gesso came in other colors either until someone recently informed me of this. I have a couple of projects in mind using black gesso... hold that thought.....
And please don't be sorry... I love a good tangent. Thank you for the brain dump and all of these amazing ideas. The inspiration is always so much appreciated xoxo!!
Do you leave images in the magazine until you create the ephemera? Or do you go through and cut them out and store them?
I should have watched longer
Both sometimes! If I am looking to do a really specific project like make paper dolls, I will scour through the magazines to get the ones I want. Otherwise, I will just go through magazines and start ripping and cutting out what I like and then I store the images in a binder with those clear plastic inserts. I try to sort them by theme ie: people, words, places/travel, etc… that way I have a better chance of finding things lol
lol I get it… my attention span is… well short, at best 🤓
What is the best way to glue and avoid the bubbling.
Hi there! Definitely glue stick… wet glue will cause a lot of wrinkling. Once you get the image down, you’ll want to go over it from the center moving out to get those bubbles out. I usually do it with a bone folder. Someone else suggested using a credit card and putting wax paper over it first to protect the fragile magazine paper which is a brilliant idea. I hope this helps! 😊
Hi! For the faux postage stamps, what is the name of the actual thing you stamped on the stamps lol. The wavy lines and “classified” look. I don’t know what to look up online to buy it
Hi! I don’t remember where I got mine, but I found these on Amazon that pretty much look identical: a.co/d/hTixaGT
I hope this helps 😊
Cancellation stamp, meaning it can't be used again.
Or AliExpress, EBay, Temu, and Etsy too. Although Etsy is typically more expensive. I stick with Amazon, Ali, and eBay for stamps. Besides thrifting or yard sales. Lol
@@LidaJoy yes to the above! 👍👍😀
Like your post, however when we try to take a photo, you keep putting your fingers in the way, and moving the item constantly. Frustrating. The glare is bad too.
Sorry about that. I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for the feedback.