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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for sharing! You are a great teacher.

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

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

Very helpful tutorial! Thanks Gayle 😃

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

Thank you for all the tips. love your ideas!

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

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

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

I love the banners! Thanks so much for sharing ❤️

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

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

Great job, Gayle! Love your banners! TFS!

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

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

Thanks Gayle. I love your method!

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

Thanks for sharing Gayle. Love your videos

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for showing us how to start.

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

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

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

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

You’re such an excellent teacher!

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

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

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

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

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

Great tutorial and love these banners.

This is a wonderful tutorial. Thanks!

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

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

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

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

Fabulous tutorial!! Thank you!

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

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

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

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

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

I think this is fantastic -i must have a go thank you for sharing x

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

Just what I needed to know to get started with my first journal. Thank you, Gayle!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great tutorial! Thanks so much!

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

This is what I have been looking for 😃👍

Found it!!! Thank-you Gayle.

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

So very helpful!❤

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

Great tutorial Gayle!! Tfs.

Fun I’m going to give this a try 💝

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

That was a great tutorial Gayle

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

New to your channel , love your work .im going to try making an altered book as yours are beautiful .

Thanks so much for the details

Thanks Gayle.

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

TYFS. Very helpful😃

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

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

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

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

Greasy idea!

I would like to see the book u spoke about that you decorated yesterday, meanwhile I will try and figure it out until u get back to me. TFS

thank you for this tutorial..i forgot how to do it..your way is much better.

I love this type of junk journal! I think you should do a gluing video also. That’s where you could really have problems. IJS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks Gayle, now I know what I can do with my "Charlotte's Web" book. Watching all your other videos I didn't catch on until I saw this one. I might just be a little slow to catch on

Thank you for this tutorial. I was wondering what type of glue do you use? We have different makes here in New Zealand, so if you could please tell me what type of glue it is, I can then look for an equivalent here. Thank you.

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

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

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