Thank you Susan

Sheila Nissen Thank you Sheila. Chrissie x

Julie Dixon Hi Julie, thanks for watching.Chrissie x

Ioulia Kakoulidou Thank you very much for watching and commenting.Chrissie :)

kez t Hi Kerry, thank you and so glad to be able to add your little pocket and crochet flower in there too. Thanks :)Chrissie x

Lori W Hi Lori, good to hear from you and so glad to be able to evoke that image with my journal.Chrissie x

Debbie Ketcham Hi Debbie, yes, I feel if we can share what we have learned then maybe we can help someone else from making that mistake.Tfw Chrissie x

LILRHONDALEE Hi Rhonda, always love hearing from you and thanks for taking time to visit. Glad you liked my journal.Chrissie x

myfairytreasures Thank you so much Angie...I LOVE my ephemera from you and it went perfectly in my prayer journal.Tfw Chrissie x

Maggie White Hi Maggie, I am glad you liked my journal. I love to try and recreate a lovely old vintage attic find.Tfw Chrissie x

+Leigh Pogue Thank you Leigh. I really enjoy this book and now that it has got so chunky and full of all the things I have filled it with I love it even more. Chrissie x

Pat. S. Hi Patrizia, so glad you enjoyed seeing my little tattered journal.Tfw Chrissie x

Lori (Just A Girl From The Bay) Hi Lori, yes, love the chunky look :)Chrissie

Patty Fischer Thank you for watching and commenting. Chrissie

janstok011 Hi Janet, thank you for watching and leaving a lovely comment.Chrissie :)

Kashazdesigns Hi Sharon, thanks for dropping into the Attic. Glad you liked my prayer journal and hope all is going well with your studies. Chrissie x

Dollipop Productions Hi Melissa, thanks for taking time to watch and comment.Chrissie x

Johanna Clough Hi Johanna, lovely to hear from you and thank you for watching and commenting on my journal. Chrissie x

Nektaria Kazakopoulou Thank you so much for taking time to watch and comment.Chrissie

madebyaprilanne Thank you so much for a very lovely comment.Chrissie x

***** Hi Judy, thank you for joining me in the Attic and glad you liked my journal. I hope you will make one and show us here. Chrissie x

Alice O'Hagan Thank you for watching and commenting. Chrissie

+Karen McClure Tfw Karen. I am glad I could give you ideas. Chrissie x

Lynne Hughes Hello Lynne, so glad I could give you some ideas.Tfw Chrissie )

sassyscrappersThanks for dropping by the Attic Bonnie and so glad you liked my prayer journal. Chrissie x

Yvonne White Thanks Yvonne. Glad you liked it.Chrissie

Melanie Barnes Hello Melanie, thank you for watching and I am glad you could get a little inspiration for your journal.Tfw Chrissie )

CraftyAz Shac Thank you :)Chrissie

Aristi Mourtzaki Thank you so much.Chrissie

Donna Joseph Hi Donna, thanks for visiting. Yes, alcohol ink does come in lots of colours. It is a Ranger product. If you Google it you will find it has lots of uses but I don't really use mine that much as I am not familiar with all it's uses.Chrissie x

Carole Ann Colca Thank you very much Carole AnnChrissie x

+Janet Pohl Thank you for visiting my channel Janet and for leaving a lovely comment. My journal has got really fat now with lots in it. Yes, we do get beautiful bird sounds in the garden.Chrissie x

mysticaltouch Thank you so much.Chrissie x

Carmén Oropeza Thank you and welcome.Chrissie x

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Hi Laura, Thank you :) No, I haven’t changed the colour with embossing powder but I have had success with alcohol ink. I sometimes do a bunch of paper clips, just throw them in a plastic bag and drop in a few drops of the ink and swish it around. I think I have done a video on how I have done it.. Yes, just checked..if you look in my playlist ‘how I made’ it is there under faux rust. X

@@chrissiecrosser thanks I will check. I think I might do the embossing and what can it Hurt tight? Lol Did you use the ink like you used for the faux tape? Laura

+Social Media 4 Beginners Hi Audrey, so glad you like my prayer journal and thanks for watching and commenting :) I haven't actually done a tutorial for a journal but there are so many amazing tutorials out there. Also, a lot of beautiful digital kits that you can download. Part of my prayer journal was from a digital kit and I just added extra to it. One person I would love to suggest that you take a look at is delygirl1961 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdacoqyc0p6VdoE.html Cheryl has done some great tutorials recently giving step by step instructions on making journals. Hope this helps. Chrissie x

***** YES, that helps a lot. I subscribed to her channel and will hopefully get to be able to watch the tutorials and do some. Thank you so much for responding and sharing your beautiful journals with all of us. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy every moment of it with your loved ones. Be Blessed, Audrey

Hello, thanks for your comment and I love Samaritan's Purse. I do the shoebox at Christmas. Great idea to put the journals in. My prayer journal in this video would have to be one of the easiest bindings I think although I am not sure it would be the sturdiest. I put two eyelets in the spine (one top and one bottom and made 5 signatures which I tied in with string (or actually crochet thread) I think if I remember rightly in the video I may have mentioned it could have been improved by doing more eyelets, depending on how many signatures you are going to put in. My journal also has a round spine which wasn't that great for adding all those signatures but if you had a normal spine like on a book that would probably be better. Have you looked at the Midori style binding. I have never done it myself but if you do a search you will find many tutorials. That might be a good option and maybe sturdier. Good luck and let me know if I can help you further. Blessings Chrissie

Thanks for the info. If my inquiry did nothing but encourage you to add some journals to your Shoe boxes, then it was worth it. LOL I watched a You tube video in which a now American woman who was volunteering with Samaritan's Purse in Romania at Christmas time, told of praying for a journal when she was a young girl there in Romania, when she wasn't even sure if there was a God to hear her. She received the journal, and thru' that, found faith in the God who loved her enough to see that her prayer was answered. Since seeing that, I have begun making journals for the 12 - 14 yr. old boxes..... However, I'm a 75 yr. old woman on a fixed income, and can't make the journals as elaborate as I would if not making them in quantity. (This past yr. I made 220 rag dolls, puppets, stuffed animals, journals etc. for the boxes.) Thus, I am always looking for ways to make the journals something a young teen would treasure without their being too costly. I often take composition books and other notebooks and make journals of them. However, in doing other journals with signatures, I worry that the bindings aren't going to last long when using string, even tho' I use that which I find to be stronger than crochet thread. I will have to look up the Midori style binding you mentioned & see if that works better. I appreciate the suggestion and if you have any further ideas to offer, please do feel free to let me know. I think we have the same tastes in our journal making ideas! Thanks much, and God bless!

+Barb Sanford Thank you Barb. It isn't a stamp, it is printed on fabric on my computer. Chrissie :)