How to Make a Magazine Journal - a Creative Tutorial from Jamie Ridler Studios
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- When I discovered magazine journals, I was so excited I made three! Now I am finding them my favourite choice for glue journals or, what I like to call, picture books.
A special thank you to Shannon Green ( / byshannongreen ) who introduced me to the concept and to Dede Willingham ( / @inkiwell ) for showing how she did it in one of her videos.
Here's my flipthrough: • Picture Book (Glue Boo...
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What a perfect way to recycle magazines! Especially ones I really love and want to hold onto! Thank you Jamie 😊 I definitely want to create my own magazine journal!
I'm so glad! I hope you enjoy giving this a try.
@@theschoolofcreativemagic I definitely will Jamie! Looks like so much fun ❤
Oh I just really love this idea. It is inspiring me to actually purchase a beautiful magazine knowing I will use every inch of it. Such a wonderful journaling idea!
Yes! People are often so hesitant to buy a beautiful magazine but you can get so much joy out of making so much with it!
This is my first time hearing about a magazine journal and I love this idea! Thank you for sharing, I am on my way to start my own.
I am so glad that inspired you, Karen. I hope you have a great time making yours.
Karen McNamara if you ckeck this channel you will really enjoy see the beauty out of magazines ua-cam.com/users/craftyhodges. also ckeck teesa more or something like that, enjoy
This showed up in my "you may like" suggestions and I do/did. I have "liked" this video and subscribed to your channel and have already started a magazine journal inspired by this video. I have four Daphne's Diary magazines that I have taken half if not more of the contents out of and am going to glue/tape those together and use those. I'm looking forward to working in it. Thank you for posting this video! :)
Such a great video! Thanks for sharing this with us. Can't wait to see the flipthrough!
Thanks, Tabata66!I I'll be sure to do it soon.
This is brilliant and I can totally see myself using my own Stampington magazines as the basis for my own magazine journal. What a great way to keep using them! Love it 💝
Yay!! I am so thrilled this has inspired you. I find the Stampington magazines just perfect for this purpose! Enjoy!
I love this, Jamie! I'm also looking forward to watching your flip-throughs!
Thanks, Rosie Grey!!
Hello!❤
This is my first time here and i am so happy to be here! I love your video!!!! Thank you so much!!!! ❤️
Hugs from Brazil! ❤
Welcome! I'm so glad you are here. Thanks so much for the lovely message.
Thank you so much for sharing this marvelous idea. I have been cleaning out and threw all my old ones out. This gives me a reason to buy just two more. ☺
Hehe, well, I am glad to give you a good reason to enjoy some new magazines! I hope you have fun creating your magazine journal!
What a great idea!! I have saved all my art magazines or magazines with thick pages and lots of art of them...they're just too beautiful and such great quality to send to recycling. I have cut out TONS of images from other magazines and sent those to recycling...I might just have to try this!!! Thank you!! xo
It would be a great way to bring together those two treasures. I hope you give it a try. Enjoy!
I am like you Jamie...I am in love with these magazine journals!!! One thing you can do if you have magazines with thin pages is glue 2 or 3 pages together. This has been such a great way to use my images that are collecting everywhere. I have started just going through each folder of images and taking out the images that "speak" to me at the moment and then finding a place in the magazine journal that I think it looks good to me. It is SO much fun!! I will go back later and probably fill in small areas with paint, stamps etc. But I will be making many more of these!!! Look forward to seeing your flip through soon!!!!
Oh, that's right. Great tip, Angie!! How you've described is exactly how I've been using it and I have absolutely loved it. What a joy!
Yes it is!!! From what I saw of your journal it looks lovely!
Beautiful work Jamie ! Also, very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much, Leela!
That was fab! I like this idea, and i have a stampington to use!
Fantastic! I hope you enjoy it. It's been a really fun addition to my journaling life!
Wow. I have never heard of this. Great job.
Isn't it marvelous?! It's quite a bit of work but I absolutely love it. I hope you give it a try!
Hello Jamie, what a delight watching this was! You are such a bright happy lady with great ideas! Thank you so much xx
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! I so appreciate your kind words :)
I'd never heard of Art Journals like this. I just watched Dede's latest upload with her playground journal. What a cool way to use magazines, me being artistically challenged, this is something I could do. Great. Thanks, I'm going to make my own and do things in it.
Yay! I hope you have a ton of fun :)
Thanks for sharing! this is my first time to hear about a magazine journal and I'm loving it. 😍
Great! I'm so glad.
A simple, quick, easy way to prep magazines for a journal. Great idea. Carol from California
Thanks so much, Carol!!
This was so much fun! Hope you do a flipthrough ..Thank you for sharing! Cheers
I absolutely will. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
This is a great idea, Jamie. Looking forward to the flip through.
Thanks so much! And here it is: ua-cam.com/video/2sPR9ivPzRo/v-deo.html
Great video! I’ve never thought of this. It’s amazing and something I will be doing in the future. Thank you ❤️
Thank you! I'm so glad that you're going to give it a go. Enjoy!
Great magazine journal will have to try this, what a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Take care now Ali xx
Thanks so much, Alison! I hope you do try it. Let me know how it goes!
Thank you Jamie so much. That's a brilliant idea 💡 and use of magazines. I suppose the possibilities are limitless when working with these.
You are so welcome. Here's to endless possibilities! Enjoy :)
I love this idea! I had already watched Shannon Green's video but had never heard of Dede Willingham, so i checked out her channel. Was unable to find the video you mentioned. 😢. Oh well...I have subscribed to your channel!🎉
Welcome, Janice! I'm so glad you're here. Are you going to try making your own magazine journal?
I've been wanting to do this & this is really helpful & inspiring! TY bunches!! ❤️
Oh, I'm so glad! I hope you have a wonderful time doing it. I have just loved this process.
Loved this
Big Thumbs up!! Just love this Idea. Im going to do one.
Yay!! I am glad to hear it. Have fun!!
Love this idea! I cannot wait to do it :)
Yay! Let me know how it goes, Michele!
Thank you for such inspirational video. It is amazing way to start being creative
Thanks for leaving this kind message. I'm so glad you found the video inspiring. I hope you give making a magazine journal a try!
Thank you Jamie! You are so inspiring!
Thanks so much, Gillian!
Thumbs up! And a new subbie be you've given me such great inspiration! I've done many dream and vision boards but never in a magazine. Wow!
Hi there! I'm so glad we've connected and that this spoke to you. I hope you enjoy getting creative in your magazines!
Wow!! Thanks for sharing! I’ve just been uploading some magazine flip throughs on my channel but they’re so beautiful I need to make something like this with them! So cool!!
Great!! I hope you enjoy it!!
very inspiring. thanks. i cant wait to get started.
I'm so glad!! I hope you love it!
Great. Thank You for taking the time to make this video.
My pleasure! I hope you found it useful!
Loved your tips for flattening the pages before you start. I've made a couple of these, and this tip would have helped make them better. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jackie! I'm so glad that's helpful. Thank you so much for letting me know!
I'd never thought of using the actual magazine as a journal, but I have taken the bi-fold or tri-fold pages from W magazine and sewed them together into a journal.
Great idea!
I love my Stampinton publications too much to deface them (I have issues going back 15 years or more). But I just dug out an old Harpers and pulled out sections with very sturdy ad pages. Feels good to glue and paint with total abdomen. Love your channel. Thank you.
Wow, that's quite a collection, Robin! Now that some of their magazines are no longer available, I particularly get it. What will I do without Artful Blogging!! I'm glad you found a magazine that does work for you and are reveling in the abandon!! Yes!
I enjoyed the video very much, thank you for sharing
Thanks, Clara. I am so glad.
loved this - thanks for sharing and please do flip throughs soon
Thank you! You bet I will :)
cant wait
Yeah! I Made altered books but a magazine... It will be the first time. What a great idea to use ones that are already used! Merci!
Great! I hope you have an awesome time.
So happy magazine journals have found a place in your creative life! I have yet to start mine, but planning on it soon.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing your process!
Thanks, Debbie!
I love your ideas thank you so much for sharing this with me Hod bless you and yours
Thank you so much! It means a lot to me to know that these ideas are connecting with you :)
Thank you so much for the great video!
Thanks, Simona! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Love it!
Thanks!
I love this idea. 💝
I'm so glad! I hope you try it out :)
Thanks for sharing 🌻
You are so welcome. I've had such fun with these and I hope you do too!
Great video!
Thanks, Wendy!
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH I LOVE THIS
I am so glad! i hope you have a great time creating one!
Thanks! So easy to do.....I love that!!!-
Fantastic! I'm glad you're inspired. Have fun!
I just love this idea so creation of 💖
I hope you give it a go!
I've seen one like this, before, but it wasn't too eccentic! Well ... I think I'm gonna make one like this, and see if I'm gonna be addicted to it!!!
I loved doing it. I hope you enjoy the process!
Wow this is what I needed. I live magazines. I’ve got 100 of them at home. I don’t want to throw away. Now I know what to do with them :) thanks for the inspiration :)
Yes!! I hope you have a lot of fun playing with what you have :)
M so happy to find this love it
Great! I hope you have fun making one too!
@@theschoolofcreativemagic i have made one so far and honestly it's so great im having so much fun its a great way to recycle 😊
Omg that's a genius idea thank you 😍
Yay!!! I hope you love it!
You are awesome 👌 your voice Is so joyful ❤
Thank you so much, Kathy! That made my day.
Great way to make a journal using magazines you love and keeping the beautiful pages you love as well; did you remove some pages and glue pages together?. I would love to make a journal using your creative ideal. I would have to restrained myself from adding pockets and other item I'm used to adding in my alligator mouth journals. Thanks for sharing love your creativity.💓
Jamie, have you tried Yes! Glue. It's like a glue stick in a jar. It is more forgiving than a glue stick, n that, you have some wiggle room to adjust the page or paper you are working on. It will slide more easily and it sticks real strong. No bubbles if you watch how you apply it. It is messy. I love the product, though.
Thank you for the suggestion! I have bought it but haven't tried it out yet. You're inspiring me to give it a go!
I absolutely love this...I have a lot of magazines...
Fantastic! Have a wonderful time.
Awesome
Thank you!
Just came across your channel; making mine now
Fantastic! I hope you have a ton of fun!
Love that!....fun journaling! Thanks for sharing🌷📚
I'm so glad! I hope you give it a try :)
Fantastic idea to start as soon as possible.
Thanks so much for sharing!
it's so much fun! I'm so glad it sparked your interest!
Love this. =)
I'm so glad. Thank you, Phoebe!
=) You're welcome. =)
Xnew subscriber looked like something I would like I have a large box full of images I have cut out already ! Thank you for posting!
Then you're all set! It's always fun to find a home for all of those goodies. Enjoy!
Thank you!
My pleasure!
What was the name of the magazine you loved the name was cut out? Thank You
Jamie I've started journalling, I love it!! But I have a question. Journalling is usually written thoughts, is my journal page suppose to have some kind of a specific message or say something that only I can read? Please let me know so I'm doing it properly, pleeeease!! Thnx!! I love the video btw...
I’d love to know where you got your magazines!! Those magazines are what I have been looking for.. I’ll be buying me some cuz I think I found where you bought them.. I was wondering how you left some of the images but now I see
Ah, did you find the Stampington magazines? They are all beautiful! Enjoy!
Great 👍
Thanks!
Hi Jamie Ridler! I love this video it wonderful. I’m a bit confused though... can you make a tutorial on the actual journal making so I know what exactly you’re talking about? It sounds awesome and I would like to learn! Thnx you’re amazing!!
Thanks so much, Nory! I'm sorry that it's left you feeling confused. If you have a question, I'll try and answer it :)
Jamie Ridler Studios I’m confused as to what kind of journal this is. Why do you call it a “magazine journal”? What are you saving the pictures for? Thank you Jamie for your previous reply!
Which stampington magazines are you using for your gluebook I was gonna buy one on Amazon but holy crap they're expensive
They are expensive magazines. I invest in them because I get SO much out of them. I cut images out for dreamboards, for my Studio Yearbook, for a glue book. I use them as ephemera I share with friends and then I can even use them to make a magazine journal. All of that makes it worth it!
Love having something to do with my hands while watching television.
Me too! I hope this ends up being a fun creative activity for you!
Hi, Jamie! Enjoying this video very much (not through watching yet!) - Do you just get the pieces of linen cloth from Jo Ann's or Walmart or ?? Thanks! : )
Hi, Beth! Thanks for watching. I love that you had a question before finishing. It lets me know you're excited about creating! As for the linen, do you mean the fabric tape on the binding? I was able to find some at the dollar store but I am sure you could get it at a crafts store too.
I think she means the fabric used to smooth the glued pages down when joining the two magazines. It looked almost like a vintage hankie, but you said linen scraps maybe... Love this idea. I have saved way too many magazines, like they are precious, but really I want to use them completely, every little bit, like you are doing! 💖 💖
@@AndreaCrisp, thank you for the clarificiation. Of course!! Beth, I use an old linen cloth that I got from my Aunt. It works a treat to smooth out those pages! And Andrea, I hope that you do give it a try. I've enjoyed the process and how it turns out so much!
I liked your idea for journaling in the negative/blank areas. I suppose you could even journal over some of the typed text also...it would also kind of "hide" your journaling if you didn't want it extremely noticeable.
Absolutely! Or black out some of the writing and leave behind a poem. There are so many possibilities.
that's a great idea too!!! Yes, my head starts swimming with ideas!! :)
One more question, do you have a video that actually shows you gluing your pics/images into the 2 magazines that are bound together? I'm not sure I understand just how to do that. Isn't there "measuring" and such? Thanks & happy creating! : )
Yes, I did bind the two magazines together. Basically I removed the back cover from one and the front cover from the other. Then I glued the now exposed back page and front page together. Finally, I bound it with the fabric tape. I didn't do any measuring whatsoever. Both magazines were the same size so they were going to fit together nicely. I hope that helps!
p.s. Where did you get your GORGEOUS ring on your pointer finger!? I want one! :)
Isn't it awesome? It's one of my favs. I've had it so long I'm not exactly sure where I got it!
New subbie. This is very helpful. My first attempt is separating. I tried to repair with tape, it's a hot mess. how can I salvage it?🤗🐞😘
Welcome! Is it separating just at the seam? My go to would be tape too. If it was a mess, cut it and make a fresh start. Your hands will have learned from the last attempt :)
Fun idea! I just gifted someone with 11 years of Somerset/Stampington magazines as I downsized. Oh wait! I can buy more!
Wow, what a gift! I'm glad you like the idea :)
Great ideas thanks Jamie…must try this sometime
Thanks Heather! I hope that you give it a try! Let me know how it goes :)
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This was good. Would you ever glue on fabric to the cover ?
Hi there, Debby. I'm so glad! I bet you could do that. I don't tend to work with fabric and don't have any lying around or I would experiment! If you give it a shot, let me know how it goes.
You definitely could Debby! You may want to experiment with a fabric & cover that’s not too super precious to you until you decide which glue & method works best for you
Thanks.
I'm almost done w mine.... I covered every page w strips of masking tape...I love the weight of it...it's an old Juxtapose mag.
Fantastic! I'm so glad you love how it's coming together.
I don't know how to upload photos. ....it's ok
I want to know what magazine you used the one where the front page had part of the title cut out.. A missing info Cafe magazine. Someone help please
I think I know which one you mean - the orange one? It's called Artists' Cafe and it's published by Somerset. I hope that helps!
Jamie Ridler Studios thank you! Yes it does!!
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Smiling right back atcha!
I am VERY new to this and I'm a new subscriber to your channel. So what magazines are the thicker ones?? So you tear out pictures that you don't want and then fill in on the pages that you like with other pictures that you like, right?? I mean, you wouldn't tear out a picture that you wanted and then paste it in later would you?? Sorry, I just didn't catch the specifics. Did you paste the two magazines together before you put the tape on the spine??
Hi Marney! It's love to connect with you. I so appreciate your questions. When you shop for magazines, feel the pages and see which seem thicker to you. It will be a bit of an experiment finding ones that you like to work with. I have loved working with any of the Somerset magazines, like Artful Blogging and Where Women Create. Those are the two magazines I used in this video.
Yes, I pasted the two magazines together. Plus I tore out some pages to make room for the bulk that was going to be added by gluing in more stuff - since I knew that is what I would be doing with my journal. I hope that helps!
Thanks so much for getting back to me....i did see another video where u go into depth of the process. Sorry i didnt check earlier before i started asking all of those questions....i am a new subscriber. Would luv to see more videos on journaling.
How do you use glue sticks without the glue drying out before you completely cover a page, or in this case of combining two magazines, drying out before you get the second page finished? I've never had any luck with glue sticks at all. Even just gluing small images to a page, they do not stick well. Therefore, I have no confidence in glue sticks at all.
I've definitely found that not all glue sticks are created equal. I've had quite a lot of success with the UHU brand. These days when I am doing one large picture, I often use a glue runner, like the Tombow mono adhesive. For gluing the two journals together, I slathered glue stick on both pages (being generous helps with not drying out) and then smooshed them together and pressed them down with a cloth or a bone folder to smooth it out. I hope that helps!
What magazines have the thicker pages
Most of the Stampington ones do - particularly Bella Grace.
I have found that the glue stick over time, dries out and my work comes apart. I don't use glue stick anymore. I've even tried different brands and it doesn't work. If their is something I can do differently please let me know. Thanks.
Ahh... that can be true. Good point, Cathleen. Have you found anything that works better for you?
Hi Jamie. This video is intriguing, and sounds like something I would enjoy doing. I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box, but I don't quite understand how this is a journal. To me it's just two magazines glued and taped together. Where does the journal part come in? Please don't think I'm being rude. I want to understand.
Kimerly, I so appreciate that question. It's really making me think about all the kinds of journaling there is now - written journaling, art journaling, glue journaling. I'm using this magazine journal as a glue journal, a place where I can put in images that speak to me, that inspire me, that express something. I could also choose to use it as an art journal, painting over the pages as they are. It may not seem like you'd likely use it as a written journal but I've actually really enjoyed writing over images like these glued in ones with gel pens. I could also gesso over the pages and then write on those. I have found this a wonderful way to repurpose something I already have into a collection of pages I can use as a journal.
I'm glad YOU asked because I was wondering the same thing. LOL!
What did you call the second one?
Hi, LeeAnne, could you explain your question a bit more?
I can use the magazines to make dollhouse books and magazines.
Fantastic!
What glue do you use?
I almost always use a UHU glue stick. If it is one nice big page and I really want it to lie flat, I use Tombow mono adhesive. I hope that helps.
Hi Jamie. Short story: I love the magazine "Where Women Create" I look at it when I'm in Hobby Lobby or Michaels, because it is a pricey magazine. So I was going to see what youtube had on it . I saw your video about using the magazine to make a journal. Well I thought I was the only one who had made a journal out of a magazine and I find out lots of people do. Kindred Spirits I guess. Any way I have subbed you and am checking out others who do this. I only have made one. You can check out my video on it. tfs. XO Rhonda
Hi Rhonda. It's wonderful when kindred spirits gather! I'll be sure to check out your magazine journal too!
HI Jamie, I sent you a message telling you that I use a regular old glue stick and sometimes washi tape. XO Rhonda
Thanks so much! I appreciate you sharing.
Not sure about this one yet... I will have to do more research 😐
What aren't you sure about? Maybe I can help.
@@theschoolofcreativemagic well this is my first time ever seeing something like this. After researching the internet I have to say that I like it😊... I'm currently making my daughter mini books with magazines for her dolls. Now I can follow your channel when I'm ready to make my book 👏👏 thanks!
Great! I'm glad it's seeming possible and interesting. Enjoy!!
Those 2 half pages. I would have made a pocket ... just my thought.
Cool idea. Thanks, Valerie!
You are welcome.
where women create a beautiful magazine, 17.00 dollars rather expensive to make what amounts to a scrap book
It is such a wonderful magazine and yes, quite pricey! It all depends what brings you the most from that investment. For me, I get the joy of reading it and looking through it. Then I get to take out images that I want for collage, dreamboards and my Studio Yearbook. And then I get to use even what remains as the base of a wonderful new creation. I feel like I make the absolute most of every little bit this way and it brings me tons of joy and creative inspiration.