An idea for a junk journal cover that almost drove me up the wall...

[@el8edgirl]

Raise your hand if you think that Luise needs to release “THE EMBOSSING SONG (Freak My Freak)” so that it becomes be a worldwide hit sensation?? I would literally listen to it on a loop all day! This video was golden!! 😂❤🖐️

[@wrenbayley]

Luise, it’s a good journal. At the end it sounds like you’ve been crying. If so, don’t cry. That means you’re putting too much pressure on yourself. Just have fun. We’re loving this and you’re doing a great job. ❤❤❤

[@luiseheinzl]

Nono, I did not cry. Sometimes my voice changes during the video, that's because of breaks and obviously the microphone of my smartphone which I use for filming

[@wrenbayley]

@@luiseheinzl good ❤️

[@nancyjohnson4200]

It's such a privilege and so deeply fascinating and moving to be invited into your creative process. Thank you, dear Luise.

[@dianerobinson2922]

Luise - it’s comforting to know that someone as accomplished as you experiences the same things as I do. I’m constantly losing things in plain sight. And when things are not working out as I hoped, I have to go through the freak out phase and walk away and then an idea will magically appear in my mind and I’m ready to try again. Thanks for sharing the challenges as well as the successes.

[@hedgerowjournals]

🎵"I just want to work it out...." 🎵... and you did! This journal has been worth every freak out you've experienced! ❤

[@lindalandess6681]

I love your videos. I'm 73 years younger, American, and grew up using the term "dingle-dangle", perhaps because my grandfather was German.

[@luiseheinzl]

How cool is that

[@cindycreateforlife]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 LOVE “FREAK MY FREAK” song! You are too much Luise!💕🇨🇦

[@aprilwood1244]

I LOVE your Freak Your Freak song! I won’t be lying when I tell you how often I am looking for things on my craft desk, and how often it makes me freak my freak when I can’t find them!! And I totally understand when one minute you like something and then the next minute it no longer ‘rings your bell!’ I loved how your letters turned out! Actually I love everything about you and your art! Thank you so much for sharing your process with us!

[@Quill._]

I feel you sister! Sometimes a freak out just has to happen. Remember it’s the cracks that let the light in.

[@debraolm7104]

I"d say "let the light out"...... She's the light! She's all inspiration!🥰🫂Sista!

[@cherylparish1375]

The cover is incredibly beautiful in such a raw way! I moved to a property that once was an industrial natural gas pumping station that brought the gas into the city in the early 1900's. We have found so many rusty crusty items and shards of these beautiful white ceramic Edison Battery Covers. I have them wrapped and put away for a "someday" project. I think I may arrange these items on my copier and see if I can create some really interesting paper. You really inspire me to go far beyond just "great expectations". Great job Luise! The second guessing just launches us to a bigger and better level of creativity!

[@cwac4465]

Luise, please believe me... your journal cover turned out soooo well! You have an amazing eye for balance and flow in composition!! I watch you work as often as I'm able; and both learn and Garner inspiration each time. You bring even "grunge"to life for me (a dedicated full-color- spectrum person)! Thank your for welcoming me into the art & life of a working creator.

[@cheryl7476]

Oh wow, Luise. You accomplished your task of finding junk from the construction site and turned them into works of art in this unique and fantastic junk journal. The whole thing is marvelous. Your success shows us that just about anything can be used to make beautiful art. Like you, it is a real treasure!

[@bonnie5972]

“Can someone tell me how i can edit this video. . . “ You make me laugh Luise. I can sit and watch your videos for hours.

[@susananderson8428]

Some of the things happening to you always happen to me. At 72 years "young", I can lay something down, and within a very few minutes, it's gone!!! I have the time to just go do something else and come back to it and SURPRISE! There it is right where I left it. If it's really important, it may take a day or two but it usually turns up. That time is hard take if you are making a video but it works for me! Your creations are wonderful and I am sorry that they get so frustrating. I really like the little frames on the back and it is cool that you had framed pictures inside as well. I hope you do a "flip-through" of the completed journal. I've watched what I could of the construction but I'm sure I may have missed a few and it would be awesome to see the finished project in one video before you start doing personal additions that you don't want to show. Thank you for sharing your creative thoughts and your frustrations with us. It's nice to see others having the same troubles and how they make it a success. ❤❤❤

[@marybethschuiteman484]

Yes, it happens EVERY time I work on a project, that I cannot find what I am looking for! I spend more time looking than creating. But, sometimes in my search I get more inspiration and have more creativity. So, I have learned to embrace the search. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@debraolm7104]

Longing for the amazing FLIP THROUGH!!!!!

[@coni9259]

I love what you make, you seem to make everything beautiful. " please don't sand items by your coffee, whatever is coming off the surface is going in your coffee, what doesn't go in your coffee you are breathing in! That is if you are not wearing a mask. Please stay safe and healthy. You only have 1 set of lungs. Keep on keepin on, you are an amazing maker!!

[@pnichols1966]

Totally understand what you mean about finding the “right” thing later! I love your videos. My daughter tells me I should work on my journals but I’d rather watch you “freak out” (off camera, of course!). And please don’t abandon using the word “relatively.” It’s one of those words that make you, you!

[@debbytowers6416]

Luise, I absolutely LOVED this video! One of the best I've seen in a long time, not just because the cover turned out so well but because you showed us the struggle it took to get to the end. I have been struggling with no mojo the past month or so. I sit in my craft room (yes I have a whole big room), I look at my HUGE stash of beautiful supplies...... and I can't make a thing 😔. If someone as talented as you, on Tim's team of makers, struggles sometimes too, then I don't feel so bad. We can all watch fabulous tutorials that have all the mistakes edited out and the finished project is perfect but this sort of video helps me be a better crafter. You also made me chuckle throughout the video, your sense of humour and your enthusiasm for products, projects and processes is heartwarming. So thank you Luise, thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤ xxx

[@mimisloan2639]

Love your journal cove! And the Freaking embossing song was the best!

[@toniscott1029]

This is really a great cover! So creative and fascinating! My only thought otherwise is to not worry about perfection. It is, after all, a junk journal. 😉❤

[@themessypaletteau]

This series is so cool! You can Decant your embossing liquid from the dauber to a mini glue bottle, then you can squeeze it into the hard to get at places

[@tamimalouf1565]

Love the embossing song! The journal looks amazing

[@kris-kraft]

As always Luise you find a way even when you think all is lost.... you are so inspiringly creative. Thank you for taking us on your creative journey and life move. All the best to you. ❤

[@lorlor2831]

I love freak my freak song 🎵 and I love this journal you made. I mean, yes it’s made from junk but it’s your junk. It’s so personal and wonderful. I am so amazed by your creativity ❤

[@lenamccoy1294]

Wow wow wow! You give me the ok to try! That helps get past not being perfect but giving a play to make the creative process fun to at least try and learn!

[@theeclecticnest5343]

Did you and Sasha write that song???? It's utterly fabulous!!!

[@luiseheinzl]

Nope, I've written the lyrics 🙃

[@theeclecticnest5343]

@luiseheinzl did you compose the background music too?

[@doreethorpe4800]

Luise, your videos are the best! You are as creative with your videos as you are with your journals and other projects. I love the song, so true. We do say Dingle Dangle in the US, must be a universal expression. As for misplacing things, I am the master dropper, I spend way too much time crawling around on the floor looking for things, arghhh! Hugs to you, I hope you are settled in your new apartment and artist studio soon! Many hugs! ♥

[@cbarens1]

Luise - I loved the addition of the music clips, just in the right places! That finished front piece is glorious grunge, perfectly edited and curated....love it. I think the black & white thingies you did find added the perfect touch. oxoxox

[@Ms.W529]

You’re such an inspiration to me. I’m 71 and not nearly as talented as you, but you are very encouraging. I’m having my craft room enlarged, so I’m also living in a construction site. I don’t like crafting on my kitchen table. It unsettles me to have this mess around me, but it will be worth it. Thank you for your videos. I watch the German ones too. I don’t understand every word, but I can still see what you’re doing.

[@bobbiwest6625]

❤ I once had a picture of grey poppies I loved. Looked for it hours.picked up a piece to cut,thinking oh well, I'll find it later. Cut the piece, turned it over to glue, and there were my poppies. I thank heaven I cut out all the grey grey poppies I could find. It was not my only one. But I was devastated for a moment. 😮 take care, be safe, happy creating to you too. I Love your cover.

[@carriecorbin1502]

Oh wow you have a great creative mind. The things you come up with are so cool. The dangles and the back piece, I’m in love. Thank you so much for sharing. This is gorgeous ❤

[@JodeneEkker-r5e]

Luise you are the best all around. So entertaining on so many levels. Great project. I love your art.

[@DarcysMixedMedia]

The embossing freak your freak song was awesome 😎

[@lindaschumacher2577]

Another masterpiece using mostly true "junk"! You must tell us about the freak-your-freak song :)

[@keturahmckitterick9200]

Oh my dear, I love that you are so relatable. I watch all of your videos with great excitement. Although I don’t comment on every video, I just wanted to say, thank you for sharing your life and new journey with us. You are brilliant, not stupid nor make mistakes. Also thanks for thinking of us as your audience. I appreciate this as a content creator myself. May God bless you on this new chapter of your life. Love and hugs to you my dear Luisa!💗. PS. Your journal is AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL. I love it!🥰

[@theeclecticnest5343]

I just purchased "Magnolia Coffee Birds" and am printing it now. I can't recall the last time I was so inspired by a set of printables!

[@luiseheinzl]

Oh wow! Thank you so much!!

[@leahwebb9622]

I love to watch you at work . I have relearned some things I have forgotten. I have learned so many new things . And a lot of videos do not talk it out they just put stuff down and it looks great. This talking it out helps me understand why things go where they go . I thought it was funny when you said you knew a lot of bad words in English . Thought that was so funny . I need to learn some bad words in German . Hahaha

[@barbarahay6611]

what a beautiful junk journal! everything you do is so creative and unique! thanks for the inspiration of your creativity and your life!

[@DeniseS-6867]

Amazing, your creative process is one of a kind🩷🪻💙

[@debraolm7104]

DEAREST LUISE,You may say with CAPITAL Letters: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED*****! Pls enjoy the result - a unique, very Personal, loving memories ( on going ) in this JJOURNAL!!!!!Celebrate, hug it, thank it also. Yes it was a freak journey, still is.... U've moved - Country nd Home; U've dealt with a remodelling and construction site; U've kept working as a Creator for TH; U've did these serie and shared your joys and setbacks during all this time ( nd bare conditions ). GIRL U R AMAZING!!!!! We all shared nd felt the behind the scenes..... nd most of all : WE SEE YOU! Take a break nd feel this new page of your new life. Much ❤💖💝💞🤎💚💜💟💙🧡❣❣❣

[@TheRollmeover]

Love the addition of music ❤

[@petralenk]

Was du mit den „Metall-Buchstaben“ machst, ist der absolute Hammer. Diese vielen Ideen, immer noch mit etwas anderem darüber zu gehen, ich bin immer wieder total begeistert. Wahnsinn!

[@kimberleymaloy1728]

Hi Luise, I like the way you did your cover and think it is very good! TFS 😊

[@katherinetwilliams4254]

It’s always so much fun to watch your process.❤

[@christinecrow1410]

Luise, I love your journal. I love the cover. What you did and how you came to the final product is nothing short of Genius. Are you in your new place now? I wish you well, Luise.

[@luiseheinzl]

Thank you! Yes, I am in my new place since yesterday, but everything is still chaos. Let's talk again in a week or so 🤣

[@staceyrivera475]

You crack me up Luise. Much love ❤❤❤

[@NatallieP1]

It does happen to me 😢 (Loved the music. Especially the 'Freak Your Freak' song. I was expecting a disaster with fire alarms!) ❤From 🇨🇦

[@noscripthere95]

Dear sweet Louise, it's beautiful. You are still the Queen of Grunge honey.

[@DedeDay-wi5ij]

Luise! What the heck 😂 Did you write that? Did your new landlord help with that? So awesome!! That made my night! Thank you! You are truly a rare and beautiful soul!!

[@luiseheinzl]

It's my own lyrics, yes

[@DedeDay-wi5ij]

@@luiseheinzl so proud of you!! 🥰

[@lotusflowerpassion]

Looks great dear Love it , Thanks for sharing all of this with us so inspiring 💖💖

[@kit4kat]

I love your cover, and the song is awesome!

[@janemelohn509]

Thank you for sharing your experience.❤

[@lightbulbnirvana]

Luise, Please do not be so hard on yourself. Sometimes creativity is a bumpy road. Give yourself a little time to breathe and it will all be right again! ❤ I think the journal cover is looking great.

[@lightbulbnirvana]

I also had the thought that you are likely feeling at odds because you don't have your craftroom set up yet. Try to imagine that you are camping for a little while, and make it an adventure!

[@floatintoadstudios]

Luise, you are hilarious in English. In a very good way.

[@denisegardner2373]

Luise. You are amazing. Your ingenuity and creativity are so inspiring and fun to watch. You never seem to run out of ideas which is why I don't like to miss one video. Love the choice of music and love your humor. TFS and inspiring ❤Nebraska ❤

[@tharp769]

Approx 7:00.... OMG!... Luise!! Did you literally write a song about "freaking your freak" over "heat embossing"?!?😱 That was flippin' AWEsome!🤩💖

[@luiseheinzl]

Yepp.... I did.

[@tharp769]

@@luiseheinzl 💗 🤩 💗

[@nsteph]

Fascinating! I used that same stencil earlier. I must have cut your part number off. 😂 😅❤

[@clevercrystalwanderer4360]

So cool. You are so creative.

[@barbarapiano7917]

Me too - suddenly I like. You did it as always made junk beautiful. ❤😂😅😊❤

[@Veronim78]

Cover turned out fantastic. Love all the grunge, the hardware etc. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nicolinavincelli9369]

Luise, I love watching your channel, gives me a lot ideas and makes me very happy, thank you for all you do for us, big hugs.

[@debrak5314]

I love that song!!! Freak my Freak! So appropriate!

[@chrisrasmussen4612]

I LOVE your stencil, I actually have that stencil. (now I know where I got it from) hahahaha!!!

[@hankejoosen4029]

I have the same problem! 😅 Your outcome is gorgeous though! 🤩🤩🤩

[@sherrydennis2419]

So so cool!

[@nelliec3286]

Love your work. Love the 'Freak' song. I think it's mainly the US that does the date the wrong way round. (I'm Australian)

[@deirdremaker]

Hi mixed media girl 😀 I'm in the midst of moving now, where are my tiny white squares to go on my black and white music mini cards? 😤Where are my tiny cello bags?😤take a break, have a tea and some chocolate, watch a fun video then remembered those items are in my new place! So moving on to something else at the old place 😁ah serenity now! 😂

[@yvetteebaugh]

I’m not lying, it happens to me too!! You are so talented, I love all of your videos!

[@janillingsworth5347]

Woah hey! Great song!! I can't get it out of my head now. ❤❤❤ In Aotearoa New Zealand we write the date that same as you. The day, the month and the year. In USA they do it differently. I do get frustrated but don't lose it completely. I am far too Englush in my heritage. However I do curse a bit. My favavourites are "What the f.. k.?" And, " for f...k sake!!!"💋💋💋

[@ChristineScott-s6h]

I love this project!! Beautiful!!

[@candmmom]

You love to freak your freak embossing huh? Who did you get to sing 🎶 your original song? LOVE IT!!!

[@luiseheinzl]

It's my lyrics, yes

[@sbonhamleo]

Luise please can you tell me where I can get the song you played while you were doing the embossing powder on your journal? I really love that song and I have to have it in my life!!! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful process of making this masterpiece. I always love your videos but this series has been so much fun!! You make me laugh when you laugh 😆 ❤❤

[@luiseheinzl]

You need to be a little bit patient with that song 🙈 I will share more about it soon!

[@sbonhamleo]

@@luiseheinzl Okay thank you. I love it!!

[@jeanadamsick9854]

LOVE THE WAY THE LETTERS,* L H * CAME OUT ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO STRUGGLS, W/DECISION MAKEING STEP. I CAN TAKE DAYS ON SOME PROJECTS, YEP :) QUESTION, LUISE, I HAD TRIED 2 DIFFRENT BOTTLES OF, GLOSSY GLUE. I COULD NOT GET IT TO COME OUT OF THE BOTTLE?????????????? SO THE 1ST BOTTLE I THROUGH IT OUT. THE 2ND BOTTLE I RETURNED TO THE STORE. YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS UP W/THAT??????? YOUR FUN & MAKE ME LAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do take care. USA

[@allisonjames2923]

UV Resin would probably be easier than the embossing powder to hold the bottle caps in as you just have to pour it in & set with a UV torch or UV nail light

[@allisonjames2923]

I haven’t watched your videos for far too long because they’re long & I need to set aside some time for them. But where did that Freak My Freak song come from??? It’s awesome! 😁 Definitely a crafting chair dance song

[@luiseheinzl]

You'll hear about that song again soon

[@gaellegrassin6815]

I love you more and more !😂

[@sarahscraftyallsorts6482]

Here in north east uk ( Newcastle) we used to sing as kids and do actions to a song called dingle dangle scarecrow lol

[@megmiranda9480]

I am always loosing "just the perfect piece". I love the embossing song. Did you write it or is it AI? Meg

[@denisehennix]

I just need you to know that if you ever released a stencil, I would IMMEDIATELY purchase it 😂

[@luiseheinzl]

Lol, but probably not in that design 🙈🤣

[@LaurieBednar]

Don't be offended, but I was laughing at your struggles with the lace.

[@luiseheinzl]

That's so good! Laughing is important, when I see it now I am laughing as well 🤣

[@londaedwardsrau3245]

Where/how did you find the embossing song? That was fun!

[@luiseheinzl]

I wrote the lyrics by myself

[@JessicaHarris]

I use hand sanitizer with my alcohol inks … it’s essentially alcohol in gel form

[@kathysaleeba3397]

Please tell us the source of the song Freak My Freak song. Sorry if you've explained before. First time I've heard it and I love it!!!

[@luiseheinzl]

I have written the lyrics by myself 🙃

[@robinknutson8765]

In the words of Lewis Carroll (spelling), “we’re all crazy here”

[@robinknutson8765]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@melindamccloud329]

How about using "junk journal jewelry" very creative!

[@Jelontass]

We say dingledangle also in sweden 😊

[@luiseheinzl]

Seriously? How cool is that!

[@Jelontass]

@@luiseheinzl probably its a word thats come from Germany to Sweden or from Sweden to Germany 😊 But it is very cool 👌🏼

[@heidiandres1701]

And where do we order the stencils by Luise Heinzl 😂😂😂

[@luiseheinzl]

Well.... That's a very secret source, very close to the darknet 🤣❤️

[@elainemartinez1778]

It was only when you sewed the two letters that I realized they were cardboard. I thought they were metal.🤔🤭

[@luiseheinzl]

It's crazy isn't it? Looks so real!

[@heidiandres1701]

It’s no lie. I lose things in front of my eyes.