Grungy Fabric Paper Bag Junk Journal Cover/Step-by-Step

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[@brendacooper7944]

I loved watching the blue cover come together. Very creative. The scalloped blue edging set it off. Someone is going to be mighty lucky.

[@debbiev.1311]

Whomever receives this journal & its gorgeous cover made by you will truly be blessed!! 💙🦋💙 TYFS your techniques on making fabric covers...you always make the process less intimidating for me!! ❤🤗

[@bozomahoney]

Thank you for NOT adding music to the fast parts. I love the sound of the paper even at high speed 😆 🤣

[@BonesAndButtons]

Me too!

[@MyCreativeMesses]

I love the crunchy sounds of the crinkly paper. ❤

[@jayneelinor]

Quite like the lovely blue and white one!

[@malinh911]

Blue is my favourite colour, so of course I adore this cover!! 💙

[@ThelmaGrace1930]

The blue journal cover is amazingly beautiful, really! I appreciate how you show your hiccups along the way. Thank you, Barbara⚘️💙

[@DeniseS-6867]

Hello Barbara, love the cover, it is fabulous. I adore the butterflies. TFS

[@RobinfromCA]

I loved watching the process of making this cover. It gave me so many ideas! I had never noticed the beads holding the ribbons on your other journal. Inspired!

[@lindahigham5317]

Good morning 👋😊 49 dragonflies 🌹 Love your junk Journals especially the one with the Fox 🦊 on the cover Thank you for sharing them all enjoy your day and week ahead too 👍☺️🌹💌🦄👋

[@janehaddon7337]

Love the grungy blue cover 🥰

[@pauletteliddell2923]

Barbara, those are so beautiful. 💙 Is my favorite color. I love both of them. Thanks for sharing. Love you too.👍🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@sharinsherri2558]

Barbara, absolutely stunning!! So inspiring too!!! Thank you!!!

[@inspirationscrappy]

Oh wow, das Cover sieht wundervoll aus. Ich liebe es, Paperbags für Journale zu benutzen. Muss ich auch unbedingt mal wieder machen. Danke für die tolle Anleitung 🥰

[@monicagalgani970]

Ohhh so excited ohhh yesssd my favorite oh eeekkkkk

[@CraftingandRelaxing]

The blue pulled me in, but I REALLY enjoyed this tutorial. It’s so nice that you shared parts where you struggled. 💙💙💙

[@ValTwineDeaner]

Thank you Barbara for a superb video. I truly love all that you do. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Take care xx

[@georgechapman2774]

Love the blue journal cover. Thanks LouAnn 🌻

[@kcueva313]

Wow great cover.. whoever gets it is lucky 👍🏻

[@janrichards6519]

Love the blue butterfly 🦋 🦋 cover 💙

[@RondaWinsteadRondawithoutanH]

Love it girlfriend!! An old fashioned eyelet setting tool and hammer works beautifully! I have a crop a dial but still use my old setter...love you!! ♥️♥️

[@angelaarnold4255]

I love both of your fabric covers. I kept yelling to you to put blue on the butterflies. And you heard me. But I never thought about the stamps from the Field Notes. That was such a cool thing to do!! These two Journals you have are so full of inspiration. I love them both. One thing I did with my ribbon and bead was I used my awl. The tip of the awl was small enough to push the ribbon through. Then I just trimmed up the ends of the ribbon. Can’t wait to watch the Upholstery Journal come together. I love both of your Journals.

[@SaltLifeGypsy68]

Barbara that blue journal was Gorgeous! I'm sure the new owner will cherish it. You had the right ideal using a hammer,, For the future, you need to get a cheap, hand,, eyelet setter. It's a short, silver, metal stick, that has a "nub" on the end, it splits apart the back of the eyelets. Or as some have suggested, you could invest in the big bite. 🤔 after years of the hammer, I went straight to BB. 🤩

[@darlosstroud870]

That cover is beautiful Barbara! Love all the blue.

[@jeanninethames619]

Love this, fantastic…very brave to cut of the fabric, not sure I could do that..you have done a marvelous job. Thanks for sharing this!.❤️❤️

[@JessicaHarris]

For the eyelet you can get the cropodile big bite for long reach or you can get eyelet settting kits that have a tool that you bang and it makes the edges curl around to secure the inner bit.

[@mariaconti9704]

Barbara, Hanni must have one of the large Crop-a-Dile Big Bite. I enjoyed watching the process. I love Hanni’s journal with the hole in the spine. Thanks again for all your effort and sharing. ❤️🤗😘🥰😍

[@emmkaa2099]

These are so lovely! The first journal reminds me very much of a rolled journal I saw a year or so ago... REALLY COOL! Love you angel, MomK ♥️🤗🌵

[@kelseypetersen8442]

You can get an eyelet setter…. It’s almost like an awl but used to hammer eyelets into place. :)

[@123.ABC.33]

I absolutely love your blue and cream colored journal. I really liked how you solved the problem of adding your ties-so creative. Your other journal cover is also so pretty-who would think about adding bubble wrap into the inside. I really enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing.

[@matildaenlund6679]

As always… just beautiful!

[@hazelanakadesign7071]

I absolutely love both versions & am wondering why I've never done a large paper bag cover...one more thing for my to-do list. Thanks for the detailed instructions & not editing out the booboos. Hazel

[@beckydavis985]

I love how this journal cover turned out. I have several size grocery bags and you’ve inspired me to give this a try! 🌸💞

[@lucyfanning7496]

Beautiful cover. I enjoy watching you overcome various potential problems.

[@PatWalden]

Both journal covers are beautiful!

[@debbivaughn1313]

👍👍Both of them are fabulous, and I'm crazy about the blue & white! Congrats to the lucky new owner. I love the way you try new ideas and make them work and then share your creativeness and daring with us.🤗🥰

[@nancynorris9822]

A buttonhole works work well! You could handsew around a hole or most sewing machines have a setting to make buttonholes. Or beg a sewing friend to help! 😉

[@nancynorris9822]

Sorry. I didn't mean to repeat but I thought my first response didn't go through so tried again! 🤦 You do what you want. I will admire it all! 😍

[@wendyk2557]

Thank you for doing this video. Both journals are beautiful.

[@caroltanzi29]

Barbara: although you don’t use blue a lot in your color schemes, it is still the favorite color of most people. This journal is quite nice. The person who will receive it will be overjoyed to get it, especially since it was created by you. I loved the fact you used a stained table cloth. Good going! Carol from California

[@thebrowndragonfly]

I love how the blue cover turned out. It's gorgeous. The more neutral one is beautiful too... It's elegant.

[@gabrielearmbruster6226]

Liebe Barbara ein wunderschönes Cover. Prima jetzt habe ich die Idee für die geschenkten tischdecken. Danke für die Inspiration.

[@lisaspages4267]

Either the crop o dile big bite, or an eyelet setter (two pieces then you hammer the top piece)

[@maryramirez4221]

Perfect

[@sandikalin636]

Oh my goodness, love the blue grungy butterfly cover. I have a pillowcase my Grandma embroidered. I’ve been saving it. Now I know why. It will be a perfect cover. The second one is exquisite. Wouldn’t that make a beautiful journal to give as a wedding gift for their wedding memories? Another great video Thank you Barbara ❤️❤️

[@charnegooch4274]

Turned out so beautiful!

[@grahamfox931]

Morning Barbara, hope you are well and keeping yourself safe. I am having my first cup of coffee "with" you and enjoying seeing your create another gorgesso cover. I am so sad we won't see the adventure you have with her, she is going to be an awesome chubby baby, she is beautiful, the colouring and the cloth are lovely. Your 2nd little cover is cute too, maybe we will be in on her adventure with you???? Hope so, it will be fun to see how she turns out. You have inspired me to try one, (I have soooooo many bags I keep collecting!!!) as soon as I am finished a Journal for a friend in USA entitled Ode to Africa. ANYHOOOOOOO, my crafty friend, stay well and safe and, as always, Blessings and hugs from Cape Town. Diana

[@nataliechim5227]

Love these journals.

[@nancypyter1511]

Gorgeous journal Barbara!

[@honey-cy1io]

Dear Barbara, I love both of your journals. 🥰 As we already talked about I did the second eyelit with my big crop a dile. Am so happy that you give all your information about testing things to us. Thank you, my dear! 😘

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you Hanni! ❤️

[@myhappyspace4533]

Thanks for sharing how you mad it. Lucky person who will be getting it

[@karinroloff4562]

So Sweet!.. on both of them.....I am partial to blue, though, However, the other on is very glamorous and elegant....................😻

[@manonboily2220]

That's why I bought the huge Crop-a-dile UR Memories... And found it second hand. So more useful. Thanks for the great tips 😉

[@brendamyers2353]

I absolutely love both of these covers. I was really wondering what was going to happen with the blue water colour. And of course it turned out to be a lovely addition. I particularly like the dribbles you did. Really pulled it together. Awesome as always. So inspiring. Thx🌷

[@yolandakouwenberg-meijer344]

I really love your cover..blue is my colour.

[@joanfriant211]

Beautiful cover!

[@patriciawalker9470]

With all your struggles on this cover it still turned out beautifully! Good job 👍 Perseverance DOES pay off 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

[@PolkaDotPaperPrinces]

Love your realness by showing your fails. This turned out beautiful.

[@sarahmiller6183]

Beautiful!

[@Virginie.Bergar.artist]

wow the ble cover is just gorgeous, i love every oart of itm thank you for showing the process of using a grocery bag for the cover with the inside flap i will definitly try that out next

[@belindaosgood]

I love how both covers turned out. Problem solving on video is stressful, no doubt, but it really helps us think through our own creative problems. It encourages us to just try things. TFS, Barbara.

[@MaureenAstrid]

Wow sweetie, was so special to watch 💙🦋💙 now that I have this cover in my hands, knowing exactly how you created it 🤗💕🤗💕🤗 it means a lot to me, it is so super gorgeous and special. Thank you. I will take good care of it and I'm going to fill it with special pages 💝 hugs sweetie

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks sweetie! So happy you like it! ❤️ I k is it’s in good hands with you! 🥰

[@brittneyj-horn4152]

Honey probablyused a Crop-a-Dile Big Bite by We R Memory Keepers 😊❤️

[@ruthebowe4624]

I love them both, but I love the artsy cover the most. You really are so good at overcoming obstacles instead of starting over from the beginning. Which in turn makes your projects so much more interesting. Thank you 🙏

[@missuida]

With crop-a-dile big bite you can attach eyelets further. 😊 That is going to be lovely journal. Also it’s nice to play with colours you might not use regulary.

[@RedArrowTinker]

On such a thick cover you might consider using a grommet instead of an eyelet. They have a front and back piece so they'll look nice on both sides. You can get them in the sewing department of your craft store, and they come with a tool for setting the grommets. Someone somewhere probably makes decorative ones too.

[@minders78]

For future eyelets, they do make a stand alone eyelet setter. It’s usually found with leather working items. It’s basically a straight metal piece that you use with a hammer.

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! That’s what I need! 😊

[@tonyashatley5040]

The journal you made is beautiful! I love how you grunged it up. If I lived closer I would let you borrow my eyelet setter 😉 I love that you just kept going and made it work! That in itself is very inspiring! Thank you! The 2nd journal is pretty too.

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks Tonya, that’s very sweet of you! How fun it would be if we lived closer 😊

[@swannwillow9476]

Beautiful covers (both). I love blue, and butterflies..... So the first one is my favourite. If I remember correctly you got a Cop-n-dile Big Bite since you made this cover, so now you know how Hanni did it!! 😊😂❤

[@melanieeggers9667]

Love how you try new things and I love what you did with this it's darling. I love the color and I always learn so much from you. I can't wait for the next video I laughed when you said you sewed twice I'm new at sewing too lol but it looks great

[@SongbirdCollageArts]

🤩 I love the look of this style!! So many pretty 🦋🦋

[@hankejoosen4029]

So beautiful 🤩🤩🤩

[@tspacefullstop4161]

Wow. I loved the splatters of blue..made all the difference. Beautiful.

[@helengough4599]

❤️❤️ both covers will be trying them on my next journal 😊🤗

[@rachelpatten8889]

It is 3:00 in the morning, but it is so nice to have an episode from you to watch while I can’t sleep. I love blue and white, so I loved the fabrics before dying. I also love the grungy, vintage vibe. It will be a fabulous journal.

[@rhodalewis2766]

Going back and watching videos I've missed and loved this cover.

[@beverley-memawmawclarkwhit5102]

Honey probably had the large cropadyle or she had one of the stamps they used in the olden times to attach the eyelet!!!

[@jacquelinelc2843]

I really love both of these covers and will try this technique. I was wanting to make a summer journal and I think this is the answer. Thank you Barbara for sharing the links to other artists whose instruction you find helpful. I am reluctant to sew paper on my sewing machine, not sure why but the more I watch it being done, the more comfortable I feel. Here I go! 😃

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! Just go for it! 😃❤️

[@victoriaguckian8578]

I bet she has a cropidile big bite. I love mine!

[@sassyh154]

Absolutely gorgeous, what a great teaching video... I am sure there are those that will say, I would have done this or I would have done that, but you know what... good on you for having a go and filming it as well... Thank you so much for sharing...

[@suebayliss2051]

Love them both 😍🤩

[@ideas_n_embellishments]

You have the best ideas!!

[@reneesanchez7696]

I love the blue embroidered cover. How you added the extra fabric and doilies. With the paint splatters it has alot of personality. Beautiful!! 💚💚💚

[@pattscollectons1234]

Both of those Journal's are beautiful they sent you....wow. I'm in love with the Blue one.

[@californiadreamer5968]

Love the blue one. Can’t wait to make grunge with color!

[@Kricket.B]

What a great video. You really are excellent at teaching. 😍 While both are beautiful covers, the second is my favorite. It also feels less intimidating to make 😁 Thanks, Barbara 💕

[@April4YHWH]

Super cute! A Crop-A-Dile Big Bite or a manual rivet/eyelet setter would be just the ticket for that hard to reach conundrum :D As always, you're inspiring 😊

[@georgeanntackett3594]

I loved this video ! So beautiful 😍

[@teresitalamas5304]

Barbara love them both. The grey and white is precious

[@cathyskrehot8925]

First I want to say this is beautiful...then a tip for you. When you spread your glue, use an old credit card rather than your brush. It works faster and smooths easier than your brush. Love watching your videos, you have great ideas!

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! I appreciate the tip as well! ❤️☺️

[@lauriescraftingloft]

You need a Crop-a-dile 2!!

[@nairafoganholi6563]

Hi Barbara! One of the things I admire most on you is how brave you are! You are able to try things I would never think of and in front of the camera! I love watching your videos! Thank you so much for helping me try to be braver on my junk journals ! Happy Saturday! ♥️

[@Charlathejournalingjunky]

She probably has the big bite or a single eyelets setter but if you have a ball point pen u can set eyelets with that and a hammer by hammering the pen or use a metal ball and hammer, loving this hun xx

[@VitalSigns777]

I love children’s books. These are fabulous ❤️ I absolutely love the blue journal. I wondered if anyone else cut up clothes for fabric 🤣 Plus, I really appreciate that you are so humble to share what didn’t work. That way when we do that, we know it’s not the end of the world 😍

[@rebecarod1475]

Love the use of the watercolor spray. Gorgeous work.

[@wandaspencer9523]

The crop-a-dole big bite is what I use … perhaps that’s what she used! I love both of your covers! I also thought about using grommets , they are in so many sizes and a grommet tool is very inexpensive compared to the big bite. They are amazing tools to have! I love mine. 💖

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks, I will check those! ❤️

[@robinknutson8765]

Been on vacation need to catch up’s!

[@julesiou12]

Another couple of beautiful paper bag journals. I've wanted to use up some bubble wrap but didn't have the nerve, but after seeing how yours has turned out I'm going to go for it. I adore the blue one, and love the idea of dripping paint to add interest. Beautiful, what more can I say x

[@cinziagirelli7939]

I love how you struggle with decisions as well..makes it real and I can tell your still smiling. It does always seem to work out in the end. The journal turned out beautiful. Thanks hugs

[@Tackleitwithtonya]

Loving the second cover. Absolutely beautiful.

[@ideas_n_embellishments]

They make a "big bite" crop-o-dile that has a very long reach, or another option for the eyelet is to get a hand setter. Sometimes they come with the larger eyelets.