 Hello my crafty friends welcome back to my channel. I'm coming today to share with you process video of how I made a simple writing journal using news papers envelopes and some additional papers. I found in my stuff I'm gonna be using classical book binding method 10 signatures each signature will have five folded papers those folded papers I'm gonna be using these two envelopes and also papers from news papers Pages I will make from newspapers For the cover I'm gonna be using this grayboard or chipboard from this notepad and I will cut the pieces from this grayboard first what I will do. It's preparing my book block Book block I'm gonna make from 10 signatures each signature will have five folded papers One of these papers will be from news papers Then two of these papers or pages will be made from envelopes and another additional two will be made using these papers So I'm gonna prepare 20 envelopes 10 of These US letter size. This is that never-ending paper really beautiful paper and I will have also these additional ripping of page papers these sides and 10 of these papers. I'm gonna t-dite them and prepare them to do a vintage look So I do have prepared my papers these are those side edges from those US letter size papers. I do have t-dite all my envelopes The chipboard or grayboard piece and I do have separated these beautiful crosswords and puzzles and stuff From my news papers. I would like to use it somehow not sure how that will go because they are in the large size I will see what I can do. So first I'm gonna alter my envelopes to the journal pages, which means I need to open them For opening my envelopes. I'm gonna be using this knife and Every single envelope. I'm gonna open on this side and on the bottom this one I'm gonna keep together with the envelope or Maybe I will go this way Because here at the envelope it's glued together. This one is just folded So I'm gonna think I'm gonna do every single envelope from that opposite side where it's glued together The folded sides side. I'm gonna keep together. So just with the knife and Like with a letter opener. Just slide it down easily and open Like a book. I do have my envelopes open every single one of them I'm gonna fold all my papers on half And I'm gonna also fold my news papers pieces on half All of them. I do have everything folded on half From my envelopes I will need to cut Cut off the flap original flap of that envelope and probably to make it stay this part and I also need to cut down a little bit my news papers because they are quite a long as you can see So first I'm gonna cut the envelopes Here from these papers. I can choose this it's tallest paper That's the US size and This one it's a Fourth size which is which does have bigger width here So I'm gonna combine these two I'm gonna have a look Envelope it's wider than my papers So I can cut sides of the envelope and it's also taller So I can cut somewhere here my envelope and the envelope will be my measurement For my newspapers to cut newspapers a little bit down so much all these papers as close Together as it's possible. So first I'm gonna cut off my envelopes about One and three quarter of inch each of them For cutting the flap of my envelopes off. I'm gonna be using my guillotine I'm gonna slide this straight edge of that flap on one and three quarter of inch Match it all together hold it here and Just cut this will gives me the how tall my journal will be Yeah, this is that a for size so five and three quarter from the fault So fault of my envelope. I'm gonna place on a five and three quarter and Cut here That will gives me the width of my pages from envelopes So I do have everything cut it in the kind of similar size and now I'm gonna take Always one of these papers envelope Again envelope And in the middle I will always have the newspapers to make sure when I will open it I will see some of these puzzles as a newspaper paper. It's very fragile and It can be ripped off easily Gonna flip it this way and the fold itself I'm gonna reinforce for reinforcing. I'm gonna be using this medical paper medical tape. It's soft But it's very strong and I believe it will hold My newspapers for a long time So always the fold itself. I'm gonna reinforce with this medical tape And then place it in the middle of my signature like this I do have prepared my 10 signatures with folded papers newspapers and envelopes And because it's kind of like, you know, too fluffy I'm gonna put Some weight on it and I'm gonna let it sit till tomorrow to make this paper as much flat as They can be to make my book binding easy Before my signatures will get flat down beautifully. I'm gonna make for myself piercing cradle. It's great tool great Base for anyone who would like to make more than one journal if you're gonna make just one journal You don't need it. You will be good enough with some owl or some needle to poke the holes through to that fold in your signature But if you want to make more journals than one The piercing cradle, it's wonderful tool and it will help you so much to make your work much more easy I do have here a three size MDF board which I'm gonna be using you can use some old Book cover if you do have some large book maybe like at last book They do have a large book covers And there they will be perfect for you know, if you want to make journal in the size a four This is long enough to make my piercing cradle So I'm gonna be using this one Any book cover which is really large that will help as well because they are made from nice strong to board and you can use that For cutting my mvf board. I'm gonna be using my jigsaw. I'm not gonna film that because I'm gonna move outside With this do not make mess in my home As I said, this is a three size. So I'm gonna cut it on three long pieces Two will be similar this has 29.8 centimeters. So two pieces. I'm gonna create a With this leg 11 centimeters with width And that rest I'm gonna cut on half like this now I'm gonna make a marks This is a four size of chipboard from that Paper but I showed you at the start. I'm gonna place it here kind of in the middle And I'm gonna make a mark on the sides of my chipboard Now next what I have to think I'm gonna cut Kind of like slots in both of these pieces I have to think about thickness of this material. So I'm gonna place it there And make a mark on that next side Here So I know thickness of my material. It's half a centimeter Yeah, half centimeter So I'm gonna be cutting slots I think in the leg Of seven centimeters from the edge Seven centimeters from the edge and that This is five five millimeters so I did draw around so if I will cut next to it I should fit with these boards Inside to slide it here. I'm gonna cut same slots on both sides In both both of these pieces So I do have my notches cut it off. I'm gonna just Clear it here And I cut it off big enough so I can slide that those small parts I'm gonna be using this sport tape and just tape it right here The sport tape is self-adhesive fabric tape And it's perfect for project like this. It it holds nicely And it's strong enough Now I'm gonna take these two boards Slide them to the side And now I need to decide how much open I want to have my piercing cradle. So it's totally up to me I think I'm gonna go for kind of I think 90 degrees here Gonna have a look I can fit in there a four size papers Very easily to make sure that this Sides I will glue Kind of at the same position with this same leg. So first I'm gonna open this in the size I want And I'm gonna make mark here And here I'm gonna take it off And repeat these marks on that opposite, you know on that second piece I'm gonna take my sanding block and sand all the edges to make sure that There are no left overs no any scratches no rough edges So I have sanded the edges on all my pieces. I also Sand a little bit these entries here to make them kind of even Where I hit this way Where are my marks? This way Yeah, so I'm gonna take first Part I'm gonna put the glue Right behind the mark and place there My mdf board and move this one on that other mark And I'm gonna keep that board In the same Same direction. I'm close to this edge of my whole there. I'm gonna Put the glue on that opposite side And place there that mdf board Let it dry now I can try to flip it over And I'm gonna go right here with the glue kind of spread the glue Around and in this fold like this same. I'm gonna do on that opposite side So first to take board in the right Direction so Place one there one here. I'm gonna put glue here And place there my mdf board and put the glue on that Other side as well Right next to that point I made and place there my mdf board Flip it over and again I'm gonna be using hot glue And just like with welding Spread the glue on the sides That should hold well And it's standing nicely. I can put also glue on these sides just to secure it I can put a glue here in these ends just to secure it and all this I can cover with some decorative paper Make it even beautiful for me like my Beautiful amazing tool. I'm gonna do it one day not today I'm gonna move To my signatures and have a look how flat they are And I'm here with my nice and strong Piercing cradle. I am here back with my signatures. They are now much more easily to managed Sitting nicely. I also prepared my template for poking tools Poking holes through to my signatures So now I can manage to put papers on the one side of my cradle Open them in the middle here. I'm gonna have a look how far I'm gonna go With the newspapers I think this way And I'm gonna poke the holes where there are these marks And with this cradle, it's very easy to go through You always have a poked hole Straight down through to your papers. You will don't end up somewhere on the side of the fold on your paper And because I use that fabric tape I hope it will hold much more longer So with the same poking With same template, I'm gonna poke the holes in all my signatures Always I can also manage the position Position of the newspapers to make sure that they are holding at least with three holes So right here. It's perfect position My signatures are Poked with those holes and I can move to sewing I'm gonna keep one here. I do have underneath Large book just to rise up a little bit my work to have here a better space for my sewing For sewing you can use wax thread, but this one it's kind of thick I'm gonna be using this one It's linen thread. I receive it with my leather work Tools and it's really nice and strong and it's thin. I'm gonna pull Nice amount of the thread From the spool And I'm gonna prepare my thread to go Easily through to the holes. You can use beeswax But if you don't have beeswax, you can use any kind of paraffine to help your thread to be more smooth to go through The holes. So I'm just gonna move my thread Through to this fragrance wax First it will makes the thread more smooth and because it's fragrance wax it will smell nicely You can secure the thread here on the needle By making very easy Kind of spreading the thread. I'm gonna move my book just for a sec With the needle make the thread flat and try go Kind of in the middle of the thread and pull it Around your needle slide it down And now just tight It will secure Your thread around the needle. So you will don't lose the thread from the needle It's very easy. It doesn't make big bulk big knot here around the On the edge of your needle. So it goes nicely through the holes in your books in your signatures For binding I'm gonna be use this beeswax bias bias. Oh, I can't see it I think it's bias binding tape It's nice strong. It doesn't stretch and it's perfect for book binding Nice amount of that tape. I need two of them Uh, as you can see I made the holes Kind of like around this tape. So first I'm gonna place one tape secure it with This paper of medical tape To make sure it will don't move I'm gonna take another tape Put the medical tape on the end Now move my signature here Hold it here and place the tape underneath where there are holes So now I am ready to go through to my holes And start to sewn my book I'm starting from outside Here I'm gonna keep kind of large piece of thread to make sure I do have there something So make it nice and tight and I'm gonna move to next signature And start to sewn with the same sewing to the other end And again, I'm gonna sewn around the tape There you are here again around the tape and outside Pull it nicely, but not too much. Do not tear your paper. Just put those two signatures here close together nice and tight Grab the end And make a knot here And you can cut the end Make sure you're cutting the right end to not cut the thread you are having in your needle And bring another signature And continue with same steps on that opposite side and again Make it tight And here on the end you're gonna do cattle stitch. It's very easy. Go with the needle between previous two signatures here Go outside So here you are making kind of like loop. So go into that loop and tight With this simple cattle stitch You're gonna do on each of these Ends in that row till the end of your thread Or till the end of your signatures depends what will end up first. I think thread will be first And I'm gonna show you how you can extend it easily So now I'm gonna take another signature I will go to the end and show you one more time on that opposite end between previous two signatures Which means between this one and this one. I'm gonna zoom it a little bit So between This signature and this signature go with your needle Let it go out You're making loop here So go into that loop And tight And you are ready to go for next signature I am now on the end of my thread. So I need to extend my thread. I'm gonna be using weaving weaving knot I learned that when I've been vibro back in Czech Republic when I've been working in Utah company And we use that a lot. So you're gonna make a loop Cross the thread like this Now you're gonna go with another kind of like loop Through through this And easily tight Not too much because now you need to take this loop this big one Hold it here. You need to take this loop around your needle Go as far as you can Do the book to the signature Easily easily Tight around your thread here And tight it properly. That way you extended your thread Cut these two ends Unthread your needle And again, secure your needle or your thread in your needle Put your thread into your needle This end Flatten it down with the top of your needle And kind of try to go in the middle of that thread Like this And slide it down Around the loop here and just tight Do not rush and just tie and it's holding really nicely And then you can just oops Then you can just continue With your work So I'm now on the end of my Last signature and I'm gonna do again kettle stitch Just go between those previous two signatures Go to the loop And kind of continue with the same looping around The thread before And before Just gonna grab it this way So you're just going around those previous threads. Oops Yeah, be careful Did not make a knot easily then you'll have to So I do have my book block sewn now I can take off this medical tape So as my textbook text Yeah, book block textbook It's all sewn up. I'm gonna Prepare end papers It's front paper when you open the cover. There is always front paper and there is always the back paper They are called end papers. So I'm gonna prepare them I'm gonna be using this designer's paper pad I think it's 160 170 GSM not sure because I I lost somewhere the cover but they are nice strong but not too heavy They are a really beautiful Grammage of the papers and I'm thinking either these Kind of like wood or this Musical sheet, but I think I would like to have that that wood I need kind of like double size of my book block To create one paper So my book block I'm gonna be using this ruler which has middle Zero in the middle. It's called quilting ruler and it's perfect for measuring what I need So my book block text block Is 14 and a half I would say So 14 and a half. Yes. This is big enough. I can make one paper from this Totally so I'm gonna rip two of these papers So both of these sheets I'm gonna cut in the high of How many 21 centimeters by 14 and a half 29 centimeters then I will fold them half. So 21 by 29 I'm gonna fold them half So now I'm gonna prepare my End papers for gluing on my text book I'm gonna be glue kind of like with the strip of about three millimeters of glue. I'm gonna Glue them to the end. I'm not gonna glue them all the way on that page. So I'm gonna prepare my papers here And one paper on the top to protect the rest of the paper I'm gonna be using my homemade glue. It's a weed glue Mixed half half with pva glue. It's perfect for book binding And I'm just gonna apply the glue on these ends One here to the front I'm gonna match The spine side And place it there And I'm gonna flip it over Take the second paper match the side where the spine will be or is And press it all together And put some weight on it And let it dry So I believe it's glued all together And now I'm gonna apply the glue to the spine I'm gonna stitch this one Put my Text book between these two boards. I'm gonna bring back My book again to rise it up a little bit. I think I post my video What I supposed to get the video play Uh Before I started to apply the glue I took my bone folder and all holes I kind of pushed back to close those holes Uh where I made them before with that oval everything around the thread I closed the holes just to protect the papers inside and now I am applying the glue On the spine I'm using my homemade mix pva glue with weed with weed glue homemade weed glue And just cover the spine and let it die For attaching a text block to your covers It's good to have their piece of mall over the spine If you don't have any you can prepare it You can use some very light fabric and prepare it the way where it will work as a mall I do have here 90 grades of cheesecloth. I'm gonna cut it Into some size. This is a four size paper. So I know if I will cut this piece it will be big enough For my spine I do have the paper which I have on my table. It's non-sticky paper. It's from Lakeboss And this side is that non-sticky side You can use any backing paper from those self-adhesive wallpapers Or a cling film, you know to protect The background from the glue. We're gonna place the cheesecloth on that non-sticky paper And I'm gonna be using my mix of weed glue with pva, but you can use just pva glue. pva glue is good enough to create your mall And just apply thin coat through to your fabric and then let it dry It doesn't have to be coated heavily just thin coat Spread it with your brush And now let it dry So once you do have your fabric or a cheesecloth outside, it's time to prepare cover It's time to prepare book cloth for our book I do have here this a3 size of Notepad Which I'm gonna use as my background or you know working spot I'm gonna use this film cling cling film not film cling cling film And I'm gonna wrap my notepad into this cling film Just to protect it and on that I'm gonna be creating my book cloth So first I'm gonna cut piece of cheesecloth Which will cover my book And I'm gonna place it on my notepad I could hear all kind of cutouts from newspapers and that's what I'm gonna be using to create my cheesecloth or not cheesecloth my book cloth Spread the nice amount of glue On my cheesecloth And then add on it my newspaper cutouts I am placing the text kind of that way because The paper will be inside when I will be gluing this On my book cover this paper will be inside So outside will be actually fabric So once you do have cover all that spot You choose All that space you just need to let it dry properly So my text block it's dry. The spine is nice and dry And I'm just trimming the edges here and here. I'm taking The end papers as my measurement as you can see those t-died papers They are here and they're a little bit over the edge. So what I'm just doing I'm just placing the ruler On the edge of that white paper on of that end paper and everything what is Over this edge. I'm cutting down with my craft knife Just piece by piece Till I will be on the bottom I do have All dry so my cheesecloth for the spine this book cloth For the cover look at that beautiful newspaper print Visible through to that cheesecloth. I also cut it Two cheaper pieces for the front cover for the back cover and one for the spine I did measure that the spine of my book Oops The spine of my book is Two centimeters. So that's what I do have here Two centimeters spine and I cut it in the leg Well, yeah in the leg of of the cover Before I will glued The cover on my book block or or before I will even work with cover I'm gonna add this cheesecloth over the spine and I'm also gonna be using this ribbon And I will create bookmark using this ribbon I don't have that proper bookmaker Kind of like press so I decided to use this one instead This is zutter machine and I found that it can be used kind of ish as a holder For my book block I do have here pieces of chipboard from an old book I'm using it here and there To help me, you know to work with book covers and work with journals Especially when I need to make some gluing And covering so I'm gonna put my Textbook or text block between those heavy chipboards Like this. They are slightly shorter than my text block I'm gonna place it here and just tie it With this it will hold for some time First I'm gonna take this ribbon and I'm gonna take about two leg of my book And I'm gonna be using my glue We add the glue here In the middle And I'm gonna place there that ribbon and kind of Press it to that glue. I'm gonna put the glue over it as well Now I totally forgot to cut my cheesecloth For the spine. I'm gonna move this Take one of the book covers place it on my cheesecloth And just cut the piece, which is about the same size and a little bit more It doesn't have to be longer. It should be slightly shorter than its The spine gonna be good Now I'm gonna apply the glue over the spine Take my cheesecloth and place that cheesecloth on the spine And press Press, press, press I'm gonna move it aside. I'm gonna put a little bit of glue on the top I'm gonna move it on the side And I'm gonna take this book page and from that book page. I'm gonna cut the piece Two centimeters by 21 centimeters, which is size of the spine So I can just take this one Get up my Scissors and cut the strip of this book page In the same size as is the spine of my text block I'm gonna bring back my text block and place This on the top Yes That's this Piece I need so I'm gonna apply the glue And place my strip of book page Over it And press it like this. Now I need to let it dry So I believe I can now move to creating the book cover And to put it all together I'm gonna just tuck in my bookmark Some neat way I'm gonna slide it in laid flat Slide it inside Make nice fold And here I'm gonna open it Somewhere next to it and just Place it flat in there so I also used iron and I did iron it iron my book cloth And I do have here my pieces. I do have two pieces Front cover, back cover. I do have spine spine. I do have in the size In the actual size of my spine book covers I do have half centimeter shorter Here on this side Half centimeter. They are in the exact size How tall they are but they don't have same width They are half centimeters shorter Then is my text block text block like this So first I'm gonna take piece of paper And place the piece of paper around the spine And crease the spine to that paper Place my chipboards around the book and nicely Place it down and make a mark on the paper This is my marking Now I do have here piece of old book page Which I have cut it to this leg of my spine size So first I'm gonna Put the spine kind of in the middle I'm gonna draw here this Just in case and I'm gonna also Fold it over the edge And fold it over the edge I'm gonna take spine off. I'm gonna fold it opposite way And I'm gonna take this my template place the spine those folds over these folds And make my marks here and draw their lines That will navigate me later where I should put glue How far I should go with the glue Here I can move this one I'm gonna flip it over where I'm planning to place the spine I'm gonna take my amazing sanding tool And I'm gonna sand edges of the spine that are in forcer To make them kind of like More flat or in angle here And on that opposite side as well If you have chisel you can just slide it down with chisel I don't have chisel so I'm gonna brush it Or sand it That sanded edge will be here Not down there but here This side will be straight and flat I'm gonna put there a glue and place my Spine piece in the middle of my paper Now I can flip it over I'm gonna make it flat Do not have there any kind of bubbles Make it flat And now I can glue the chipboard pieces With one mark I'm gonna flip it this way Put the ruler on the side Just to make sure I will have nice and straight Uh cover Oh first I'm gonna apply the glue I'm gonna place my ruler on the side Take another chipboard And place it again to that mark I made Like this I do have here my non sticky papers I'm gonna place them in They are from the labels Place my book block Inside Fold the covers around and place it Between uh my plate here And I'm gonna put some weight on it And let it all dry So my book case or base for my book cover It's dry and I can cut the piece of my book cloth I'm gonna cut about one inch gap around the cover I do have my book cloth cut out to the size I need to cover all these chipboards I'm gonna take a pencil To make sure I will place my chipboards back to the same position I'm gonna draw the template Now I'm gonna cut the corners with the gap from drone corner About three millimeters gap I'm gonna apply the glue to my book cloth Take my chipboards and place them back to the position I draw I'm gonna flip it over And I'm gonna take my bone folder And take my bone folder I'm gonna go between the chipboards and the spine piece And nicely press it in there So it will get glued to that paper here Now I can apply the glue on these top ones And with bone folder I'm gonna fold the book cloth around the edge And here press it around the chipboard And also press it here around the spine chipboard So I'm gonna do that opposite side So I do have glued these long sides I'm gonna flip it over You have here these wooden sticks I'm gonna place them between spine And cover us I'm gonna put there this and put some weight on it And I'm gonna let it sit about two hours I think that it was there long enough I'm gonna take off these and I can show you Oops, oh yeah good How beautifully embossed it is So now I can finish these I'm gonna take my bone folder First I'm gonna fold with bone folder these corners So help them a little bit to go around the chipboard On that opposite side Now I'm gonna apply the glue to that rest With my bone folder and again I'm gonna be lifting the paper Nicely folding around the edge of the chipboard And glue in here And create nice and flat corners here And here same I'm gonna do on that opposite side And I'm gonna let dry these sides And I think it's time to glue it all together I'm gonna cut this slightly down About the size about one and one quarter of inch I would say And same with the tape Same on that opposite side I'm gonna also cut the cheesecloth to the angle Just to make sure there will be no bulks In the ends And it will not be not peaking out from my book cover Which way we are going Yeah this way And this one this way as well So now it's time to glue it all together Yeah So first I'm gonna glue the tapes And I'm using my homemade mix PVA with wheat glue And now I'm gonna apply the glue all the way here And glue my cheesecloth To protect the papers underneath I'm gonna slide there a piece of paper And I'm gonna apply the glue on all this end paper I'm gonna take it off Place my book block to that cover I'm gonna hold this paper down And fold the book cover And I forgot to slide that clear piece of paper So I'm gonna slide it there now This is that non-sticky sheet I'll prepare one more This one is dirty So I'm gonna take another one for opposite side Now I can flip it over And do exactly same Now it just needs some heavy weight And let it dry And here is our final book Made with classical book binding From envelopes Some papers and Newspapers I really love that cover I have to say The newspapers looks awesome on the cover And I nearly forgot I do have here the long bookmark So one more thing I can cut the bookmark It's quite long So I can cut it I think about that long Just to let it peeking out from book Light With the fire And we do have bookmark We do have writing papers We do have also puzzles And it can be fully open And I'm gonna put back All that weight to make it even more flat Because it's still, you know I do have there those T-dive papers And T-dive envelopes So it's still kind of fluffy But I really like how it looks like It's beautiful It's nicely binded And it's holding so many pages And you can write on these envelopes So why not to write on blue paper You know, it's still paper So there is plenty of space for writing And making some memories That's all my sharing for today I hope you found some new information Maybe, I hope It gave you some idea How you can create simple pages Book binding, easy way With this classical notebook style Thank you so much for jumping in today Thank you so much for spending your time with me Have a wonderful day Take care of yourself And I will see you soon Bye