I have started off with a hardback notebook, the kind you buy from The Works for a couple of quid. I painted around the edges of the book with a few layers of acrylic paint so that the old cover doesn't show through when i cover it.
I took a sheet of 12x12 paper and covered the book cover up to the spine. I then trimmed it to fit leaving about 2in of paper to wrap around the inside. Just like when you covered your school books.
I covered up any gaps by gluing a length of ribbon down the front of the book. I used the pink ribbon from the Tiny Tatty Ted girl range.
For the front i took two large paper blossoms and layered them together. I then glued two hatpins to the flower. I painted a wooden embellishment and added that to the centre to create the central embellishment.
I took several different embellishments and glued them to the corners of the book in clusters of five for impact. Odd numbers always look better for some reason.
To make a fastener. I glued a large resin flower to the edge of the opening. I then turned the book over and hot glued a length of twine to the back. I covered the back with paper to hold it in place.
I used the First Edition tag die set to make page tabs for finding things easier.
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5 comments:
Hi Katie you have made this into a fantastic notebook to treasure. Hugs Jackie
Very pretty x
So pretty, Katie!!!
Gorgeous Katie - this is such a pretty notebook. xx
Beautiful and so useful.
Heike xx
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