Creative Notebook Covers

Who doesn’t love a great notebook and a handmade gift?  I had the privilege to help a good friend and fellow CG Crew team mate out with a fun little project she was doing – personalized notebooks for Admin Day this past week as one of their gifts.  Isn’t she a cool boss?  I’ve never had a boss make me something before – if that doesn’t say “I value you”, I don’t know what does!  Here is one of the notebooks that were made that day.

Amy got these cool Notebook covers that had a place to do something fun and creative in the cover. They came in a cute box and were just screaming to be personalized.  She had to make a few, so I just let the creative juices start flowing and this is what we ended up with for one of them.

Creative Tips:

• We was going to make polka dots using sponge daubers, but then decided on a cleaner look and punched out polka dots with the 1” circle punch instead.
• To give a little more emphasis to the name plate – we ran the Basic Black card stock through the big shot first with the Labels Framelits Collection and then through the Chevron TIEF folder.
• To really make it pop – we created a banner display behind it in the Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White. 
• The initial was made using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies and the Silver Glimmer Paper.
• We wanted to add a little flair, so we created hanging banners in the corner with Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock.  We added a Tangerine Tango striped Designer Series Paper from the Sycamore Street DSP Collection that was available during Sale-a-bration (now Retired). 
• To make the hanging banners we used a 1” Square punch.  It make the larger banner, we used a 1 3/8” Square Punch.

               

• We added a little flair to the banners by putting one of the Silver Basic Designer Buttons from the Spring Catalog. 
• We threaded it with some Basic Black Baker’s Twine.  You might be asking  – wait Stampin’ Up! doesn’t carry that?  You would be correct – we made it from the Whisper White Baker’s twine – something that everyone should have.  What we did was run my Classic Basic Black ink pad over it on our Grid Paper and voila, Basic Black Baker’s Twine!
• We then popped one of our Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the top for a little bling!

This project turned out super cute and I know the recipient will love it.  According to Amy, it totally fits her personality, and the fact that it was handmade will certainly make her feel appreciated.

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Stamp Sets – none! Paper – Whisper White (100730), Certainly Celery (105125), Tempting Turquoise (102067), Tangerine Tango (111349), Basic Black (121045), Silver Glimmer Paper (124005), Sycamore Street DSP (retired) Ink – Basic Black (126980) Cool Tools – Big Shot (103954), Chevron Embossing Folder (127749), 1 3/8” Square Punch (119877), 1” Circle Punch (119868)  The Perfect Finish – Silver Basics Designer Buttons (129325), Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (129324), Whisper White Baker’s Twine (124262)