Hey there, today I have another Sunny Days* project to share with you that I am quite excited about! It’s nothing very fancy or complicated, but recently I’ve been in the mood to create some projects other than layouts. So what I decided to do was to use the Maggie Holmes Sunny Days collection to create my own set of notebooks and a case that I could slide them into. This would also make for a perfect gift!
How to: Notebooks
All you need to do for the notebooks is this:
- For the cover: cut a piece of patterned paper to 8.75″x5.75″ and fold it in half.
- For the inside: cut five sheets of printer paper (8.5″x11″) in half, so you will have ten pieces of 8.5″x5.5″. Fold all of them in half.
- Put the inside sheets into the cover and align the crease line. Use a needle or poking tool to punch two holes into the crease.
- With a needle and thread or twine, bind the notebooks together. Tie a bow on the outside. If you like, you can use a charm or tassel to string it on the thread.
- Embellish your notebooks according to your liking. I used a mix of chipboard stickers, cardstock stickers and some of the clear stickers from the sticker book. Just make sure not to make them too bulky for your case.
The Case
Unfortunately, I can’t give you step-by-step instructions or measurements for the case, as I made that one up as I went. But it’s fairly straight-forward. You basically do the same as when you’d create a hardcover for a mini album, and then you only need to close the top and bottom.
For the basic structure I used some chipboard and then covered it with the Explorer paper. I also used some of the ephemera pieces and cardstock stickers to embellish the front, as well as that beautiful floral washi tape on the spine. For the title I used the gold foil Thickers from the Willow Lane collection.
Of course you could also use a ready-made box or maybe repurpose the packaging from something. There’s lots of ways to create something like this!
Let me know if you have any questions! I hope you enjoyed today’s project and that maybe you will create some notebooks with this beautiful collection, too!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great day! 🙂
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