Notebook for MIL for Christmas

OK, I promise this will be the last notebook for awhile!! LOL I made this one for my MIL for Christmas. She says she just loves it! Pink is one of her favorite colors, so I'm sure that helps! I guess I can also reveal who received the blue one from an earlier post! That would be my SIL.

I have some new things I will be posting in the next few days also, so be sure and check back!!

Another Little Notebook..........

OK, yeah I know...........another notebook.............but wait a minute......this one was for my sister for her birthday. She loves horses and I knew she would love this!!! She is a real tomboy (no offense, Sis) so something "girly" was not going to work for her. I made this using the retired stamp set "Bareback". I just can't get rid of this set until Stampin' Up comes up with another western set that is better. I have to have horses in my collection. I like them too, but I'm not a fanatic like my sis. Anyway I hope you like it and I promise I won't post any more notebooks for a while. Thanks for looking and I hope everyone has a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Another little notebook

Here is another little notebook I made the other day. This is the one with better measurements (which I stated in the last post). This allows for an extra 1/8" on the front and back so the paper is not peeking out. I do measure them right at 8" for the height so that there is no excess on the top or bottom. This was done with the Bali Breeze DSP and Certainly Celery cardstock. This is slated as a Christmas gift so I can't divulge any more information on who that lucky person might be.......... I doubt that she comes to visit my blog, but then again you never know! She needs to be surprised what Santa might bring!

Just a little notebook

This is just a little notebook I made from a 5" x 8" tablet. These are so simple and would make great stocking stuffers!! It only takes one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock and a 5"(x 12) strip of 12 x 12 DSP (Designer Series Paper). This was the very first one I made. Kind of a trial run I guess. I realized I needed to add a little more on the width of the paper. On the other ones I cut my cardstock at 8" x 10 1/2". On the long side, you then want to score your paper at 5 1/8" and again at 5 3/8". Basically a 1/4" binding area in the middle of the paper. Before you adhere the notebook to this cardstock, layer a piece of the DSP over the top of the notepad binding. ( See 2nd photo) Then adhere the notebook to the right side of the 2nd score line and fold the paper over the top of the pad. WA LA!!!! Now decorate the front any way you would like!!! This might sound confusing but it is really very easy!!!