I watched a video on youtube about making a journal out of a pad of watercolor paper. It looked fun to do so I did it.
First, I had to cut the edges of paper in a decorative design..
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First, I had to cut the edges of paper in a decorative design..
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Then the back of the pad is cut in half.
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And taped together - I used packing tape but you could use bookbinding tape too.
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I added scrapbook papers to the front
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and glued them
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added interior pages,
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And then covered my tape with foil tape.
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I sewed 2 signatures in,
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and used foil tape to put on the outside. It covered up the stitching and I put plastic flowers underneath and then burnished them to show up.
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I love this tape! You could use all kinds of objects underneath for a design.
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This is a top view.
Now to fill all the pages!!
On one of my yahoo groups, we are doing a 30 projects in 30 days. This is Day 1. Shh, don't tell that I am days behind and now need to get to work.:)