2009 Day to Day
By Laura Nicholas |
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- Ink the spine and edges of the binder.
- Cut a 2” wide strip of striped paper and glue along the edge of the binder, flush with the left edge. Trim excess paper from the top and bottom with an X-acto® knife.
- Cover the rest of the front cover with yellow paper. Trim excess even with the edges using an X-acto® knife.
- Ink the binder edges and add penwork along the edge of the yellow paper.
- Cut a 1/4” wide strip of adhesive and place across the seam of the papers. Add lime green glitter to the strip.
- Cover letters with purple paper: Place adhesive on the letter, place patterned paper on top. Turn the letters over and place on a cutting mat, then trim around the edges with an X-acto® knife. Lightly sand the edges and attach to the binder cover.
- Cut a lime paper rectangle and a slightly smaller purple paper rectangle and ink the edges of both. Add penwork stitching around the edges. Overlap the pieces and glue to the yellow paper as shown.
- Cover the brackets with checked paper.
- Glitter the numbers: Place a piece of the adhesive sheet onto the front of a number, turn the number over and place on a cutting surface. Trim around the outside edges with an X-acto® knife. Remove the adhesive liner, then place aqua blue glitter on top. Repeat technique to trim around the edges. Attach glittered letters to the binder front. Add brackets.
- Repeat to add pink glitter to the small butterfly, aqua glitter to a medium butterfly and lime glitter to a large butterfly. Attach to the binder cover.
- Line the inside front and back covers with checked papers.
- Embellish the dividers with strips of papers and glitter-covered butterflies. Staple pieces of ribbons to the dividers.
- Attach handles to the binder and tie ribbons to the handles.
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