Berry Pretty Background Notebooks with Vanessa

Hello dear Winnie & Walter friends! Vanessa here with a gift idea for teachers and such. 

I needed a little something for the lovely ladies at my girl's child care and made them these note books:

First, I stamped the images with various Distress Inks onto watercolor paper. I used the new set In Bloom: Carolina's Florals with Angelica Suarez along with In Bloom: Frenchy's Festive Florals with Angelica Suarez and In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers. Now I applied water with a watertank brush and went over the stamped piece until I liked the result. Then I added spritzes of green ink.

After it was dried, I cut the paper into half lengthwise, trimmed white paper for the inside of the booklets and scored everything through the middle.

To assemble the covers with the inner pages, I sewed them together at the spine.

Then I rounded the corners of the covers and tied-on baker's twine. To personalize the books, I inked a piece of white cardstock with red ink, die-cut the monograms of the recipients using Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways and adhered them to the fronts. 

Finally, I covered simple pencils with red checked washi tape to go with the note books.

I hope you like this idea! Thank you for stopping by today!!

In Bloom: Carolina's Florals with Angelica Suarez

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers

In Bloom: Frenchy's Festive Florals with Angelica Suarez

Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways

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