When In Doubt Add A Pretty Cover

As a papercrafter it’s so easy to make everyday things pretty. I’m also very keen to use every scrap of paper and card that I buy. Waste not want not, eh. So when I came across a very boring 1-1/2″ x 2″ Post-It Note® pad I had the perfect idea. Why not add a quick cover to disguise the sticky notes into a mini book. So that’s how I ended up with today’s simple Sunday project.

Cover a mini Post-It Note® pad with pretty paper to look like a book. Created using the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

QUICK COVER

At 1-1/2″ x 2″, my Post-It Note pad is one of the smallest, if not the smallest one they make. For this reason I felt that I needed some patterned paper with a very small design. Once I had that I could cut the cover piece from coordinating coloured card.

In the end I found a gorgeous colourful print in the Flowers For Every Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack. I cut a piece 1/8″ smaller than the pad size, so 1-3/8″ x 1-7/8″ and set it aside.

The paper I’d cut featured lots of bright colours and in the end I chose Magenta Madness Card for the cover.

Using my Paper Trimmer I started by cutting a strip of Magenta Madness Card 2″ wide. To make the cover easier to open I decided to add a 1/16″ lip, so instead of being 1-1/2″ wide the cover would be 1-9/16″ wide. Then after measuring the height of the pad at 1/4″ I added 1/16″ to that measurement too. So in the end I cut my 2″ strip of card to 3-7/16″ long (1-9/16″ + 5/16″ + 1-9/16″).

After scoring the card strip at 1-9/16″ and 1-7/8″ I folded it along the scored lines and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder.

ITTY BITTY GREETINGS

Before going any further I thought it would be fun to stamp a ‘title’ on the spine of my book. With essentially only 1/4″ x 2″ to play with I knew it would have to be a very small sentiment. So after looking at the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set I chose two.

Using Tuxedo Black ink I stamped “I’m here for you” between the two scored lines on the card. Then on a scrap of Very Vanilla Card I stamped the second sentiment, “for you”.

Feed the punched piece back into the Classic Label Punch to make it shorter. #papercraftwithme

Now I had the sentiment for the cover I punched it out using the Classic Label Punch. However, while it was an appropriate height, it was much too wide for my project. So turning over the punch I fed the sentiment back under one end of the mechanism. Once I could see just the sentiment inside the punch area I punched again, trimming it to the perfect size.

After that I set the sentiment aside for a moment while I assembled my ‘book”.

First, using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow), I glued the little pad to the inside back cover. Then I added my tiny piece of Designer Series Paper to the front.

All I had left to do was attach the sentiment to the front with liquid glue and my mini book was finished.