Hubby bought me a mini binding machine about a year ago, and after making the calendar project that I had been
itching to make, it's been in the cupboard collecting dust since then. So I decided to pull it out and put it to use for this fortnight's challenge at
Top Tip Tuesday where the theme is Stationery.
I've designed and printed out a full year of a diary, with a week's view to each page and bound it all into a mini book using some mount-board covers (I had some leftover mount-board from making my
clocks). I did actually put design paper on the front and back, but then stamped over it with some floral mini stamps to match the colour theme of the image, so you can't see much of the design any more.
I also tied little strips of matching ribbon around the rings, but wasn't sure whether I liked them after I'd done them. I did end up pulling them off, but they were on when I took the photos.
I designed the diary insert pages to fit four weeks on an standard A4 sized sheet of paper. I chopped the printed sheets into quarters and that's the size of the diary. I cut the mount board slightly larger to create the covers.
This is also my final challenge designing for
Top Tip Tuesday. I've been on this fabulous team since June 2011 and have had a wonderful time with a great bunch of designers and our lovely leading lady,
Samantha. But I've been feeling in a bit of a rut for the past couple of months and decided I need to inject some change in order to get my mojo back. I am addicted to crafting. It's a much needed 'release' from a stressful day job so over the next month I'm stepping back from four of my longest running teams, hoping that will free up some time to enable me to go in search of my missing mojo by trying some new creative challenges.
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Happy crafting
Annette
xx
