The Bank of Hot and Cold Running Ideas

August 10, 2015

The Bank of Hot and Cold Running Ideas

Greetings, creative wonders! Jenn, here, with a decorated graph-paper composition book, just ready to fill with all sorts of ideas.

School has already started back in my county, which means that back to school supplies were showing up in stores shortly after school let out. Now, I don't mind this at all because if there's something I love to browse more than office supplies, it's school supplies--even though I haven't been tied to the academic calendar for years!

I have plenty of notebooks around, but I wanted some graph paper to better plan out some upcoming projects, and found one among the composition books, with the standard black and white cover. Now, that just won't work for me!

So I pulled out variety of papers in shades of brown, a couple of Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix dies, stickers, ephemera, and a bottle of Helmar Tacky Craft Glue.

I started by covering the spine with a patterned paper, then the front and back of the book with other papers cut-to-fit.

I've found that when an item is going to be handled a lot--like a notebook--it's vital to get a thin, even coat of glue over the whole surface, and to do that I grabbed an old (expired) credit card to spread the glue around.

More judicious dots of Helmar Tacky Craft Glue held the layers of die cuts into place and the ephemera as well. Now just to fill the inside with inspiration!

Wishing you creative days,