mini composition notebook | tutorial

If you're here for the mini composition notebook tutorial from the Echo Park | The Twinery blog hop, welcome back! If you're a regular reader, I'm so glad you find the time to visit with me. 

So, here's the notebook I originally made for the blog hop:

Let's get started making another cute one again using the Springtime collection. After gathering your supplies {notebook, adhesive, burnishing tool, scissors, The Twinery baker's twine, Echo Park papers and stickers, Crop-o-Dile and floral wire} it's time to get busy.

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1. Slather {very technical term}  your front cover with your desired adhesive.
2. Using your burnishing tool, adhere your paper securely to the front cover of your notebook.
3. Trim the extra paper with either scissors or a craft knife - I prefer my Fiskars scissors.
4. Slather, Burnish and Trim the inside front, back and inside back covers as well.
5. Using your Crop-o-dile, punch a hole and add your eyelet to both the front and back covers.
6. Using this threading tip, thread a folded length of your baker's twine through the eyelet so that you end up with the folded over {looped} half being pulled through the hole. {see large photo} Repeat same procedure for the back cover.
7. Tie a not in your baker's twine {you will have 4 strands} to keep it from sliding back through the eyelet and tie it in a big, pretty bow. Add a die cut shape and some letters stickers and...

...voila! You are the proud owner of a super cute mini notebook that's perfect for teacher gifts, holiday treats for your child's classmates, a fun birthday party activity and even a fun little Girl's Night Out goody for your gal pals!

But, now for some fun stuff, how about another giveaway? The winner will receive everything in the photo below to include the mini composition notebook we just made together, papers to make your own mini notebook, a set of letter stickers, The Twinery baker's twine in Buttercream and Caribbean, punched cardstock shapes, journaling and border stickers, 2 envelopes and cards blanks as well as cardstock to create two notecards, similar to the one here.

To enter, just leave a comment sharing with me if you make more scrapbook layouts or altered craft projects. Be sure to leave your e-mail address if you don't have your e-mail linked in your profile so that you can be contacted if you're the winner. Comments will close and the winner will be announced on this blog post on Tuesday, August 23rd at 8pm EST. If the winner does not contact me, another winner will be chosen. Good Luck!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner is:

Marcia{123blog} please contact me so that I can have your goodies packaged and shipped to you soon!