Materials…

• My Mind’s Eye Pretty Please paper & accessories kit
• Plain ColorCore cardstock
• Small notebook
• Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Wingo Zingo die (654900)
• Sizzix Bigz Circles Scallop #2 die (655481)
• Sizzix Big Shot machine
• Stix2 double-sided tape, self-adhesive foam pads and PVA glue
• Needle and white thread
• Large brad
• Ribbon

To create…

1 Take a small notebook and cover with stripy paper, fixed into position using double-sided tape and taking care to fold in the edges neatly.

2 Add a turquoise band of card, approximately 4.5cm wide, along one side, again folding in the edges neatly and securing with double-sided tape.

3 Take a 12mm-wide strip of green card and use a pin to mark out holes evenly down its centre. Use a needle and white cotton to stitch and use double-sided tape to fix this into position along the edge of the turquoise section.

4 Take one of the shapes from the accessories page and fold slightly off centre. Glue one edge to the back of the book and apply Velcro to the other.

5 Apply another piece of Velcro to the front of the book to line up with the one located on the tag to ensure that they fasten together.

6 Take one of the flowers from the accessories page and pierce the centre with a large turquoise brad. Fix to the tab using foam pads.

7 Fix one end of a length of pink ribbon and attach to the inside cover of your book using double-sided tape. Thread beads onto the other end and sandwich the ribbon between two die-cut scallop circles. Use PVA glue to secure.

8 Die-cut the initials that you require and stick onto the centre of the scalloped circle before finishing off with a small flower.

Project by Debi Potter. Originally published in Creative Cardmaking issue 6.