Garden Time Notebook

 

Summertime is in full bloom...so it is time to garden. 

You can cultivate and nurture flowers, vegetables but also remember to nurture your family and friends!

What better way to celebrate everything you garden but in a notebook journal.... place notes, photos or other items in. 

Begin...

Die cut Notebook using Chipboard. 

Cover with Mandala embossed paper. 

Add border strips on edges and bind along with lace ribbon. 

Fussy cut floral images from Graphic 45 Grow with Love Collection. 

Add to top with pop dots. 

Inside cover with Mandala embossed paper.

Add border strip to center of bind. 

Create two folios for each side of the prepared notebook. 

Create a 1" belly band to wrap around folio.

Adhere belly band to center front and back covers of notebook. 

Add folded folio to center of belly band. 

Add invisible closure to band. 

Emboss white cardstock using Mandala Embossing Folder; add to backside of folio folds. 

Add fussy cut floral ephemera to top of belly band with pop dots. 

Finish with metal handle with brads. 

Supplies

Graphic 45 Grow with Love Collection

Sizzix/Eileen Hull Designs Notebook Die 663635

Sizzix/Eileen Hull Designs Floral Mandala Embossing Folder 665915

Metal Handle with Brads

Invisible Velcro Closure

White Lace Ribbon