Safe Book - Part Three

A hard cover book, a sharp exacto knife, thick glue and a plan

With hole cut out of the book, and the hole sealed and the inside of the hole covered nicely... it is ready to be filled with little treasures

Wether money or jewels or locks of childhood hair, small mementos or a place to hide love letters
you can close the cover on this book
place it on a bookshelf, or put a book marker in,
place it on your night stand next to the bed
as if you were reading it.... (keep it dusted)
as there you have your very own Safe Book

Enjoy

Safe Book - Part Two

Cut an X into the full sheet and fold into the sides of the hole

After you have slathered the sides of
the hole, cover the top page of the hole with glue and place a full uncut page on top... just flip a page back over and press down... next

Like this press firmly into place

place a heavy object on top of your book and let it dry, and seal up   a few hours to a day

If you would like you can cover up the hole bottom with
a fancy piece of paper or fabric just to give
it a nice clean look

Safe Book

Take any size hard cover book that you want to cut the center out of to make a hiding spot

You will need glue, a sharp knife and a marking pencil
the hole can be any size you want to make it and as deep as you would like, to put some treasures in.

You will want to use a good heavy glue to seal the edges on the hole you created

The inside cut out pages, save them for other uses such as
cards and journal fillers that you paint, ink, stamp etc to add more interest to your projects

Slather the glue inside the hole you made so that all the pages will stick together... DO NOT make the hole close to the opening edge of the book.

CD/DVD Mailer - Part Three

Some examples of what you can do
Did you take photos of an event? Photocopy the program, invite and make a sleeve.
Attended a Wedding? How about making a sleeve with the wedding invitation photocopies on your paper.
Photos of just one subject...make a sleeve
Just want to mail a cd mailer cut out some scrapbook paper, add mailing label if the paper is to busy to read/write the address on, wrote a book, a paper, an article and you need to archive it... make a photocopy and sleeve so it is easy to find... 

Scrapbook paper  12"x12"
Lay your template on top of the paper - if there is a picture or design you want to showcase place the template where it would work
NOTE: I am making the TOP FLAP longer (this is the sealing flap) because I have the extra paper length

Hold the template with your hand securely and cut out the bottom paper around your template

All cut out and ready to fold, tape and put your disk in the pocket

CD/DVD MAILER - FOLDER PART TWO

Take you paper which is all cut out and if you have a bone folder and one of these folding/crease making boards go ahead and use it... otherwise just fold all the flaps by hand.
NOTE: The lines, words and numbers are only for reference
on your project no writings/marking lines should be on the paper 

take your double sided tape and place it on both sides of the paper the one section without FLAPS
Now first fold in the TWO side flaps towards the center and position the taped
side over the side flaps, press and secure to make the
pocket for your CD/DVD to go into

Making your pocket

Add double sided tape to the sealing flap
if you are going to mail this item
otherwise you do not need to add this strip of tape
Go to Part Three Now for Ideas, and see some finished
projects

CD/DVD Mailer - Folder

CD/DVD Mailer - Folder
You want to mail a CD/DVD here is a great How To Make - your own
You can even Print Out a Picture from your
cd on an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of cardstock or other heavy weight paper and make a very personalized mailer/cd/dvd finder.
Here is what you will need:
8 1/2 X 11 paper
Heavy weight/Cardstock/Scrapbook papers
scissors
double sided tape
mailing label
ruler
optional: bone folder/folding line board

Cut your paper or use any 8 1/2 x 11 size
if you choose to made a mailer with a picture
use your printer now ... placement is touchy so you made need to experiment.
Otherwise you are ready to start marking, folding cutting

Measure in 1 1/2 " from the right and left sides
mark with a pen the full length of the paper

Now mark 1 1/4" from the bottom of the paper
draw a line across the entire width of the paper
make another line 6 3/8" from the BOTTOM of the paper
and make a line across the entire width of the paper
Now make dotted lines as shown in the photo
these are your cutting out line to make your inside flaps and your closing flap

Cut away paper and this is what your pattern should look like
go to CD/DVD Mailer - Folder  TWO

Hot Glue, Buttons and a Sweatshirt

Hot Glue, Buttons and a Sweatshirt

I needed a really quick decorative top to wear to an evening function over the holiday season.
It was only for one night and I didn't want to buy something I would only wear once and only in the dark of the night....so   I found a sweatshirt I bought last spring on clearance for about $2.50 and I found some fun buttons, got out my hot glue gun and had some fun!
Yes, I could have sewed the buttons on, but I didn't.
In the dark nobody knew I used hot glue, remember it was only for one night.
Turned out cute tho....

The buttons above are an example of fun buttons, this company makes all kinds of decorative buttons in all kinds of themes
Items needed for this project   Hot Glue, glue sticks, buttons and a sweatshirt

Finished
After the event was over, I was able to take the buttons off,
scraped the glue off the shirt and button backs
and I can use both another day for some other projects.
I have NO IDEA if the finished sweatshirt with the glued on buttons would make it through the washer and dryer
I chose not to try... remember this article was only to be
worn one night, for one event.
It worked just fine.
When you are looking for something quick, easy and cute
give this project a try

ENJOY