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May 11, 2011

Paint Chip Notebook

Cute note books have been popping up all over and I just had to make some as party favors for Annika’s Art Party.  Here is how we made our Paint chip notebooks.  It was so simple.  You will need 2 large paint chips (for the front and back covers), paper cut to the size of the paint chip, padding paste and clamps (which we could not find so a bucket of Sheetrock mud works too!).

Stack all the notebooks on top of each other.  The cover of one notebook will be touching the back of the next.  Make sure that all the edges are straight, you will want a cute little stack.

Sandwich the little notebooks with a piece of wood.  It should line up with the front edge of the notebooks.  Normally you would clamp them all together, but our clamps were no where to be found so we grabbed the next best thing.

Apply a thick layer of padding paste with a brush, only one layer is needed.  Make sure that you get full coverage.  Be careful not to get the padding paste on the side of your notebooks.  The padding past should dry quickly, ours was ready in about 10 minuets.

Once the padding paste is dry, slip a sharp knife between front and back covers.  Gently cutting each book apart.

The notebooks should separate from the stack easily.

They turned out so cute.  Each notebook favor was tied with a cute ribbon and a glitter pencil and a few gel pens.  This simple technique can be translated into so many different styles of notebooks.  I can’t wait to make more sets of cute little books.

 

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5 thoughts on “Paint Chip Notebook”

  1. Angie-- bigbearswife on May 16, 2011 at 2:56 pm said:

    these are so cute! I made Jello Pudding Notebooks like this a while ago and just love them! I saw these from your art party!

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  2. Mandy on March 1, 2012 at 3:55 am said:

    These ideas (the art party) are all adorable! I love your blog. Thanks so much for all the great ideas. 🙂

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  3. Carrie on March 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm said:

    I am so sorry to ask but what is padding paste? I looked on your site to see if it ever said and couldn’t find an answer. I love this idea and would love to do but need help with that. Thanks

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    • Tammy on March 14, 2012 at 10:37 pm said:

      Padding paste is also called padding adhesive. It is the glue that you find on the edge of note pads. We had a hard time finding it, but evetually found it at a paper wholesale supply store (not an office supply store). The brand we bought was colorlok premium quick padding adhesive. You can also by similar brands on Amazon. Hope this helps

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