Customised Notebooks

Hey Guys, 

There are loads of ways to customise boring notebooks but I have chosen my favourite way to share with you. 

Covering notebooks is the easiest way to customise them. Our friend Liz was 16 recently and loves Benedict Cumberbatch, so I decided to customise a notebook for her with Benedict Cumberbatch on.

What did I use?
A cheap notebook
A picture from tumblr.
Printer
Glue and scissors

1. I browsed tumblr and found a collage which had been made of Benedict Cumberbatch and saved it. I then measured the notebook to see what size to print the picture. You need to make sure that the picture is at least 3 cm bigger than the actual notebook on all sides, then print it.

2. Cover the front of your notebook with glue and place the picture, as it comes out of the printer, onto the glued side. Press it down starting in the middle and working outwards so the cover has no creases in it.

3. Trim the paper so it only is about 2 cm too big for the notebook. Open the notebook and cut diagonally from the sides of the paper to where the paper meets the notebook corners. From here create flaps (as shown below) glue the flaps and fold onto the inside of the notebook, (this should look neat if you do it well!)

4. Turn the notebooks so the back is facing upwards and glue down the remainder of the picture onto the back of the notebook

5. Now turn to the back page of the notebook, inside the back cover, and cut two more flaps, one at the top and one at the bottom (as shown below) Glue these flaps and fold onto the inside back cover of the notebook.

6. You now have your completed notebook, congratulations!

Love Holly x