I have not bought any coloring books or otherwise invested in the Adult Coloring trend, but with the seemingly endless rain and darkness that is Hurricane Harvey, suddenly coloring something bright sounded like a good idea. An exhaustive Bing search eventually led me to these "Count the Love" designs, available in PDF format with either one or four images per page. These cards the smaller size, cropped as close to the edges of the curlicues as possible. The card bases are 5 1/4" x 4 1/4" (cut cardstock to 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 and score in the middle of the long side), and the coloring pages are attached with foam squares to make the whole thing a little more exciting.
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I recently bought the Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Book, Passport, and it is pretty amazing! Unlike most other Sizzix dies, it is so thick that it does not use the multipurpose platform -- just extended cutting pads on top and underneath. It cuts all the essential elements of a cute little book -- this image from Sizzix looks just like the die, with the cover on the left, spine in the center, and pages on the right. The scoring and hole punching are especially useful in assembling the books! Sizzix recommends using chipboard or mat board for the covers, but I have been using cereal boxes or any cardboard lying around the house. Waste not, want not! It has been fun to experiment with different kinds of papers inside and different ways to beautify and embellish the covers. For example, I found this beautiful paper pad at Target the other day, in the section that used to be called the Dollar Spot and is now called Bullseye's Playground (I think): I trimmed the sentiment off the top of each page, folded the sheets in half, and ran each folded sheet through the Sizzix, carefully positioned on top of the page section of the die. Doing two at a time works pretty well with most papers, although the scoring does not always work with two layers of cardstock. Of course, with the cardboard/chipboard covers, only one at a time will work. Once I had all the pages cut, and the covers glued to the spine, the next big decision was how to make the cover pretty. It took cardstock and washi tape from Michaels (one a Hot Buy and the other an internet crazy deal), a rubber stamp from Herrschners, and paper and a butterfly embellishment from who knows where, but I think it turned out okay! Sometimes I leave the pearl cotton used to sew all the signatures in exposed on the spine, but this time it seemed like a good idea to cover it up, and the washi tape sticks everything together nicely.
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