My Other Creations: Mini Scrap Notebooks

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is to make anything but a card.  You know how I'm obsessed with mini notebooks, so I whipped up four of them that are filled with patterned paper scraps.

I started by making a bunch of watercolor squiggles on some white paper.

Next I made some circles and scribbly marks using Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels.  I also drizzled/splattered some acrylic ink onto it.

I cut my paper into strips that were about 2.5" wide by 6" long.

I adhered each strip to a piece of black Strathmore Mixed Media paper and sewed around the edges to make sure the pieces stayed together.  I added some scraps of patterned paper (some of which I made by stamping black images on white paper).

I smeared paint onto the covers and added more collage scraps and Washi tape.  I also added some wildflower silhouettes from a Tim Holtz die.  I sewed some designs on (wonky circles) and used paperclips to hold the covers closed to see how things were looking.

Instead of putting plain paper inside, I wanted to make some stacks of patterned paper.  I sewed the stacks together and stuck them inside my notebooks.

Here's a peek inside the notebooks:

To keep them shut, I dug up some hair elastics, which I wrapped around the bottom of each notebook.

I love little notebooks and these were a joy to create!

Prima Flowers TROPICALS Watercolor Confections Set	Daniel Smith Opera Pink Extra Fine Watercolor	Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Rustic	Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Basics	Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers
Sizzix Big Shot	She Was Tired stamp by Impression Obsession	Flora and Fauna Textures Five Clear Stamps	Inky Antics Library Love stamp set	Strathmore Mixed Media Black Paper, 9x12
Altenew Essential Black and White 6x6 Paper Pack	Prima Moon Child 12x12 Paper	Tim Holtz 12x12 French Industrial Paper Pack	Stamperia 12 x 12 Wonderland paper	Doodlebug So Much Pun 6x6 Paper
Pink and Main Sunset 6x6 Paper Pad	Lawn Fawn Spring Fling 12x12 Paper	UHU Glue Stick	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

What will you create that's not a card?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.