Notebooks: Anything But A Card for Tuesday Alchemy

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Hey guys am back with my DT Creations for Tuesday Alchemy.....and this week we have "Anything But A Card" theme ...so think out of box ideas .....and beyond cards to take part...

We again have two sponsors this week.... 1. Sassy Studio Designs- 4 Digital Stamps
                                                                   2. Birdie Brown Digital Stamps- 3 Digital Stamps

Now for my project....

The Blue, Pink and Green are of 4 inches X6 inches size and the Yellow one is for 5 inches X7 inches..made using CTMH CS as the base and layered with with a mix of various brands PP....

Closer View ...I love the fact that it has space for pens too...and super easy and fast to make....The "Memories" and "You Are Adorable Absolutely" Tags are from Itsy Bitsy

Individual Close Up Shot-1

Individual Close Up Shot-2

Individual Close Up Shot-3

 Individual Close Up Shot-4

 Inside View.....

The inside papers are no ready made booklet but hand cut and filed and bound with my "Your Story Binder and Laminator" within a quick 5 mins...though cutting and sizing them took me long ...thanks to my "Your Story Trimmer" I could cut 10 pages together with great precision ...or else it would have taken me even longer...the book contains 200 pages!!!

Thats a pretty thick booklet you see..heheheh

Do join us for the Tuesday Alchemy Challenge....and also hop to the blog to see the lovely creations the other DT have done and leave them some love too.....

Entering this for  Creative Moments-Anything Goes

Happy Campers -Use Bright

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge-Use Ribbon/Twine

Forever Friends Monthly Challenge-Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy-Feeling Blue

One Stop Craft Challenge-Monochrome Tones

One Stop Craft Challenge-Anything Goes

Pink Gem Challenge-Ribbon and Lace

The Squirrel and The Fox-Anything Goes

Unstampabelles Challenges-Monochromatic

Paper Pretties Blog-Anything But A Card

Itsy Bitsy India-KISS Challenge

Birthdays.....Phew!!!!

How often do you forget to wish people on their birthday??? Well with the onset of new technologies that have developed around us...am sure its hard to forget but still am sure for a few close ones in your list...its  a little more than just wishing and getting away with it!!!

Planning a birthday surprise is not an easy job and keeping track on things is still far from being easy!! Lists everywhere ...folded into a diary...into a book....looking for where did you leave the last list that you made at 2 in the night....is what I end up with....How about you??? Let me know if you are more organised and can handle this better...please pass on the tips...I need it urgently!!!

Well till then, I found myself a solution....and a rather colorful one  just to keep up my spirits ....and give me that boost every time the pressure knocks me down.....(Colors work wonders for me)...I made myself a BIRTHDAY ORGANISER/PLANNER!!! yayayaya...my first handmade organiser!!!  Its a 6x8 size...Also I feel this is a workable idea for kids actually I made it for them in my exhibition....hehehe

I multiplied this for my exhibition though ....so the inside was simple due to lack of time!!! But before I show you whats inside....there's a confession!!!

 I would not  lie when it comes to the inspiration part of it.....yess it knocked at my door when I made my way through the shelves of the very famous "Archies Store" .....have a look...

That's the pocket ....they have...and they have used up two sheets of paper!!! and have tabs for each month.....

This is where the basic idea stepped in...but the style or technique they have used is very different...and I would like to try this one someday....

I, of course used just a 12x12 sheet and folded them to get similar pockets.....a tutorial that I saw on the famous "youtube"channel....and the results where awesome...so its a mix of two ideas merged into one to adapt and create my own planner/organiser!!!

 

As you can see, I ended up with three pockets per page....you will understand it better after the next photograph....so just hold on

If you see above the January and the February sides are made with one single 12x12 sheet folded up....yess ....so I have a half pocket on the January side....a half pocket on the February side and a middle common pocket...so that comes to three pockets per page.....wow....enough space to store up a lot of things....guest list...shopping list etc....for every month separately ...and a few birthday cards in the common pocket.....is'nt it amazing!!!

I die cut and printed the months....and popped them up on a dimensional....since I used up my Echo Park Paper stack and they as you can see are damn colorful....I thought adding more embellishments would make it crowded!!!  However, if I had the time I would love to  add tags into to....but maybe I will give it a thought now....have a look at the other pages!!!

I have used up left over cardboard for the front and back covers....and covered it up with handmade paper and the insides with Echo Park paper....and binded it up with binder rings....now as it can be opened up thanks to the rings....one can add up a lot of extra pages as and when required....one can have a stack of plain papers punched and put in the end...so that one does not have to look for paper for notes to be jotted down and then they can be easily removed to accommodate in the respective pockets.....nice idea is'nt it???....actually one can add a lot of other things as well...but that I leave to you guys to figure it out for yourself...and use your own imagination and creativity for the same!!!

And I would love to hear your ideas being shared here with me.....I believe in sharing ideas for that helps us grow....

Entering this for Crafty Bloggers Network-Anything Goes

Forever Friends Challenge-Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge-Banners

Use Your Stuff-Banners 

Bookmark Swap

I know you have seen enough of my bookmarks over the past few days...but just sharing pictures of the my entire set of 5 different bookmarks .....

Now for the individual shots...

1. Corner Bookmark

2. Normal Bookmark

3. Fabric Bookmark

4. Magnetic Bookmark

5. String Beaded Bookmark

And this is how they will serve on a book.....

Hope you like them....

Reading Time....Corner Bookmarks

As said.....am on a bookmark making roll....I have tried Corner Bookmarks before ...but never been so decorative with it....they were plain origami folded paper to be used as bookmarks ....the best thing about these corner bookmarks are that they dont slip like the normal bookmarks...but yess they are not as sturdy like the magnetic ones for sure. But lets see what I have done...

 Yess....I have a twist to the corner bookmark!!! I have turned the corner bookmark upside down.... the triangle part that everyone else decorates is the back in mine....and the broad square side which is the back for others ....I decided to make it useful....as that was a whole lot of space.....so I cut a few blank pages and two cardstock for front and back covers and punched a few holes and tied them in place with ribbons....and decorated the front cover to make it into a small note book and added it to a base corner bookmark!!!!

 This is how it will hang on a book!!!......

 Can you see the pages ...and make out the note book??? Yeah!!! You can open the ribbons and replace or add pages as per your wishes.....isnt it a lovely idea...I loved it myself....Now a lot many may ask...why a note book??? I have a habit of scribbling during my reads...I mean if I dont know a word...or an issue (when am reading on politics or religion) ..I like to jot it down somewhere and then do some research on it or look up the meaning in the dictionary. So I thought this would be an ideal thingy for other avid readers like me.....hehehhe

A closer view.....

There are two more corner bookmarks that I did ....but not with the same idea....I tried to personalise it....turning it into a small scrapbook page...yess...there's space for a small passport photograph to be fitted in!!! So have a look...

 That brown and red blank spaces that you see ....are the ones where you can add the photographs.....

A closer look at them...

 This is how they will hang at the corner of a book!!

 Top view....

 Coffee is too integral to me....I mean I just love it ...and while reading its a must...so I decided on a coffee themed bookmark to give me company....I am entering this bookmark at the Incy Wincy Designs Make a Bookmark Challenge....

Hope you like what I have done....My efforts are always to challenge myself and think innovative ideas with the same projects so that I can create as much variety as possible even though its an age old done to death project!!!