Instructions for Notepad Covers October 1, 2008

Hello here is the instructions to my note pad covers that I promised to put on here.
Any questions please feel free to ask. This can be altered to make to any size spiral notepad that you have. I hope you like!! Please let me know what you think!!

I purchase these notebooks at BIGW (you can try others) The smaller ones come in a pack of 5 for just under $2. They are the perfect pocket/handbag size.

The first time you make these you are better to make a template that you can use in future to make others. First of all you measure your cover of your notebook and cut a piece of cardstock the same size. (if it is for your template just use scrap)

I then line the template up with the holes on the notepad a mark a line so I know where to punch my hole.

Then with your crop o dile or hole punch in a straight line punch holes on the markings. I have ruled a line of where I think they need to go.

Now that you have your template you should not ever have to do those steps again. Now you need a piece of card in the colour of your choice and to the measurements of your template.

Then you put your cardstock under your template(lined up nicely) and use your hole punch and line it up with the holes on the template and punch through the cardstock.

You then take a pair of scissors and snip in toward the punched holes in the middle of each hole

You then line it back on top of the notepad and press the slotted bits in between the spirals

Just keep pushing them down until they are all in.

Then you cover the back of it in adhesive and stick it to the cover.

Tidy up any edges and trim of corners

Now you can decorate as you like.

You can tie ribbon onto the little spirals. I like to have two different colours.

This is my finished notepad.