Tiny Purple Journal
By Susan Cobb

A tiny journal makes a heartfelt gift—especially when it’s made for a dear friend! Susan created a collage of torn papers, then accented the journal cover with a sweet black grosgrain ribbon turned into a buckle.

Supplies:

• 4” square spiral journal
• Words, Letters & Textured Papers
• Paper Pizazz® Hardware Puch-Outs™
• Buckle Up Treasures
• Eyelet setter
• X-acto® knife and cutting surface
• Foam tape
• Gold photo corner

Instructions:

1. Remove the cover of the journal from the spiral binding: gently open the binding, then slip the cover off the coil. (Depending on the journal manufacturer, you may also need to remove the pages.)
2. Apply adhesive to the front of the cover, then cover with light purple texture paper. Trim excess from the sides of the cover. Add a torn piece of dark purple paper on top, again trimming the excess. Add a torn piece of “friends” paper and trim excess.
3. Turn cover over and use an X-acto® knife to cut the paper from the holes for the binding. Secure cover to coil binding.
4. Decorate the cover with a 3” piece of black grosgrain ribbon (with each end cut at an angle). Punch out the gold oval frame Punch-Out™. Use the X-acto® knife to cut out the center of the oval. Glue the oval frame to a piece of dark purple paper and trim around the oval shape, so the dark purple shows through the frame.
5. Cut out a “friends” word from the “friends” paper. Use foam tape to attach it to a piece of light purple texture paper; tear the edges. Center in the oval.
6. Insert an eyelet about 2” from one end of the grosgrain ribbon. Insert the buckle onto the ribbon. Wrap the ribbon around the front cover of the book. Add a gold photo corner to the end of the grosgrain ribbon.