Re-Purpose Greeting Cards - Mini-tutorial

I had a brainstorm the other day and thought I would share it with you.

As I was looking and sorting through the greeting cards we received I thought some of them were just too nice to throw away.  So I decided to make small sketchbooks out of them.

Mini-tutorial

Cut your paper to size.  This card measured 7-1/4" by 4-3/4" so I cut my paper 7x9".  The width is twice the card so it can be folded over and sewn in the middle.  This fits in the card nicely.

I have 6 pages to a signature which gives me 12 sketching pages.

I used the pamphlet stitch as shown here.

The pamphlet stitch is the easiest to do.

You can use any size card you want.

Here is the finished sketchbook.

I found some duct tape with these splashes of paint on it.  Perfect for the outside.  I taped some over the fold to cover the stitches and along each edge.

Ready to throw in my purse so it is always available for that sketching opportunity.