More Painting & Making Notebooks

I've been having so much fun playing with paint and making color background papers. This time I used the Target brand paints, they have such great colors.

I reused some of my previously painted Paige dolls and put them on my new backgrounds for new cards

I came up with the 7 new card designs..

As you might noticed, each of these new cards uses a small piece of an old chalkboard calendar boarder under the girls.

I also added my signature scribble flower on each card.

I almost love my under cover paper, that I use to protect my table as much as the actual background paper. It could make great wrapping paper, don't you think?

Then, I decided to try making notebooks with my card designs. I experimented with a bunch of different styles and sizes.

Mini notepads with glued adhesive on one side. 

Sewn & stapled pocket notebooks

Wire bound notebooks

Plastic and disc bound notebooks

I think my favorites are the mini glued adhesive pads, great size for carrying in your purse for small notes. These are about 2" x 3" and really quick to make. I got so ambitious making notebooks that I invested in a stack cutter.

This baby can supposedly cut 400 sheets of paper like butter. I've only tried cutting a stack of like 30 pages and it works great. More notebooks to come. :-)

I'm teaching this Saturday and hope to show them how I make some of these notebooks, among some of my other painting tips.

Hope you had a great weekend!