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Done in Grade School Writers Workshops
Ray of Sunshine Preston Age 7
 
 
 

 

 

 

Text done on computer then applied to the books with glue.

 

 

  Chunky Board Books and Blank Hardcover Book Covers with many art mediums...

Use crayons, markers, water color paints, acylic paints, shaving cream, colored pencils, fabrics, scrapbook papers, glitter...

 
 
 
                       Hybiscus done in Vinyl Sign Material, Center Book Painted With Acrylic Paints-By Maxine
 
 
 
 
Gouache Watercolor Paints (they are opaque-found in Art Supply Stores) Use a light touch of water to create a feathering affect. This is a Landscape hard cover book BB-2501.
(Be sure to place a block of paper under the cover to protect the pages) -By Maxine
Gouache Watercolor Paints (they are opaque-found in Art Supply Stores) Use a light touch of water to create a feathering affect. This is a Landscape hard cover book BB-2501.
(Be sure to place a block of paper under the cover to protect the pages)
 
Mini-Canvas Journals-Painted With Acrylic Paints. This technique is called reverse painting where you apply acrylic paint onto the canvas cover and add a light touch of water next to the paint for a watercolor effect that will feather, bleed and blend.  To reverse paint, apply darker colors behind the lighter and make shapes such as the flowers and leaves.
BBIN56-9083 Mini-Pocket Journals-By Maxine
 
 

 

 

 

Use decorative papers and iron on
patches or ribbons.
 Find stencil papers to overlay at Scrapbook or Paper stores.
This books flips opens top to bottom or left to right.
 

6x6 square blank books act like a journal, autograph, photo books, and are great for road trips field trips, and guest books.  By Maxine

 
 
Find wrapping paper or decals and apply them to the 2 or 3 ring binders for flash cards Add your favorite stickers or let the kids draw their own flash cards Apply iron on fabric glue to the cover and iron on fabric and then add iron on patches for decoration

 
Iron on patches found at Walmart and Fabric Stores Great for a moment in time you want to remember Iron on liquid fuse works great to adhere the fabric

Custom made gifts for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, guest books and more! Use chunky board books for this project Add shaving cream and food coloring to a tin pan use a stick to swirl the food color into a design that you want to transfer
Stamp the front and back cover directly into the shaving cream- Designed by Preston-Age 11 Pat the cover with paper towels the colors will stain the book Let the
 
JEWELRY MAKING TIPS TO BEND WIRE POSTS, TO ATTACH A JUMPRING TO METAL BOOKMARKS, EARRINGS...
           
1. Bead, Jump Ring, Head Pin. 2. String Beads on Head Pin.
3. Grab pin with rounded pliar tip where the top bead ends and bend to 3 O'Clock position.
4.  Grab tip of pin with rounded pliars and bend the wire the opposite direction which forms an open loop pinch close with pliars.
         
5.  Finished view of rounded loop. 6.  Attach jump ring to metal bookmark, attach your beads.
7.  Pinch shut, using two pair of pliars to hold the jewelry and close the jumpring helps.
Once you learn the technique, making the metal bookmarks goes quickly.

I taught my 12 year old son the technique and once he caught on, he had fun for hours making them for everyone on his Christmas list.  I'd say-he's hooked!  We use drawstring gift pouches to finish them.

 

 

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In minutes you can have customized notepads or bind your own book pages with copy paper, book binding press, chipboard and glue for everyone on your gift list or your own business!
BB-21862 Chipboard 8.5x11 Sheets
Our Price: $0.25

PRODUCT DETAILS:  Chipboard 8.5x11 Sheets

SUGGESTED USES:  Make your own notepads, to do lists, stationery, grocery lists with a printing program such as Printmaster Platnium or Print Artist, print sheets.  
Customize stationery for friends and family on your gift list or go into your own custom stationery business!
With bookmaking supplies, use the book binding and notecard press to bind your own books and pads of paper in no time!

Minimum Order 4 Sheets.
Let Your Young Designers assemble these Mini-Squiggle Metal Bookmarks adding their own charms, dangles and beads to give to their favorite bookworms!  See Design Tips for assembly directions.
BB-55404-9 Mini-Squiggle Bookmarks
Our Price: $1.19

NEW JUST ARRIVED!
PRODUCT DETAILS:  Mini-Squiggle plated metal bookmarks are great for our mini-journals and paperbacks.
Approx. 3.35" (85mm tall), 18mm wide and 2mm thick.
Flat area for inside book and flattened, drilled end with 8mm jump ring for attaching beads, charms and dangles.

SUGGESTED USE:  Let Your Young Designers assemble these Mini-Squiggle Metal Bookmarks adding their own charms, dangles and beads to give to their favorite little bookworms!  Great for Birthday Party Projects.  See Design Tips for assembly directions.
WWW.BOOKBLANKS.COM -ADD YOUR FAVORITE BEADS AND CHARMS TO BLANK SHANK BOOKMARKS AND GIVE TO YOUR FAVORITE BOOKWORMS!
BB-55-4647S 5" Steel Metal Bookmarks
Our Price: $1.19

PRODUCT DETAILS:  This BEST SELLER- 5" steel silver or gold plate blank shank metal bookmarks are most popular with jewelry designers!  The Plated steel is heavier to weight down in a book when attaching beads and charms, the steel silver plated metal is appealing to the touch and eye and looks expensive.
RECOMMENDED:  HBM5 Vinyl Bookmarks, Floss or Chainette Bookmark Tassels are a great way to insert the bookmark and stay in place in the book.

Click on Metal Bookmarks Link for more Blank Shank styles>
Chunky Board Books Are Fun To Make!
BB-3601 5X5 Chunky Board Books
Our Price: $1.89

PRODUCT DETAILS: 5"x5" Blank Chunky Board Books 8 Pgs. plus front and back cover (6 boards total).

SUGGESTED USES:  Chunky Blank Board Books are perfect for a first time author, young reader, or fun projects. Use our markers, acrylic paints, erasable crayons, and stickers or add photos, felt, textures...Great for tea party recipes, autograph parties, field trips, babies firsts, ABC123, scrap books...

PHOTOS/TIPS:  These were painted with acylic paints, insert a buffer when painting to protect the other pages. The hybiscus is a vinyl decal.
Growing Greetings seeded bookmarks to mark a special wedding day, baby announcement, showers, invitation or in loving memory of's.
BB-SEEDBMVT Growing Greetings Blank Seeded Bookmark With Tassel
Our Price: $1.89

PRODUCT DETAILS:  Growing Greetings includes a plantable seed blank bookmark, chainette bookmark tassels, HBM1 vinyl bookmark sleeve

SUGGESTED USE:  Use these bookmarks to mark a special wedding day, baby announcement, showers, invitation or in loving memory of's.

DESIGNING:  Purchase printable vellum paper and print your text on it making them smaller than the seed bookmark so that you can see it.  Tell your guests that the seed paper is plantable.

PLANTING:  Growing Greetings Wildflower Seed Paper Planting Guide Included.
100 PAGES INSIDE
BB-5028 Mini-Pocket Journals (100) Pgs.
Our Price: $1.95

 
Product Details: BLANK CANVAS COVERED MINI-JOURNALS
Each 4"x 6" (width x length) hardbound canvas journal has 100 blank pages, made in China, may have natural flaws in the canvas cover. Decorate the outside with your own markers and embellishments! Recommended: crayons, colored pencils, washable markers, permanent markers, tempera or acrylic paint. 
 
Photos Shown:  If you love to paint with acrylics on canvas you will love to make custom book covers, I blended water with acrylic paints, drew water along the painted edge and it acted like a watercolor affect!
 
Design Tips:  Insert a block to protect the pages when painting, do not soak the crease it will leak through to the inside cover.
 
See Mini-Journal Gift Sets includes shuttle pen and gift bag.
 
(NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE)
 
BB-3604 8X8 Chunky Board Books
Our Price: $2.29

PRODUCT DETAILS:  8"x8" Chunky Blank Board Books. These board books have eight blank inside pages plus a front and back cover (6 boards total) - all made of the same durable material, ideal for small hands to hold and to flip through.

SUGGESTED USES:  All blank white hardcover self-illustration books are constructed with quality white paper and are suitable for crayons, watercolor markers, colored pencils and other writing and coloring materials. Teachers- these are great for your students in writing classes, feild trips and keepsake for parents.  5x5 Chunky books are great for recipe books, autograph parties, scrapbooking, a multi-purpose book for keepsakes.
New 6X6 Square Blank Books are another great size for young illustrators, great for field trips, vacations, recipes...
BB-3333 6X6 Square Blank Books (28) Pgs.
Our Price: $2.39

PRODUCT DETAILS:  Just in and a New Hot Seller!  6X6 Square 28 pages (14 sheets)
Blank Books are great for young illustrators at school, field trips, vacations
Make your own recipes, autographs, baby books, photo books, scrapbooks, guest books, journals...
Iron On Add Fabric and decorative patches or decorative papers to embellish books

Click on Book Blanks link for more styles
BEST SELLER, BLANK INSIDE LANDSCAPE STYLE BLANK BOOKS FOR SELF ILLUSTRATION
BB-2501 Blank Book Landscape (28) Pgs.
Our Price: $2.49

PRODUCT DETAILS:  6 3/8 x 8 1/8" width x length is bound in a landscape orientation. Book contains 28 pages (14 sheets) of high quality, blank white paper.
SUGGESTED USES:  Teachers will love these for student writing books. Blank White Hardcover Self-Illustration Student or Artist Blank Books.  Create a keepsake from your young writers, students, illustrators and artists.  Take blank books and blank journals on your next field trip, road trip or vacation and document your adventure!
BEST SELLER, BLANK INSIDE PORTRAIT STYLE BLANK BOOKS FOR SELF ILLUSTRATION
BB-2705 Blank Books Portrait (28) Pgs.
Our Price: $2.49

PRODUCT DETAILS:  BEST SELLER! A SCHOOL FAVORITE!
Portrait Style 8 1/8" x 6 3/8"
These hard covered, fully-bound books contain 28 blank pages (14 sheets).
SUGGESTED USE:  Journal Your Next Mind Adventure!

Click on Book Blanks link for many more styles such as Landscape and 6x6 square, plus pages for those who love to journal also best sellers and more>>>
Click On Big Book Blanks for Big Sizes and Journals Link also best sellers and Printed Lined Cover Books with themes for kids to color>>>
   
 
YOU WILL NEED ROUNDED NEEDLE NOSE PLIARS, 2 PAIR ARE GREAT FOR OPENING AND CLOSING JUMP RINGS, SEE BEADING ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR PROJECT.