Birthday Card For My Dad

 My dear Dad is turning 75 years old today and for him I made this special card :)

Inside the card.

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Ring Binders

When I'm at the flea market, I also look for various ring binders, preferably A5 and smaller sizes.
They should preferably not be ruined or with swayed backs nor destroyed by moisture.
It doesn't matter if there are images, text, or nothing at all on the front and back covers because I cover them up.

In each ring binder, I placed an elastic solidly in the back cover so it can be kept together if I include too much material in it.

So here are pictures of three different ring binder I made more beautiful and decorative :)

A5 Ring Binder.

Was original all black.

A6 Ring Binder.

Was original a white computer organizer.

A6 Ring Binder.

Was original a white diet recipee organizer.

Materials Used:

- Various Ring Binders.

- DCWV Heavy Weight Paper.

- Elastic.

- 2 Eyelets.

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Birthday Card for Inga

 The card for Inga.

Material Used:

- Kanban Cardboard paper.

- Ribbon

- Spellbinders Shapeabilities Persian Motifs.

- IWD Text print "Tillykke".

- Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch - Blossom Eyelet

- Peel-Off goldish borders and corners.

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The Book for Hana.

We buy a lot of old books at flea markets and second-hand stores, not just any books, it must be books that are suitable for making into art books.

Half or a little over half of the pages in the book is torn out, all pages can't be there, else it will become too thick.



Here's some pictures of an art books birth from an ordinary book to the finished result.

 The book as it looked like from the beginning.

 This is how thin the book became after all the pages were torn out.

 The front of the book.

I gave it an elastic to keep it closed together.

 The side of the book.

 The back of the book.

 The envelope at left holds various journal tags and file taps for her to place as she wish.

 

 Doillies and post-it-notes.

 At right there is a page which can be opened up, look at the next picture.

The page has opened and expanded.

Some pages have beautiful pictures made in black and white drawings, I chose to leave them as they are and she can choose for herself i she wish to leave them like that, color them in or paste anything else over them.

 Small side pocket, with large tags in them for pictures.

 Another side pocket with large tags fitted for the pocket.

 Here I have placed a split so she can have lined paper for writing placed or perhaps she would love to keep her drawings there by just adding a few holes.

Explosion page where she can place pictures and a written text. 

See other pictures showing underneath here.

 

 Here's reversed pages in the middle of the book gives you half pages that overlap each other, a fun effect.

See more pictures underneath here.

Tag made of the fabulous Kanban cardboard paper.

 Left a pocket with fitted tags inside.

Right a waterfall ... look at the next pictures underneath.

A fabulous Kanban tag topper and  Kanban paper.

 Decorated with a bit of drawing round the edges.

Inside the envelope to the right is a small book with instructions/ideas/inspiration on how the book can be used.

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