Hybrid Address Book!

I’ve done it again, stopped blogging for far too long. I really need to try and blog a bit more often don’t I?

Here’s something that I made recently – a hybrid address book. I actually made 2, one for each of my sisters. So I thought I’d show you some pics of what I did, and maybe share a bit of info on the steps I used to create them.

Hybrid Address Book:

1- Design front and back covers, and design address book pages. I wanted a 5×5" address book, so I designed the front and back covers 6×6" to include folding over the edges. The address book pages were designed to fit the badge holders, check the size of your badge holders before designing as they are sometimes different sizes.

2- Print pages (I printed on my home printer on mat finish photo paper).

3- Gather supplies, I used 2 loose leaf rings, 10 badge holders, scissors, ruler, craft knife, self-healing mat, mod podge and sponge brush, crop-a-dile, and a sheet of heavy cardstock from some product packaging that I had saved.

4- I cut the cardstock to 5×5" using a ruler and craft knife, I just had to go over my line a couple times to go all the way through. I cut this on a self-healing mat so as not to damage the table underneath. Now cut out all of the printed stuff, front and back covers and inside pages.

5- I then used mod podge, applied with the foam brush to glue on the front and back covers. I folded in the corners first, then folded over the sides and glued them to the back of the cardstock.

6- Insert the address book pages into the badge holders. Use a badge holder to mark where to put holes into the front and back covers, use the crop-a-dile to create these holes.

7- Now you can seal the front and back covers if you’d like. I use a spray on sealer, I just have to use it outside because of the smell

8- Once the sealer is dry you can put it all together. Slip the loose leaf rings through the  front cover, address book pages (2 pages per badge holder, backs together to make it double sided) and back cover. Now you can decorate the rings with ribbon if you want.

Here are some more photos of my 2 finished address books:

Digital supplies:

Blue Address Book: 

• Flutter & Fly by Kristin Cronin-Barrow;
• Cover frame and back label from Fresh Cut by Kristin Cronin-Barrow.

Green Address Book:

• Fresh Cut by Kristin Cronin-Barrow;
• Butterflies by Flergs.

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