I think I mentioned in a few blogs back that I was trying to make a coloring book portfolio for a friend. Well here is my attempt.
I started with figuring out the size for the cardboard base. Steve helped me cut it and then we laid it out to see. Then I scored the cardstock on my scoring board where it was going to need to fold. The next thing I did was to figure out the magnet placement and tape the cardboard to the cardstock. You can see that I chose to use double sided tape. I taped next to the score lines and then more in the larger areas.
Figuring out the pocket that would allow the coloring book to be replaced was a challenge. But I got it to work. I adhered it with WeldBond glue (thanks for the advice Danette).
Then because the size was a full 12″ tall I needed a way to cover the edges. I chose ribbon. This was put on with WeldBond glue again. This was a time consuming process because I could only do one side at a time and then had to turn it over to do the other side, but I had to do the corners on both sides at the same time. I’m sure one of my crafty friends has a better way to do that but …..
The next thing to do was attaching the zipper pocket. The plastic pocket wouldn’t stick to the paper no matter what I tried. So we came up with the idea to sandwich it between 2 pieces of cardboard and secure it with brads and tape. This worked great and I love the way it looked!
We didn’t take many pictures in the process but here are a few in the done stages.
After we got this done we agreed that it would be easier and less expensive and last longer if you made it from material and just sewed the cardboard pieces into pockets. So when I took it to my friend that I had done it for, that is what we told her. She is a quilter so she could do those better than I could! If I could find my sewing machine I would do that!!
We decide to give the prototype to my granddaughter for Christmas. So here are a few pictures with it decorated out!
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Lu
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