Birthday Reminder Book Tutorial and Download

I am always forgetting birthdays. I can’t say I’m proud of that fact but there it is. So, I decided to make a purse-sized birthday book to store my friends special days to help me remember them.

I love tucking it in my purse, along with a few of my hand-made cards, so when I’m waiting in the carpool line at school, or for an appointment, I can jot a note to a friend AND send it on time. It’s a perfect way to spend some otherwise wasted time.

Want to make your own? Here you go:

• Stamp the cover image twice onto Neenah Classic Crest 80# Cover in Natural White and color one image.
• Color one complete image and die cut/emboss a select part of it with S4-116 Standard Circles SM. This will become the “spotlight”.
• Leave the other stamped image intact and not colored. Die cut/emboss it with S5-019 Labels Eight (#5, counting #1 as the smallest die.)
  

• For added impact, use a marker to outline the die cut image and the base die cut.
  
• Using dimensional adhesive, layer the “spotlight” over the original.
  
• Download the black and white birthday calendar here or the colored birthday calendar here. Print the months onto two 8-1/2×11 sheets of paper. {I actually printed the whole document twice onto four colors of paper so I could mix them up in the book. See colors below in the supply list.}
• Trim month blocks to 4″ wide and 3-1/8″ tall and round the corners with a punch.
• Using Neenah Classic Crest 80# Cover in Natural White, die cut 8 book pages with S5-019 Labels Eight (#6). Die cut two pieces of recycled “cereal” board from the same die to make front and back covers.
  
• Adhere two die-cut pages to either side of the covers to reinforce them.
• Embellish the pages with patterned paper blocks as seen below. Then add the month blocks.
• Bind the book with Bind-it-All and 1/2″ wires by Zutter. (See a tutorial how use the Bind-it-All HERE)
  
• Add ribbons and a charm to finish it off.

Important Stuff
Papers Pop-Tone 65# Papers in Banana Split, Berrylicious, Cotton Candy, Limeade, Classic Crest 80# Natural White (CutCardStock.com), Patterned (K&Co)
Tools S5-019 Labels Eight, S4-116 Standard Circles SM, Wizard (SpellbindersPaperArts.com),  Bind-it-All, 1/2″ Black Wires (Zutter)
Embellishments Ribbons (Creative Impressions, Darice), Stamp (etsy.com), Jet Black Archival ink (Ranger), Chic Charm (K&Co.)
Adhesives PVA Glue (LineCo), Pop Glue Dots (Glue Dots Intl.)

Other Stuff Corner Rounder Punch

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Tags: Altered, Copic Markers, CutCardStock.com, Labels die templates, Pop-Tone 65# paper, PVA Glue, Ribbon, S5-019 Labels Eight, Spellbinders, stickers, Wizard, Zutter