Wonderful Words

Words, and quotes, can be a wonderful inspiration.  There must be a quote or some words of wisdom for every eventuality or situation, be it good or bad, happy or sad.  I frequently use quotes in my card making, art journalling and scrapbooking.  They can sum up what I want to say far more eloquently than I can, or even be a source - a starting point from which my art emerges.

I created this book of words using two beer mats for the covers (new...and not pilfered !!) .  I cut the pages to the same size and rounded all the corners to match.  This is a great way of using up all those oddments of paper that would otherwise go ragged and become unusable.  Perhaps even include some of your favourite paper so you can keep some of it....if you are anything like me that has a paper fetish, I find it extremely difficult parting with favourites.  I generally have to have two lots, one to use and one to 'stroke' and cherish :)

I found an abundance of quotes on line and copied and pasted them into a Word document, that I had set up in columns, but a table would also work, just remember to remove the grid lines before printing.  This was to ensure that the quotes would fit onto my beer mat sized pages.  I played about changing fonts then printed them off.  Remember to credit the author of the quote, if there is one.

 I then cut them out, some with fancy scissors and border punches, others just straight and some with decorative or rounded corners.  I inked some, and others not. On some I collaged punched elements, others added peel offs, others I used border punches.  Some of the papers were busy enough and I decided to do very little with them.  You can play and embellish to your hearts content.  There are no restrictions, it is purely personal choice.

I then punched a hole in one cover, and used this to mark the position of the hole in the other cover, and then the pages.  I chose to do it this way and fasten together with a book ring so that I could add more pages should I wish.  Alternatively you might chose to Zutter bind it.  Whatever you decide, enjoy making it and using it for inspiration.

Christine