Bit late.........

Morning folks.
Yesterday I had to get up before the sparrows to brave the M25 to Heathrow to collect my Mom in law and then with one thing and another forgot to share my post over at The Craft Barn with you! So here it is today.
This week is fabric week so we are looking at all kinds of fabric projects and I went with canvas and created a travel bag for myself. No sewing, the sides are joined with jump rings and a hitch fastener keeps everything closed nicely.
I wanted something that I could pop into my pocket when out and about to jot down things that I see that inspire me. So this has a little book and a couple of pens all ready and handy.

Take a piece of sticky back canvas and a piece of patterned cardstock and cut to size using the book as a guide. You want it a bit bigger than the book and twice the length plus a bit extra for the flap.

Adhere the paper to the canvas - the side you want to see is the side you press down onto the sticky! Burnish well with a bone folder and cut a decorative edge on the one narrow edge for the flap.

When you've done that, lightly score the card taking care not to cut the canvas. You want just to cut the surface of the card.

Next you need to liberally spray with water and begin to gently rub the surface. Don't do this over a sink as the paper pulp will block your drain. This takes a bit of time, don't rub too hard as you don't want to remove the last layer.

The picture above should be what you end up with.
Then I set eyelets along the two long edges so when folded they correspond then stamped with Steampunk image from Tim Holtz. Then everything gets a coat of multi medium, this seals the surface, turns any stray paper transparent and covers any residual sticky.

Materials

Self-adhesive canvas Studio Gel medium 7 Dots studio papers Tim Holtz stamps: Steampunk Archival inks Crop-a-dile Eyelets Jewellery findings

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