Magnetic Close Notebook

Make a reusable notebook cover with magnets to the  keep the flaps closed.
These instructions will make a cover for an A5 notebook, which is easily inserted into the cover. When the notebook is full, simply replace it with another .

Makes a great gift, or personalise your notebook to your own style.
You can vary the size and decorations of the notebook to suit your purposes   


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Materials Required:
1. Large piece of A3 card - of weight rating at least 200gsm.
2. Pencil 
3. Ruler 
4. Paper trimmer (recommended) or scissors
5. Double sided sticky tape
6. Magnetic sheet (you can recycle the magnets that come with adverts on them!)
7. Decorative scrapbooking paper sheet (of your choice)
8. Embellishments of your choice

Measure, mark and score these two pieces as shown below.    

Attach the strips of Magnetic sheet to the notebook as shown.

NOTE: It is really important to pay attention to the specified spacing, especially that the strips are 1/2 cm from the edges, as specified. Otherwise the magnet strip will show on your finished notebook.

NOTE: Make sure that you have your magnetic strips facing the correct way so that they ATTRACT (not repel) when you close the notebook before your adhere them to the notebook.

Carefully measure, mark and then cut the scrapbooking paper as shown. If you follow the correct order of cuts, as indicated ("cut 1, cuts 2 and 3" etc), it will be much easier.

One sheet of scrapbook paper can make two notebook covers.

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