Changing a regular composition notebook (you know, the notebooks with the speckled black and white covers) with designer paper can be fun and also quite challenging. Finding the right paper and designing a cover is the challenge and that can take a little bit of time.
Before I glued the paper to the notebook, I stamped a tree in green and brown (from SU Thoughts and Prayers) on the bottom and added a border line along the left side. Then I attached a black ribbon (it has a light green line in the center) to run along the edge of the paper. The printed paper has a light green cast so I sponged the date card a little with light green ink ( the white area is the spot for the name).
The back of the notebook was also covered with a pretty designer paper.
I added a piece of white card stock to the inside of the front and back covers to give the notebook a nice clean finished look. The card stock covers the outside paper edges that were folded inside.
I used a glue stick to adhere the papers on this notebook. Yesterday I made another altered notebook and used Mod Podge to glue the designer paper on the cover. The paper did not stick well to the notebook, but I don't think the problem was the Mod Podge. The problem may have been with the paper texture or the glossy finish on the inside of the composition notebook. After a few coats of MP, the paper finally adhered to the notebook. I'm going to try the Mod Podge with different paper and a different composition notebook and will post those results.
