Homemade smash book tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to make your own smash book by using your scraps at home and an old composition book. We are making a diy journal from scratch, giving you a simple journal tutorial. Tape it into the book and then save room to write your entry about the day around it. See the complete smash book stepbystep tutorial here this will help give you even more ideas. Any notebook would work i used one with lined notebook paper, but i think a heavier duty sketch pad would have been a better choice. Jul 15, 2011 the original smash book seemed to have fun quotes, prompts and decorated papers within it. Jul 20, 2019 top utah craft blog, the crafty blogger, features an easy tutorial on how to make your own smash book. Theyre new and trending and are definitely growing in popularity. Gather all the images you plan to use and cut pages out of them. After you make this easy card, you can include your favorite photos of your kids, siblings, friends, etc. Homemade smash book great diy smash book, love that paper, and a good excuse to get a bind it all. You can also grab a package of color paper, precut to.

How to make a smash book scrapbook for kids a step by. How to make an easy smash book slim diy paper crafts. Diy smash book smash book, smash journal, book making. Diy smash book tutorial how to make smash book youtube. Easy smash book diy how to make a journal tutorial youtube. See more ideas about homemade books, altered books and mini albums. How to make a smash book by upcycling an old ring binder. And below youll find some fun ideas for smashing your vacation memories into a book. See more ideas about handmade books, book making and mini albums. Everyone in the scrapbooking world all seem to be a little bit obsessed with smash books. You want a book with a sewn binding, not a glue binding where the pages will fall out very quickly. In the middle of each signature you should be able to locate the thread.

May 03, 2019 a smash book is book made to keep thoughts, images and suitable mementos. May 16, 2016 getting inspired and feeding my new smash book obsession. Can you believe that this it took a lot of work but now the journal below is full of memories, notes, lists, drawings, etc. Home journaling making a composition book art journal. This is allie from alexandra rae design here to show you how to make your own smash book, on the cheap. So i decided to come up with a way to create some smash pockets with the scrapping supplies i already have and there is a lot. If youre not heavily entrenched in the world of scrapbooking, you may not have heard of the smash book phenomenon. The idea goes back to the roots of scrapbooking when people made simple memory books. If youre into smash books a recent trend i hadnt heard of or planners, the ideas for diy journals are transferable to those too. We will provide you with the basic steps and instructions of how to make your own smash book. Make a journal or smash book youll treasure for many years.

My homemade smash books an introduction, and what i use duration. See more ideas about homemade planner, smash book and book making. Jun 30, 2019 big or small, diy journals are perfect for you or for gifts. Think scrapbook except quick, easy, unique and with a twist of messy. Arts and crafts, scrapbooking 44 comments i recently stumbled across the most amazing, super cute, super easy to use gratitude journal app on the iphone. Here is a quick and easy tutorial on how to make a travel smash book or travel journal. Smash booking is about documenting anything that matters to you without worrying about getting it neatly organized and you can smash in memorabilia, postcards, greeting cards, magazine cutouts, favorite quotes, photos, journaling, and other tidbits of stuff you can find to smash into a smash book but not into a scrapbook. Recycled cereal box smash book or scrapbook part 2 the pages duration. Mar 09, 2012 smash books are all the rage right now. If you want to preserve memories but arent quite ready for scrapbooking just yet, this smash book is an easy, unique craft idea. Diy journal how to smash book, art journal, sketchbooks. Smash books happy summer everyone this post, and summerlong challenge, is a surprise for everyone, even our design team, the master forgers in addition to our regularly scheduled program, i decided to create a summertime challenge that will extend through june, july, and august, so here. This tutorial its step by step instructions, so its very easy to understand it. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account.

While a preschooler could create a whole library of smush books for each letter, a high school student could write a book summary with one or two sentences per page and illustrations. I decided to use it to document my journey through 2012, so the first page i made in my book had highlights from an awesome day where i just generally felt blessed and happy. Make these journals as simple or decorative as you want. The wikihow video team also followed the articles instructions, and validated that they work. The smash book is now ready for all your adventures and lots of smashing what are you going to document in your smash book. I started with an old 3ring binder, since the rings are a great way to easily add new pages to the smash book. Homemade smash book series part onesupplies youtube. This is a video tutorial on how to make a smash book. Sep 24, 2011 then i started hearing about this kind of book smash, art journal, or whatever you want to call it and i have got to do it.

Heres the one i grabbed my daughter from the sadie robertson live original line. Smash booking is filling a book with anything you like in any way you like. Top utah craft blog, the crafty blogger, features an easy tutorial on how to make your own smash book. Also i included pictures to show some of the smash books features. How to make your own smash book with composition notebook creation deco. Its a great smash book for starting outin my opinion. I had originally planned to fill it up with all of our summer adventures but after an initial burst of activity i have to admit that i didnt add to it nearly as much as i would have liked. How to make a vacation smash book the realistic mama. Jewelry makes a great handmade gift or wear it yourself. A smash book is something that is similar to a journal or a scrapbook and is a great way to store the varied elements and memories of your life in. A smash book smash is a brand name is a cut down baseball card holders for smash book. You can create a beautiful one of a kind pendant necklace with this step by step tutorial.

How to make a smash book from a composition book part 1. A smash book is a hybrid between a scrapbook and a journal. This is a tutorial showing how to make your own smash book using a composition book. My homemade smash books an introduction, and what i use. I use old books for my covers, and bind them with the bind it all. Below is an example of how to make a smash book from an old ring binder. In this collection of 11 smash journals, ideas, and embellishments, youll find some great tutorials and suggestions on how to turn an ordinary notebook, diary, or album, and convert it into something thats colorful, expressive, and totally you. If you have kids, buy an extra journal for each kid. The principle behind it and the basic elements are quite the same, except for preparation and presentation. It is a great activity for those who are not good with arts and crafts. Jul 05, 20 i have been inspired watching all of your videos and would love to show you what i have made. However, i learned quickly that if i wasnt careful, id go broke buying all the cool accessories they make for it. Decide upon the size of your smash book and buy ready sheets of thick paper accordingly.

A smash book smash is a brand name is a decorative notebook that comes with a special pen that has ink on one. Diy scrapbook tutorial how to make a smash book youtube. A smush book can be a great educational tool for all ages. Diy journals, ideas for making a handmade journal with cover art tutorial. See more ideas about handmade books, altered books and book making. Dec 29, 2014 smash booking is about documenting anything that matters to you without worrying about getting it neatly organized and you can smash in memorabilia, postcards, greeting cards, magazine cutouts, favorite quotes, photos, journaling, and other tidbits of stuff you can find to smash into a smash book but not into a scrapbook. See more ideas about smash book, project life freebies and project life free. Want to know how to make a smash book from scratch. Look for a book that has a rounded back and that is divided into signatures. Your supplies can be as simple as glue or tape and a black pen or marker. A smash book is book made to keep thoughts, images and suitable mementos. Here we have a how to make a diy journal from scratch tutorial. I love making art journals using composition books but old books are another great way to make a journal. For example, if you receive a ticket stub after a bus journey whilst on holiday, stick it in there and then.

Easy smash book diy smashbook how to make a journal tutorial diy art books. Pour 5 ounces of each salt into a resealable bag this is a great gift to make in multiples, so double or triple the amounts as desired. The good part about this is that, once you measure you wont need to remeasure if you want to make more. You may write or draw on the pages, you may stick in photographs, tickets, post cards, pressed flowers, whatever you want.

If you liked this video then, dont forget to subscribe subscribe to love for crafts. Apr 14, 2015 my homemade smash books an introduction. How to altered the pages of your smash book handmade smash book. Use a hole punch and 3 book rings to bind the book. One entry a day, you can easily attach a photograph, and you can set daily reminders as welllove this app.

All the benefits of journaling with an extra bonus, it encourages you to keep any and all flat paper memories and smash gluetapepaperclip them into your book and include them within your journal entries whenever appropriate. No planning is involved you simply decorate as you feel in the moment. It also lays great emphasis on creativity and craftsmanship. Smashing is a way to journal that isnt as precise and scrapbooks are usually considered to be. Theres no reason why diy journals have to be in book format. If youve never heard of a smash book read a great sum up and stepbystep.

May 6, 2020 having to do with only notebooks and planners which is one of my hobbies, i guess. Cut out a cover thats the same size as your pages out. Oct 12, 2014 if you want to preserve memories but arent quite ready for scrapbooking just yet, this smash book is an easy, unique craft idea. Make an upcycled smash book crafting a green world. At my local office supply store, i found a bunch of stuff that would work great in a smash book. To create this article, 35 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. See you in the next video where we will start the process. I used this base code that nicohood created for an arduino uno to make a usb gamecube controller and modified it a little bit.

Make sure that you use a slightly biggersized cardboard paper to make the front and back cover. Crafters have come to love the smash book because it requires less time investment than scrapbooking and can be used in a wide variety of ways, including journaling, tracking recipes, keeping memorabilia, and more. With the funnel, pour the salt into a container almost to. See more ideas about book making, homemade books and preschool literacy. How to make a smash book journal the realistic mama. If the pages are sewn in i just pull out a few pages from each section. Just what is a smash book basically it is a way to capture memories and life moments. Then added the parameters to make x1, x2, etc to work how the smash box. Smash book stepbystep tutorial the realistic mama if you want to preserve memories but arent quite ready for scrapbooking just yet, this smash book is an easy, unique craft idea. I want to use all my smash books first, but im learning toward a three ring binder, hole punch, notebook, double sided scrapbook paper, and a plethora of ephemera.

If you are into smash books or want to find out more about. Supply list for making my version of a homemade smash book. See more ideas about smash book, art journal inspiration and book journal. Diy journal how to smash book, art journal, sketchbooks red. A homemade smash book called a stick it, zentangle elements 33 ideas for travel journal cover design smash book homemade smash book see more great pins on my site homemade smash book, cute for each kids baby stuff, honeymoon smash book love the detailed doodles, great cover page a homemade smash book called a stick it see more.

If you follow me on facebook at all, you know that my smash book is my latest obsession. Homemade smash book tutorial homemade smash book tutorial. I ended up with a way to make your own gamecube controller from scratch. I used a arduino mega 2560 instead of the uno so i could add more inputs.

Smashbooks do not follow a certain pattern throughout the book. The notebook is a 5 subject notebook and is pretty big. Instead of buying a scrapbook album and page protectors, a smash book is a journal in which you can write, draw, paint and glue in embellishments and memorabilia as youre onthemove. They stuffed them full of memorabilia, photos and mementos. It is a simple process and you will get so much enjoyment out of it. Im using an old vintage book as the start of my smash book. Easy envelope flip book tutorial for beginners duration. This paper craft tutorial will show you how to make a squash card or book. Posted in homeschool view on thursday, july 9, 2015.

You could easily make your own smash book with a blank book, or even a spiral notebook. A smash book smash is a brand name is a decorative notebook that comes with a special pen that has ink on one end and a glue stick on the other. See more ideas about smash book, how to make beads and paper beads tutorial. Decorate your diy journal and smash books and simply have fun. It is important for me to keep my tickets and memorabilia plus i like to keep the prices of things like food and tours for future reference from a trip because all the days sometime melt into each other and i cannot remember. A smash book is a new trendy way to do your memory keeping. Jul 09, 2015 a smush book can be a great educational tool for all ages. I love the idea of just writing one line every day for a few years actually a lot of years cos theres the reverse of each card too. Homemade smash book tutorial, part 1 just posted on my blog. Just buy yourself some cute washi tape and a few little smash book accessories at the craft store and go to town. I found a fabulous website, incompotech graph paper that lets your customize your own graph paper in all types of styles and colors and then download it in a pdf format. Sep, 2012 homemade smash book series part twobuilding binder duration. This popup squash book is a perfect scrapbooking and card making idea for birthdays, mothers day, christmas, etc.

The pretty pocket folio is the biggest one, it has little pockets and slots to hold some extra items and to hold small pictures. Which, to be fair, is totally ok, because the books are super cool. You can save things like ticket stubs in them, or use them to hold supplies to make smashing easier, like paper clips. A smash book is a totally awesome twist to a traditional scrapbook. To each, add 8 to 12 drops of essential oil depending on whether you want a subtle or slightly stronger fragrance. A notebook or you could use a branded smashbook uk linkus link pens glue, we love bostik blu tack glue stick as the blue is dark and dries clear uk linkus link and the bostik glue pen for fine work uk linkus link markers tape preferably acid free paper mementoes.