Tiny Book shown above at ACTUAL SIZE.
To see an ENLARGED picture click here.

SUPPLIES TO HAVE ON HAND:

l Markers - Light Blue, Red, Yellow, Tan
l Black Dye Ink Pad
l Bright Yellow Card Stock
l Bone Folder or Burnisher (for scoring)

IMPORTANT NOTES AND TIPS

Please read this BEFORE making the "Tiny Book". 
This is IMPORTANT INFORMATION that 
will make the construction much easier.

 l It is easiest to decorate the cover (Flap A)
       BEFORE you put the book together

    l Avoid decorating the narrow strip where you 
        will be placing the tape

    l If you do not want to emboss or if you are doing
        these as a project with children, turn the 
        Front Cover OVER and stamp and decorate the
        NON-GLOSSY side.

    l If you want to stamp the INSIDE pages, stamp
        them BEFORE you attach the finished 
        Front Cover

 Figure 1

 Figure 2

1. Open the Matchbook Note Pad. Cut along both folds of the gusset (dashed lines shown in Figure 1) and discard the narrow piece (shown in Figure 1). Keep the wider piece which we will call Flap A. This Flap A will be your Front Cover (see Figure 2).
   
   
2. Slide Flap A under the stapled Flap B (see Figure 3-a) until it is even with the edge of the back cover (see Figure 3-b). Hold in place with your finger and score Flap A right next to Flap B with a Bone Folder or Burnisher (see arrow on Figure 3-b). Remove Flap A (Front Cover) to decorate it.
   
   
3. Now is the time to decorate the Front and Back Covers and stamp the inside pages. You will also cut and decorate a separate piece of cardstock and tape it over Flap B to hide the staple.
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4. Stamp "Vertical Memories" on the Yellow Card Stock with Black Ink, dip into Transcendence Embossing Powder and tap off excess. Emboss with heat gun. Cut out close to the border and set aside for use in Step 7.
   
   
5. Stamp "Photo Frame" with Black Ink on the Front Cover (Flap A). Do not stamp it on the narrow strip that is to the left of the score - that is where the tape will go and it will be hidden (see Figure 4). Dip into Transcendence Embossing Powder, tap off excess, and emboss with heat gun. Stamp and emboss "Photo Girl" inside of the "Photo Frame".
   
   
6. Color in as shown in photo. If you are very quick you can once more dip it into Transcendence Embossing Powder, tap off excess and emboss again. This will give the background and any areas you colored the embossed look. Everyone will wonder how you got the colored areas to emboss! You must be quick, however, to do this. Also, do not hold the embossing gun on it too long or you will melt the black that has already been embossed.
   
   
7. Attach 1/8" Doublestick Tape on the narrow side of the score on Flap A, and re-insert it under Flap B (see Figure 4). Finally, attach 1/8" Doublestick Tape to the back of the Stamped Yellow Card Stock you had previously set aside in Step 4 and tape it over Flap B (see picture on top).
   
   
8. Glue or tape pictures on the inside pages of your Memory Book and ENJOY! Make some as gifts, too!
   
   
9. See below for more ideas on how to decorate the "Tiny Books" you make with our Matchbook Note Pads!

Here are some other ways you could use our stamps with this Matchbook Note Pad "Tiny Book" Project:

SUGGESTION: You could use Easter Stamps, Christmas Stamps, Birthday Stamps, Wedding Stamps, etc.
Look through all of our stamps and you will come up with just the right "Tiny Book" for any occasion! 
Most of our stamps will fit on the Matchbook Note Pad, or you could use just part of a bigger stamp! 
There are hundreds of possibilities for these "Tiny Books"!