School Days

Design By Tish Treadaway

Materials

• Printed papers: Lunch Sack/Barely Beige Fine Weave, School Writing Tablet, Back to School Alphabet, A Is for Apple, Back to School Stripe, Back to Basics Wild Berry Splatter
• Card-stock stickers: School Daze, Back to Class
• Ribbon: assorted red and black, 1/4-inch-wide black microcheck
• Twine
• Premade Tags
• Red metal clips
• Paper clips and staples
• "Reminder" paper clip
• Black paper floss
• Walnut dye ink pad
• Charcoal chalk ink pad
• Paper piercer
• Computer and printer

1.	Transfer file-folder patterns to Lunch Sack/Barely Beige Fine Weave paper; cut out. Distress folders with charcoal ink.
2.	To create binding, place all folders together, staggering tabs. Fold all folders in half, use a paper piercer to make holes in spine and hand-stitch with floss to secure.
3.	To create layouts, cut printed papers in a variety of sizes, distress with charcoal ink and adhere to pages.
4.	Embellish folder tabs with card-stock stickers and ribbons.
5.	To create journaling tags, distress premade tags with walnut ink; let dry. Print school dates and years on tags with computer and printer. Note: Print tags for entire school career so tags and fonts coordinate. Embellish tags with twine and ribbon.
6.	To create journaling, print notes, quotes or Bible verses on paper; cut out and adhere to pages.
7.	Embellish pages with binder clips and paper clips.
8.	Add school pictures each year as your child grows. Click on the sample images below for a better look at these examples.

SOURCES: Printed papers and card-stock stickers from BoBunny Press; ColorBox Fluid chalk ink pad from Clearsnap; Paper Reflections Creative tags from DMD Inc.; red metal clips from Design Originals.

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