 Hello everybody, welcome to my channel. It's Iwa from Bohemian Crafting and today I would like to share with you I hope easy to follow tutorial how you can make a really cute And very easy to do books from one sheet. These are made from 12 by 12 paper and these small are made from a 4 size sheet you can use any kind of any size of paper to create these little books the bigger piece of paper you will have the bigger book you will have and I'm gonna share with you how you can make them easily. I am going to start with making this journal from 12 by 12 papers and I'm gonna choose papers which are one side printed I think these papers are giving me more opportunity to make it like a writing journal But of course you can use any kind of paper you like. So I think I'm gonna choose this one and The folding is very easy Fold the paper on the half Twist it and then fold the paper on the half Because here is more layers. I'm gonna take my bone folder and Burnish and now You can fold it To the middle or you know from here to that fold Which way it's more easy for you to fold it or you can fold both of them But if you will fold this amount of papers That second layer Doesn't have to be folded exactly, but I think with these small journals It's just make it more precious, you know, it's handmade item do not get stress about Exact measurement just enjoy that folding Enjoy easy craft and that you can create really beautiful journal From one paper now unfold everything And I'm gonna flip it over and I'm gonna be using distress ink just to distress all this spot So you will be able to see more visible way where my Folding are and now about cutting we gonna cut T Letter T so you can cut it from here that middle part and this top part Here in the middle you have to cut on the side where you have three folded sides Not here Where they are where there is just one middle folded side So on the side where you have three folded sides cut the middle one and this top line like this Now I can flip it over Fold this here Fold this here and then this middle fold. I'm gonna rise up And fold it this way So I do have my mini book with writing papers and decorative papers You may want to have there more writing papers in that case flip it over with that writer with that Printed printed side up Fold this here Fold this here Then flip it over This way that you fold these Fold them over then rise up the middle part and you do have base With few decorative papers and then a lot of writing pages. It depends what you want Now about the glueing together So there is so many options what you can do with this simple cutting you can keep it like Writing pages you can make it like a pocket here stable pocket and just one writing page you can Glue it here on the bottom and keep it like a writing page or you can make it like decorative pocket by Flipping this the other way glue it here and here and Then you will have flipping up pocket from the side And then a writing page Before you will do any kind of these decisions I Would say if you do have cheap paper like this there will be good to reinforce the important folds, which is this one on the top If you will want it like a flipping up thingy So reinforce it with maybe washi tape or you can use any kind of packing tapes and just glue these two folds to make them Stronger you can use maybe you can use some stencils and do some stenciling Like this you can add washi tapes and make some nice beautiful layouts with your washi tapes like this and Maybe maybe you like sewing effect So you can sewn all around of this 12 by 12 and you can also some in these Folded lines if you want I'm gonna be making sewing sewing effect here on this side and all around of My paper and also here where I do have those cuts So I'm gonna sewn this side here and this side here. I do have my sewing all around and Also here and here don and I would like to keep this as Writing pages with few pockets. So here on this side. I would like to keep the pocket From the side loaded pocket So that means that I will need to glue it here on the bottom and also here on that fold So I will have one page here and from this side. I will have pocket I'm gonna be using Sewing machine on the bottom and here in this spine. I'm gonna just Put a glue So first I'm gonna put a glue here Where the fold is? Fold it down and the bottom of This piece here that bottom I'm gonna sew with my sewing machine So I'm just gonna slide it there and I will start just a slightly Behind that fold somewhere here. So with that sewing and gluing in this part. I do have Pocket from this side. I do have decorative paper here decorative paper here and writing space writing space This will be middle top loaded pocket. So I'm gonna grab the glue and make that middle As my pocket Top loaded pocket and I'm gonna be using glue for that. So I'm gonna just keep this Last part fold it down. I'm gonna fold all this over Put a glue here on the bottom To the fold fold is here. So put the glue here on the bottom and also on this side and I'm gonna fold this back So I do have pocket page Top loaded pocket and then this is the last part and I can keep it as it is So it will be kind of like flying opening thingy or I can make it like a flying pocket That way I will flip this over and I can also use a glue for that or I can use sewing machine and make so sounds stitching here and Here That way I will have side loaded pocket, but I'm gonna be using just a glue And I'm gonna put a glue here and Here on the top fold this down and let it dry and That way I just created side loaded pocket, which can be flip up and I do have here writing space and I do have my first Mini journal I can keep it as it is and just decorate this and this part and do not add there anything else I will have pocket here writing page writing page writing page pocket here and this flying pocket and Writing page here and this can be my front cover. This can be my back cover to make this mini notebook or notepad looks like Kind of like more like notepad. I'm gonna be using this medical fabric tape Adhesive fabric tape and I'm gonna stick it over the spine Cut that tape and fold the tape over the edge. If I do have somewhere a Little bigger piece. I'm gonna take my scissors and cut it down I do have reinforced spine and I would like to have some label on the top So for that, I'm gonna use these address labels book page and Washi tape gonna grab my washi tape Stick the washi tape here Take my label and Kind of have a look how far that label will go So somewhere here. I'm gonna add over that spot my washi tape Place the washi tape on this side and do again same Gonna put my label here and have a look how far the label go and Put the washi tape Over this spot as well. Now I can take my address label place it over all this Get up my scissors and I do have beautiful label. I'm gonna distress it with vintage photodistress ink I'm gonna stamp some images and Now I just need to apply the glue on that book page and glue it on my mini note pad So I do have it stamped like this and I'm gonna just use my scissors cut it on half Oh, not on half cut it between now this side. I'm gonna stick here and This side. I'm gonna stick here So I will have kind of like two stickers made at once they are matching each other and Once you add into your journal some goodies it can looks like this I used the distress ink on all edges all around of my Mini note pad. I did used vintage photo first and then on the edges. I did use this spectrum noir smoked pearl distress ink And I really like how it looks like it does have beautiful vintage vibe So this is from 12 by 12 and the size looks like this And I'm gonna show you also from a four-size paper For that I'm gonna take some paper from my paper pad Which one maybe this crazy one here are three different Different the documents so I will see how it will looks like from this paper And I'm gonna do exactly same the long side. I'm gonna fold on half Always longer side if you do have rectangle shape always longer size fold on half and then the shorter size fold twice When you do have rectangle when you do have square there is There is obvious no matter because first you are folding same size of sites together Now half And now this one here and that one I'm gonna fold it this way. It will gives me much better fold because this paper. It's very thick. It's a hundred seventy gsm So very nice thick paper And I'm gonna use distress ink to make sure I can see better way my foldings So I do have distressed both sides and I already cut at the T Into my paper and this time I would like to have mainly the visible the print the design So I'm gonna be folding it this way where I Can see the most of my papers So in the end the white White pages or white sides will be mostly in that back side and those decorative papers will be very visible and Again, I can decorate it With washi tapes with stumps and Then to use them to make a pocket or just leave these as extra pages for writing and create my mini booklet same way like before these fold it down and Leave it as extra pages or glue it here on the bottom as a pocket from the side or Glue these together Here and here as a pocket from the side or if you want you can actually create The pocket from bottom here if you will glue this and this side so you can slide the tag from here So once you do have decorated Your mini book I created. I hope I didn't seal it. Oh, no, I did create a pocket here and It's like flip out then I do have that middle pocket here and one small here at the front and Then here I left it like opening and Lift up so once you do have your mini book. You can also create some simple book cover for it For that I've got here two Old two pieces from old envelope Which are nearly similar like my book just slightly bigger Just very small gap all around and I do have two pieces Front cover back cover and I do have this paper Which will be big enough to cover my papers So I'm gonna cut the piece of the paper Wrapped these two parts. I'm gonna glue Chipboards On the paper put the glue here on these folds and Then fold it over the edge same on that opposite side and same here So I do have first part I'm gonna wrap up the second part So I do have front cover back cover and I'm gonna glue it to The front so here is front. Okay, I'm gonna put the glue on my front Piece Get up my front cover that front cover. I'm gonna align with this spine of my book book of this little notepad and here I'm gonna try to be On both sides evenly and Press it together Now I'm gonna do same with back cover so line it with the spine and then Line it with that front cover and press The spine of my book. I'm gonna cover easy way again With that sports tape because it's very light journal So the sport tape will be good enough To make sure I will place it straight. I'm gonna use my The pattern here that graph pattern to help me to place that Tape straight cut it here and now I'm gonna fold it over Just easy way. I do have here a Little bit more than I supposed to have so I'm gonna grab my scissors and cut those extras And I do have my mini book done So that was my sharing for today here are my books So I'm gonna just very quickly to flip Through a few of them just to show you some inspiration. Hopefully so this first one it has pocket here It has page here It does have that Middle pocket here and as you can see I used for decorating just masking tape stencil and washi tapes and I have created pocket here in that flip out for another kind of like tag or writing card and This little journal is holding Photos and it does have a soft cover. I didn't use the chipboards To reinforce the cover of this one here. This one. It's just empty. I do have here few stickers and This has flip outs flip up So you can write here something just lay down and write something and you have writing pages here It does have that middle pocket here and it does have another writing pages here and This one has one pocket I'm gonna take this card as my helper This mini journal has one pocket here and Also one pocket here and here I used team holds stamps these beautiful stickers of flowers and some washi tapes to decorate the pages of this journal and It's made both are made from 12 by 12 paper I do have another two Again easy just flip out and again pocket here and pocket Here where is the back cover and The papers are decorated very similar way I use these beautiful stickers and underneath I used stencils Stumps and washi tapes to decorate my papers. It does have this beautiful flip out this way And it does have this middle pocket here. I Used stitching all around on all of my journals And I really love these stickers. They are so gorgeous. Look at these designs and Flip up So that's this journal This I used Kind of like very modern 12 by 12 sheet it did have You know, it's from old old phone that Dialing circle It was the design of that paper. So with this design I went Like made a creation of vintage photos because they can match that that design really nicely and here I do have quite a lot of pockets. So one pocket. It's right here at the front and I do have that just That decorative file folder another pocket. It's here and another pocket is right behind the picture And then I do have this Photo and you can also slide something behind that photo so it can be another pocket We do have pocket here in the middle Is it? Oh, it's the next one Here in the middle we do have pocket So writing space and here we have kind of like another pocket Writing space and Here I added these corners so I can slide picture behind those corners and I do have another Picture here and pocket behind So that's this one and Then these small ones I kind of went with all of them very similar way I used lots of these beautiful stickers From the nature to decorate my pages And I do have mostly only this middle pocket In few on a few of these small journals I made the cut In that design at paper. So I made the cut before I glue it together So then I do have one small pocket here and another Pocket here and it's just cut in the design And then we do have another pages for writing And another flip out And as you can see I did decorate a lot these little journals. They can be like your Practicing for labels for washi tapes for stumps So flip up The papers which I used for making these Little journals are from paper path My own paper path. I do have it on my Etsy So links will be down below And I think I did used here a lots of glue for gluing that To my cover and I do have pocket here. Yes, I do have pocket here And I should have pocket here and I do have pocket here. So something can be slide in there And again with mushrooms Very simple layouts And it's really so much fun to create these Here I made again in the design of that paper. I created a cut so I do have pocket here and That middle pocket Here and another page here Flip up and opening for writing and Here is with flowers. So I'm gonna just very quickly go through How you can simply decorate your pages Here is pocket. I need to fill these pockets with some tacks And goodies. I just wanted to show you how you can decorate those pages And all of these paper Which I used for my journals. I did sewing This one is only one where I didn't use my sewing machine And I really love this style. It's kind of like more grungy again the pocket here And I think it's going really well with these books flip up and opening And here we have butterflies And I do have one more butterflies here They are in different colors And as you can see those flip outs are quite similar Here I have created pocket Because I glued this one here and here so I do have side loaded pocket in that flip And here I have created I just Cut the window into that paper Before I glued that paper here and here together If you will follow the tutorial you will understand. So I do have pocket here And these butterflies are just really beautiful decoration And flip up flip up And opening here and opening here. So even these are very small journals There is lots of space for journaling even they are really very small And quite lots of space for putting goodies. You do have pocket here Pocket here at the front and pocket here at the back You do have pocket here at the back This pocket I have created once I had My mini book block And when I had ready to go these front and back chipboards wrapped to decorative papers On my book block I put glue here here and here And I glued down the chipboard that way. I had a side pocket. I created side pocket same It's with a back cover. I put glue here here and here and that way I do have a Kind of like a side pocket and the Pocket in the middle This pocket The large one is this middle fold. That's it's the large pocket And if I will make a cut here In the middle maybe in the middle of that page And then glue it glue it together Here and here and glue it together with that cut in there I created one more pocket on that page one I do have here on the top And another one I will have here So that's all my sharing for today. I hope you did enjoy it. I hope I gave you some inspiration what to create These are really cute mini books and they can be perfect as a gift or As a wonderful addition for originals It's so much fun to create them and you can really use any size of papers So try it even from six by six or even from smaller. You never know how cute book you can create Thank you so much for visiting me today. Thank you so much for spending your time with me Have a beautiful day. Take care about yourself and I will see you soon. Bye