How To: Tattered Mini-Journal Cover (Vintage Book Style)

Vintage Book Cover look for a Daler-Rowney Pocket Sketchbook. 

The Video: 

Always a lover of books, I have a particular fondness for dusty and tattered clothbound editions. So why not have a pocket sketchbook of the same design?  A tattered, vintage looking sketchbook or journal without the dust or mould seemed just the thing to have in my handbag for notes and sketches. 

Front cover.

Binding. 

Back cover detail. 

Ready to use!

SUPPLY LIST

1. Daler-Rowney Pocket Sketchbook (Available from Walmart in the US and Paperchase in the UK)
2. Tim Holtz Distress Paints (Daubers) in: 
1. Peacock Feathers
2. Cracked Pistachio
3. Adirondack Dabber in Sail Boat Blue (Discontinued - however, available in the US at some Tuesday Morning outlets, as well as www.ebay.com and www.ebay.co.uk) and Peach Bellini
4. Prismacolor Premier Coloured Pencils in: 
1. White (938)
2. Silver (949)
3. Light Aqua (992)
4. Aquamarine (905)
5. Violet Blue (933)
5. Daler-Rowney Acrylic Gesso 
6. Crayola Brushes
7. DecoArts Media Mister in Primary Cyan
8. Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen in White
9. Grafix Rub-onz (My own design and a design Vectors from Retrovectors.com)
10. Staz-on Ink Midi in Cloudy Sky
11. Ornate Rubber Stamp (Mine is from Stampendous, but is no longer available)
12. Lowe-Cornell Sanding Block
13. Cheesecloth (your own)
14. Home Inkjet Printer (your own)
15. Martha Stewart Heat Gun