Planner To Sketchbook

Turn a planner that’s never been used into a sketchbook you will use!

Posted by Kin Dragon

About

I had a planner but as i’ve Said I didn’t use it. But I hated to get rid of a good book/ planner cover so I turned my planner into a sketch book.
I used the scraps of paper I already had as the paper for this sketch book.

Time wise i’m Not sure how long this will take, let’s just say it’s depends on how much time you intend to spend on it.
And the accessories are optional, and you can buy some just as easily as you can make some.

I used pictures of wallpapers I found on the internet to decorate the covers and dashboards

Instruction guide:
Step 1: blank paper for the sketchbook/ former planner
Step 4: dashboards
Step 7: dashboard with pocket

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You Will Need (28 things)

  • Prismacolor markers and pencils
  • Envelope
  • Velcro
  • watercolors
  • Wire and Wire tools
  • Jewelry Making Tools
  • Charms
  • Thin Cardboard
  • Sharpies
  • Planner Cover Mine was origanally meant for a planner but I kept forgetting to use it
  • Meaningful Pictures Printed off the Internet, hand drawn or real
  • Charming Paperclips
  • Envelopes You can easily make your own and paste it on the back of an insert
  • Hot Glue I used this on the washi tape that didn’t wanna stick

  • For planner charms

  • Paperclips To make jumprings
  • Nailpolish To color the wire to match the planner
  • Paper You will need this no matter what
  • Washi Tape
  • Modpodge You will need this for the dashboards and the planner charms if you use nail polish

  • Dashboards/ inner covers/ inserts

  • Cardstock I used the leftovers from a valentine stationary set
  • Nailpolish I used this to make a galaxy effect on one dashboard
  • Glue you Will need this no matter what
  • Templates I used some planner stuff that came with the planner cover as my templetes
  • Hole Puncher

  • Dashboard pocket

  • Washi Tape

Steps (7 steps, 240 minutes)

  1. 1

    Gather your supplise

  2. 2

    Gather your paper and the templete and start trimming the paper down to the right size. Once it’s down to the right size use your hole punch to punch the holes in, I used the templetes to punch the holes in the right place

  3. 3

    Place paper in the planner.

  4. 4

    For the dash board/insert/inner cover:
    Cut the thin card board to the shape of your paper using the templete as a guide.

  5. 5

    Paste a piece of paper on the thing card board templete, then fold it’s edges around the thin cardboard. Do not trim those edges off! Glue those edges down so that the paper doesn’t peel off so easily.
    Repeat the process of punching the holes in like you did at step 2

    * you can also print a picture off the Internet and paste those on your cardboard instead if you do this skip step 6

  6. 6

    Once the glue has dried, you can decorate the front
    I choose to water color the front of this one and once it was dry go over it with nail polish to add a little more sparkle to it.
    Then once that was dry I modpodged it so that it wouldn’t dry out or stick to the other pages

  7. 7

    For a dashboard pocket:
    Get a “dashboard” you made and an envelope that is close to the size of the dashboard.
    (I had to make an envelope for this)
    Decorate it, paste it to the dashboard and paste the Velcro Where you want it to close and your good