Hopefully, you caught my Gypsy Journeys Portfolio Workshop Monday on my Ustream channel (click here to watch). Today, I thought I'd show you a little twist on that portfolio. I'm going to add a ring binder to the spine! Cool, right!? Here we go…
Any of the 7 Gypsies porfolios will work. You'll need a pack of the new Tim Holtz small ring binders. The portfolios come in packs of two's, as do the binders so it works out perfectly! You'll need something to mark your holes like a pencil (I always use a white gel pen), and a Big Bite.
Place your ring binder where you want it in the spine, and mark your holes.
Punch your holes with a Big Bite (the Crop-a-dile won't quite reach for this project).
Insert your brads…
This is what the outside of the spine looks like. Not to fear, we'll just cover it up with our leftover Gypsy Mini Ephemera using 1/2" Scor-Tape.
Viola!
Add some pages, tags, etc and you've got a book within your book, LOL 
As promised, today I'm giving away this portfolio and a bag of scraps! First I want to thank everyone who watched the show, and for all of the very sweet comments here on the blog. The winner is….
"I really enjoyed the project, but the best take-away for me was learning how to use my Crop-a-dile! lol It had been sitting in the closet gathering dust…now it will be a go-to tool!
Thanks!"
Posted by: Lisart 2000 | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 03:00 PM
Congratulations, Lisart! Email me at melissa@melissasamuels.net with your info and I'll get that right out to you.
Until the next UStream ya'll…
What a great addition, Melissa!! Congrats to Lisart..she will be richly Blessed<3
Congrats to Lisa!
This project gets more fab every time I see it!
Love it.
Ah the binder rings are PERFECT for the portfolio! TFS! Fabulous addition…PS I LOVED this project and it inspired me to pull out my mini portfolios to play and practice for the large one! TFS!
Oh my gosh!! No way did you make this even more fantastic!! Congrats to Lisa!!
Glad it was a useful idea!