Meander Book Money Holder.....

...... and OMG do I like this. Firstly though, I must thank Peg because without her kindly sending me the tutorial for the meander book I would never have been able to make this. It is inspiration from this blog post that lead to this money holder.

I changed Peg's dimensions slightly to make the book a little wider otherwise it is the same right down to using scalloped ovals to hold the pages together to give the little pockets.

This is the front - so pretty and girlie. I used three small petals from Build a Blossom for the flower. You will see over the next few days this has been made to co ordinate with the card, gift box, bag and journal!!

Inside view. I wanted the book to open as a book but with a spine over the side edges to keep it all neat. I also thought it could used to hold photos and birthday treasures once the gift has been taken out so I stuck the back page down and just slipped the front page under the band so when the "book" is opened the whole inside slides - juts like the old cheque book covers the banks provided. Hope you understand what I mean - bit difficult to describe it to you. Each of the little pockets held folded money notes.

 finally, view from the top!!! here you can the little bands holding the insides in place

I have loved making this - thanks again Peg for the inspiration and the tutorial.

• Card - Stampin Up Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White
• DSP - retired Stampin Up Certainly Celery
• Stamp - Stampin Up Build a Blossom
• Ink - Stampin Up Rose Red, Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery
• Self Adhesive Stampin Up gems
• Tools - Scalloped border punch, scalloped oval punch, both Stampin Up, embossing folder and Big Shot