My Best Text Block Smooth Paper Edge Trimming Solutions. How To Make a beautiful Tear-away Notepad.

Welcome everyone. In today's tutorial, I'm sharing my best Text Block Smooth Paper Edge Trimming Secrets and Solutions. If you have ever tried to make a text block by hand, you will know how challenging it is to get that straight edged smooth finish for your pages, whether it's for a classical traditional hardcover journal, or for a notepad or notebook and other projects. I am thrilled to be sharing with you , two of my text block trimming hacks/solutions that I hope will be of help to you and your projects. Whilst at the same time showing you how to make a beautiful tear-away notepad, which is great for gifts, for craft markets and for personal use. The end results are stunning and at the same time practical. Please be aware, that this tutorial is part of a crafting project series: A tutorial on how to make mini notebooks/notepads, where I will show you the entire process, so make sure you have your notification bells on so that you do not miss them when they are posted. Thank you so much for watching and for your wonderful support. Time Stamps: 0:00 a brief glimpse overview into my text block process 6:50 First Solution shared to get the perfect accurate cut for for your text block paper edges 10:52 showing casing the papers trimmed using the first solution hack 11:48 paper sizes to make mini notepad shared and the amount of papers needed to make the text block 14:18 Second Solution Hack shared on how to align text block papers perfectly 16:40 how to make the second solution hack tool, sharing measurements 17:42 a very important tip you do not want to miss when sorting text block papers 19:54 starting to make the second solution hack tool 24:08 another very important tip, you do not want to miss, how to use the hack tool and were to glue to text block using this hack tool and setting up the cut papers to be glued 29:53 The gluing part of this tutorial to make a text block 31:38 an example of how the text block will look, using my two solution hack methods 32:18 the glue on text block has dried, unwrapping the tool set up and dealing with glue excess 33:30 looking at our glued text block and then inking up the edges of the text block's casing cover 35:01 gluing the text block into the casing cover to make the mini notepad 40:10 the reveal at last, looking at the finished results of the text block in its pretty decorative casing cover and info about the next up coming project, of which you do not want to miss. #textblock #giftmaking #papercrafttutorial #notepads The kits mentioned and seen and used in the tutorial are linked here: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/16183... https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/16122... The tutorial mentioned is linked here: How to use Magnets in Crafting Projects. Helpful tips. Beginners guide. Back to Basics.    • How to use Magnets in Crafting Projects. H...   You can find and contact me at... https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Medieval... For more video tutorials:    / @medievalmirage   Disclaimer this channel and video content is NOT intended or created for minor children but for Adult Crafters ONLY All videos and content are created by Jarf of ©Medieval Mirage and thus copyright law and ownership applies. The material and communication in this presentation is protected by Australian and International copyright laws. Reproduction and distribution in any form without written permission of ©Medieval Mirage is prohibited. Copyright © 2017-2026 Medieval Mirage: All Rights Reserved.