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Let us work on designing our cover. So, if you will come close, I am going show you that
on this one inch mark that we did earlier, you want to line your ruler up and get your
X-Acto knife out. Put it through there and start cutting just lightly layer by layer.
You do not want to go all the way through. You can go all the way through, but it is
a little more work in the end if you do that. Soon as you feel like you have cut through
a few layers, just start trying to break that apart. I need to go a little bit more. Little
deeper. So, as soon as I have got that done it should fold really nicely. So, that is
going to be our first thing. The next thing we want to do is get the picture that is going
to go on our cover. I am going to use this really nice ocean, because I am going to make
this for a friend that is an artist and he really likes the ocean and he lives in the
city. So, I am going to flip this over and you want to get this paper at least a half
inch wider than your board. If it is a little more that is great as well, because what is
going to happen is these are going to flip over. And then, for the piece that is going
to cover, cover the backing. You want to place this. I am going to do the city since he lives
in the city. You want to place that on there and then trace around it so you can cut that
out. And, when you cut it, cut in maybe about one-sixteenth of an inch to one-eighth of
an inch so it is a tiny bit smaller than your cover. And, we will get that all cut nice
and neat. Let me do the sides. There it is. I am going to line this up here because my
lines that I drew are kind of hard to see. So, I am going make sure I cut it properly.
And, there we go. So, as soon as I have those pieces prepared I will be ready then to put
my cover together.