Folded booklet

I started Sunday off by reading this tutorial from the ScorPal site:

http://scor-pal.blogspot.ca/2011/11/scor-pal-and-bo-bunny-week-day-2.html

 

I decided to whip one up...nice and easy!

 

 

With three sheets of double-sided 12x12 heavy scrapbook paper, I scored, cut and folded my way into a cute booklet, with lots of flaps and a couple of pockets.

Using scrapbook paper meant I didn’t have to glue more papers onto the cardboard, as per their instructions.
I sewed the three folded pages together with a Coptic stitch.

Now it is ready for photos, and any additional embellishments.

So tell me, is this something you would give to someone in lieu of a birthday card? A small gift perhaps?

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Serendipity booklet

Well, I have finally made a booklet from a rather large piece of 'junk' mail. I folded it a few times and got 3 pages plus the covers, at 6 x 6 inches. Yayy!
I covered all the pages with scrapbook paper stack of the same size. I then used images from the book 'Bathing Beauties', adding lace, ribbons, rub-ons, etc.
The front cover has a piece of grunge paper, smooched with alcohol inks. The metal flourish is door hardware. The flower is made from stamped fabric, paper painted with distress crackle paint, and an antique button.
Serendipity is stamped on gauze ribbon.

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Delight in the Journey

Here is a little file booklet I made from a diecut kit. They were various sized mini files - it is mostly stamping and coloring with Distress Inks...then some ephemera - stickers, rub-ons, flowers. I punched two holes in the spine, and stitched with waxed linen thread, adding some baubles. Stamps from Tim Holtz and Time to Stamp.

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BOOKLET FOR TAGS

I have received some awesome tags from fellow artists. I decided to make a booklet out of CD envies for storing these tags.

WEATHERED METAL

Aluminum tape is applied criss-cross to the cover - then I added alcohol inks. The book itself is made from the cardboard ends of a large empty ribbon spool I got from a fabric store. I took the ends off the spool and folded them in half. Instant book! I covered the back and part of the front with a material called Etal which is a metal fabric.