#65 Dream

There’s really only a few main things that you need for this mini book and the rest are just bits that I’m sure you all have in your stash.

So lets go I used the backs of envelopes for my mini book you could also use the back of an A4 jotter, any cardboard that has the thickness of chipboard, you’ll be covering it anyway so it doesn’t have to be plain.

1. First thing is pick out your word. I chose “Dream” as it’s this weeks theme now I know you can buy these books already cut out ready for you to decorate but I thought it would be nice to personalise them a bit more (you could even do names).

2. I printed mine out on the computer, chose a plain font I used Arial and in the                     biggest size possible, I used “Word Art” to print it and also changed my paper size to Landscape and then made the word that bit bigger on the paper the finished size of my letters is 3½ ins high. When you’re happy print it out. You can also use large chipboard letters (such as basic grey) as templates, if you have them.

3. Cut out your letters.

4. Cut your strips of chipboard to the height of your letters, mine are 31/2 ins high and there are 5 letters in my word, so 5 pieces of chipboard.

5. Get your letters and use them as templates to draw around each letter.

6. Cut out!!

7. Next step is to trim down each piece so that you can see all the letters, because at the moment they are all the same length. So start with the last letter “M” and place the “A” on top until you are happy with the position then turn over and mark where you need to trim the chipboard do this with each letter until you have them all done and end up with something that looks like this.

8. Next step is to make holes. I used my crop-a-dile, but if you don’t have one a goof hole punch will do, I started with the first letter, “D”, and punched my holes and then positioned it on top of the next letter and marked where I wanted the next lot of holes to go. I did this with each of the remaining letters. Then I added my book rings (you can use ribbon if you don’t have book rings)

9. That’s it that simple, now it’s ready to decorate (I used gorgeous “Love Elsie” papers but you can use scraps of paper, whatever you have!) When it’s decorated you can add eyelets to the holes if you want a really professional look. I didn’t bother when I was using bookrings but if I was using ribbon I would have put the eyelets on.

Hope you enjoyed the class and if you want to see some more pictures of my mini book and another version pop over to my blog. www.myhandsgetjealous.blogspot.com 

Comments

[Eva]

Wow Kate, I love it, there are so many possibilities. Thank you for such a wonderful class, can't wait to give it a go!

[Jackie]

Looks great kate,Well done.

[Ringo]

KAte this is super - thanks for the instructions. Beautiful book.

[Audrey]

What a clever clogs you are - its gorgeous!!!

[Elisa]

That's gorgeous, Kate. And the instructions are great too.

[Neasa]

Can't wait to try it. Thanks Kate!

[Noelle]

Can't wait to have a go at this Kate. Brilliant!!

[Carriem]

Brilliant Kate - I would never have thought of making my own - well done on an excellent class

[Neasa]

Fabby class Kate, I really enjoyed making this. I'm posting it up on my blog now! Also on the cs forum.
Thanks a million. x

[Rachel]

fantastic, you make it look sooooo easy. Might have to put this in my "to do" list. Thanks for the inspiration xxxx

[Annamarie]

Fantastic class Kate. I love those books but had never thought I could make my own. Thanks so much!

[Noelle]

I'm trying to post my version to my blog right now, it's the raw version, needs a bit of tidying up but I enjoyed making it, thank you Kate :-)