Sew sweet mini book - step by step

Hello and welcome sweet butterfly

In my blog post the 13th this month (the Blog Hop Post) I promised you to show you how I did the Sew Sweet book, so promises is promises. Here it comes:

I started with a ordinary manilla file folder, cut it to size 14 cm x 14 cm and made a hole in the midle with my craft knife.

Then I took some silk paper/tissue paper and tore it into small pieces and crumpled them together. (This will be the book cover)

With Modge Podge I glued piece by piece on the front and the back of my litle file folder book and let it to dry aprox 2 hour or so.

When this was dry I paintet the cover and the back with white gesso just to archive a nice and white surface. Let it dry.

Then I get over the front and the back with Mod Podge again very carefully in between all kinds of places. This in order to achieve the right color and texture in the next step.

And the next step is to smear the front cover with Distress Ink, and set it aside to dry, approx two days.

Meanwhile I start with the design paper I will use inside the book.

I used Distress Oxide in colour green, pink, yellow, purple, blue and grey on a watercolour paper using the Distress ink tool

Some water splatters

Some stencils, using the same colours as in the background

And then stamps, a lot of stamps. This is the Rubber Dance Sew Sweet stamp set. This stamp set is so beautiful.

Now my desgn paper is finish and I can cut it into the right sizes for my book. The leftover paper I used inside the book for pockets etc, and some tags.

When the ink was almost dry, after two days, I smear, using my fingers, the front and the back cover very gentle with Inka Gold and Metallic Paint  on the top of the "bumps"

I stamped the button stamp on white cardstock and glued it on a transparent paper. Then I glued file folder together so that it was only one opening left and I got a side pocket and a top pocket.

I made a template of white cardstock to create holes where I was sewing in my signature (signature is all the pages together).

I glued the design paper on the inside of the cover and at the inside of the back cover

Then it was time to sew the signature into the book. First I used a awl

and made holes where I was going to sew.  I used a needle with a big eye and a wax tread in pink.

I used the three stitch binding on this book.

And here is the book page by page:

I also did some sewing in the book.

There is plenty of room for both writing and drawing one own patterns. Maybe some stamping as well.

I used an elastic band in pink and gold and threaded a pink button for the closure. And on the end of the sewing tread I threaded some colorful pearls.

I hope you liked my step by step. Maybe it was to long? Hope not.

If you want to buy the stamp set I've using in this book or/and other stamps from Rubber Dance please remember to use code AS-FreeShip for free shipping worldwide.

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I will soon come back With more creativities and fun. Stay tuned!

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Make your own (art) book - step by step

Hello and welcome

Today I want to show you something awsome! I have found a new super hobby: Make my own book. Yes, you read correctly, I have made my own book, and it was awsome. I looooove it! I want to do more of this!

The front of the book

The back of the book

Of course I will show you step by step how I did it. 

Here is a overlock picture from my worktable:

As binders I have used cardboard in size 15 x 20,5 cm. I have outside of the cardboard glued down a piece of fabric and sewn onto a heart in the lace fabric. I've sewn and glued back and glued gauze surface before I measured, cut and paste on cardboard.

And inside the book? Well,  there is everything from notes, sketches, recipes, painting techniques, artworks of my little daughter at 2 1/2, and drawings from other kids that have been visiting and drawed og painted, knitting patterns, interior design tips, etc. Yes, everything that interests me it is this book. It's both, handwritten as well as cutout form magazines and old book etc.

There are also bits of whimsy and envelopes in this book. This is an brilliant way to reuse. Take all you have left of your bills (after you have paid them off course), advertising, wallpaper remnants, fabrics .... well everything goes, it's just your imagination that stop you

Everything is in A4 format and then I folded the sheets so that they then become A5.

I put them together every four sheets fold them out and sew with a sewing machine in the middle. It goes about 15 such batchers in one book.

Art from my daughter :-)

I hope I inspired you to do your own (art) book. It was very fun to do, I promise you :-)

Now I am gonna make a Christmas (art) book. I can show you it when I'm done, so make shore you stay tuned so you don't miss a thing ;-)

If you have any question just use the comment field below. I hope to see you soon. Thank you so much for stopping by. And if you make you own book I would looove to see it - please send me a picture of it.


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