I then butted my ruler up against the folds and tore the pieces along the edge of the ruler. Leaving me with pieces approximately 7.4-5.2 cm (2 15/16 “-2 1/16”). I folded those in halves again to form the folios in the signatures.
I put the signatures together with 4 folios each and kept 6 of them together with clothes pins in a book block.
I measured and marked the middle of each set and about a cm from the sides and marked the entire book block with a pencil.
I pricked holes in each signature and sewed them together, keeping in mind to keep them always in the same direction and order as they were marked.
I glued the spines twice with PVA and then glued the endpapers to the book blocks. After which I glued some muslin to the spine for extra reinforcement.
The wooden butterflies were painted blue and then embossed with blue embossing powder. I also painted some test papers blue and stamped on them to find out which color I liked best for the covers.
As you can see, I went with the sepia archival ink.
I forgot to make pictures from making the covers, but they are basically a front and back piece, slightly larger than the book block. The width of the spine is the width of the book block spine.
These were then covered with the painted papers and then stamped. I rounded the spine somewhat and glued some white fabric strips to the back cover on the inside.
I Attached the endpapers to the covers and the butterflies to the front. Painted a little key with the same blue and sewed it to the fabric.
Linking this to:
- Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: a little stamping (as I used a tiny bit of a big stamp to make my covers)
- Creative Every Day Check-In: Juli 8 – 14
Such beautiful little creations Monique. Love the intricacy of each book and the choice of stamped image. Hugs, Jenny x
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Oh I love these and a fantastic tutorial too!
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Geweldige boekjes weer 🙂
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wowswers!!! Monique, so well done such tiny works of love and care, great share! Shaz in Oz.x
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Monique….these little books are amazing! I love how you've even gotten great detail on the torn pages…making them look almost like handmade paper. Very cool idea! Love the little signatures you've made for each book. Talk about DETAIL! WOW! I also love your book covers with the small blue butterflies. Very pretty! Thanks so much for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. ❤ Candy
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OOh Wow!!! this little books looks amazing,beautiful design and colors,love it to much with the little sweet details.
Greetings Jeannette
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The fact that these little books are totally handmade is mind blowing! Your detail is just astounding! The covers are perfect, and the little tiny stamping wonderful! I love the gold and turquoise colors too! Fabulous and FUN makes! Thank you so much for stamping a little with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!
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Your work is fantastic! Valerie
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Just gorgeous books! I love your blog and will be back when I can take my time to see everything! 🙂
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Wat een prachtige boekjes! Knap gemaakt.
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Your tiny books are simply wonderful, Monique!
Alison x
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Monique these little books are absolutely brilliant so beautifully made. I love them ! X
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Adorable little things…I admire your patience!
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Wat een enorm leuk resultaat Monique…je boekjes zien er super uit!
groetjes, Alie 🙂
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Oh… such a cool idea! they are beautiful, love the colors
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love these little books and the step outs are fantastic. Thank you! Your art leaped out at me from the thumbnails at Creative Everyday.
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wow schitterende boekjes zijn het geworden, mooi van kleur en zo klein!! Groetjes Karin
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What a great tutorial! I just have to try this…would love to do some as gifts. So glad I stopped by from Creative Every Day! – janice
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Ah, these are little treasure!
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