A Good Book

 Hello  Everyone hope this finds you well, today we are sharing an awesome Project from Sonia just love it 

As I have been working on some books my self I can appreciate  the amount of love and time that Sonia has spent fussy cutting for this project. 

A good book in hand and a coffee near buy brings joy to my heart. I have always loved reading and making books as beautiful gifts for friends is also a favourite thing of mine to do.
 
When I saw Denises’s paper collection ‘Cogs of Time’ I new it was perfect for another book but this time I wanted to make it a lot bigger than I normally would. More like a real size book. So, as you will see  did.

You can use any of Denise’s papers for the book layers. It works well if you use so light and dark colours mixed together. This is what I have done. I even used papers from Denise’s different collections.
 
Cover of the book is 12” x 8”. On the 12” long size score at 6”, this is the middle of your book. I have 5 layers in total and each layer comes down by ½” each time. Second layer would be 11.5” x 7.5” and scored at 5¾” and so on for the next 3 layers.
 
Next, I really like to rough up and rip and curl paper. Just to give it a lot more interest in the layers.

I did this top left, bottom right and on the sides I did it left bottom and right top. Except for the cover piece (bottom layer). I also used a silver paint pen around the edges of the paper.
 
Shaping the pages makes the book look more relistic I have a very small rolling pin that I wrap my paper around from centre out to create shape before I stick my book together.  Then I stick the spine of the book together. I do like to use a piece of ribbon, lace through the middle as well. This get attached to the second layer before I attach to the cover at the back only at this stage. Once all layers are attached and dried, I move on to holding the book shape in place.

To do this I stick the second page to the cover to hold the shape, glue is near the edge of the paper. I do this one side at a time as you need to hand hold until the glue holds.
 
As I go up the layers, I put the glue further back in toward the centre so I can slide bits and pieces in between the pages of my book. See below, top right of picture.

Now it’s time to fussy cut to your hearts content.
Cogs of Time
Elements – I cut out cogs, butterflies, blue moths, light bulb, and flowers.
Travelling in Style – Circle on left hand side became the face of my chipboard clock, bottom section was spread across the whole bottom section of the book. I cut a second pink corset, hat and two moths to layer up with.
Postcards – Steampunk Time panel is the cover of my book. Corsets from centre panel also used on front of book, Binoculars used inside book, hot air balloons inside book. So, I think you get the idea. You can use any pictures you like.
Cover of Book I added a strip of cardboard to give the appearance of a spine. You can also use fabric, leather, lace for this.

 hope this is has truly been inspiration for you 

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