My 1st card Book. I used my Demo, leslierich's book that is in her DD gallery as my example. The book cover and 5 CS pages are regular card size, then I added 3/4" to the width of the cover and pages for the binding. The total size is 5 x 5 3/4". I then cut Really Rust 1/8" wider and longer to glue to the front and back creamy caramel to give the book more support. I then scored the covers and pages with my stylus at 3/4 "for the binding. I punched 1/16" holes for the brads. Can use twine too, but I wanted a real strong book for aour 6 yo grandson. I stamped each page and hand wrote easy to read stories for our new reader. What a fun, fun project. Thanks Leslie for your idea.
Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 GMT Views: 440
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Registered: March 15, 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 7385
Tue, Aug 09, 2005 @ 8:40 AM
oh wow,,,, this is wonderful, Nancy,,, I love the cover and the layers,,, it sounds like it will be very sturdy with the brads,,,, what a wonderful present.... thanks for sharing,,, :)
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Registered: April 22, 2004 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 15621
Tue, Aug 09, 2005 @ 12:29 PM
what a wonderful gift for Avery. In the wild is one of my favourite sets............it will be a gift for him to treasure through the years.
Registered: October 25, 2004 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 18439
Tue, Aug 09, 2005 @ 6:07 PM
This is the cutest book, Nancy! And so clever to use the brads on the binding. It looks better on this than the lacing would have, anyway. You just did a really nice job on this. I'm very impressed!
Fantastic! I really like this idea and I may have to attempt one for my GD. The binding tech. sounds like it should work very well. Great job, Nancy. TFS
