Clear Envelope Brag Book
by Corinne Somerville
Make your own photo brag book with clear envelopes.
Supplies
- 4 3/4" x 9 1/4" piece of cardstock for back and spine of book
- 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" piece of cardstock for front of book
- Additonal cardstock and patterned paper to decorate
- Paper cutter with scoring tool
- 1/16" handheld circle punch
- Clear Envelopes
- Brads
- Sticky Strip™
Step-by-Step
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Step 1
Score your 4 3/4" x 9 1/4" piece of cardstock at 1" and 2" on the 9 1/4" side.
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Step 2
Fold your cardstock over at the 2" score mark. This will form the spine of your book.
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Step 3
Apply Sticky Strip™ to the end of the front panel.
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Step 4
Adhere the 6 1/4" x 4 3/4" piece of cardstock (your front cover) to the exposed Sticky Strip™.
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Step 5
Peel the plastic lining of your clear envelope seal, line the envelope up with the back of your book and tape down. Layer all envelopes on top of each other.
Five envelopes were used here. The envelopes will serve as page protectors for your photos. -
Step 6
Use your hole punch to make holes for your brads. You can use your thumb as a ruler on both ends.
The punch will go through both all the cardstock and envelopes with no problem -
Step 7
Attach your brads.
Variation:
Eyelets and ribbon can be used here instead of brads. -
Step 8
Decorate brag book to whatever theme that will hold your photos.
Your Turn
You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Clear Envelope Brag Book. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!
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Questions and Comments
We'd love to get your feedback or questions. Leave your comment below.
My one concern though is the SU envies open on the top, like the regular med envies. Yours appear to be side opening. Maybe we can figure out how to adjust the template/instructions to work for a top opening book instead of side?
Are you using the clear envelopes? The SU ones do open on the side and work perfectly for this project. I just made one with envelopes I received from SU last week and it worked perfectly.
THANKS!
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