Week 4 / Black and White Accordion Fold

I saw an accordion fold book and I thought to myself "I can do this".  I took 4 double sided papers, cut them in half (6 inches).  I then scored them, lengthwise, every 4 inches.  This left 3, 4 inch sections on 2 of the papers.  The third paper, I cut into 4 inch sections.  I also had 2, 4x6 cardboard pieces for the front and back covers.  2 of the 4 inch cut pieces were glued to the 2 pieces of cardboard, these made the front and back cover.  The 3rd 4inch piece was glued to the back of the two scored papers to hold them together accordion style.  I then put the front and back covers onto the book.  The decorating and embellishing fell into place after that.  Because this was my first attempt at the accordion style book, it took me 6 hours to complete. 

Supplies: 
4 pieces of double sided paper ( will make 2 books)
Stickers, buttons, ribbon, glue, stamps, ink pad, scrap paper, bone folder, paper cutter, flowers and other embellishments.

Tip:  If you see something you like, do not be afraid to try it on your own.  If you feel it is too complicated, do not be afraid to ask if there is someone available to teach the technique.  I am part of a group of women who love to share their ideas and knowledge.  There is always a class scheduled for something.

This book was also donated to be auctioned to benefit our local school.

Week 3 / Whimsical Folded Book

I took a class for $25 on how to fold this particular book.  The first one turned out a little lopsided and messy, but it is my husbands favorite so far.  This one I put together because I fell in love with the fairy riding the turtle and my favorite color is yellow.  I used 10 double sided papers, 3 pieces of black card stock and numerous embellishments to be listed at the end.  It took me 2 hours of walking around Barb's Little Scrapbook House to decide what I was going to do.  I was not sure what accent color I would use until we started talking about color wheels and I saw a sample with the pale yellow, blue and pink accented with black. I went home and started putting the book together.  Once I decided on the black tags, everything else fell into place.

This book took me longer than any of the others so far because I put so much detail into each tag and pocket:
2 hours gathering supplies and discussing technique
2 hours scoring and folding
1 hour gluing ( I was being very careful this time)
3 hours cutting and embellishing the tags
3 hours embellishing the book
It is a good thing I will not charge by the hour.

Supplies used:  10 pages double sided paper, 3 pages black card stock, glue, scoring board, bone folder, double sided tape, yarn, stamps and ink pads, rub on's, ivory parchment paper, decorative papers, embellishments, eyelets, color copy machine, paper cutter, eyelet setter.

Tip:  On this particular book, I had a 90 cent paper that looked like antique paper that I wanted to use.  I only had one page and was scared I would mess up too bad, so I made color and black/white copies on parchment paper.  I was then able to experiment with the paper and found that the parchment paper ripped and glued much easier than the double sided paper.  I now use this technique on other projects.  Plain typing paper also works well.

Where is this book now?  It has been donated to an auction to benefit our local school.