Hello crafty friends, hope you all had a great weekend. I am excited to be here today doing my first post as a Helmar Creative Team member!! I will be featuring the color purple and using Helmar Craft Glue to make a "Book of Love" card. This is a project I had made some time ago, and after making so many Mothers Day cards and several other typical square and A2 size cards I was ready for something different.
I started with Helmar Craft Glue and 2 pieces of colonial white cardstock. Cut 2 pieces at 6 and 3/4 by 9 and 2 pieces cut 5 and 1/4 by 9. Score them all every 3/4 inches on the 9 inch side and then mountain valley fold.
then I inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.
After they are inked, you take the longer folded ends and meld them together: only gluing the outer strips (like what I have my finger on.
When all four pieces are glued together, it should look like this. Next step; I took a colored piece of cardstock, purple in this case,( 7 and 1/4 by 12 inches scored at 5 and 1/2 and 6 and 1/2) which will be your book cover and line up and glue the frame to the edge of the 6 and 1/2 inch score line.
I glued it down with the Helmar craft glue ( which I love by the way!!) It is clear, cleans up easy and holds awesome!
I then started on inside tags. I inked, punched corners, added ribbon, a sentiment and a couple butterfly paperclips I had in my stash.
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I decided to use some older papers from Graphic 45 that I had for quite some time and was waiting for a project like this one to use them on.
Next to decorate the front, the fun part… I used some Prima flowers, Really Reasonable Ribbon and lace from my stash. A Stampin up punch and some stamens.
Here is what the end looks like…like a "Book".
and here is the finished Project!!
Thanks for stopping by.
Cathy
