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Mini Book
Hi friends my daughter graduated from junior school and we made mini books as year end "Thank you" gifts for my daughter's favorite teachers. These minis are just 3.5 x 3.5 inches and hence were quite easy to make and decorate.
Before I share the tutorial here are the details of how this particular mini book's cover looked before it was jazzed up!
Mini Book
For mixed media fans, I had earlier shared how to decorate a book cover here: Mixed Media mini book cover tutorial . Though I loved the pretty floral pattern I used on the cover ,I added a bit of texture using a Memory box stencil and whipped spackle.
Texture Media
Once the whipped spackle dried , I added resin corners and some heat embossed parchment flowers [ made with Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings ] and heat embossed and water-colored leaves [ made with the Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set ]
Mini Book
The butterfly was cut out from a pattern paper sent to me by Mrs A for winning her butterfly Challenge.
Mini Book
The photo below shows how the mini book looks from above with the tags in their pockets.
Mini Book with tags
The mini book has 7 pockets and 4 of the pockets open on top and 3 open to the sides for inserting tags
Mini Book with tags
I first made this type of mini book following Jess' picture tutorial but since many of you got confused with that tutorial link here is my kiddo sharing a short video tutorial on how to make a basic mini book.
And for my readers who like pictorials better here is how to make a mini book in pictures You can make a Mini Book using these basic materials
One 12 x 12 inch paper
Two 3.5 x 3.5 inch pieces of chipboard/cardboard
Two 5 x 5 inch pattern papers
Mini Book Tutorial
Materials required to make a basic Mini Book
One 12 x 12 inch paper
Optional: Score Board and Scoring Tool . If you dont have one you can simply fold your paper into 4 equal parts .
Score your paper every 3 inches - ie at 3 , 6 and 9 inches
Mini Book Tutorial
Turn 90 degrees and again score at 3, 6 and 9 inches
Mini Book Tutorial
Cut the paper along the score lines- along the red dotted lines as shown...eg the cut along the 3 inch vertical line will reach till the top horizontal score line while the cut along the 6 inch vertical score line will reach till the lower horizontal score line and the last cut along the 9 inch vertical score line will reach till the top horizontal score line --- this makes the paper look like an "M" or a W whichever way you want to look at it!
Mini Book Tutorial
Start accordion folding from one end of the "M"- keeping the first fold a valley fold as shown below
Mini Book Tutorial
Accordion fold the paper using a bone folder or your fingers to get crisp folds.
Mini Book Tutorial
Keep on fan folding at the bottom of the paper - if you keep your folds in the valley- mountain sequence you wont go wrong!
Mini Book Tutorial
So on the 2nd vertical column of the M you fanfold your way up
Mini Book Tutorial
Once you reach the top keep on folding your way down
Mini Book Tutorial
This is how the folds will look as you start folding the 3rd column!
Mini Book Tutorial
Fold your way down the 3rd column .
Mini Book Tutorial
By the time you have reached the end of your 3rd column your book is quite the wiggly caterpillar wanting to spring apart so keep a tight hold on it!
Mini Book Tutorial
And once you have folded your way up the last column your mini book is done!
Mini Book Tutorial
If you want to keep it simple- just stick the blank white pages together and you will have a simple mini book with 16 pages to write on or stick pictures to.
Mini Book Tutorial
Materials Required to make the cover of the Mini Book
Stick the chipboard to the center of your pattern paper.
Mini Book Tutorial
Cut triangles at the corners of your pattern paper flaps [this gives a less bulkier and neater finish] and stick the pattern paper to your chipboard as shown
Mini Book Tutorial
I stuck red tacky tape to around 2.5 inches of ribbon and stuck it firmly to the front page,back page and hinge of my mini. The ribbon adds to the strength of the spine and if you want you can leave the ribbon long to use as a tie closure for your mini.
Mini Book Tutorial
Adhere the mini to the center of the pattern paper covered front and back covers.
Mini Book Tutorial
I used red tacky tape as the adhesive.
Mini Book Tutorial
Though I kept a long ribbon to act as a tie closure for 2 of my first mini books I later found that this was not really required. Here is how the completed mini book looks [yet to add the tags in the pockets]
Mini Book Tutorial
Here is another Mini Book we gifted to my daughter's teacher
Mini Book
I used the super pretty Bob N Betty floral logs pattern paper to make the cover of the mini book .
Mini Book Cover
I used a few resin corners to "frame" my mini!
Mini Book
Added a resin chair with a fluttering butterfly to the rose garden!
Mini Book
Made the heart shaped glass cabochon with scrap pattern papers [again from Bob n Betty]
Supplies:Papers : Bob n Betty Floral Logs, Bob n Betty Ornate Annie , Papericious Bird Song, Papericious the Flora Season Stamps : Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings , Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set Punches : Itsy Bitsy Circular foam punch Dies : Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings Linking to Simon Says Monday Pixie's Snippets Playground 224 - used snippets of parchment and paper to make the flowers and leaves on my first mini book and again more snippets of pattern paper to make the glass cabochon embellishment on my 2nd mini book
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