Today I'm sharing a Design Team tutorial that I did for Off The Rails Scrapbooking.
I have
always been fascinated and intrigued by any craft project using old books
and/or book pages. I am especially in
awe of folded book art. Unlike some
diehard bookworms, I have no problem up cycling old books. You can Google "Folded Book Art"
and get hundreds of ideas and tutorials. You
can even purchase pre-marked books that tell you just where to make the folds
... and so I did. After I complete my
folded book art project I decided it needed a special cover.
First
I made a book cover to fit my book. I
used a heavy weight white wrapping paper.
I used the same concept as making a book cover from a brown paper
bag.
1) I applied a light layer of Mod Podge to the front side of the book cover.
2) For this step you have to work quickly. I laid
a piece of printed tissue paper over the adhesive and pressed it flat with my hands, smoothing out
any wrinkles. Then I had to let it dry. To speed up the drying process I used a heat
gun.
3) I trimmed the excess tissue paper from around the book
cover using a pair of scissors.
4) I
then distressed the edges of the book
cover using a distressing tool.
5) I applied
four colors of distress paint on the tissue paper using my fingers.
6) While the paint was still wet I misted with
water to blend the colors.
7) I partially dried the painted tissue paper with a heat gun.
8) I then sprayed the painted background with two mists of distress spray stain.
9) While the stain was still wet I misted with water to react the spray stain and blend the colors. I blotted off the excess color with a paper towel to achieve the look I wanted.
10) I printed the quote on cardstock and cut the individual words out. I then adhered the words to the front of the book cover. I highlighted a few of the words using a distress marker along the edges and immediately smudged the ink with a Q-tip dipped in water to create a shadow effect.
11) I applied a thin layer of Mod Podge to seal the book cover.
12) Adding the key and some metal embellishments completed the project.
