4/25/13 Splitcoaststampers - Star Book Project Tutorial by Beate Johns

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Star Book
by Beate Johns

A very special 3-D card.
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2 pieces of matboard (4" x 4"). Cut pieces
from a cereal box work too.
7 pieces of cardstock for the outer pages
(8" x 4")
7 pieces of cardstock for the middle
pages (6.5" x 3.5")
7 pieces of cardstock for the inner pages
(5.5" x 3")
Terrific Tacky or other strong double-sided
tape
Embellishments like charms, fibers,
eyelets, buttons, slide mounts, microscopic
slides, or anything else you want to
decorate your pages with.
Classic ink
Sponges
Fabric (optional)
Fusible Web (optional)
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Step 1
(Optional) If you want your matboard lined
with fabric, cut two fabric and fusible web
pieces into 5 1/2" squares. Follow fusible web
instructions and fuse those together.
Step 2
Next, fuse the matboard in the center of the
fabric.
Step 3
Fold the corners of the fabric in.
Step 4
Fold the sides over. Use your iron to fuse the
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fabric to the matboard on each side that you
fold over.
Step 5
Score all of your pages in half. (The outer
pages will be scored at 4", the middle pages
will be scored at 3 1/4", and the inner pages
will be scored at 2 3/4")
Step 6
Add Terrific Tacky tape on all outer edges of
four of the outer double pages. Don't get any
tape on the scored lines.
Step 7
Add tape to the middle and inner pages on the
two outside edges of each double page.
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Step 8
Tape the outer pages together in the following
way: Take one page with tape and one without.
Tape them together so that the scored edge
will be pointing in the same direction.
Step 9
Take another page with tape and add it to the
side without. Continue to tape the pages
together until all the pages are gone. You
should have one page with tape on each end.
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Optional: Add a piece of velveteen paper (2" x
4") over the middle to hide the scored page
ends and make a nice spine.
Tape the matboard covers over the last pages
Step 10
Stamp and decorate all your inner pages.
Step 11
Take one of your stamped pages and line the
left side up 1/4" inside a medium page. Tape
down the left side of the stamped page on the
left side of the medium page.
Now pull the stamped page over and tape the
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right side down 1/4" inside the medium page.
Repeat this with all of the pages.
Step 12
In the same manner as in step six tape the
medium pages onto the outer pages.
Step 13
Stamp an outer image if wanted and tape the
ribbon that will close the book under it. Tie the
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Different Sizes
Try different page sizes
Keep the height of the pages the same and change the length of the pages by 1" for each layer. Line each end of the
pages up with the outer pages. It will still make a star book....but you won't have the layered look.
Create Windows
Use punches to add windows on the inner pages and stamp an image under it on the medium page.
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