Crafty Cardmakers Challenge - Anything but a Card.

Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.
Hi! back again to tell you that it's time for another challenge over
at Crafty Cardmakers.

I'm hosting today and our challenge is 'Anything but a Card'.

You can enter anything you fancy but this time no cards please, just make sure it meets the challenge, and doesn't exceed the 15 total challenges entered rule! 

Hope you will join in.
And here is my project for the challenge:

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I started a Star Book ages ago and it just got left when other things needed to be done so this seemed like a good time to complete it.

This was as far as I got with it then stopped.
Not exactly very exciting!

 

Stopping and trying to start again....not a good idea really as it's always hard to get going!

However making a Star Book is quite a lengthy job and it's too easy to get distracted!

 

 

These are the other bits that I had already worked on.

You need three sets of pages, all slightly smaller.

 

Back pages.

 

 

Middle pages.

 

Inner pages.

 

So I took the inner pages and added more detail in the hope it would get me started again.

 

To these I added some inspirational sentiments.

 

I used some Tim Holtz dies to remove part of the pages so that the middle page would be revealed when completed.

 

Next: The Front Cover.

 

This piece was left over from some of the pages.

 

 

So more inking and stamping.

 

 

Decided to tone this down a bit so knocked it back by using Gesso through a stencil and added a little extra white detail with a pen.

 

Cut this in half ready to cover two pieces of stiff card which will become the front and back covers.

 

 

Here I have stamped and die cut some spare pieces of card to use as additional embellishments.

 

The front and back almost completed.

 

And so to the inner pages.

 

I used these as the back pages and joined these first by attaching the back of each page with the next leaving the first and last page free to be attached to the cover.

 

Then attach the middle pages.

 

And then the front pages and the covers, do remember before adding the front covers to apply the ties which will be held between the cover and the page.

 

When the book is opened it looks like this.

 

A few samples here to show the view through the die cut sections.

 

The front and back cover completed with a few brass embellishments for added bling.

 

 

I have not given you the whole tutorial here as this is a lengthy process and would have require lots more photographs but there are plenty of tutorials relating to this on Pinterest and YouTube.

 

 I hope you will pop over to see what the rest of the DT have been up to and maybe join in the challenge.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with too.

 Happy crafty card making.

Angela x

I would like to enter this Star Book in the following challenges:
A Inky Mess challenge blog - Challenge15 Anything goes
Country view Challenges: November 2017 Stencils
Eclectic Ellapu: Anything Goes for November
NordSalten Hobby Club: 163 Make something For a Man
SanDee and amelie's Steampunk Challenges: Winter Special Challenge
Mini Album makers Challenge: November Challenge