Another month and another project using some of the fabulous designs from Faith Pocock Craft Studio.
For this project I used a Halloween frame and put it on the front of the cover of a journal.
The journal itself is made from a recycled cereal box and has 9 signatures of dyed 120g copy paper.
To begin I assembled the cover and then covered it with calico and painted it red with black highlights.
I then added spider web die cuts and dribbled red paint down from the top of the cover on the front and back. I panted a piece of calico black and glued it to the spine of the book. I used red Inca wax on the spine to tone down the black.
On the inside I glued dyed paper towels. I love the texture it gives the journal.
I painted the frame with brown paint and then used Crackle glossy accents over the top to give a crackled effect.
This was adhered to to the front cover.
Because the spine of the book was so wide I needed to find a way to close the book so it would not keep gaping open once the signatures were sewn in. After a bit of thinking I decided to add four posts to the front of the book and I cut up an old belt made from soft leather. I punched holes in the end of the leather that slide over the top of the posts. On the back of the journal I glued the belt and then used brads pushed through the filigree circles to make sure it was adhered securely at the top and bottom.
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There are nine signatures with 8 pieces of paper in each signature giving a total of 144 pages. The signatures are sewn in with a straight pamphlet stitch and I added a hanger and charm to the top of the spine.
Thanks for checking out this project and I hope it inspires you to try something similar.
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