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January '08 - Project 24 by Karen Mortensen

Circular Valentine Mini Book

 

This is a lovely way to show your love. It is fabulous for any "loving occasion". These small circular mini books measure 9.5cm in diameter and contain 5 sheets (making 10 pages in total).

Products used:

These books are actually a very good way of using scraps etc. The list here is only to show you what I have used and is not set in stone.

 

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Front cover and inside  front cover:

Cover the chipboard front cover in Imaginisce "Weak at the Knees" paper. Front cover using the reverse of the paper. Remember to punch the hole at the top after gluing on each side.

Sand the edges perfectly smooth (I used a Basic Grey Precision file), then ink the edges with green and gold inks (green first, let it dry then dab with gold).

 

Front cover:

  • Glue a large K&Co Smitten cardstock heart into the front at a slight angle.

  • Stamp onto a Basic Grey Two Scoops StickSticker accent with an Imaginisce "i love u" clear stamp. Doodle a little on the stamped words here and there with a gold pen (I used a gold Pen-Touch pen). Stick onto the front cover.

  • Prepare a Basic Grey ChipSticker tag by first covering the back with paper, I used Imaginisce "Words can't express". Sand the edges until smooth then ink with pink ink. Rub your finger round the edges to take the ink slightly up onto the surface. Colour in the "XOXO" with a metallic gold pen (I used a gold Pen-Touch pen).

  • Attach three large copper eyelets to the bottom (I used eyelets from the lime green crop-a-dile). Thread through fibre from the Basic Grey Two Scoops Fibre pack, then tie your previously prepared tag to it.

  • Stick tiny Smitten Pillow Hearts all around the large heart.

 

Inside Front Cover:

You have already prepared  this side so all we are doing here is adding a little piece of paper at the top. This is from Imaginisce paper "So Happy Together".

  • Cut the two hearts and paper above it into the appropriate shape then ink with metallic gold ink and stick to the top.
  • Punch through the hole you just covered up.

 

 

 

Page One:

  • Print a sentiment on a sheet of  Basic Grey Two Scoops Very Berry Sundae. Stick onto sheet and sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.

  • Ink edges with pink ink.

  • Stick on a double Smitten heart from the Die-Cut pack (ink edges with metallic gold ink first).

  • Add a little white Smitten heart flourish rub-on to the darker heart and a Brown Basic Grey Figgy Pudding rub-on below the sentiment.

 

 

Page Two (back of page one):
  • Cover with Basic Grey Two Scoops Very Berry Sundae paper. Sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.
  • Ink edges with pink ink.
  • Add a rub-on sentiment from the DCWV Love Stack

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Page Three:
  • Print a sentiment on a sheet of  Basic Grey Two Scoops Strawberry Smoothie. Stick onto sheet and sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.

  • Ink edges with pink ink.

  • Draw a heart shape around the sentiment in gold pen. Draw little lines in a thicker pen (I used a Posh Impressions pen).

  • Stick on a Smitten Rhinestone heart

Page Four (Back of page three):
  • Dab entire page with gold and pink ink then ink the edges with the pink.
  • Stick on a large Smitten heart from the die-cut box.

 

Page Five:

  • Print a sentiment on a sheet of  Basic Grey Two Scoops Very Berry Sundae. Stick onto page and sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.

  • Ink edges with red ink.

  • Rub on the "Ooh la la" sentiment from the Smitten Words & Ornaments sheet. Go over it with a gold pen.

  • Add a Smitten heart and flourish

  • Gently rub the page here and there with both red and gold ink.

 

Page Six (Back of page five):
  • Ink the entire page in Metallic Gold ink. Dab it on to give a distressed look.
  • Ink edges with red ink.
  • Draw a large heart by dotting with a red pen.

 

Page Seven:
  • Print a sentiment on a sheet of  Basic Grey Two Scoops Strawberry Smoothie.

  •  Stick onto sheet and sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.

  • Ink edges with red ink.

  • Draw a heart shape around the sentiment in silver dots and an arrow shape next to the sentiment.

  • Stick on a Wild Saffron "on cloud 9" Adhesive Number Saying.

 

Page Eight (Back of page Seven):

Dab gold metallic ink all over the page then ink edges with red ink. Leave it plain.

Page Nine

  • Print a sentiment on a sheet of  Basic Grey Two Scoops Very Berry Sundae.

  • Stick onto page and sand edges. Punch through the hole you just covered up.

  • Ink edges with Pink ink.

  • Write loving words all around the edge of the page in a metallic gold pen.

  • Stick on two Wild Saffron Adhesive Chipboard Number Sayings

  • Stick on a little trail of Smitten Pillow Heart Stickers

 

Page 10 (back of page nine):
  • Cover with Basic Grey Two Scoops Very Berry Sundae paper. Sand edges.  Punch through the hole you just covered up.
  • Ink edges with pink ink.
  • Add a rub-on sentiment from the DCWV Love Stack
  • Stick on a little Smitten die-cut heart
  • Add Smitten Rub-Ons: red heart, brown heart, white heart, red heart flourish and "Flirt"

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Back Cover and inside back cover

We are using the same papers for the back cover and we did for the front so please refer back to the first stage.

After covering the back cover embellish with various rub-ons (Inside back cover uses Smitten rub-ons. Back cover employs DCWV and Smitten  Love Rub-ons). Add a few Heart Pillow Stickers to the back cover.

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Finish off the book by tying Basic Grey Two Scoops Fibre to the book ring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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