Basic beginners mini book

December 1, 2019 by Carole 6 Comments

This is another mini book from a tutorial by Cal Summers in the FaceBook group Paper Scissors Story. It’s actually the first one that I made but as it was a birthday present for a friend, I’ve not been able to post it until now.

My friend has a couple of dogs plus she fosters cats for Furbabies cat rescue, and I thought it might be nice for her to have a memento of the cats that she’s fostered as well as some pics of her dogs. I used some very old SEI paper plus die cut cats and some pet-themed shapes cut with the Silhouette. I also used a couple of stamp sets, one cat themed and one for journalling. Apart from a few ribbons and beads, that’s all that I used to embellish it.

I had a few photos of the cats so I added those and there are a few pages left bare for cats she might foster in the future.

This is a couple of photos of the book before adding embellishments and photos. There are pockets, and tags that pull out and flaps that open out so lots of places to put photos.

This is the front cover once embellished. The title is some chipboard from my stash that I painted. The paw prints are done on the Silhouette.

The spine, with a charm that I made from some beads in my stash. The inside covers open out and I made simple mini books to go inside. There’s one for each of her dogs. And these are some of the inside pages, with some of the flaps/tags showing.

First there’s Esme. Next is Misty. This is Milly. And Delilah. And finally Dermot. I loved making this as most of the techniques were completely new to me but the tutorial was very easy to follow. Best of all, my friend liked it 🙂