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Record Album Cover
SmashBook!
By Kathy
Cano-Murillo, The Crafty Chica
SmashBooks are
everywhere these days and they are so fun to make! I've seen all kinds of
methods but when I came across a stack of old record albums, I decided to use
the album sleeves as book covers. The idea is to gather up scrap paper and bind
them into a fun journal. I think Anastacia would be very proud!
Supplies:
1 unwanted record
album cover
24 pieces of scrap
paper cut to 8-1/2"x11" or smaller
Needle and thread or
sewing machine
Duct tape
Embellishments
Craft knife and craft
mat
Ruler
Hot glue
Directions:
Fold/crease the
papers in half and separate into booklets (six papers each). Sew up the center
of each booklet. Set aside. Take the front of the album cover and use the craft
knife to score two lines to create the spine of the book. Measure in 5-1/2"
on each side. Next, cut off 3" from the bottom of the album. Trim the
edges with duct tape to make it look finished. Add hot glue to the spine of
each booklet and set inside the cover. Adgere all four booklets. Let hot glue
cool Embellish pages as you wish.
Tips: Add pockets
within the pages, add a page of labels so you can use them in your book.
Author and aritst, Kathy Cano-Murillo is the founder of the award-winning site, http://CraftyChica.com. She is the author of seven craft books and two novels: Waking Up in the Land of Glitter and Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing (both by Grand Central Publishing). Both titles are available in print, e-book/Kindle/Nook and audiobook formats. She is currently working on her next book.
1 comment:
OMG, one of my best friends is nicknamed the glitter queen because she make greeting cards and puts glitter on every single one of them. I'll have to get her Waking up in the Land of Glitter as a gift and make her a bookmark, with glitter of course.
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