Photo Book

Easy photobook with a floating spine and recycled chip board cover from a cracker box.

Choose a box that is close to the size you need for cover. open box up and flatten.

Choose a box with a good size spine so you have room to add flips and flaps and tags. 

I divided the spine in to five equal parts approx.  1/2 "  Using that 1/2 " measurement and 5 " cover and 5" back  totaled 10.5 " x 7 3/4" for pages in the book.

The pages are paper glued back to back  checkout this video to see how to choose the paper and how to cut them to fit. 

choosing your papers and sizing and how to dry fit together.  

You will need at least 5 of this size paper. 

For this book I'm making I use this Cardstock paper from Simple stories.  I have our vacation photos that need a home, and this book will be fore them.  You need to use a heaver paper  to make your pages because they will have to support the weight of you photos and ephemera.  and any souvenirs you may add. 

Cut the box down to the size you need for your book.  The size is up to you but I would recommend start with the sizes I'm showing and then as you get the idea down you can scale up or down as needed.  

At this point I really recommend you take a moment and watch my video of how to put it all together.

Putting it all together...   This is the link to my YouTube video.

This is the cover of my Vacation 2018 book. 

 

Once you put the book together it is all up to you what you put into it. I'm more of a clean simple look for my projects it may be because of my design training,  But you can add layer of goodness and mac this baby out with floral and lace and make it  your own style. For inspiration check out  Rosa Kelly at My inspiration started here with Rosa  She does the most amazing work.  

 I hope I have given you enough to get your mind started...this should produce a good foundation for your amazing creativity. 

I will try to answer any questions just comment...Thank you my crafty friends!! 

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