Vintage Christmas Needle Book Tutorial

Hi everyone! I have a cute little book tutorial to share with you today, made for this month's Eileen Hull Art With Heart challenge. Favourite Things is the theme this month.

I made a little book using Eileen's new Needle Book die, which is such a great die. It comes from her new Stitchlits collection. The papers come from Graphic 45 A Christmas Carol collection. The Stitchlits are so fun to use together with some embroidery and here my old metallic floss came out of its box where it had been hiding for quite some time.

Start by die cutting the needle book from mat board.

I also die cut one needle book from patterned paper, to use on the inside. It would have been better to adhere it to the mat board before die cutting, but I only thought of it later.

Die cut Stitchlits flowers and stems from patterned paper. You can read more about these dies in my Emboidery Hoop post. They work best together with the Sizzix Magnetic Platform.

Paint the book gold.

When the paint is dry, sand the edges and ink with Ground Espresso.

Cover a small piece of mat board with natural sticky-back canvas for the closure piece and die cut with the Needle Book die. I also tore two pieces of patterned paper with text from A Christmas Carol.

Decorate the flowers with gold floss. There are many ways in which you can stitch the floss through the holes, or wind it around the flowers.

I also added some green and red metallic floss.

For the inside pages, manila cardstock was coloured with Antique Linen, Pumice Stone and Broken China, by smearing them on my craft sheet, misting with water and pressing the paper into the ink. Colour both sides of the paper.

I die cut the pages with the Recipe Card die, which is the perfect size for the needle book. They were stamped with images and words from Graphic45 A Christmas Carol 1 set, using black and brown ink. Fold in half and use two at a time for each signature.

The flowers were glued to the front and I added a pearl to the bigger one.

I also tucked in a sentiment, cut from the patterned paper.

I used Velcro to close the book on the front. 

At the back, the closure was adhered with a brad.

Pierce holes through the signatures and the cover and tie with twine.

Isn't this a great sentiment, and not only for Christmas.

I haven't quite decided what to do with this little book yet, I might give it as a gift, or use it to document a specific Christmas tradition.

I left quite a bit of space for journaling inside the book. 

This little book could be made for many different themes and it is so cute, measuring only 2.25 x 3.6 in.

Thank you so much for looking!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix ScoreBoards Die - Needle Book	Sizzix FLOWER AND LEAF STITCHLITS	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 10PK - Flower & Leaf Stitchlits	Graphic 45 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1	Graphic 45 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 12 x 12
Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets	Ranger 8.5 X 11 MANILA CARDSTOCK	Ranger NATURAL STICKY-BACK CANVAS 8.5 x 11	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival POTTING SOIL	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK
Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Ink BROKEN CHINA	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PUMICE STONE	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Ranger Paint Dabber GOLD METALLIC
Big Shot Machine	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT PICK	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger
We R Memory Keepers Cropadile CORNER CHOMPER	Tim Holtz SANDING GRIP	Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Grape)	Sizzix GRAPE Standard Cutting Pads

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