Cork Mini Book

Hello friends! I have a mini book using cork and jeans fabric to share with you today. It's quick and easy.

The Eileen Hull Inspiration team is using cork fabric by Belagio this month, but since the international shipping times are very long at the moment, I didn't get my parcel yet. Instead I found a sheet of cork that I had kept from my decoupage days, bought in South Africa over fifteen years ago. I also used a piece from an old pair of jeans. So a bit of cork and a bit of fabric, instead of cork fabric.

Using Eileen's Tiny Book die, die cut all the shapes from mat board.

Die cut the book from cork too and glue on top of the mat board.

Die cut the oval from a Tim Holtz Journal Card. Emboss the key with several layers of Eileen's Polished Silver Molten Dimensions powder and also emboss the edges of the oval. Be very careful when working with heat embossing. Never touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely.

Die cut the corners from an old pair of jeans and glue to the mat board corners. Glue the corners and to the cover and also glue a strip of jeans to the spine of the book.

Cut pages from your favorite sketching paper and arrange into two signatures. Tie each signature with a piece of string around the cover.

I usually make holes in the cover for the strings, but since this is such a tiny book and since the jeans fabric partly holds the strings in place, I didn't do that here. For an example with holes for the binding check out my Tiny Flower Book.

Here you can see the book from above with the two signatures.

The embossing powder gives a very cool, dimensional look to the key.

Ink the edges slightly with brown Distress Ink.

I also added a Clippings Sticker.

Tie the book with a piece of string and you are done. The finished book measures 3x2.4 in. For more inspiration check out my Tiny Books Tutorial, with four different books.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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