Alphabet Books Class October 25, 2003
Instruction Page
Book/Popup Card
ABC Scrapbook
all images from www.jhone.com
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Use any size squares you wish but the area for the letter is 1/4 the size of the square, I used 5 inch in my sample thanks card/book. You will need as many squares as letters in the word you want to stamp inside. Fold the square in half and crease the foldline, unfold
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Fold the square in half the other direction and crease the foldline, unfold
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Turn the square over and fold in half diagonally, crease and unfold |
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Turn the square over so the diagonal crease is on the bottom, now press the diagonal line down from each side and the square will fold up on itself making a square 1/4 the size of the original. |
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Unfold all the squares. Lay the first one flat with the diagonal foldline up (a hill) and take the next one with the diagonal foldline down (valley) and attach (with glue or tape) by gluing 1 small square section over another. Basically have each piece positioned in a diamond and keep attaching the left diamond of the second piece to the right diamond of the first. You must follow the hill-valley-hill-valley structure. Now you can fold it up by refolding each square back into itself. |
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Stamp and decorate as desired, I stamped the letters in the middle diamond shape where they are attached to each other. You can also make this into a scrapbook by putting photos in the squares, again decorate as you wish. Decorate the top outside square, attach a strip of ribbon on the outside of the bottom square and bring around to tie on the top - see image at top of page. |
I also made ABC scrapbooks with the alphabet stamps (see samples on the Sample page) and there is an image of the inside cover to one at the top of the page. I did one book that is the ABC's of my Sister's Surprise 50th birthday/25th wedding anniversary party. I did one page for every letter of the alphabet with pictures from the party. There are many instructions for making books so I will leave that part off. I decorated the letters in different ways
- stamp and emboss on decorative paper, cutout and glue on the page
- draw lines or dab dots inside the stamped letter with a Versamark pen and emboss
- make a mask of the letter by stamping on scrap paper and cutting out the inside of the letter, stamp the letter on the page, place the mask over it and stamp a design inside the letter. This is much easier that it may sound.
I also made an ABC Homecoming book for my 16 year old DD and spelled out Homecoming - she loves it. It is a nice small intro to scrapbooking for a beginner.