I happened to see this DIY on the channel Mad Stuff with Rob and instantly fell in love with the idea. All the items that i have used in this project are from ItsyBitsy.
You need the following items for this DIY
1. Leather Paper
2. Chipboards/Cardboard
3. Foam board
4. Embellishments for decoration
5. Magnets
6. Acrylic Paint
Procedure
1.Take a leather paper of the measurements 16inches X 11 inches as shown below.
2. Cut two chipboard or cardboard of measurements 6inches X 9inches and another one of 1inch X 9inches and place them on the leather paper as shown.
3. Fold and stick the sides and upper part of the leather paper as you would do while binding a book with cover.
4.Take another sheet of leather paper to cover the chipboards and stick it in place. While sticking the inner paper make sure to not stick at the left hand side in the middle. We will place a magnet here later.
6. To make the inner box i have used foam board. The longer sides of the rectangle boxes are 2x8 inches and the shorter sides are 2x5.5 inches. For extra stability i used an extra foam piece on each side.
You need the following items for this DIY
1. Leather Paper
2. Chipboards/Cardboard
3. Foam board
4. Embellishments for decoration
5. Magnets
6. Acrylic Paint
Procedure
1.Take a leather paper of the measurements 16inches X 11 inches as shown below.
2. Cut two chipboard or cardboard of measurements 6inches X 9inches and another one of 1inch X 9inches and place them on the leather paper as shown.
3. Fold and stick the sides and upper part of the leather paper as you would do while binding a book with cover.
4.Take another sheet of leather paper to cover the chipboards and stick it in place. While sticking the inner paper make sure to not stick at the left hand side in the middle. We will place a magnet here later.
5.You should be able to fold the cover and it should look like a book now.
6. To make the inner box i have used foam board. The longer sides of the rectangle boxes are 2x8 inches and the shorter sides are 2x5.5 inches. For extra stability i used an extra foam piece on each side.
7. Stick it as shown below to form a rectangle box.
8. Paint or decorate the box as you want and stick a magnet in the middle of the outer side.
9. To cover the magnet and the rough edge of the box i used chipboard on the outer frame. I did not have enough to make a continuous outer frame so i cut the pieces separately. But if you can cut a continuous frame to cover the outer side to get a cleaner look. Paint the chipboard.
10. Stick the box onto the inner side of the book.
11. Decorate the book as you want. I went for an encyclopedia look.
Few points to be noted:
I did not use a glue gun for this project since i found that it does not work well with foam boards. I used normal PVA glue.
Take proper measurements for the cover as well as the inside box before hand. If there is a mistake and you have already cut the paper or foam board it will be a problem later when you put everything together.
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