Squash Book

Good evening to you all

Today I am sharing a Squash book that I did as a class project a few weeks ago – I took the instructions from the new Debbi Moore Haberdashery cd rom...

I thought rather than work out the step by step I would just copy and paste the instructions from the project – which by the way also features in the new Stamping Inspirations magazine by Debbi Moore – I cannot recommend the cd and the magazine highly enough!!!

The piccies of the finished project are what I actually made up myself..I inked all the seams with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads before I started to add the papers – which for the record I printed onto ordinary copier paper using the basic text and plain paper settings....

See you next time....

Squash Book©Debbi Moore Haberdashery CD ROM 2012

Materials

3 Square White Card 21cm x 21cm

Backing Papers from CD

Toppers from CD

Flower from CD

Distress Ink

Mirror Card

Ribbon

Embellishments

Equipment

Scoreboard

Bone folder

Glue or double sided tape

Quickie Glue Pen

Scissors

Paper Trimmer

Instructions

1. Take one piece of card and measure across the top to 10.5cm and put a mark. Score

down the card at this point. Measure down the side to 10.5cm and put a mark.

Score across the card. You should have 4 even squares. Make all the folds mountain

folds and reinforce with your bone folder.

2. Score from the top right hand corner down to the bottom left hand corner. Make

this fold a valley fold, reinforce. Your card should push into shape and make a

diamond.

3. Repeat to the other two pieces of card.

4. Lay all three pieces on work surface with the diagonal score line at the top all the

same way in a row. Turn the middle card over so that the folds are the opposite way

to the other two. Attach your cards together by overlapping the sides and secure

with double sided tape to create one long card. The card should fold up into one

diamond.

5. Print off your backing papers, toppers and flower sheets from the cd. Cut the

backing paper to fit the sections. Use distress inks and blending blocks to distress

the edges.

6. Cut your toppers and add to the main sections of the card. Blend ink around the

edges as before.

7. Close your book and blend distress ink around the front and back.

8. Cut a length of ribbon and secure to the front section. Wrap it around the back and

tie at the top to keep your book closed. Cut a piece of mirror card to fit both the

front and back sections. Cut backing paper to matt onto the front leaving a gap

around the edges.

9. Cut out and make up a flower embellishment and attach to the front to finish.