A friend bought me the Peerless Designs Christmas Bookfolding CD. I liked a lot of the images you could do with this bookfolding CD but Rudolph was my favourite so he had to be done first!!
I suffer with problems with my eyes. It's not that my vision is bad. It is just that my muscles in my eyes don't move around as they should so I struggle with small writing so as this CD has the image you print out and you just mark the areas for each numbers it is perfect for me. I did though sometimes get "lost" on where my next number was but I used a magnifier and quickly was on my way. I found this a lot easier than measuring with a ruler.
I also have problems with nerve damage in my hands and therefore I have trouble feeling things. Sarah Hallam on Create and Craft gave a tip from a fellow crafter to use card to print out the image. I tried this but still struggled to feel the edge of the card on the edge of the page of the book. I had an idea and laid 4 rows of sticky tape along the top edge and it worked a treat and I whizzed through the bookfolding.
I used a Spectrum Noir pen to ink the edges to highlight Rudolph. I then held together all the pages of his nose together (cruel I know!!) and then brushed over some red glitter glue. I let go of the pages so that they could dry and this work perfectly to give him a sparkly nose.
I painted the inside and outside of the book and spine with two layers of white gesso. For the front, back and inside of the book I have used backing papers and design sheets from the Debbi Moore "
Cutie Claus and Friends CD".
The book has been finished off with some washi tape, ribbon, doily and die-cut poinsettia.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Penny's Paper Challenge -
Anything goes
