I just finished up a coptic book made with my Adventurous collection! I have a virtual class teaching how to make coptic books HERE.
I love making these handmade coptic books mostly to look pretty on my shelf :)
You can use them as diaries, "smash books" or art journals, daily gratitude lists, wedding sign-in books, mother-to-be baby shower books, as a scrapbook, making goals & checklists, tracking accomplishments, for instax photos, book reviews, and so much more! I made my December Daily 2017 in one and it's one of my favorite December Daily albums.
I love to try new techniques with the covers - I've painted them, stamped them, covered them with embellishments, rolled flowers, and left them plain. For the covers of this album I painted them dark blue, drilled holes through the front cover to say "ADVENTUROUS" along with an arrow, and stitched through the holes using 12 different colors of DMC embroidery floss.
My favorite part is the exposed binding and tying on charms, beads, stickers, tassels, buttons, sequins, and more as I'm sewing. On this book I took apart the Charms to use as individual pieces, placed Mini Puffy Stickers and pieces from the 8-Page Sticker Book back-to-back and punched tiny holes through them to turn into charms, and additionally added Sequins as charms. So many fun bits, pieces & baubles!
This book is 4x6" which is perfect for full-sized photos and smaller memorabilia. It lays flat when opened which makes it easy to write & create art inside.
There's nothing quite like the feeling of making a cute book completely from scratch! Once you make one, you'll want to make more!
Be sure to check out my virtual class teaching how to make these coptic books HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to try making coptic books with Adventurous! Let me know if you have any questions!
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers, sequins, charms: ADVENTUROUS
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