Spring is in the Air

 

Hi - Dolly here full of the joys of spring. 

 

 hope that wherever you are you have started to see some Spring sunshine and are enjoying the wonder of nature bursting forth after a fairly dreadful winter.

If you are like me and get very excited about Spring you probably have a whole mess of photos about it and this is a quick easy way to use them up.

It is a simple maze book celebrating the season.

There are many sites showing instructions for maze books and I DO NOT claim the design as my own. I am simply collating my own pictures and instructions for this little mini book idea.

The book is made from one sheet of cardstock, some scraps of card and patterned paper and a length of ribbon and is extremely quick and simple to make.

The more accurate your folding and cutting, the better the finished book will be.

• First take the sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock and fold into 12 3” squares, folding 
in half and then in half again lengthwise and then unfolding it and refolding it in half and in quarters width wise.




 

• Use a bone folder to make the creases so they are sharp.
• You should end up with a sheet of card looking like this. The red lines denote the lines you are going to cut. Cutting these three cuts, as accurately as possible, will give you the one continuous sheet which forms the maze and will then fold up to make your book.
• When you have made the cuts it will look like a large M (or W depending on which way you have it turned) as shown in the picture.

 

• 

Fold it up into a 3” square and put to one side.

Next cut two squares 3 ½ “ from thick scrap card. These will be the base of your covers.

Cut two squares of patterned papers 4 ½”

Glue the squares of card on the reverse side of the patterned paper and then trim off the corners as shown in the diagram.  Glue the folds of patterned paper and fold over to cover the base. NB it will not cover all of the base card but when you stick the maze book in it will all be covered.

Lie the two covered covers next to each other with the wrong side facing up and leaving a gap of approximately ½ “ between them. Run a strip of glue horizontally across the centre of both covers and stick a length of ribbon across. The ribbon needs to be approximately 20”long. This is what will tie your book together.

 

• Take the first page of your folded cardstock maze and stick it to the inside of the front cover. Stick the last page of the maze to the inside of the back cover and you have your completed maze book.

 

• All that remains is to decorate it as you wish and you have a quick simple book that would make an ideal gift for any occasion.

 
 

Comments

[Mandy]

Gorgeous little book and lovely clear instructions... thanks for sharing!

[Catriona]

Thank you for the VERY clear instuctions Karen.I have always managed to cut this in the wrong place so am very happy about the photos-I'm definitely a visual learner! I am off to make one for a lovely little boy's first birthday next week.

[Lyn Leworthy]

What a stunning book and would be a wonderful present for someone. I will certainly give it a go.

Was put onto your site by Debbie who I met on Saturday at a Scrapbook class. This site is so lovely.

Lyn