Hogwarts book folding pattern

pattern from Tracy Heys 831 folds here's the etsy link 831 folds
So this is probably my favourite book I've ever made

I decorated with papers from a Magik graphics CD-ROM called The Alchemist
I made a little wizard hat and put on top and printed off a little marauders map and added that to the top.

The broomstick was made with a doweling rod coloured in with a brown alcohol pen. I used bits of an old flower decoration and cut into little twigs, and secured with glue and gold coloured thread.

Then simply attached a gold ribbon and a deed a little gold leaf embellishment to the bow on the front.

Beginners bookfolding tutorial YouTube video

So I've been very busy, I've added a new video to the crafty bev's bookfolding YouTube channel

It's called How to do bookfolding for beginners, it's quite an in depth tutorial covering how to do a basic book fold and the common questions that people who are starting out have

Materials used were quite simply
A 30cm ruler
A mechanical pencil, although any pencil will do
Bone folder
Long piece of ribbon or a large rubber band
A book to fold
And a pattern to work from

Ok enough of me waffling on here's the video link, and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel x.

How to do a book fold YouTube tutorial

Papercrafter Magazine this week

Wow a book folders ideal free gift, a brilliant set of 4 different bone folders and a quilling tool

If you get it from Asda it is only £4.50

Just thought I'd share this fab freebie today x

Happy folding

Bev x

My first youtube tutorial on covering a book fold

PI have finally after sitting up nearly all night managed to upload a tutorial in conjunction with the newbie bookfolding pattern designers and testers facebook page a bookfolding youtube channel.

here's the link to my very first video just click the picture below

And here is the link to my youtube channel  Crafty Bev's Bookfolding channel, click the picture below.  Don't forget to subscribe to the channel and follow the blog.

The materials used in this tutorial were as follows

Pokey tool

Double sided tape (pound land)

Collal all purpose glue (the slippy re positional one)

Collal tacky glue (down the spine)

We r memory keepers crop a dile ( for making the the holes in the book to thread the ribbon through)

Kusadama flowers ( see you tube tutorial on blog post)

Free wallpaper samples courtesy of home base lol

Family book fold from Debbie Moore bookfolding cd rom volume 1

The channel is dedicated to the Admins of Newbie Bookfolding Pattern Designers and testers facebook group for all the hard word you do.

If you have any idea's of further tutorials you would like to see either email me bevkimber1979@gmail.com or leave a comment on the thread

Thanks 

Bev X

P.s i'm so tired i have to go to bed I know i'm going to be sore in the morning from painting my kitchen lol

There's no place like home book fold

Here is my finished book, it was supposed to be wizard of oz themed ....... But when I went into the day shop I saw a paper that went so well with the theme of the book I changed my mind lol, I got the sample from home base armed with my trusty scissors and elastic bands took a nice long bit especially for the book. I'm sure that pretty soon they will have a poster of my face up in the shop saying look out for this lady! She's thieving all of our wallpaper.

We'll here is the finished book, complete with some kudesama flowers that there is a link to on another post.

The book was for my sister for her birthday and she was so pleased with it, it was an uncut 3 liner pattern 1200 pages. I think it was from etsy 

Kusudama Floweres

Here is a little tutorial for the Kusudama flowers that I use a lot of the time to decorate my book folds. This is not my own tutorial but i thought i would share. They look complicated but after youve made a few of these you will be able to make them with your eyes closed.

I use a glue gun to stick the individual petals together and also to attach each petal together to make the complete flower.

You can make them with 5 or 6 petals depending on how many you want.

Kusudama Flower tutorial

Bestie (best friend) book fold

Here is one of my recent projects, made for my best friends birthday she absolutely loved it 

I finished it with a diamanté trim as she loves a bit of bling.

Just now I'm finishing a Family book fold for my sister, I will be sure to post pics once its completed.

Ohh forgot to add since making this for my friend I have orders for 3 more!!

We're all mad here. Bookfold

We'll it took me quite some time to fold this pattern, it is a cut 2 liner which means the pattern has 4 measurements per fold instead of the usual 2. Then the entire book is cut 2.5 inches into the page at 10.5 cm down.

What you end up with is a fantastic 2 liner pattern, it is essentially folding 2 mini books into the same book fold.

Here is the finished fold, next will come the fun part .... Decorating 

Folded book vase, with paper flowers

I've been extremely busy this week, finally finished my folded vase a very simple vase to make, you need a book with around 500-600 pages. There is a tutorial or this on the newbie bookfolding group which the link is on the right hand side of this blog.

The flowers Are called kudesema origami flowers and are very simple to make, here is a youtube tutorial on how to make the flowers 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQVrWmDhrU

and here is the completed vase that i made, now proudly displayed on my mantlepiece 

first 2 liner book fold

So, I had planned this week to decorate some of my folds that are taking up space in my craft room and to do a couple of tutorials, but I have yet to do a cut 2 liner book fold.
So I've bit the bullet, designed my own pattern on bookami pattern creating software and am attempting my very first cut 2 liner.

The idea came for it as I love all things Alice in wonderland, so I designed a pattern in a lovely Alice in wonderland don't that says "we're all mad here". A very fitting sentiment in my house. I will post a pic when it's done and maybe even the pattern as a little freebie download, just need to test it myself to make sure it works.

Wizard of oz book fold

This lovely pattern took me 5 days to fold, the pattern made by olwyn Beatty 

1300 page fold, 650 leaves.

There is no place like home, stay tuned to see a tutorial on decorating this wizard of oz themed book fold, I've got an idea of how I want it to turn out and I've bought a lovely set of wizard of oz stamps to decorate with.

Stay tuned for the finished book

Welcome to my bookfolding blog

Hi and a big welcome to my bookfolding blog, my blog is primarily for showing techniques on how to book fold and decorate your folds, I love creating something that has a theme i will be adding lots of pictures of my work and links to where I get my patterns from.

Here is my Facebook page where I sell my finished books https://www.facebook.com/Wishuponafoldswindon?fref=photo