I've made a mini maze book. I started with a 12 x 12 piece of American Crafts French vanilla, folding it into 16 squares and then cutting to make the concertina maze - resulting in a little book that is 3" square.
The style is simple - I haven't done any inking of edges or distressing or anything because my mum doesn't really 'get' any of that (she'd probably think I'd used old stuff!).
On the left is a Laura Ashley flocked rub on - it feels lovely - and on the right, of course, is mum:
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A picture of mum and I out for a meal:
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There is a rub on here, but it didn't rub on well - grrrrr - so I had to add the butterflies and the ladybird to disguise the ragged bits. The quote came from a HOTP book:
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A photo of mum and dad on their diamond wedding day - with their card from the queen. The flower is a raised 3D rub on:
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and this is the only photo I've got taken in recent years of us as a family - but my brother's head was cut off, unfortunately! (but I still wanted to use the photo because it has all four of us on). You wouldn't have thought then that dad was in his 80s and already battling with dementia - soon after this he had to go into a nursing home, where he died over six years ago.
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These pages speak for themselves:
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and this:
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a K & Co butterfly and another Laura Ashley flocked rub on:
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And this is the finished book, with covered and decorated chipboard covers which hide the ribbon that's wrapped around the inside.
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Thanks to Sue for her challenge that prompted me to make this as a little extra for mum for tomorrow.
I'm also linking this for the following challenges:
Lily-boo too for March: 'mother's day'
Teddy stampers 6: 'to mother, with love' - mother's day - and there is a teddy in the book
Secret crafter Saturday 74: 'anything goes'
Apron strings: 'stickers, stickers and more stickers' - plenty used here
Totally papercrafts 7: 'things with wings' - a few butterflies here