Andrew’s youngest sister, Katie, and I both celebrate our birthdays in July. I love making cakes (obviously) and she loves ice cream, so we spent an afternoon making an ice cream cake to share with the ManyMeadows. I also made her this book as a gift.
I used a pinstriped cardstock for the cover to give it a vintage look.
I used ruby red paper for the pages and chose a matching glitter for the embellishment.
I then used good ol’ Elmer’s glue and an alphabet stencil to create a “K” on the front cover. Once I had created the glue outline, I used the red glitter to create a raised letter.
I’m happy with how it turned out and I’m excited to try this technique again…maybe even with a whole WORD next time!
You know, I never saw that book! So cute!! And how about the glitter….did it seem to drop off during use? (I’m remembering kids glitter projects when I would find it all over the place!) No need to seal it with anything?
I used REALLY fine glitter and I did ‘rough it up’ a little before I wrapped it, just to make sure the glitter wasn’t going to fall off. You’d have to ask Katie if the glitter has slowly fallen off over time…this was the first book I made like this so I have no point of reference…