Vintage Paper Glue Book Journal Tutorial From Leaping Frog Designs

Wow

Did you make it past that title?

Lol

This is my very first tutorial

so please be patient with me

I may be long winded in some

places and not say enough in others.

So..Here it goes

Vintage Dictionary Pages

Glue Book Journal

These are made from a 1906

Teacher Student Reference Set

The books are hand tied so they came

apart quite easily.

But the paper is beautiful.

My motivation for these

books comes from camping

and being outdoors. 

I love to write and sketch

and these are designed

to take with me as I wander.

So..Here we go

First Start with a section of book

Like this

Your book may have

more images than the ones

I have been working with.. If they don't

no worries..You can slip images in

as you go to create a theme if you

want.

Here is a picture of the section open

On the left is a map of London

Cool

That will be the theme for this section

Travel..transportation...I found a neat bike and

the description on another page

So I crop it from the page it came from

since it was a loose page.

Save your bits and pieces of cropped paper

because you will want to use them to layer

onto the pagers later on.

Above is an assortment of vintage

papers cut and ready to use.

I like to use many different kinds..The first layer

is often transparent so that I can still see the

words and images underneath.

I use Liqutex Mate Gel..

Coat the back side of your paper and apply

to dictionary page.  It helps make your pages

good and ridged also.

Can you see how I have added different papers

shapes..sizes..Layering them up.

The bike has ended up on another page...

Each little section of paper..perfect size for a poem

or sketch of a leaf or sky.

When you are done adding all the pages

you want..It is time to finish the book

so you can use it.

For this book I used black artists tape.  It holds very well

I have also used the Tim Holtz tissue tapes and Washi Tape

All are wonderful and fun to play with.

Cut a piece as long as your page.  Position so that half is on one

page and half on the other.  Smooth down

Fold your page over and continue until you are done

with all the pages.

You should have something like this

in the picture above.

I used a piece of music book paper cover for the

outside edge..

Above are three more pages  from another

book Named

"Summer Scientific Exploration"

It is filled with places to

record what the moon looks like

how big bugs are...

What we find on our walks...

Fun stuff.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial

Making vintage paper books has become

one of my new favorite things to do

It has been fun sharing with you.

Please leave me a comment or two

I would love to have some feedback on

what you all think.

Also...If you are looking for vintage paper

to play with come by my store

I have just started adding some vintage

blank paper sets.

Thanks so much!!