Circle Book
By Jaine Drake
This circle book is not your typical circle shaped scrapbook. It is
very similar to the square-around mini scrapbook and the triangular
around mini scrapbook that Jaine has done for us recently. She has once
again been so kind as to do these instructions for everybody's
enjoyment.
Materials Used for Circle Book:
At least 4 sheets of double-sided 12 x 12 scrapbook cardstock
Ribbon to tie the mini book closed
Card for the cover
Patterned scrapbook paper to cover
Taking the double-sided scrapbook cardstock, mark and cut out 4 circles.
If you don't possess a cutter for this, you can use a dinner plate. I
used a large dinner plate which was 10" wide which made a final book of
5 x 7". I found it very easy to use a craft knife and cutting mat to
cut around the plate, using it as a ruler. Cut the largest circle you
can from the 12 x 12 cardstock, as it will become difficult later to
decorate a smaller book.
As shown in the picture, fold the circle in half, open out, turn
90 degrees and fold again in the other direction. Next make another
fold line this time by bringing fold lines A and B at the bottom up to
meet fold lines A and B at the top.
You should now have an X shaped fold and one horizontal fold. Do the same with the other circles.
Refold if necessary, with the right side facing, so the
horizontal fold is a mountain fold and the X shaped folds are valley
folds.
To fold up the circles, bring the horizontal folds across to meet each other.
Do this for the other circles.
Using one of the folded pages as a template, draw around it onto thick
card or book board to create the covers. Cut out two pieces. Cover
them with the patterned scrapbook paper to cover one side of the card.
You can always ink the edges later if you don't like the raw edge
showing.
Glue all the pages together one on top of the other and then glue the
covers onto either end, sandwiching two pieces of ribbon in between.
The mini album can be opened out like a star book or left unfastened.
The number of pages in your circle book is up to you. Four is the
minimum, but it can be made with more. The only thing to take into
consideration is that if you add more pages it won't open out fully in
the end and so it will be necessary to make inserts to put your images
on. I wanted to see how small I could make it and made the following
book using a 5" diameter plate. I also used 6 circles and made inserts
for the pages. I punched holes in the cover and inserts to tie ribbon
and fancy wool to it.
Buy the circle book below on Etsy
