On this occasion I show you how I made the binding structure for what will be a photo album for a girl.
The first thing I did was cut the 2 mm thick cardboard, with the following dimensions:
- Cover and back cover is 8⅝” wide by 10¼” high.
- Loin: 2½” wide by 10¼” high.
The next step was to cut a 5¾” x 5¾” square on the cover cardboard. Once this was done, I proceeded to cover the front cover, back cover and spine with the chosen paper.
The dimension of the paper for covering the cardboard of the spine is 7½” wide by 11¼” high, so that it is this way...
And the back cover is like this once lined...
This done I cut the elements that will be part of the cover decoration...
Behind the cover cardboard I covered the hole with a square of acetate...
And then I pasted the decoration.
Once this was done I proceed to glue the cover and back cover to the spine, leaving between them a separation of ¼” inches.
This is what it looks like at this moment...
Now is the time to paste the structure where the album sheets will be glued later on.
This structure is made of white cardboard, whose dimension is 14" wide by 9⅞" high.
Once glued I let the glue dry well...
... then I proceed to cover the cardboard with decorated paper.
In this case I have also glued a flap on each of the inside and back cover papers, respectively.
While drying the glue of the structure I cut a frame in plain textured cardboard and on the back I hit a square of acetate.
I will paste this frame on the front carboard to cover this decorated space where I have put some sequins.
Once the frame was glued it looked like this ...
Although as I make the album I will continue with the decoration of the covers, for now it looks like this. I have already put the name of the girl for whom the album will be.
And this is the ‘final’ result...
I hope you liked it and it will inspire you.
See you very soon