Im so pleased with how this book turned out! As soon as I saw this paper line I had the shaker box idea. I wanted a book to feel good in my hand, and have the look of something you would use everyday like a bible. So the cover is a one piece construction of thin chipboard that is scored and folded. I then covered it with black cardstock, and canvas on the outside like a real hardcover book. The insides are pages glued together with paper hinges. That is strips of cardstock scored and folded and the pages glued to them. My hinges had a 1/4" gap on two scores, creating room for the thick shaker boxes. Once the pages are glued together the end pages are glued to the cover creating the book.
This is the first of three shaker boxes, and as the others, it sits besides a tag pocket. I accented the book with some die cuts. The spiderweb is from Tim Holtz's Alterations line. As is the spider. The top window of the shaker box has skull and crossbones from one of Tim's strip dies. The bottom window contains small shells.
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