April Showers Bring May Flowers Tiny Book

Have you seen Eileen Hull's latest Sizzix Dies? They are the Tiny Book and Tiny Book Case and they are little but mighty! (as well as SO much fun to make up!) The Tiny Book is only 2.25 x 3 inches and it fits perfectly in the Tiny Book Case. I wanted to make a project for the April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge over at the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog and I thought it would be perfect to make an "April" case to hold a flowery "May" tiny book.

April Showers!

Open up the case and what do you find?

A flowery little May book! I used the same embossing technique on the cover as I did on my Doodle Notebook project.

When you open up the Tiny Book you find a whole garden…

The inside pages are an accordion fold, stamped and colored on both sides.

I  happy with how the contrast between the case and book turned out. The case and book dies are really easy to assemble but here are a few in process photos.

Step 1 - I made my own spray mist using Eileen's Blends Reinker in Hydrangea mixed with some water in a little spray bottle. I misted the Case diecut and let it dry so all the little droplets showed. Stamping and stenciled/embossed raindrops added that 'rainy' feeling. You have to be aware of the directions of the parts so your paper, stamping etc is right side up where it is supposed to be!

Step 2 - I misted and stamped the front and inside of the Tiny Book cover. The overlay is a diecut (Bouquet) that I embossed with Pink Peony embossing powder and then glued onto the cover.

Step 3 - I scored a strip of mixed media paper to accordion fold into the book cover. Before I folded it, I stamped and painted both sides.

Step 4 - After folding it, I glued the first panel of the strip onto the back cover of the tiny book. A little knotted piece of elastic holds the book shut and makes a little handle so it's easy to remove it from the book case.

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I am also adding this project to the current April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge over at the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog. They have great challenges so be sure to check them out!

Dies:

Eileen Hull Sizzix
Tiny Book Case ( Sizzix / SB )
Tiny Book ( Sizzix / SB )

Tim Holtz Sizzix
Bouquet ( Sizzix / SB )
Typeset strip die - retired

Other:

Indigo Blu Stamp set - Floral Fantasy
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Field Notes
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Flower Garden
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Entomology
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Glorious Bouquet
Seth Apter Baked Velvet Embossing Powder - Aegean Sea
Eileen Hull Blends Ink - Clear 
Eileen Hull Blends Ink Reinker - Hydrangea
Archival Ink
Distress Ink
Distress Ink Oxide
Distress Spray Stain

Sizzix Mat board

elastic

cardstock

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April Showers Bring May Flowers Tiny Book
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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