Vintage Keepsake Book

13. Using rubber stamps and gesso or paint, decorate two sheets of card stock, front and back, to use for pages. Pages can also be embellished with stickers or charms (figure G). Cardstock should be approximately the same height as the signatures. Set aside.

14. Crumple the lunch sack and then smooth it out. Glue the end flap of the sack down. Decorate both sides with stamping (figure H). Lightly scrape on gesso for an aged look (figure I). Fold in half. Set aside.

15. Fill copper mesh pockets with photos and ephemera (figure J).

16. Adhere photos and ephemera to the cardstock pages (figure K). For a vintage look and to preserve photos, use photo corners or eyelets to attach. Scraps and bits of painted lace can be attached with a glue stick.

17. Adhere photos, letters, and ephemera bits to the folded brown lunch sack, being careful not to place items in the fold (figure L).

18. To assemble book:

• Pick up one folded signature and place the folded lunch sack in the fold.
• Insert the second cardstock signature in the fold of the lunch sack.
• Using the eyelet punch and setter, adhere a copper mesh pocket to the first flap of the first signature. Flip the page.
• The next page will be a lunch sack page. Flip the page.
• Adhere the first cardstock page to the second cardstock flap with eyelets.
• Attach the second copper mesh pocket to the third signature flap with eyelets. Flip the page.
• The next page will be a lunch sack page. Flip the page.
• Using eyelets, adhere the cardstock page to the last signature flap.

20. Decorate the inside covers of the book with painted embossed wallpaper scraps and ephemera.

21. Decorate cover, if desired, with a photo or charms.

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