How to Make a Simple Book
by AngelB28 in Craft > Books & Journals
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How to Make a Simple Book
How to make a simple book with cover from some document you just want it to look nice.
Materials
The materials you will need are:
A folder
Masking tape
Printed file of what you want to turn into a book
The tool you will need are:
Scissor o cardboard cutter
Ruler
Stapler
Makers ( in my case i used a laser engraver)
Guillotine for paper
A folder
Masking tape
Printed file of what you want to turn into a book
The tool you will need are:
Scissor o cardboard cutter
Ruler
Stapler
Makers ( in my case i used a laser engraver)
Guillotine for paper
Print and Cut
Print and cut the document living a margin of about 5mm on the left side of the page and 1 or 2 mm on all the other sides.
Hold Them Together
Hold and align all the pages together.
Staple the pages, this ensures that the work wont be out of other for the next steps.
Staple the pages, this ensures that the work wont be out of other for the next steps.
Measure and Cut
Measure how big you document and cut a rectangle of the same size, you can make it a little bigger to hide any imperfections on the document borders.
Make a Design on Your Cover
To make your cover you can use anything, from a maker to laser cutter.
Here i made a design in illustrator.
Then a set the cutter to engrave my design on the rectangular cut of the folder.
Here i made a design in illustrator.
Then a set the cutter to engrave my design on the rectangular cut of the folder.
Finishing Touches
Now to give the finishing touches i staple the cover to the pages, you can glue them too, an cover the Staples with Masking tape, this gave it the look of a hard cover book.