Copper Squash Book by Karen Bourke

Stamps used for this project are from www.paperartsy.co.uk – Petals – Plate 1 and Ancestors – Plate 2.

Cut out two pieces of copper measuring 3" square. Using alcohol inks colour the fronts of both sides of copper. (See Picture 1)
©Karen Bourke  Choose two stamps (one for the front and one for the back of the book cover) and ink up with Archival or Ancient Page ink. The ones used in this project are the large faux postage face from the Petals plate and the Blackie Annual little girl from the Ancestors plate. Stamp on top of the coloured copper. (See Picture 2)
©Karen Bourke  Take a piece of tissue or kitchen roll and wipe over the copper – you will find that the Archival ink has taken away the alcohol ink and you are left with more of a “negative” image. (See Picture 3)
©Karen Bourke

Cut two pieces of thick card to measure 2-3/4" each. Lay your copper squares face down on your work surface. Cover one side of the card square with glue and place carefully on the copper. Leave to dry. Cut the copper corners diagonally and fold in the edges over the card. (See Picture 4)
©Karen Bourke

Stamp the two images again onto plain copper (that has not been coloured) with Staz-on ink. Carefully cut around the large flower and the wings. Use an embossing mat and embossing tool to emboss areas of the flower and wings. (See Picture 5)
©Karen Bourke Turn the images over and carefully deboss around the areas you have embossed from the other side – this will make them stand out even further. (See Picture 6)
©Karen Bourke Use silicone glue (or dimensional glue) and place them over the corresponding images on the copper covers. (See Picture 7)
©Karen Bourke Glue ribbon to each of the inside covers of the book to act as a closure. (See Picture 8)
©Karen Bourke

Cut three squares of paper (plain or coloured/patterned) to 2-3/4" square. Fold each in half, open out and turn 90 degrees and fold in half again. Open out, turn the square over and fold in half diagonally. Open up and turn over once again and you should be able to fold this into a "squash". Complete this for all three pieces of paper. Glue the three pieces together – valley, mountain, valley. (See Picture 9)
©Karen Bourke Choose images from the stamp plates to stamp over these pieces. (See Picture 10)
©Karen Bourke Close up the squash book and attach the front and back covers to it and tie up the ribbon to close. (See Picture 11)
©Karen Bourke

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