It’s time for the January Blog Hop starring the Constellations collection!
As soon as I heard the theme for the January kit, I knew I wanted to make a star book. I made one a number of years ago, and I liked it so much, I thought it would be fun to make another with Constellations.
The finished size is 6×6″, and the pockets hold 4×6″ photos.
Instead of paper clips, I punched holes and tied ribbons to connect the pages. I think it adds a bit of flair.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, I’ll let Tricia walk you through the process in her TV Weekly video. I varied my project slightly from the video; I pierced my holes at .5, 1.5, 4.5 and 5.5″ along the spine. I’ve included a list of supplies I used after the list of hoppers below.
Here’s a complete list of our bloggers in case you get lost along the way. Be sure to leave a comment if you like what you see. Happy Hopping!
Club Scrap Creates (you are here)
Donna at the Crafty Colonel
Debby at Masculine Inspirations
Tricia at The Effient Crafter
Marya at A Notebook Novel
Hetty at Craft Chaos
Lisa at Carpe Memoria
Anne at Crzymom’s Tidbits
Deb at Liftbridge Cards and Crafts
Julie at Cape Cod Scrapper
Cathy at The Artful Gamut
Constellations Star Book supplies:
(7) 6×12″ Navy Plain
(7) 6×10″ Burgundy Plain
(7) 12×8″ Grey Plain
(7) 6×4.5″ Black Plain
(7) 6×4″ White Plain
2.5 yards Waxed Linen Thread
(12) 5″ Lengths Ribbon (from stash)
Awesome Karen – I love star books and this is so beautiful. Thank you so much.
One of the first projects I ever did with CS materials. Thanks for sharing your fabulous book!
PERFECT project for this kit! I hope I have enough paper left over to make one for me! My son is powerlifting at school and this book would be perfect to go with all the pictures I’m taking!
P.S. Love the peek at your photos inside!
Your starbook is absolutely awesome, Karen You an Mikeman are adorable together xx
I love the ribbon closures! Gotta love Mr. and Mrs. Wyngaard! 🙂
Your star book is amazing! Perfect collection for this project!
awesome
Love that book. Might have to give it a try…
Very nice.
What fun – star books are so pretty when fully opened up!
Love what you did with the book photo wise…looks wonderful!
TFS Karen 🙂
Thanks for sharing this beautiful project!!!
I LOVE your Star book. They have always scared me for some reason. Not that I don’t have a few in my stash. I am really loving that wedding picture too!!!
Great project Karen. Love the colors, and the book
Been awhile since I saw one of those, I know I have a kit to make one…somewhere. By the way how is it that Tricia looks younger now than in that old video?
This is terrific! I would love to make that and add photos of my theatre star!
And thanks for the peek at the wedding photo. You are so beautiful!
Great idea Karen! I’ve only recently made a star book and it was fun to put together! This version is great with the Constellations kit, and I really like how you used the ribbons on the end instead of the paper clips – pretty and clever!
Starbooks are one of y favorite books. This was perfect! Beautiful Karen.
AMAZINGLY Beautiful Karen!! This was one of the very first projects I ever tackled when I began paper crafting in the 90’s. So fun and thanks for the video link too. 🙂 Love all the pics of you and the Mike Man!
Beautiful book and beautiful photos, Karen! The Constellation papers are perfect for this.
Constellations makes an awesome star book Karen! Thank you for sharing.
Karen what a beautiful book. Constellations was a perfect kit for this project. Beautiful pics also, your wedding picture is gorgeous!
Thanks so much for sharing this and the video also.
Haven’t made one of these in ages. Yours turned out beautiful. Thanks so much for the idea!
What a beautiful book, and I love the pictures of you and mike.
Clever idea…a star book for Constellations kit! Love it!
Beautiful book! Thanks for the video. Love the ribbons and your photos!
Perfect type of book to make with this kit.
What a way to show someone how much you love that person! This book can be kept on a desk, on the mantle, in a purse…excellent!
Tricia taught me my very first Star Book, at a CS Mini Retreat many years ago! We used the Salsa collection! They are so fun!