Book of Dreams: Week 6 {Pop-Ups}

This week we are going to try fun and easy POP-UPS for your altered Book of Dreams. I was very excited to use some wonderful vintage postcards I received from Cassondra and this neat card from Sarah Fishburn on this spread.
The first technique uses an image or a picture mounted on cardstock for firmness. A card or postcard is thick enough on its own. You start by folding the image lengthwise to form a crease. Open your book to the page that you want the pop-up layout in. Place the image over the pages, aligning the crease of your fold with the spine of the book. On the book pages, use a pencil to mark the locations of the four corners of the image. Set the image aside. Begin folding the pages by folding the edge of the left side page inward towards the spine, creasing it along the margin of the text of the page. Do the same thing with the page on the right side. Fold both pages in the same direction again so that the edges match the pencil marks on each page. Tape down the folds, so you now have a pocket on each page.To make the image pop out, make flaps on the side by adding a 1 inch wide and 3.5 inches long piece of cardstock taped onto the edge two sides of the image. Put adhesive on the front side of the flaps. Place the flaps into the pockets closest to the spine and adhere them. Decorate the pages however you'd like and there you go! The postcard will pop forward when you open and close the book.

The second technique is making a pop-out mini book on your altered book page. Cut a 8.5" by 8.5" square of cardstock. Lay it on the table in front of you and fold it in half side to side, crease well and unfold. Next fold in half top to bottom, crease well and unfold. Turn the paper over and fold it in half diagonally. Crease well and unfold. Turn the paper over again and lay it out so that when you press in the middle the corners will pop up a bit. Bring the top corner down to meet the bottom corner. Push the two side corners in so they meet in the center. When this is done righ, you'll have a nice little square. Press the whole thing down flat. Adhere to page and put something a little bit heavier on the "cover" to keep the book down. Here I used some metal embellishments I made for last weeks technique. You can do whatever you want to the inside. Here I printed out a quote before I started folding. You could even make multiple books and attach them together to make a "caterpillar" type accorian book. Have fun!
I hope I provided enough instruction with these so that they make sense. Let me know if you have any questions. As always, I can't wait to see your work:)