Birch Bark Painted Decorative Books

Painting book covers was a brand new crafting experience.

Book covers make for a great surface to paint on, they are smooth, flat and easily paintable.

There is something very special about birch trees that we are drawn to.

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Stack the books in the order they will be displayed on your bookshelf.

Next, align the books so the spines are flush and lay the books down horizontally for easier painting.

Begin to place pieces of tape along the book spines to block out the birch branches.

First, place a piece of painters tape on a diagonal over top of the first books spine.

A book shelf with birch bark painted decorative books, wood slices, a birdhouse and white bottles.

Wrap it around the front of the book as well.

Apply a second piece of tape overlapping the first to make the birch branch thicker.

Move on to the second book and apply a piece of tape along the entire length of the spine.

A book shelf with birch bark painted decorative books, wood slices, a birdhouse and white bottles.

Position the next piece of tape on a diagonal overlapping the third and fourth books.

Thicken the birch branch by adding a parallel piece of tape.

Continue with the fourth and fifth books by adding tape as shown.

Close up of birch bark painted decorative books.

Using a utility knife, cut the tape joining the books, taking care not to cut the hardcovers.

Separate the books keeping note of the order from one to five.

Paint over the taped spines in Whispering Turquoise covering all white painted areas.

Close up of birch bark painted decorative books.

Peel away the painters tape.

Touch up any rough edges with a fine tip paint brush in White Wash paint.

Using a fine tip paint brush, apply irregular neutral gray dashes along the lengths of each branch.

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Continue working one branch at a time.

Using a large flat brush, apply Duraclear Satin Varnish over top of the painted hard covers.

Be sure to allow enough time to dry before displaying them on a bookshelf.

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Birch Bark Painted Decorative Books

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Materials needed to make birch bark painted decorative books, including hardcover books, paint, paintbrushes and varnish.

Hardcover book painted blue.

Painting the spine of the hardcover book blue.

Stacking the blue painted hardcover books horizontally.

Painting the spines of the hardcover books with white paint.

Stacking the painted hardcover books horizontally.

Adding green painter’s tape to the book stacked at the top.

Overlapping the green painter’s tape.

Adding a second piece of green painter’s tape to the spine of the second book.

Adding a third piece of green painters tape to the stacked books.

Covering the stacked books with green painters tape

Using a utility knife to cut the painter’s tape and separate the stacked books.

Separating the stacked books.

Painting over the taped spines with Turquoise paint.

The spines of the books with painters tape painted over with Turquoise tape.

Removing the painters tape from the spine of the books.

Mixing grey and white paint to add birch branches onto the spine of the books.

Adding dashes along the branches with grey paint.

Continuing to add dashes onto the branches with grey paint.

Grey dashes added to all of the branches.

Painting book and satin varnish.

Adding the varnish to the spine of the book using a paintbrush.

A book shelf with birch bark painted decorative books, wood slices, a birdhouse, picture frame and white bottle.

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Birch Bark Painted Decorative Books

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