~ Boo! (still catching up on Halloween projects)

Still catching up on Halloween projects.  This book has pictures of our breakfast with the Hershey characters and visit to the Hershey Museum.

Don’t miss the Twelve Days of Christmas on the Zutter Zisters Ning Site.  See my previous post for more details. 

Less than a week now for New Moon!  Can’t wait! =)  Have a great week–how can it not be great?  Oh the Twilight-New Moon anticipation!

Stuff – Basic Grey – patterned paper, stickers, rub-ons; 7Gypsies – metal corners; ribbon, black chipboard

~ Inside the Trick or Treat Minibook & Twelve Days of Christmas on the Zutter Zisters Ning Site

Wow, I am so behind on my projects!  I finally got around to printing pictures from our Hershey Halloween trip and used the Trick or Treat minibook I made previously (see post below this one) to house the pictures from Hershey Park in the Dark.

Some Zutter Zister news — Join the new BIA DT and the OZZers for the Twelve Days of Christmas Challenge.  For 12 days we will be featuring a new project for gift-gifting and creative inspiration on the Zutter Zisters Ning site.   I’m the lucky one who gets to post on Thanksgiving. =)  RAKs will be given out for one person per project featured.  For more info or to join us, please see details on the ZZ Ning site. 

~ OZZ Nov Proj #1 – Trick or Treat

 

 

 

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please check out the following links:

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

Supplies:

• Zutter Innovative – 1” black o-wire
• Making Memories – patterned paper collection, glittered foam stickers, adhesive glass 
• 7 Gypsies – clipboard hardware
• K & Company – chipboard title
• Little Yellow Bicycle – chipboard frame
• Tattered Angels – cardstock checklist
• Bazzill Basics – chipboard
• Dymo – label
• Adirondack – acrylic paint
• Stampin’ Up! – ribbon, ink
• eFavor – organza ribbon

~ OZZ Nov Proj #2 – October 31

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please check out the following links:

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

Supplies: 

• Zutter Innovative – 1” black o-wire, Perfect Closure, 8” Acrylic Cover
• Fancy Pants – patterned paper
• Little Yellow Bicycle – rub-ons, stickers, epoxy buttons
• Making Memories – adhesive glass
• K & Company – chipboard sticker, rub-ons
• Tattered Angels – chipboard tiles
• Adirondack – acrylic paint 

~ 70th Birthday Layout

I’m just finally getting around to posting this layout I did from my father-in-law’s birthday dinner.  I hope to post a few more projects this week to freshen up the old blog.

Stuff:  SEI – patterned paper, cardstock, chipboard embellishments, epoxy stickers; Tim Holtz – tickets

~ OZZ Blog Hop RAK Winner

Thanks, all, for coming by and participating in the OZZ Blog Hop.  Hopefully we have provided some inspiration to newbies to our sites as well as regular visitors.  It was fun to see all of the different OZZ layouts and their take on the new products with their project covers.  If you weren’t in on the hop, the links are still available in the post below for your perusing pleasure.

Now, for the announcement of the winner of my blog RAK:  

Noreen (http://www.craftlinky.com/) - I would not have thought of using lace on your book. That gives it a whole new look!

Congratulations, Noreen!  Please send an email to Nan at Nan@binditall.com  and please be sure to put BLOG HOP WINNER in the email subject line.  Hooray!

~ LSS Costumed Crop

Hubby was on travel so I took both kids to a costumed crop at my LSS.  My boy begrudgingly went but soon got his bearings making his first Make and Take EVER.  He did a great job.  The creativity bug must run in the family.  Here are a few photos from the crop.  I was Little Bo Peep from Toy Story, my daughter was Little Red Riding Hood and Jacob was Spongebob.

     

~ Original Zutter Zisters – Blog Hop & RAKs

 

This past year has been great.  I loved representing Zutter Bind-it-All on the first-ever Design Team for 2008-2009!  My Zisters were awesome, supportive and made the most creative projects with the various Zutter tools.  September 2009 marked the end of our DT year {{{{awwwww}}}} but out of our tight-knit bond together we became OZZ — Original Zutter Zisters.  Our roles are a little different than what they were on the DT but I love it all the same.  The new 2009-2010 DTers are  bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and excited to be on the team.  I look forward to collaborating with them this year.  My only advice to them is — Do what is fun, there is no wrong or right with the Bind-it-All, all “oops” crafting moments can be overcome!  The OZZ are here for you, new Zisters. 

The OZZers all agreed to do an end-of-DT layout swap.  Every one of the layouts were unique and expressed the personality of each Zister.  Along with the layouts, Nan (our BIA goddess, buddy, DT herder–hee hee) sent us the new Zutter Page Protectors and Cover-Alls.   

{Close-up of the Movable Page Protectors}

With all of this said, we’re doing a blog hop and RAK on each of the OZZ member blogs.  Please leave me a comment on this post for a chance to win one set of the new 8″ Coveralls and Page Protectors by October 24.  I’ll pick the winner randomly on October 25 and announce on the 26th.  If you’d like to jump on my Zisters’ blogs for a chance at their RAKs, by all means, pay them all a visit!  Blogs URLs are linked to their names below.

 {Annette West}                      {Emeline Seet}

    

{Jeja Svensson}                   {Jennifer Priest}

    

{Julie Kelley}                       {Nan Partuzo}

    

{Tish Treadaway}                  {Vicki Flinchum}

    

~ Twilight–New Moon Yummies

I have been so occupied these last few months that I’ve ignored all of the great new Twilight-New Moon posters, gear, other stuff to be posted!  For now, be content with these three newer posters from New Moon.  {{{drooling here}}}  These will make great bracelet charms.  That’ll be another project for another time. =)

~ BIA Halloween Minibooks & Matchbook Cards

Here are my latest BIA Halloween projects.  I will be sending these off to my brothers and sis-in-law to fill with pictures of their kids this year.  The My Mind’s Eye paper is sooo cute.   

 

I used the same line  for my card class this past week.  Here are the samples I made for the class to follow.  These will be given to my hubby’s co-workers.

 

 

 Stuff:  Zutter/Bind-it-All – 1″ black o-wire; My Minds’ Eye – patterned paper, chipboard stickers, cardstock die cuts, cardstock sitckers, ribbon; Little Yellow Bicycle – ribbon; We R Memory Keepers – extra large eyelets; Stampin’ Up! – ribbon; Paper Source – matchbook cards

~ Halloween Treats

Stampin’ Up! has cute little containers and a coordinating stamp set to make these cute little treats.  I wish the treat cups were a tad bigger as they don’t hold a lot of candy.  On second thought, maybe that’s a good thing!  The cups are attached to pieces of patterned paper and secured with staples.  These ones are for my son’s 6th grade class.

Stuff – Stampin’ Up! – cardstock, ink, treat cups, stamp; Tim Holtz – tiny staples; K & Company – patterned paper

~ Halloween Card Class

It’s been a while since I taught my last class.  Looks like my co-workers were ready for some crafting therapy this week.  It was very enjoyable–half newbies and half who have taken my classes in the past.  Our new boss, Bob, joined in and made his cards without assistance.  My boss, Linda, was determined that she would finish her project and not be the last one left (hee hee!)

~ WCMD Challenge

I issued a World Card Making Day Challenge in the Zutter Zisters Ning Board earlier this month.  Here is the card I made for inspiration.  The only requirements were (1) it was a card or card-like project and (2) that it used Zutter products.

 

Run-down on how I made this card –Instead of using the Canvas Cover, which I thought was a bit too thick for a card projects, I tore off the canvas from the cover itself.  I inked the canvas with two shades of orange and two shades of green then crumpled it up and inked a little bit more.  The patterned papers were sewn onto the canvas.  Once all of the other sewing details were added, I added the canvas to the Acrylic Cover with rivets.  Rub-ons, flower and foam letters were added and the ribbon was the last addition.  The little pocket will hold a tag and gift card.

Stuff:  Zutter Innovative/Bind-it-All – Acrylic Cover, Canvas Cover, rivets; My Mind’s Eye – patterned paper; Prima – flowers; American Crafts – foam letters; Making Memories – rub-ons; We R Memory Keepers – large eyelet; Stampin’ Up! – ink; eFavor – ribbon

~ Congrats to my new BIA Zisters!

 

Congratulations to the new Bind-it-All Design Team!

2009-2010 Design Team Members:
Fleur Smith, BC, Canada
Sophie Sim, Australia
Linda Elbourne, UK
Pam Sandy, Michigan
Shelley Haganman, Iowa
Camilla Isaksson, Sweden
Sarah de Guzman, California
Lynne Forsythe, New Hampshire

The remaining Zisters from the 2008-2009 Design Team have now morphed into the OZZ (Original Zutter Zisters):

OZZ
Annette West – Saudi Arabia
Emeline Seet – Singapore
Jennifer Priest – California, USA
Jenny Svensson – Sweden
Julie Ann Kelley – Massachusetts, USA
Lea Millora Sanders – Virginia, USA
Tish Treadaway – North Carolina, USA
Vicki Flinchum – Texas, USA

~ Farewell Books

 

Two co-workers will be leaving their jobs soon to go to other locations, Wayne (leaving us to go to CNO) and Mike (leaving us to go to the Smithsonian).  Here are the two books I made for them.  Wayne’s I decorated with old drawings from one of his projects and Mike’s I decorated using some Smithsonian leaflets and other stuff I picked up from a few weeks ago.  Just picked up a new Dymo label maker.  It was perfect to add that little touch of office geekiness to each of these projects. =)

{Mike’s Book}

 

{Wayne’s Book}

 

~ Glasses

Okay, I went on a crazy “glass” kick at my father-in-law’s birthday dinner.  The colors and lights were just too enticing not to photograph.  Here are some of my faves from the night.

 

~ NAVFAC Picnic

Summer is about done and gone but my command still has a picnic to look forward to in October.  Yes, a little late for a picnic but sometimes work and schedules in the front office get a little complicated.  Here is one of the posters I made for the event.  I totally love seeing my artwork in poster size! =)

~ Monja’s Bridal Shower

If you’ve been visiting my blog over the last year or so, you know that I love to take photos of EVERYTHING.  My daughter and I attended a bridal shower for a friend who will be getting married next month.  Her mother’s home was beautiful and filled with pretty details from the flowers to the food.  Here are several of the photos I took yesterday.  Yummy food and oh-so-pretty flowers–and Monja was radiant, too! 

{Click on each of the photos for a closer look.}

~ September BIA Proj #1 – Family Memories

Please go to the Zutter Zisters site for all of the Design Team projects. Material listings are posted to the individual galleries – http://www.zutterzisters.com 

 

~ September BIA Proj #2 – Grandkids

Please go to the Zutter Zisters site for all of the Design Team projects. Material listings will be posted to the individual galleries shortly – http://www.zutterzisters.com 

Click here for the PDF instructions on how to create the frame:  Origami Frame 

~ September BIA Proj #3 – Disney Princess

Please go to the Zutter Zisters site for all of the Design Team projects. Material listings are posted to the individual galleries – http://www.zutterzisters.com

 

~ Monja & Casey

I have a bridal shower to go to this weekend and I wanted to give my friend, Monja, something completely different than the usual housewares gifts people usually give at showers.  In addition to the Victoria’s Secret gift card I got her, I made this 8″ x 10″ book with simple patterned paper-covered pages for her to save some of her pre-wedding memories.

 

Stuff:  Zutter Innovative – chipboard covers, 1″ antique brass o-wire; My Mind’s Eye – patterned paper; Stampin’ Up – grosgrain ribbon; Anna Griffin – satin ribbons; Prima -flowers; American Crafts – Thickers; K & Company – Grand Adhesion; Tim Holtz; staples

~ I’m Starting to Get That Autumn Feeling…

Summer is quickly coming to an end and the season will soon be changing.  I love the autumn!  Here are a few fall projects I made to celebrate the coming of the new season.

Stuff:  Zutter Innovative – 3/4″ antique brass o-wire, Cover-Alls; Daisy D’s – patterned paper, stickers; K & Company – patterned papers, stickers; Bazzill – chipboard; Jolee’s – stickers; Flair – stickers; Stampin’ Up! – ribbon; eFavor – ribbon; American Crafts – ribbon; Adirondack – acrylic paint, AccuCut – acrylic

~ Morning Visit to the Botanical Gardens

The family woke up early this morning to run down to the Botanical Gardens in Washington, D.C.  It has been a year since we last visited.  It was nice to get out of the house and do some walking to strengthen my knee.  I took a ton of pictures–a true haven for flower-lovers. 

~ Back-to-School Treats

Where did the summer go?  I love the beginning of the school year — new clothes, new school supplies, and back-to-school treats!  This will be my last year making treats for the classroom as my baby is now going into 6th grade.  (Yeah, it would be a little silly for me to make treat bags once my youngest goes to junior high.)  My son, Jacob, helped me fill these goody tubes with Jolly Ranchers and Dum-Dums.

Stuff:  Stampin’ Up! – patterned paper; Tim Holtz – staples