~ Baby Shower Book & Goody Bags

Here is my second in a series of Bind-it-All minibooks made from patterned paper scraps.  This project is a baby shower book for well-wishers to add their happy greetings.

I also made goody bags for all 35 of my co-workers plus a few extra for Katie’s family.  See more photos of both projects in the slideshow below.

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Supplies:

Katie book –

• Zutter – 1.5″ white o-ring, 7.5″ acrylic tabs, 7.5″ kraft chipboard cover
• Basic Grey – patterned paper
• Epiphany Crafts – scalloped circle epoxy
• The Twinery – twine
• ribbon, pacifier decorations

treat bags –

• cardstock – Stampin’ Up!, Bazzill
• patterned paper
• twine – The Twinery
• ribbon, pacifier decorations
• We R Memory Keepers – large eyelets

~ OZZ – March Bind-It-All Project – Danielle & Stephen

 

For more Bind-It-All inspiration (and a supply list for this project), please go to the Bind-It-All Blog.

 

~ Breaking Dawn Quotes Contest Prizes

These mini books (and matching tags) are two of the three prizes I am making for the contest.  When I’m done with the last of the prizes, I’ll post later.  For a chance to win, please the post below this one for all of the juicy details!

Book 1

Book 2

Supplies:

• Zutter – 1 1/4 red and antique brass o-wire
• patterned papers – 7Gypsies, Teresa Collins, Basic Grey, Glitz, Kaisercraft, DCWV;  Core’dinations
• Stampin’ Up! – ink
• thick chipboard
• craft thread

~ January OZZ Project – 2011 Calendars

 

For more Bind-it-All inspiration, please go to the Zutter Zisters site. 

Supplies:  

 

• Zutter – 3/4″ and 1″ Antique Brass and 3/4″ Antique Silver O-wires
• My Mind’s Eye – patterned paper
• Basic Grey – black chipboard, cardstock
•  AccuKut – acrylic 
• Prima – flowers 
• Sticko – foam alphabet stickers 
• ribbon

 

~ OZZ March Proj #1 – Love

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

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

Materials:

• Zutter –  1” red o-wire
• Basic Grey – patterned paper, cardstock stickers
• Adirondack – acrylic paint
• Prima – flowers
• Stampin’ Up! – ribbon
• chipboard
• rickrack

~ Flipped-Out Tag Book

Enough of the snow and dreariness already!  We’re expecting our second snowstorm today, as if there wasn’t already tons of snow in the D.C. area.  I’ll be sure to take more pictures tonight/tomorrow.

So, here is my first real “Spring” project — all bright colors and flowers.  Instead of binding the chipboard tag shapes all in the same direction, I flipped every other tag.  Though this added extra design interest, it made binding a little more tricky.

 

Stuff:  Zutter – 1″ red o-wire; Basic Grey – patterned paper, adhesive chipboard shapes; Creative Imaginations – felt flowers; Doodlebug – jewels; white chipboard, satin ribbon

~ Candy, anyone?

Lucky family, we were all off an extra day due to the heavy snow this past weekend.  So, what did I do with my stolen day?  I made Valentine’s Day candy bags for my son’s class, hubby’s co-workers and my co-workers.  Not sure when my kids will go back to class considering the state of our roads today but I suspect the Federal Government will make us all go back in tomorrow.  Darn but that’s okay, it’ll give me a chance to pass out my treats.  The fancier treatment was for Brian’s co-workers since there are only the four of them.  Jacob’s 30 are standard classroom and my 24 are small but sweet.  I didn’t personalize my office treats because of the volume.  Toppers for treat bags are a great way to use up bits of patterned paper.

Stuff:  patterned papers – Cloud9, Basic Grey; cardstock – Stampin’ Up!; cardstock alpha stickers – Cloud9

~ OZZ Project #1 – Farewell to Sheryl

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

Original Zutter Zisters Showcaze

2009-2010 Design Team Galleries

Materials:

• Zutter – Bind-it-All, Pound-it-All, Rivet Setter and Hammer, 1 ¼” antique brass o-wire, 8” Acrylic Cover, 8” Clipboard Wood Cover, 8” Chipboard Covers, Perfect Closure
• Basic Grey – patterned paper, journaling tags
• Bazzill – cardstock
• My Mind’s Eye – journaling tags
• Prima – flowers
• Stampin’ Up! – flowers
• American Crafts – Thickers

~ Valentine’s Day Card Class

Here’s my latest project for a card class that I will be teaching at work sometime in the next few weeks.  I used both Fiskars and Martha Stewart tools for shapecutting and border punching.  I found the Martha Stewart punches a little tough on the hands as they need a little more pressure for both the border punching and the lattice heart shapes.  I don’t recommend them if you have weak or smaller hands.

 

Stuff:  Basic Grey – patterned paper, cardstock stickers; Stampin’ Up! – flower, brad; shiny cardstock, rickrack

~ Family Holiday Gift Minibooks

Been busy the last few weeks making gifts for the family.  Here are a few of the books —

{‘Tis the Season}

Stuff:  Zutter – 3/4″ antique brass o-wire, Cover-Alls; SEI – patterned paper, cardstock stickers; chipboard shapes; Basic Grey – buttons; Little Yellow Bicycle – fabric sticker

{Christmas Morning}

 

Stuff:  Zutter – 1″ antique brass o-wire; Bazzill -chipboard; Crate Paper – patterned paper, brads, cardstock stickers; Basic Grey – buttons; Stampin’ Up – ribbon

{Hurry and Flurry}

{Happy Holidays}

 

Stuff – Zutter – 1″ red o-wire, 1″ white o-wire; Creek Bank Creations – chipboard tag book; Rusty Pickle – acrylic tab album; Cosmo Cricket – patterned paper, chipboard stickers, cardstock stickers, rub-ons, ribbon; Stampin’ Up! – ribbon

~ 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

~ Penny Spinner Cards

I needed to come up with a new card idea for my November class at work and found inspiration on Angie Kennedy Juda’s Stampin’ Up blog in the form of an owl spinner card.  Click here to go to her post for a video lesson.  Here are the penny spinner card samples I made for the class.  I kept the cards simple in case my co-workers have trouble with all of the parts to make the card “spin” and lunchtime constraint.  

Stuff:    cardstock, ink, stamps – Stampin’ Up!; patterned paper, cardstock stickers – Basic Grey; stickers – Melissa Frances

~ Is there a dinosaur in the house?

Well, maybe there aren’t any dinosaurs inside but there sure are dinosaurs outside the house!  Here is another boy-themed craft, a paper mache house covered in the Basic Grey “Archaic” collection of patterned papers and chipboard stickers.

 

Click on each picture for a closer look.

Afternoon P.S. —  Basic Grey chose my dino house to include in their online gallery!  Hooray – here is the link – http://www.basicgrey.com/catalog/idea_gallery.php?cPath=81

Stuff:  paper mache box – no brand; paint – Making Memories; patterned paper and chipboard stickers – Basic Grey

~ Birthday Card for Grandma

Here is the birthday card I made for my hubby’s mom.  This is a push-pull card.  There are tabs inside the card that come out from the sides when you pull the left tab.  To return the tabs to the “hidden” position, you push the tab on the right.  Click here for a tutorial that I read on Jen’s site – push-pull card.  I didn’t follow the measurements exactly.  I winged it for this project. 

Click on each picture for a closer look.

 

Stuff:  cardstock and flowers – Bazzill; patterned paper and stickers – Basic Grey; ribbon and crystal brads – Stampin’ Up!; extra large eyelet – We R Memory Keepers

P.S.  Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law – April 10

~ Whimsical Chipboard Panda Card

My original inspiration for this came from Fiskateer #3405 Pinky’s Owl Card.  After visiting Washington, D.C. for a short day trip, I decided I wanted to make a panda today and not an owl.  The cherry blossoms are starting to bloom which made me think of pandas (don’t know why–they’re unrelated)!  I added a little more style to the pocket in the back of the card with the new Fiskars Threading Water punch. =)

I’ll post an attachment for the template to use to cut the different chipboard pieces later.  Just check back a little later.

P.S.  I needed to post these pics quick.  My kiddies were ready to run off with these panda cards. =)  I personalized them with stickers spelling out their names on the green pockets after I posted the pics.

 

Stuff:  chipboard circle and cardstock – Bazzill; medium weight chipboard – Grafix; paint – Making Memories; patterned paper – Basic Grey; ink and ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; acrylic tags – my local LSS 

~ Grunged-up Board Book

I made this book over the course of three nights — I adhered patterned paper, inked, stamped, inked some more, painted, stamped some more and added Perfect Pearls to both the pages you see and ones that you don’t see.  

Every page has pull out tabs for extra pictures or journaling.  Ribbons and eyelets are added to those pieces that pull out.  The last bit was adding the ribbon and grungeboard to the cover.  The eyelets in the grungeboard were filled in with a clear glaze.

Feeling very inspired from Tim Holtz’ glimmer mist concoction, I might try it this weekend on some white book board and see what results I get.  Yes!  Another board book. =)  We’ll see…I might end up making something else.

Stuff:  board book – Creative Imaginations; patterned paper – Basic Grey; ink and ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; paint – Making Memories; eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; Perfect Pearls; Grungeboard 

~ Extreme Makeover for Coasters – Part 3

I couldn’t resist–just one more coaster book to complete my set of 3!  I made this one a while back but didn’t get around to posting it until today.  I used the Fiskars sunburst border punch for extra embellishing.

Click on the links to see the first two coaster minibooks: Part 1,  Part 2 

Stuff:  paint – Making Memories; patterned paper – Basic Grey and Bohemia; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; rings – Staples; ribbon and ribbon charm – Stampin’ Up!

~ Embellished Acrylic Tags

I can’t seem to get enough of acrylic tags!  I punched the tags at my LSS.  I made one decorated tag to add to the Easter Egg Purse (see post below) as a gift tag but then I made another and then another (you get the picture).  Punching and layering the flowers is so addictive!  I used my Extra-Large Oopsie Daisy Fiskars Squeeze Punch for the flowers.  What I didn’t like was peeling off the protective plastic from both sides of the acrylic.  That part was for the birds!

Stuff:  acrylic – from my LSS, no brand; patterned paper – Basic Grey; ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; buttons – can’t remember 

P.S.  Happy Birthday to my little 34 year old brother, Jimmy!

~ Easter Egg Purse

We’re having an Easter swap on the Fiskateers site.  I decided that I didn’t want to go with a plastic egg so I made this cute 6″ x 8″ x 1.25″ purse instead.  I hope my swap partner likes this version of the swap egg and all the goodies I plan to include in it. =)

9:50 p.m. Update – Here is a quick response to Fiskateer Alicia on how I created this project:

– I found an egg shape online and traced it on cardstock to make a template (roughly 6″ x 8″).
– Adhered patterned paper to cardstock and cut out two of the egg shapes then added the punched out paper lace and layered flowers on one egg shape to serve as the front of the purse.
– Inked the edges.
– Made 4″ x 4″ x 1.25″ cardstock box (open at the top) which I sandwiched between the two egg shapes.  This is probably the tricky part–getting the two egg shapes to match up. 
– Added eyelets to the box and threaded ribbon to make the handle.

If you have Powerpoint and want the egg shape template, let me know and I will send it to you.

Stuff:  cardstock and ink – Stampin’ Up!; patterned cardstock – Basic Grey; ribbon – Costco; buttons – I can’t remember whose brand they are; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers

~ “Extreme Makeover” for Outback Coasters – Part 2

Well, all is not wasted with me being home from work with a bad tummy bug.  Not only did the friendly UPS guy deliver a large Stampin’ Up! order that I’ve been waiting for, I was also able to make another coaster minibook from restaurant coasters I mentioned in the previous post  (see the “Before” in the post below).  My hubby tells me that the Outback police are going to come and get me!

Stuff:  paint – Making Memories; ink and stamps – Stampin’ Up!; patterned paper – Basic Grey; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; rings – 7 Gypsies; felt flower – Creative Cafe/Imaginations

AFTER – Part 2

~ “Extreme Makeover” for Outback Coasters

BEFORE – just regular old Outback Restaurant coasters 

AFTER – sweet little minibook 

Oh, the places where you find your next inspiration…  The source of inspiration this weekend was Outback.  (Y’know, mate, the restaurant.)

As my hubby and I waited and chatted, I eyeballed a stack of 4″ x 4″ drink coasters.  I thought to myself, “Hmmm…this is thin chipboard.  I can do something with this.  A little bit of paint, paper, blah, blah, blah…”  Much to hubby’s dismay, I took a small stackful of the coasters and brought them home.  A little bit of paint, paper, ink, mod podge, hardware and new life was breathed into the previously lackluster coasters.

Stuff:  paint – Making Memories; ink – Stampin’ Up!; patterned paper – Basic Grey; extra large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers; rings – 7 Gypsies

~ Oh so many eyelets (My justification for the Big Bite CAD2)

Dawn T had posed the question the other day about the number of eyelets that I do to warrant buying the Big Bite Crop-a-dile 2. Well…let’s just say that I had “eyeletted” 60 tags this weekend for the favor boxes I put together for a retirement luncheon. Yep, 60 eyelets.

Click here to see the matching memory book posted on SBE:  Mark’s Retirement Book

Stuff:  favor boxes – Target (in the wedding stuff); ribbon – Stampin’ Up!; patterned cardstock – Basic Grey; textured cardstock – Bazzill; large eyelets – We R Memory Keepers