Thursday, May 3, 2012

Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop & Giveaway Day 5


Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our first hop with the new Spellbinders Design Team of 2012.  I hope that by now, if you have been hopping with us, you are brimming with lots of creative ideas on how to use our fabulous New Spellbinders™ dies.  I have a fun project to share with you today for all the Senior Grads in your life --so grab a cup of tea and sit a bit while I teach you how to make this book with our New Tags and Labels Die from Becky Fleck and the Creative Book Pages Dies from Donna Salazar.


Supplies
Spellbinders™ Paper Arts:
Crosspromotional Partners:
*Bazzill Basics Cardstock- Black textured / white / Royal Blue
*Kaisercraft-  After Five Collection
*Creative Impressions- Bits Of Bling
*Canvas Corp- Black Cording
*3L Adhesive EZ Runner and 3D Foam Squares
*Scor-Pal- Scor-Tape
Other Supplies:
The Paper Company- Graduation
Reminisce- Graduation Stickers
Sticko- Letters/ black
Silver Eyelets
Industrial Chic Rhinestone Charm
Recollections- Graduations stickers
Stampendous- Congratulations stickers


Project Directions:
To begin making the book you are going to cut 8 pieces of black cardstock 7 ½” x 6 ¾”
Cut 2 more pieces out of the black textured cardstock with the scalloped book pages (set 1) and emboss them.  Cut 4 pieces of 1” x 6 ½” for the front and back inside and outside edges to bind.  Set these aside.  Cut and emboss the silver diamond paper with the creative book pages and glue onto the front piece of the scalloped black book page.  Cut a square of 5 ¼” x 5 ¼” of the school color you would like to use.  Cut the year print 5x5 and glue this on top of the colored cardstock.  I added foam tape between the colored and black layers to make it stand out more at this point.  You can mat your photo in white and glue this down on top of the other pieces.  Cut out 3 tiny ticket tags, 2 flowers and a tab out of white cardstock and emboss them.  If you have stickers that work great you can put them on the tags or you can print it on your computer and lay the dies over the top and cut and emboss them so that you can use words that would personally fit your project. Set this front finished piece aside with the black pages.


To create the pocket inside pages you will cut 12 pieces of white cardstock 6x6.  Cut 12 pieces of Graduation themed papers 5 ¾” x 5 ¾” square and center them and glue them down onto the white pieces.  To make the pockets you are going to cut 12 pieces of printed cardstock 3” x 5 ¾” You are going to cut these at a slant making sure that you have 2 pieces that criss-cross together making enough for 6 pages.  Glue these down with ¼” Scor tape around the outside bottom edges to create a pocket to put the tags, photos and memorabilia in… See photograph below.


At this point you should have 12 - 6x6 pages, 6 with pockets and 6 for pictures and the front and back pieces.  So lets put this book together. Get the 8 pieces of black cardstock and the 1” strips you cut in the beginning and stack them on top of each other. On the front page lay the matted piece with the photo on the right and the 1” strip on the left next to it and glue down. (the strips are there to reinforce the edges)  Do the same for the pieces on the back of the book. For the inside pages you are going to center the pocket pages to the outside edges on the right and left of the pages and glue them down.  There should be about a 3/8” around the outside edges.  The pockets pages should be glued down on the right side. (Start gluing from page 1 and go back so that the 2 pages facing each other will match.)


Now we are ready to create the journaling tags for the pockets.   For these you are going to cut 6-8 white rectangles 3 ½”x 5 ½”.  Cut black mats for them out of cardstock 3 ¾”x 5 ¾”.  Glue together.  Cut 6-8 pieces of black cardstock 3 ½” x 1 ½” and glue ½” down from the top on the white cardstock. Next you are going to cut 6-8 strips of the year themed paper 1”x 3 ½” and glue that on top of the black.  To make the adorable tags you will cut and emboss 2 of each tag and add the lettering either by rubons or adhesive letters.  You can add foam dots on the back of each and adhere them onto the tags.  Add rhinestones to each tag. You can click on the pictures to see more detail in the photos.


Now we are ready to assemble the book.  Figure out where you want to holes to be on the left edges and make yourself a template.  I did 3 holes and marked each of my pages first with a white pencil and then punched them so that I could add the silver eyelets. (These will help reinforce the pages when they get turned.)  When you are done adding the eyelets you can string the book together with the black cording.  Make sure that it is not too tight so that you can turn the pages easily.  Add bits of ribbon and cut tiny little tags in white and emboss them and tie them on with ribbons.  You can add the name of the student, school name, year or just words onto the tags to decorate..


To finish your book you can mat photos or announcements or whatever you have collected from the year to put on the pages and in the pockets to make a priceless book for them to remember that very last year of high school or college.  I added stickers and extra embellishments on the pages too so have fun with it and please email me if you have any questions.



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Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you got inspired to create something fun with these fabulous dies from Becky Fleck and the wonderful Book Page dies from Donna Salazar!
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82 comments:

  1. Wow! What an amazing project! I love all the pocket pages. Gorgeous!!!

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  2. Wow what an amazing project, love it :-)

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  3. Beautyful, i love al the gorgeous details. The spellbinders are great
    Hugs Aartje

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  4. How Amazing is this. love the colors and the Pockets.
    love the Ribbons and the dies used. thanks for sharing

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  5. So pretty!! i love all the little inserts and the ribbon!!
    Kristan

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  6. Whatr a gorgeous projwect here, and I absolutely love all these pockets and inserts here, and the colors are awesome too. The entire project is just fabulous and you´ve done a wonderful job on this one here. I LOVE it.

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  7. Awesome album!! Love the pocket pages and all those Spellbinders dies!!!!

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  8. Brilliant project Teresa. Love all the little pockets and the detailed instructions. tfs
    Heather(UK)

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  9. Hi Teresa! Wow, that is a lot of work, but it's beautiful!! Love the instructions. TFS and the inspiration!

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  10. WOW- this is something obviously made with a lot of love. What a wonderful keepsake this will be for years!!!

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  11. What a beautiful album! Love all the details! Great job!

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  12. Simply wonderful, and in perfect for this graduation season!!!!

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  13. Your album is beautiful and you make it look so simple.

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  14. How beautiful! Will need to make several of these.

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  15. This is such a fun book, I love it.

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  16. Your book is beautiful! Such a lovely keepsake!

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  17. What a beauty! Your daughter and the book- so creative

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  18. Great book for such special memories, love it!

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  19. Holy cow! What an amazing project. Fabulous job on this Teresa!!! Hugs to you!

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  20. How fantastic is this? There's not a teenage girl alive who wouldn't love this!

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  21. What a gorgeous Album!! My Best Friend's Daughter is graduating next year, what a great gift this would be for her!

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  22. Awesome! What a great idea! I might have to try out some of these ideas! My niece graduates next month. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  23. What a great tutorial! Thanks for sharing your wonderful creativity with us!

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  24. What an AWESOME graduation treasure you've created for any grad!!! TFS!!!

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  25. Wow! Their is a lot of work and love on this project! :) Beautiful!

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  26. Brilliant book, love it! It can be adapted to so many occasions xx

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  27. That is one fabulous album. Love it.

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  28. GREAT project what senior would't love to have this gift
    Linda

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  29. This is fantastic! I have a niece that is graduating and she would love an album like this! Thank you so much for the great idea! I am a new follower!

    Hugs,
    Chriss
    america57@comcast.net
    http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/

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  30. OMG!!! This is a wonderful project! love this album. Thanks for the inspiration.
    Hugs,
    Farida

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  31. What a great album - I love everything, the tags, the ribbons, the book!!!

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  32. oh my gosh, girl! This is so fantastic!!! excellent!

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  33. OMG!!! This is an AMAZING project! What girl wouldn't love this album. Could easily be made for a guy as well. LOVE IT!
    Hugs

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  34. What a beautiful creation
    hugs Linda Dekker

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  35. WOW what a special creation to have,love all the elements and it will be something to treasure.Well done.

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  36. Wow! Awesome book and thanks for the tutorial!

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  37. This is just stunning!! Thanks so much for the inspiration :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  38. What a special keepsake! Love the way you used the postage stamp die as a background!

    Congrats on making the Spellbinders DT this year. I look forward to seeing more of your inspirational ideas!

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  39. this is such a great memory album for your daughter. it's great the way you designed the pockets and used the dies. beautiful and loving work.

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  40. What a wonderful way to capture memories of this pivotal year!

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  41. Ooh, makes me want to have a grad in my life...love your album!

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  42. Fabulous detailed tutorial...awesome colors and a GRAD who is going to be soooo happy! TFS
    Creative Wishes,
    Claire S.

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  43. You mini album is amazing! You make it looks so easy :)

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  44. Wow! Your album is incredible! Love it!

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  45. This is really neat. I love your album. What a great way to preserve that special moment. Love it.

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  46. Great album....a lot of work, but sooooo worth the memories!
    Jan

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  47. Great Senior album. Love all the details.
    God bless,
    Peggy

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  48. You have done a superb job on this graduation album. Any senior would be thrilled to receive this very meaningful keepsake. Thanks for your instructions too!

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  49. WOW!!! This is amazing and what a treasure!

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  50. Mine is graduating this year....great inspiration. You can never have enough of those!
    Laura

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  51. Gorgeous book and just love all the pockets for all those memories!

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  52. Wow! Great job this is just gorgeous!

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  53. What a wonderful project. This fanatastic memory for senior year. Thanks for sharing such a great project,

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  54. Awesome book! It looks totally professional your work is amazing!

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  55. what a lot of work you have put in and such a GREAT project thanks for the inspiration

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  56. Love the detail and colors you put into your book.

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  57. such an amazing project. just love it!!!

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  58. Wow! What an awesome book, thank you so much for creating and sharing it.

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  59. Your album is beautiful. If I win.....I will be making a graduation album also. Great attention to details . TFS.

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  60. Wowie Theresa! This is absolutely gorgeous! I have a daughter graduating this year and she would love this! Thanks for the mini tutorial on how you made it!

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  61. That is so stunning you have done a great job that is a must try for me. TFS

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  62. Such a wonderful keepsake for any graduate. Would love to make one for my niece the end of this month. I've been eyeing that page die of Donna's, and would be thrilled to win it.

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  63. This is a great idea for scrapping/journalling that special last year! Fantastic job!

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  64. What a fabulous ide! A perfect gift for any graduate! Thank you for sharing !
    Have a lovely day!
    Liz

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  65. Stunning work, absolutely brilliant album :)

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  66. This is awesome. Great job. Love it. TFS

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  67. My goodness! what a wonderful keepsake graduation album! Love all the die cuts, the colors, and creative designs on each page! what a lot of work done here!!

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  68. LOVE your grad album... it's a great layout... and a fabulous picture for the cover.

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  69. Such a fabulous project Teresa!

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  70. Wow that is one fantastic book.

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  71. I absolutely LOVE this book! I am sure the graduate will too!

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  72. This album is awesome.You're so blessed to have that many dies.Lovely use of product.

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  73. And to think i know you!! What a beautiful album to see in person too! Nicole has a great memory!

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