Project Tutorial - Night Light cover

Night Light Cover

I created this wonderful embellished Nightlight cover – it just turned out so beautiful in my opinion. All supplies used in project are from ClubScrap.com

Supplies needed:
Night Light Cover kit (from Club Stamp)
“Fern” Rubberstamp (Club Scrap Serengeti kit)
Mosaic tiles (Club Scrap Mosaic Kit)
Microbeads (Club Scrap Seashore Kit)
Ink, permanent (something that works on plastic)
Glossy Accents
Frilly Fiber
Crafter’s Pick adhesive

1. Rubberstamp “Fern” image in permanent ink onto some of the mosaic tiles. Let dry completely.
2. Using Glossy Accents or Crafter’s Pick adhesive to adhere mosaic tiles to the Night Light cover. Let dry.
3. Using Glossy Accents fill in all the cracks between the tiles. Sprinkle in microbeads. Let dry
4. Using Crafter’s Pick adhesive, adhere frilly fiber along top and bottom edge of shade. Let dry.

Good luck and have fun!
Debbie Weller
a.k.a. DebDuzScrappin

Project Tutorial - Using my zutter - Kleenex Box Cover

Kleenex Box Cover

I created this fun and lively Kleenex box cover for the box of Kleenex I keep in my scrapbook room. The majority of the supplies used in project are from ClubScrap.com

Supplies needed:

* Cardstock (ClubScrap “Avant Garde” kit)
* Rubberstamps Ink Embellishments (ClubScrap “Avant Garde” kit)
* Zutter Bind-it-all binding machine (or you could improvise and use a hole punch)
* Lots of ribbons and fibers

1. Get your box of Kleenex and take the measurements of each side, then add about an 1/8th of inch to each of your measurements and cut cardstock out to those dimensions.

2. On the top piece you will need to cut out a hole for the Kleenex to come out.

3. Ink all the edges and rubberstamp various images. Add flowers, brads, tags as shown.

4. Using the zutter, cut/punch out holes all along the sides and top of each of the sides and all edges of the top piece, ensuring that the holes line up. Works best to put both pieces into the zutter at the same time to punch the holes, just keep track of what piece goes where when punching them.

5. Once they are all punched, start tying the pieces together with pieces of fibers or ribbons (roughly 6-8 inches long).

6. Once done, slide over top your box of Kleenex and you are done!

Good luck and have fun!
Debbie Weller
a.k.a. DebDuzScrappin

Project Tutorial - Altered Tote Bags

Supply List:
(3) Small canvas tote bags (Club Scrap)
Patterned cardstock (Club Scrap)
Rubberstamps (Club Scrap)
Orange Inkpad
Pinot Noir Black inkpad (Superior)
Mat board
Acrylic paint
Bottle cap embellishment
Ribbon (Club Scrap)
Flowers (Prima, Club Scrap, and stash)
Brads (stash)
Glue Dots
Decoupage medium (Modge Podge)

Tools needed:

Seam ripper
Scissors
Tooth brush or foam brush
Hot glue gun & glue sticks

Instructions:

1. Take each tote bag, and carefully rip the seam out on both sides of each bag, on all three totes. This will give you an open bag that lays flat.

2. Cut the bag in half at the very bottom, creating (2) one sided bags.

3. Cut your mat board to 5.25x5.25 inches.

4. Take your mat board and place at the very top edge of the tote bag. Using a hot glue gun, put a bead of glue along one edge of the mat board and adhere to the top edge of the tote bag, centering it. Then glue the folded edges of the bag (the part that was part of the seam) to the mat board on both sides and bottom edge. Repeat on the other 5 pieces of the tote bags.

5. Using a tooth brush (or foam brush) apply acrylic paint to all the edges of the bags as well as the handle, this will give it a little bit of a distressed look. Let dry.

6. To create ‘hinges’ cut (10) pieces of cardstock 2in x 5in. Fold each in half. Using a foam paint brush, paint the two ends of the hinges (leave about 3/4th of an inch without) with modge podge and adhere to the back side of the tote bags. You will put two hinges between each set of bags. Repeat this on all the totes, until you have all six totes adhered to one another, creating an accordion of totes.

7. Decorate your pages as you see fit. You can stamp your title, add flowers, ribbons, and other embellishments along with your photos.

8. As the last step, you will want to hide your hinges, any ribbon ends, or other unslightly items visible on the backside. Cut 6 pieces of cardstock roughly 5.25in x 5.25in. Ink edges and stamp various images to decorate or use pattern paper. Using modge podge cover the backside of the cardstock and adhere to the back side of the totes.

Hope you enjoy this fun little project.

Debbie Weller
DebDuzScrappin.com

Scrapbooking 201: Soda Tab Buckles

Soda Tab Buckles

Supply List:

Tabs off of pop can
Tweezers
Embossing ink
Embossing powder
Heat Gun
Hammer
Nail file or sand paper

1. Remove tab from old pop can. Clean it. Hammer down any sharp pieces with hammer.
2. Rough up the surface a little bit with a nail file or some sandpaper.
3. Use the tweezers and hold the tab, cover HALF of the tab with the embossing ink and then dip into embossing powder.
4. Use heat gun and heat the powder until melted.
5. Repeat on other half of tab.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 to get a more finished look. You can also use UTEE if you prefer.
7. Let cool and slip onto your ribbon.

Mini Album - Graduated Paper Bag Book

Here is a fun twist on a paper bag book. I decided to take the paper bags and off set them by one inch, creating a "taller" version of a bag book.

Supply List:
6 paper bags (Club Scrap)
Distressed inks (Tim Holtz)
Water in spritzer
Waxed thread
Beading needle
Beads (Bistro Beads via Club Scrap)
Craft Iron
Hole punch
Ruler
Bone folder
Embellishments

1. Crumple and ink 6 paper bags with distressed inks, spritz with water.
2. Iron bags dry and flat with craft iron.
3. Fold bags in half. (I glued the pages together, leaving the opening on the outer front side of each bag – but is optional depending on number of pages needed)
4. Take one paper bag and punch a hole ½ inch from the bottom along the fold mark, continue to punch holes up the seam of the bag at 1 inch marks. Repeat on all bags.
5. Cut front and back covers 6 inch x 11 ½ inch.
6. Using a bone folder, score a line 1 inch from one side of front and back cover and fold over, this will give a double strength of binding.
7. Punch holes following the same pattern, ½ inch from bottom then 1 inch apart and so on.
8. When you start stitching the seam, begin at the top front side of cover – leaving 4-5 inches or so of thread (you will tie off at the end and then bead with this extra).
9. Begin stitching the front cover, inside pages, and back cover together ensuring to add one bag at a time, giving a graduated look to the pages.
10. Be sure to add beads before proceeding with each set of stitches.
11. Once you get to the bottom, come around the back side and start back up the book to the top, adding beads as you go.
12. Once you end up at the top, tie off the two ends and add in extra fibers, then beads and tie off with a bell at the end.
13. Cut some tags for pages and stamp title – staple to add them onto the tags.
14. Embellish as desired.

Good luck and have fun!!
Debbie Weller
DebDuzScrappin.com

Scrapbooking 201: Shrink Plastic aka Shrinky Dinks

Shrink Plastic

Shrink plastic comes in a variety of colors now. The most common is clear, white, and black. Shrink plastic shrinks differently, so be sure and read your package to get an idea of how much it will shrink for you.

This is how I do it, I use the heat gun method, but you could use the oven.

Supply list

Shrink plastic
Tweezers
Heat gun or oven
Sand paper
Various rubberstamps
Various inks
Chalks
Hole punch (optional)
Jump ring (optional)

1. Rubberstamp image using Stazon ink on the glossy side of the shrink plastic (or you can sand the glossy side and use other inks). Let dry.
2. Cut out image.
3. Color in image using chalks on unglossy side of plastic.
4. Punch hole now if you plan on putting on a jump ring. Add jump ring now.
5. Hold the plastic by the jump ring with the tweezers and use your heat gun. The plastic will curl all up and eventually lay back down. If it doesn’t go completely flat, you can use a flat surface (like a small wood block – back of wooden rubberstamp, etc) to quickly flatten it out. Let cool and you are done.

There is a number of fun things to do with Shrink plastic, here are just a few:

1. Rubberstamp on shrink plastic and then cut out the image or word. Shrink and it will
2. Cut tags and rubberstamp a different letter on each tag, shrink and make a cute title.
3. Great little accent for cards.
4. Make your own charms for shaker boxes
5. Makes fun jewelry.

Mini Album - Coffee Filter Book

This is a very creative idea for making an album. There are numerous variations for creating one, and at the bottom have provided some of the other ideas I am aware of.... Most all materials shown in this project are from Club Scrap.

Supply List
Pattern paper
Mat board or similiar
Flat V shaped coffee filters (Melitta type)
Modge podge/book binding glue
Bone folder
Rubberstamps
Inks
Ribbon
Red line tape adhesive
Embellishments

You will need to determine the number of pages you’d like your book to be, in each filter, you can cut a page to fit into the filter.

Notes:

~Please make note that some filters are not exactly symmetrical so you must keep track of which way your filter is facing and keep it the same way when stamping and assembling

~When stamping, inks may bleed through to other side, you may want to put a scratch piece of paper inside the filter when stamping.

Instructions:

To Create front and back covers:

1. First you need to create two patterns, one for the mat board, and one for the cover that will go over the mat board. Take one of the filters to use as a pattern. You trace around the filter making a pattern about a ¼ in larger (all the way around) than the filter, this will be the mat board pattern. Repeat tracing around filter at ½ in – ¾ in larger, this will be the cover over the mat board. Cut out both patterns.
2. Using mat board pattern, cut 2 from mat board – one for front and one for back.
3. Using cover pattern, cut 2 from patterned paper.
4. Take one of the mat boards and put a thin layer of modge podge on one side, lay down onto the back side of the pattern paper cover, hold flat while it adheres and dries a bit. Set aside, repeat with other cover.
5. Using bone folder, run it along all four edges of the mat board, putting a small crease in the pattern paper. This will make the folding over easier. Repeat on other cover.
6. On the four corners, you need to clip off the corners. Then you need to cut some small slits in the pattern paper just up to the mat board, around the curved side of the filter, I would recommend like 10 slits or so spread out across the whole top, so that when we adhere it will not bunch up or bubble. This is very similar to the technique using in sewing around arm holes and such.
7. Apply modge podge to the 4 flaps and fold over adhering to mat board.
8. Using a filter as a pattern once again, cut another piece of pattern paper and adhere using modge podge to the inside/backside of both covers, to give the covers a finished appearance.
9. Embellish covers as desired.

To create “filter” pages:

1. Take filters, and rubberstamp various designs in various colors all over front and back of filters.
2. Take filter and place in front of you in the V shape, opening at top, adhere filters together by running a strip of red line tape in the very center from the top to the bottom leaving about a ½ inch space not adhered at bottom.
3. Now adhere pages inside the front and back covers using modge podge. Let dry.

To create page inserts:

1. You need to create another pattern. Take a coffee filter and trace around it on scratch paper. Now take your filter and measure in how far the seam is on the filter on both sides and base of filter. Take that measurement and apply it to your pattern. Cut the pattern out.
2. Take a piece of pattern paper twice the size of your filter pattern, fold it in half, so that filter completely fits on the folded paper. Using your new pattern, place it on the fold of that pattern paper and trim out. Now you will have a folding insert to put inside your pages. Repeat for as many pages you have in your book.
3. Staple various ribbon from the top of the page inserts for a fun look.

Alternatives and other fun ideas:

1. You can bind using a hole punch and ribbon or metal rings at the base rather than gluing pages together
2. You can bind by hand stitching coffee filters together as an alternative as well
3. Instead of modge podge for creating cover – you could laminate the front and back covers
4. Instead of covering mat board cover with paper, just paint it with acrylic paints

Good luck and have fun!!
Debbie Weller
DebDuzScrappin.com