Box Albums and Classes

To the eight wonderful ladies who spent the last three Thursday nights with me learning how to put together a paper bag album at Scrapbook Central ...........

I promised you the link to a wonderful tutorial on how to make a mini album in a box.  This one is created by Jacqui Chimes.  Once you get to her Youtube channel you will find three different box albums and a basic tutorial for making them.

Here are a few pictures of the one I created using part of a 6x6 pad of the KaiserKraft Teddy Bear Picnic collection .........

The simple cover held closed by magnets

First flaps open

Left Side Open

Right Side Open

Fully Open Album

Enjoy!

Now for finishing up your Christmas books...........

Tags
The large tags fit inside the paper bags.  You can have as many as will fit in the bag but I have supplied paper for one tag each.  The little tags fit inside the envelopes.

• Cut 3 green 4x9 inches
• Cut 3 red 4x9 inches
• Decorate the top of the tag with 1/2 of a snowflake and scraps of paper
• Round the corners if desired

If the ribbon at the top of your tag keeps coming loose, just add a drop of glue.

The Cover

• Cut a green piece 6x11 and score on the 11" side 1/2 in on both ends.
• Place the Merry Christmas bracket on the top centre of the green piece and trace the shape of the bracket. 

• Cut the green piece to the shape of the bracket.
• Measure the width of the cover section where the green pocket will be placed.  You only want to cover about half the book with the pocket and you want Santa to be peeking out of the right edge. 

This is how the cover should look when you are finished.

Decorating the envelopes

I decorated each of the envelopes with cut outs and scraps.  Here a few of ideas.......

I would love to hear from you when you finish your books!

Have a scrappy fun day!
NancyD

Scrapbook Heaven - Finale

Last night was the completion of a 6-week class held at Scrapbook Central in Courtenay BC to make a large scrapbook album.  We had 8 wonderful ladies who learned lots of new techniques and made a beautiful album full of memories.

First I need to post the pages we made last night because the ladies like to look at the pictures in large format on their own computers to finish up any leftover designing.

Believe it or not this page started out as a white sheet of cardstock.

The theme last night was Steampunk and we had fun with the Sizzix dies and Inka Gold - Copper.  We prepped our white cardstock with Ranger Distress inks - Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy and Aged Mahogany. We added clock faces and gears using Walnut Stain and Ink Gold.

When I designed the pages I included lots of room for a personalized title and journaling.

Now on to the pictures of the class.  Some of the folks are shy but I think I got everyone and some pics are with a favorite scrapbook page.

Debra and Karen

Jessica and Sandi

Judith and Debra

Sisters Linda and Cheryl

And the favorite pages.....

I had a blast preparing for and teaching this class.  Thank you ladies for making my Thursday nights so enjoyable.  I will see most of you back at the table for the next scrapbook class on November 20th.

Have a scrappy day!
NancyD

Scrapbooking Heaven - Part 5

Last night was the 5th installment of the 6-week class at Scrapbook Central where eight wonderful ladies continued to build pages in their large albums.

We started the evening with two relatively easy pages, making a great flower with Spellbinders dies, lots of Martha Stewart leaves and Lorelai Leaves by Poppy Stamps.

We used a Sizzix embossing folder to empress a very leafy design into our cardstock and then added lots of Inka Gold copper, green and teal to make a spectacular mat.

Our second set of pages had a surprise interactive element. First we played with lots of bubbles!

We cut the plastic page cover to slip in this extra spot for journaling.

Some of the bubbles were embossed and treated with Stickles

I forgot to post the pictures of two pages we made last week.  Turns out these are the first and last pages in the album.

We used the We R Memories Envelop Punch Board to make our bow.

Added Inka Gold to the Tim Holtz die cut

The real value of a live class of course is the fun the ladies share as well as their stories and personal photos.  See you all next week!

Happy Scrapping!
NancyD

Srapbooking Heaven - Part 3

Well today is Friday and that means I have new scrapbook pages to share from my class last night at Scrapbook Central in Courtenay.  The ladies who attend this class like me to post the pages so that they can make the pictures big on their computers.

For these two pages we started with blank white pieces of paper.  We add three successive layers of Ranger Distress inks - Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain, and then we spritzed them with Smooch sprays.

We embossed the two inch squares on this page with Sizzix folders and my Cuttlebug and then added a little bit of Inka Gold for color and shine.

Simple Stories Documented paper sets the stage for this simple 2-page layouts  There is a special interactive element though with the tag.  We cut through the plastic page protector and slipped in a standard #8 tag.

We used several Spellbinders die cuts to add interest and a place for the page title.

Thanks again to Diane from Scrapbook Central for providing such a nice kit full of wonderful supplies to make our big beautiful album.

Have a scrappy day!
Nancy

Scrapbooking Heaven - Part 2

We had another lovely evening at Scrapbook Central in Courtenay last night where we made the next set of four pages for our big album.

We had our hearts laid out all over the table - just sayin!

Simple Stories Documented paper sets the stage for these simple layouts.  We used two sizes of Spellbinder Heart dies, a Martha Stewart heart punch and a tiny EK Success heart punch to make all these lovely red hearts.

I love teal!

Vintage Photo Distress ink graces the edges of all the pages and photo mats.  We measured, cut, tore and manipulated papers to get just the right look.

Thanks again to Diane from Scrapbook Central for providing such a nice kit full of wonderful supplies to make our big beautiful album.

Have a scrappy day!
Nancy

Scrapbooking Heaven - 4 New Layouts

Last night I had the privilege of teaching eight wonderful ladies a number of scrapbooking techniques while we made four layouts.  The class is sponsored and held at Scrapbook Central in Courtenay, BC. We will be meeting for the next five weeks to complete our 20 layout 12 x 12 hardbound album.

I promised the ladies I would post pictures of the 4 layouts we did last night for those who weren't quite finished.

We distressed the edges of all our paper with Distress Vintage Photo

 This page was made from a white 12x12 paper.  We inked three layers of Distress inks starting with Brushed Cordurory covering the whole page.  Then we added about a three inch section all around in Vintage Photo, finishing up with about a 1 inch section of Walnut Stain.  This gave us a lighter area in the center that graduated in intensity to the outer edges of the paper.  Finally we spritzed the page with Smooch Spray.

We used EK Success scalloped edge punch and the Martha Stewart Chevron edge punch.  All remaining supplies came from the kit that Diane from Scrapbook Central put together for this class.  The papers are Simple Stories Documented and Scrap Within Reach Cambridge Collection.

Have fun ladies finishing up your pages and I will see you next Thursday for the next set of papges!

NancyD

A Scrapbook Challenge Answered!

I work with my local scrapbook store a little bit and teach classes from time to time.  Diane, the owner of Scrapbook Central here in Courtenay BC handed me a plastic pouch put together by Maya Road, filled with all sorts of goodies and asked me to make up a class.  Well that was a challenge I could not refuse!

The packet included a Maya Road ring chipboard album (10 - 5x5 pages), kraft envelopes, lace, ribbon and lots of other trims, charms, clips, letter stickers, wood buttons and cutouts, and more.  The suggested album in the packet was nice, but I am not really a fan of the ring album.  After spending time playing with a few ideas I decided to use the new accordion binding by Kathy Orta.

This is a chunky book with plenty of space for pictures and all the lovely decorated pages.  There were three top loading envelopes and three that opened on the side.  I attached these envelopes with paper hinges to the bottom or side of a chipboard page.  I cut off the top of the vertical envelopes to make room for a tag insert.

I think this will be a fun class!  Come check out Scrapbook Central's website (or call 250-338-8815) and sign up today!

Date: September 13th
Time: 12:30 - 4 pm
Cost: $40.00 (not bad for a finished album and left-over goodies to take home)

See you in class!
NancyD