Scrappy New Year!

As you might have noticed from the last couple of posts, I spent new year's online at a couple of scrapbook forums (fori?) and got a lot of cute things done. So now, you're going to read all about 'em. Thanks to the gals at Creative Soup for a great weekend.
FYI - a "challenge" is just a prompt to help you get an idea for scrapping. There were no swords involved. :D

First, some pages from an album I've been working on that is all Zak. This is a spiral bound album that measures about 9x9. The first page explains where all the photos came from and was submitted for the "no photo" challenge. It really is important to scrap the details, even when you don't have photos. The two holes in the cover show a photo and the letter Z from the first page when the album is closed. I printed on a transparency (for the first time, and it came out great!) but the writing didn't show up so well, so I painted on the backside for contrast (just yellow acrylic paint). I love this patterned paper and have no idea where it came from or the manufacturer, so comment if you know!


Here's a layout of one of those photos; I think this one even has a thumbtack hole in it. I have no idea where this patterned paper came from either, but it matched itself nicely and worked for the "quilting" challenge. I (ok, Aly) cut the title with my Cricut Makin the Grade cartridge (shadow setting to make the letters a little thicker) and I used CM metallic markers to highlight them. I added American Crafts ribbon and random buttons and flowers (ribbon and flowers on a "boy" layout? YES!) along with an index card with CM marker and distress ink for journaling. I think the part that took the longest was finding a quote/title. I love Dr. Seuss, and I didn't want to be campy with something like "big shoes to fill" or "like father, like son". I love how this turned out.

Next up, we had a conversation to get to know each other a little better by answering a few silly questions. The challenge was to use one of those questions as the basis for a layout. The title is Cricut Printing 101 ("if I") and Makin the Grade ("could be"). Shaped buttons are Jesse James, I think (check the sewing section of Hobby Lobby and Michael's). Patterned paper is new from KI Memories classic prints paper pack. Rubons ("a cat") are Ms Elizabeths from Dollar Tree. I used a CM marker, and props to Aly (again) for helping put this one together. We worked fast to meet the challenge deadline so I turned to Becky Fleck for a sketch. I love the Fleckster so much, I bought her book, which is spiral bound (love that) and came with a deck of cards printed with all of the sketches (handy for carrying to crops!). Actually, I pulled this sketch from the 4x6 photo sketch blog here on Blogger.com. I love that you can click on the number of photos or the size of your layout to see the options. You can see this sketch was only 8.5" x 11" and had the photo going the other way. The great thing about sketches is really making them your own!

This next one was from another sketch. Again, I love it because it uses standard 4x6 photos. This is my darling niece on Halloween. I'm pretty proud of the photos, since I took them. The glitter paper is from DCWV Citrus stack. I cut those flowers out of the patterned paper by hand. ouch. By the way, we had some trouble sticking things to this glitter paper, so comments appreciated with your ideas there. The line running through the middle is random ribbon (yellow and sheer white with black dots). Letter stickers are Stickopotamus. Title was again from Cricut Makin the Grade, and I used a CM pen. All the girls loved the doodled bee trails on this layout -- and that was all Aly. Oh, and the title is a play on my sister's home business selling legwarmers and tutus, Beez Kneez Boutique. Check her out on Facebook too!

My last layout was in response to the "out with the old, in with the new" challenge to use some old supplies along with some new ones. No problem there; I have a ton of old stuff and somehow still seem to buy new stuff like crazy. My OLD stuff included the MAMBI stickers and paper from the original Slab (those giant paper packs from Michaels). My NEW supplies included Basic Grey buttons, black bling on the journal box, and orange ribbon. Oh, and this is a page in the Zak album. I tried to keep it really simple. I am pretty sure I have multiple copies of these photos, and I'll be scrapping them again in a Halloween album.

Now scrapping isn't all about pages you put in a book. This is my take on the perpetual calendar from my friend Monica's find at Design Sponge. There is a separate card for each date, and you can journal for several years on each card. Instead of a fruit basket, I used a Longaberger tea basket and tied on a wooden charm from P. Graham Dunn in Gatlinburg (my favorite verse, Phil 4:13). Aly stamped the dates for me on 4x6 index cards (cut in half), and I cut the month dividers from scraps of cardstock. Each divider will have a photo to represent that month (those are on order from Snapfish). I think this is something I'll actually keep up with. I am going to keep this on my bedside table and jot a note each day before I go to sleep. Journaled cards move to the back, so the new day is up front. I haven't figured out how this will work when I'm traveling. I may email myself the blurb, or record it in my blackberry, or maybe I'll just take the cards with me.

And, my final project, probably the one I'm the most excited about. This was in response to a "get organized" challenge that recommended altering (decorating) a clipboard to help with your daily to-do list (or your scrappy project list). Another scrapper used the word "priorities" and it reminded me of a quote I took from the Manager Tools podcast series.

Time is finite and unchanging. It cannot be 'managed.' Stop trying to manage your time and focus on managing your priorities.

This might be the biggest to-do list ever. That is a 12" green scallop ruler in the bottom right corner for scale (so this measures about 2ft by 3.5ft). It is an old porcelain countertop I got at a flea market for $7. I've had it for a while, and I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but I knew something crafty would come out of it. I was excited to find out it was magnetic, and I took a little time last week using rust remover on the surface. With about an hour left to upload our projects to the website, I started on the project. I painted around the edges with pink acrylic paint, making sure to smear a bit on the surface of the board. I added flower and letter (wall) decals from Dollar Tree and some magnets from Mary Kay (the square ones that say "body," "soul," "mind," and "health"). I made magnets out of the pink and green polka dot flowers with some magnet buttons (sticky on one side, magnet on the other). I added a magnet to a button of Zak playing soccer too. Those are Princess Bride magnets near the bottom and a blank weekly calendar from Big Lots finishes the board. I'm excited to get this on the wall and start using it. I tested dry erase markers, and they work great on it too!

So that is what I did with my weekend. I hope all of you had a great new year as well!

Scrap Inspiration for the Year

My scrappy friend Bree, and the folks at Creative Soup have a cool way to keep up with all of the memorabilia you collect throughout the year.

Jump over to Bree's blog for details and photos, but some quick steps are listed below.

HOW TO GET STARTED:

1.Start collecting STUFF: the label from favorite products, menus from your go-to take out place, labels from your clothes, ticket stubs from the movies, used gift cards, and so on. Don't worry about how you will use it. Just KEEP IT.
2.If you have a camera on your phone, start snapping more photos. Try to document everyday things.
3.Jot down a few quick notes on post-its or a small notepad if you think you will forget the what and where of your memorabilia :)
4.Come back each week in January to learn more about the various formats each team member is using to create their album.
5.Then play along and share a link to your work. Join us over at http://creativesoup.forumotion.com to chat with others doing the project and for a chance to win prizes!


Project Life Memorabilia: capture more of your life

A New Place to Scrapbook

Well, virtually at least.
My favorite online spot, ScrapFreak, has closed, but there is a great new place I've been hanging out and today is the launch party at Creative Soup.
Come over and play!!


11 am - Get Sketchy Challenge
Noon - Scattergories Round 1
1 pm - Get to Know You Game
2 pm - Out With the Old, In With the New Challenge
3 pm - Think Different Challenge
4 pm - BINGO
5 pm - Get Your Scrap On Challenge
6 pm - Flower video tutorial with Sara
7 pm - Scattergories Round 2
8 pm - Organization Hour
9 pm - BINGO
10 pm - Go Photoless Challenge
11 pm - Scattergories Round 3

Crop for Life

I had a really great time at the Crop for Life at Main Street Baptist Church today. There weren't a million people, the food was great, and I got a lot done.
First -- this is how I pack for a crop. Now, I already selected the photos and new which paper and embellishments to bring. This is less than probably 5% of what is in my office - a rolling cart, three tote bags and my alpha sticker accordian file. That black Garfield tote unzips into a seat cushion. Hey I'm nothing if not prepared. :D

A shot of the crop in the gymnasium. I thought it was really cool that they had folks to help you carry everything from your car to your seat, especially since the parking lot was a little icy. April joined a few hours after I got started, but I think she still accomplished more than I did.
You can see how my stuff takes up much more of the table than it should.
And the floor.

Here's a shot of our table. In addition to April, we had Vicki "Henry" White and Kim Cundiff. All very helpful when I wanted to borrow supplies (and buy them!) but not so excited about having a photo taken of them. :) I don't have a photo of Aly. She came around 4pm and hit a wall at 8pm. We packed up soon after that. Oh, and I won a prize- a great fall page kit. Can't wait to do it again!

Crop for the Cure

This was my first time to go to a Crop for the Cure, and I'm so glad I did. There were tons of people, prizes, friends and food. Oh, and there was some scrapping. Here is the proof:

That was my take on a sketch that used a large photo in the center of the paper at an angle. I rarely have 5x7 photos, so I cropped some of my smaller photos to make a collage. It was a great way to include mulitple photos of different angles.
Now that I have a fancy camera, I have to figure out how to use it. In order to get a great photo of my friend Patricia and me, I propped the camera up on some supplies and set the auto timer. Just before the photo snapped, the pile of supplies collapsed and all I could think of was my new (expensive) camera crashing to the ground. But the camera was fine. The photo captured the moment accurately.



So we tried again. But it was no use. The entire table was cracking up and most of the room (the giant crop room at Vanderburg Co 4-H) stared at the two dorks that couldn't stop hooting and hollering. Good grief, it is one for the record books. Here's the best we could do.



Finally we decided it made sense to have someone ELSE take the photo. And here is the proof that we scrapped even more pages.



It was a great time, but also inspirational to see the survivors and how many folks were scrapping "in memory" or "in honor" of someone. Such a great cause, a great time and I can't wait to do it again.

I'm going to practice with that self timer though.

Crop till I drop

What a great start to the new year! The gals over at ScrapFreak held a month-long challenge called Jump Start Your Scrapping (JSYS). A total of 40 challenges were posted in the forum, and I completed 13!

Now, Aly helped of course, and the big push was yesterday at the Crop for Life at the Main Street Baptist Church. Here are a few of my layouts ... all of them are posted in my gallery at the Freak.


I've been scrapping the old photos that Mom gave me from when I was growing up. To cut down on the decisions (and the number of bags to drag to a crop), I am using papers and die cuts from Sassafras Lass. I bought two packs each of the pink and blue collections at the Scrapbook Superstore in Pigeon Forge. I added some stuff from my stash: brads, flowers, chipboard, ribbon, and - viola! - multiple layouts that go together for my memory book. This one is from January 1977. I matted the Sass letters (snow) on brown paper, then cut the word "fall" out of that same paper with my Sizzix Sidekick (Mac 'n Cheese font). I set snaps down the side of the page with my Cropadile (these are on clearance at Walmart).


I love these photos. Pam and I were a great team -- well, till we hit the teen years. lol. Anyway, I added some Queen & Co photo turns and more flowers, brads and ribbons. My totally awesome camera takes the coolest closeup photos of the little touches, so I'm starting to include those shots when I share. You can see I used some ink around the edges of the journal box and other things on the page.


This page follows a sketch from the freaks but I added a few of my own touches. There is a little card behind the bottom photo that lists all of the kids' names (okay, except that blonde kid, center front. No one knows who he is.) and a journal card in the bottom corner. I *always* journal on my layouts. The embellishments here were die cuts and chipboard that I dressed up. I really like the look of the ribbon between the photos.

There are three more from the crop (plus Aly did one too), so check out the gallery at ScrapFreak to see them. I have another five from last weekend. I'll post those soon. Thanks for looking!

Scrapping Challenges

I've been a scrapping fool and thought I'd share the latest.


I bought a ton of the Crate Paper Orbit line on clearance at ScrapFreak, but once I had it, I wasn't sure what to use it with. Then I got the idea for this layout. This is not the best photo. IRL, the layout is flat and square and has three layers of patterned paper at the bottom (which you can kinda see in the smaller photo). Except for the buttons, clips and bottlecap in the close-up, all of this was from CP. And we miss our Durango! That thing rocked.


I have to say I love the little cluster of stuff I added to this LO. "Use a ticket or receipt" was the suggestion, which I did, but also incorportated two others, "point it out" with an arrow and "use song lyrics" - these are from Amy Grant's Simple Things and read "Feels like I'm a little girl / Best thing in the whole wide world / Is I can see the makings of a memory ... Cause I dream of simple things I can believe in / Like the feeling this day brings". I will say that the drive-in is something we missed terribly while in Virginia. We can't wait for it to open again now that we are back!


This will be the facing page in the album and uses the same papers from Scenic Route's Metropolis collection. This was another sketch and it had flourishes around the main photo. I'm not into the flowery stuff, and can't use rubons to save my life, so I added some brads on one side and a sparkly ribbon cluster on the other. The title letters (sugar) were cut with the Sizzix and "rush" are Lil Davis Designs chipboard that I got at the Scrapbook Superstore in Pigeon Forge. And I'm pretty sure Jamie will love to see that last photo on interwebs lol


I scrapped this page from the description of another layout. It was a sort of recipe, "use shaped paper," "mat your photo," "add two strips of paper," etc. I scraplifted the idea of cutting the snowman out of sandpaper from a fellow scrapfreak. These papers are from a kit I bought years ago, 7 Gypsies. You can see that rubons (the title) are my downfall. I suppose the distressing on the rest of the layout makes the crappy job I did look artistic. The photo is from Aly & my trip to Virginia Beach after Christmas 2008. I was experimenting with my (old) digi camera with angles. I took the shot on my tummy on the sand. The sandman is really less than a foot tall.


This last one is another sketch with papers from Piggy Tales. I found these snapshots when Aly asked to see all the pictures of her as a baby. These three showed such a cute progression, I knew I wanted to scrap them right away, and the brightly colored papers were perfect for these shots. The heart shaped clip was from another kit, and clearly I can't get enough of the flowers lately. The journaling around the photos says "Never has a little boy loved a baby girl as much as you!!"

Thanks for looking!

Scrap Challenge: Birthday Story

The gals over at ScrapFreak have really got my creative juices flowing. The first Freaky Friday challenge was to scrap a special birthday, and as soon as I read the challenge, I knew just which pictures to scrap. I'd also recently got my order from the ScrapFreak store that included a ton of the Crate Paper Orbit line .. perfect for a boy's birthday page. Click on the photo to see a larger version. Pay particular attention to the look on Zak's face. We surprised him with a "half birthday" cookout when he was 10. His 1/7 birthday is always overshadowed by Christmas, and this was a huge surprise complete with cake and presents.



supplies:
patterned paper, rubons, die cuts are Crate Paper Orbit
Creative Memories markers (had them for years and they still are the best)
Colorbok ribbon (patterned), Target $1 ribbon (solid)
Stickles (that's glitter glue, only much cooler than it sounds)
a sandwich bag and staples to make the mini-book pouch (pretty high tech, huh?)
random silver tags from my stash, 1 1/4" circle punch was a perfect fit
xmas tree icicles (threaded through the tag photos)
coasters, Coluzzle circle template, star punch

I free-handed the rocket ship shape and added googly eyes to the alien on the mini-book.

Here's a closeup of some of the inside of the mini-book.



This was so easy to make, and Aly helped. We glued patterned paper to the coasters (seriously, I lifted them from a bar) and sanded the edges with sandpaper (I think I lifted that from my dad). I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes through the coasters and threaded a bead chain through the holes. I trimmed the pictures using my Coluzzle circle template, then added rubons, die cuts and ribbon. Viola!

Now, there's already another Freaky Friday challenge posted. I've got to get on that!

Still Scrappin'

Aly and I worked on this one today. Old photos are so fun! If you would like to know what supplies I used (I know there are some die hard scrappers out there), see below.



paper -- DCWV pet stack
die cuts -- sizzlits
punches -- EK Success paper shapers (square and tag)
paint pens, twine, label maker, card stock
foam tape to "pop up" some of the photos and the die cuts

Since I'm working from home this week, I'm seriously considering taking over the dining room table so I can scrap every night and spread out all over. I just have to watch Cricket as she likes to steal adhesives. I'm also thinking about a trip to Michael's tomorrow for more supplies. :)

Christmas Dinner

As I mentioned in my before-the-holidays post, we went to the Black Bear Jamboree on Christmas Day. Below is a layout that Aly and I completed to showcase the photos, and the memories. I've since journaled in the large green box, and the text is included below. Supplies on this LO include papers and elements from an old Christmas kit (Basic Gray Fruitcake, I believe). This also begins to show my love of stickles, which don't show up very well in the photo.



Journaling now reads,
We've been to Gatlinburg lots of times, even in the winter, but we'd never been on Christmas Day. To celebrate, we went to the Black Bear Jamboree dinner and show.
It wasn't as cheesy as we expected, and the food was actually pretty good. Raggedy Ann was a little bit freaky - I hope that woman's voice in real life is several octaves lower.
After the dolls taught the grumpy bears the true meaning of Christmas, the cast (including someone closely resmbling our server) donned angel wings and assembled for the nativity scene. Knowing this had to be the final act, and hoping to avoid the long lines we endured on the way in, Mike asked if I was ready to leave. And Zak immediately replied ... "You can't walk out on Baby Jesus!"

Another Edwards family quote for the ages.

Create!

Aly and I had some success yesterday with scrapbooking. It had been a long time, but I spent several hours going through boxes and unpacking new purchases (what? just because I haven't scrapbooked doesn't mean I haven't bought supplies.) to prep for our session. For all of the layouts, we used Sassafrass Lass papers (purchased at Your Scrapbook Superstore and Clearance Center last spring), Martha Stewart and Creative Memories markers, Stickles (from ScrapFreak), various chipboard, random ribbon, and the photos from Aly's pottery experience in Gatlinburg. I did most of this first page, though Aly convinced me to use a chipboard arrow for the "T" in the title and slightly tilt the photo. Her favorite part is the way I highlighted some of the words behind the sheer ribbon by coloring them in with markers. I love the pop the Stickles (in Diamond and Cinnamon) gave to the chipboard flowers at the bottom.

Aly did this one entirely by herself. Actually, she did some of it while I was napping, and I was surprised to see the chipboard numbers added to the photos. They look really great. I recommended the ribbon and the library pocket, but the rest was all her. Mom says she is as good as me. Aly says, "um, better." Here is a closeup of the library card with her journaling. She makes sure to journal on all of her layouts.

The last LO showcases her finished bowl and her teacher, Miss Amanda. Lots of glitter here (Martha Stewart pens and Stickles). Oh, and we used our Crop-a-Dile to set the eyelets on the vellum quote. That is calligraphy, but we used a secret technique I learned from a co-worker ... print a calligraphic font in grayscale and go over it with your pens. Viola!

I'll say that using a paper line that already matched made things so easy. I've sorted my paper by color theme now, so when we are ready to scrap, we can grab a stack of paper and pick out the matching embellishments. We took over the dining room table yesterday, and it gave us lots of room -- room for at least one more if anyone's up for visiting! I hope I'm able to keep scrapping through the year, even with all the travel I'll be doing. Having the paper already matched will make the planning process easier, so I hope so. Thanks for looking!

Busy Weekend

Mike went to a coaching clinic this weekend, and I decided that sticking in the house and making the kids fend for themselves was not a good approach.

First, on Friday, Mike and I went out to dinner and had a nice, quiet time. Once home, we played two games of Clue which I won. All those nerdy logic puzzle books pay off now and then.

On Saturday, my new iPod Touch (which I am obsessed with btw) wouldn't open any apps. No Facebook? No Whack'emAll? No reMovem? I wiped that sucker and started over. I only have 300 songs (it holds 3000) and about 10 photos. I downloaded the Kindle app for free and about 10 free books, including the Bible, from Amazon. Lots of room for more stuff. The car ride to Gatlinburg (only 18 more days!!!) will not be a problem for me.

Aly and I went to the Kanga Karnival at her school. I bid on some baskets (but they went for way more than I bid) and Aly won a ginormous chocolate cake on her first cake walk. I brought the cake home (seriously, this thing was so big I got a hand cramp carrying it back to the car) and Zak wanted to meet some guys at Subway for lunch. I dropped him a block from the restaurant-seriously- and had an hour to myself (and my iPod!) before I had to go pick up Aly. By the time we got back home, Zak was too, and on the phone with a friend who wanted him to come see a movie. Took Zak down the block and came home to collapse in a nap. Oh, and I broke my toe on a box in the hallway. No, I didn't go to the doctor, and yes, I do know it is broken. Aly and I scrapped, surfed the web and watched TV till past midnight. I'm loving listening to XM Radio online while I scrap, and the 2nd Birthday celebration at ScrapFreak inspired me to do some different things, like painting chipboard.


It would have been so easy to stay in bed all day Sunday, but instead (after I worked a couple of hours) we went to the mall. Aly and I got haircuts and shopped a bit. I picked up some things at Target (yes, really, I shopped for household goods!) and we had lunch at TGIFriday's. We all had the Sizzlin Chicken + Shrimp. MMMMM, good. Home again, we did some chores, laundry, shaved Graycie (poor thing can't keep up with her long hair) and scrapped some more. I'm slowly working my way through the childhood photos my mom gave me a while ago.



Plans tonight are to play Wii with Aly, catch up with Mike and hit the sack somewhat early. I have meetings downtown all week, but I get to see some ladies from out of town that I only get to see every three months or so. I've been so busy with work that I haven't had the chance to catch up with them in a while, so maybe we can at least grab lunch together. If I can walk.

All-in-all, my weekend was different than what I usually do, but it was pretty great, just being a mom.

Crop success

So I was at Saturday's crop for at least six hours and got one layout done. We also did a spring project, but I can't find any rechargable batteries that will actually hold a charge long enough to take a photo. I prepped two more pages; maybe I'll finish them this evening.
But here is the latest memory from 1984. Going to the spring dance with my cousins. To see supplies used, check out the gallery at ScrapFreak.

Wow, another week gone!

I guess time flies when you are having fun or working like a dog.

I won't pretend to think that anyone really cares about the minutiae of my life, so I suppose the big news of the week is that we have planned our family vacation to Gatlinburg for spring break. We rented a cabin and invited my mom and dad to join us. I think its going to be fun and relaxing.

In other news, Aly and I are going to the "The Rock," Paper, Scissors crop tomorrow and Mike and I are meeting a friend for wings and nachos tomorrow night. We're supposed to have spectacular spring weather this weekend, so maybe I'll soak up some sun on the deck on Sunday.

That is about all the excitement I can give you for now.

Cheers

I'm not in the mood to

blog.
It's been a busy work week and I'm tired.
So here is something I did today.
That will have to hold you over for another week.

Squash Book Project

I attended a crop last month and learned that they would be making "Squash Books" this time. It looked like a really cute project that Aly and I could both do, so we signed up to go together. I wasn't sure exactly how it would work, so we made sure to find coordinating paper we wanted to use for our projects. I brought bright cardstock and a pack of "summer" paper from the Dollar Tree. Aly went with the DCWV Pets Stack since she takes a lot of pictures of the animals. Even though I'm posting this like a week later, I'm dating back to the day we actually did it. I'm OCD like that.

What you need:
2 pieces of 7x7 foam core -- this is the stuff science project displays are made of. I suppose chipboard would work too, or the backing from a legal pad or other cardboard packaging.
2 pieces of 12x12 patterned paper -- this will be cut to 10x10 and used for the front and back cover of your album. I recommend NOT using heavyweight paper for the cover as Aly had trouble folding the pet paper around the foam core and keeping it taped down.


3 pieces of 12x12 cardstock -- the examples used one color to form the basis of the pages. Aly and I both mixed it up with three different colors that coordinated with our patterned paper.
5-6 more pieces of 12x12 patterned paper -- you'll cut 18 5.5" squares from these pieces, so you can do it in 5 sheets, but depending on how you've designed your book, you may need 6 sheets to coordinate the colors.

24" length of 1" wide ribbon -- this will tie your book shut, so it depends on your preference-it could be any width, twine, whatever.
Of course, you will also need your standard scrapping supplies: a 12" paper cutter, tape runner, embellishments and photos (wallet sizes are perfect)!

What to do:
1. Cut the front and back cover to 10x10 from two sheets of patterned paper.

2. Fold all four corners of the patterned paper chosen for your front cover on one of the foam cores and tape (or glue); then fold each of the sides in, like you are wrapping a present and tape down. Repeat for the back cover.
Aly's heavyweight paper needed tacky glue to keep it from popping back up. Mine worked fine with a tape runner.

3. Fold each sheet of the card stock in half both ways so there are four 6x6 squares outlined. Make one fold from corner to corner. Use a bone folder to make sharp edges that fold both ways.

4. Overlap one sheet of cardstock with the other two by covering the 6x6 squares of the cardstock with another 6x6 square.

5. Cut 18 5.5" squares from the remaining patterned paper. This paper will line the cardstock, leaving 1/4" border in each section. Once you have arranged the patterns on the front of the cardstock, cut the squares that lie on the folded sections from corner to corner.

6. Mix and match the patterns of the triangles and tape all of the patterned paper down. You can see that Aly & I kept our triangles together.

7. Turn the cardstock over and repeat on the back side. Note that the 6x6 squares on either end of the back side remain free of patterned paper, as this will be where the covers are attached.

8. Place the back cover patterned paper side down and tape/glue the center of the ribbon to the center of the foam core.



9. Fold the cardstock pages in on each other to form a 6x6 stack and lay on top of your back cover/ribbon. Place the opening of the pages in the lower right corner and affix the back cover.

10. Affix the front cover to the stack and tie the ribbon on top.