Menu Planner on Display

Hello Zutter Fans.  Cheryl Boglioli, from Cheryl’s Window, here again to share my Kitchen Menu Planner.   When we get really busy around here at my house, we find ourselves eating out much more than we should be, which kills our food budget.  So, my daughter and I have started back at planning our menus again. 

I wanted my menu planner to be on display and easily accessible, so I knew Zutter’s Display-It-All would be perfect.  

I went searching the web for a great weekly and a great monthly planner.  I found ones that I liked at Picklebums.  Kate has a lot of great ideas on her blog too. I downloaded her free copies and printed them so that they would fit in 4 x 6 Zutter Pre-punched Page Protectors. 

I dug out BasicGrey Nook & Pantry paper from my stash, which was the perfect color and theme for my kitchen project. 

I even used my BasicGrey Notch & Die set that I haven’t used in a while.  I love using products I already have.

I used the rounded die to create two notches on opposing corners to slide each week’s and each month’s planner card. 

I chose to use the Zutter Page Protectors to store the extra planners as well as a place to store the recipes for the week.  By using the page protectors, this also gave me a way to display whichever recipe we are cooking and protect it from any spills or splatters.  For that same reason, I chose to use a Zutter 6x6 Acrylic Cover to project my entire project.  If something does splatter on it, I can easily just wipe it off.   Since it is going to be in my kitchen, I did not add lots of ribbons or embellishments, although it was really hard not to.  I even wanted to decorate the base, but I know how hard it is to keep things clean and wiped down in my kitchen, so I kept it plain…for now.

I used Tim Holt’s Alterations File Tabs On The Edge dies to cut the page edges for my Recipe, Weekly, and Monthly tabbed pages.  

The extra planners are stored in Zutter Page Protectors behind the weekly and monthly file tab pages.

See how I can just slide in a new page each month? 

And, here is the back page.  I used Zutter Clipboard to provide a good sturdy back to my planner as I hope to use it for a long time.

The Display-It-All was easy to use.  Of course, I could have just rested the wires over the stand, but I decided to actually mount mine onto the display.  After punching the covers and pages, I used the Display-It-All bracket to mark where to punch and then punched holes using my Crop-A-Dile.  Then I inserted the O-wires and used my Bind-It-All to bind my album.  All I had left to do was screw the back cover between the display stand and the display bracket. 

The Display-It-All looks good on my kitchen counter and is not so large as to get in the way or clutter my countertop.  Now I need to go plan this month’s menu and this week’s grocery list.  Do you have any recipes you want to share with me?  Please do, if so. 

Bind a Jounal

Hi everyone, Nancy here today to share another fun project I made with my Bind- it-All.


Living in Northern California, my husband and I occasionally get the opportunity to try wines (I think the nearest winery is only 7 miles, and one of our favorites is just 15). But keeping them straight; remembering which wines we have had and would like to buy, and which we are not interested in purchasing can be difficult.  I decided to create a small wine journal to save our tasting notes and wine labels.


I chose to use the 7.5x5 Acrylic covers due to their light weight and beautiful translucent properties.  I kept the cover fairly flat as I wanted to be able to toss the journal into my purse if needed.  I really love how you can see the front page of the journal through the cover, showing off the Webster's Pages papers I have had in my stash for quite some time.

 I created a little pocket on the first inner page to hold bits of paper for our notes.

 Here is one of the labels we saved with the tasting notes next to it.

One-half inch silver 0-Wires hold my journal together nicely.

And of course, I couldn't resist tying some scraps of trim to the o-wires to coordinate with the Webster's Pages papers.  Definitely a favorite technique for me.

Thanks for stopping by the Bind-it-All blog today.


Nancy

A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way.......

Happy Sunday everyone! This is Michelle Gutiererez here for Zutter Innovative with my 1st blog post. I am so excited to share this acrylic album I made! 

This handsome young man is one of the kindest well mannered kid I know. No matter what he does, it is always with a "please" and "thank you". Teaching us all the a little kindness goes a long way....... a simply amazing kid, my Vincent is.

I cannot tell you how much I love my Zutter Bind It All V2 tool. It all starts with a vision, my Bind-It-All, 7.5"x 5" clear acrylic album  and all the fixings to create an awesome mini album. 

I used 1/2"  Silver O-Wires to bind the acrylic album together. 

Use the Centering Arrow in the middle of the holes printed on the Bind-It-All (above "T" in "Zutter") to center the book  to place the binding in the center of the acrylic album pages.   Continue with each page int he album and arrange the pages in order. Flip the back cover of the book towards the front and insert the O-Wires from the back pages of the book, through the covers. Then use the Bind-It-All to close the O-Wires. Be sure to use the plastic O-Wire templates included with your Bind-It-All to set the machine for the proper size of O-Wire before closing.

How awesome is it that you can create an album what ever size you want using the Bind-It-All!

Here are all of the pages of the assembled album:

Supplies Used:

• Album - Clear Acrylic 7.5"x5" Zutter Innovative
• 1/2" Silver Wire - Zutter Innovative
• Paper - This and That by Echo Park
• Element Stickers - This and That by Echo Park
• Rhinestones - Kaisercraft
• Ribbon - Maya Road
• Alpha Stickers - Authentique Paper 
• Adhesive - Tombow Mono

Tools Used:

• Bind It All V2.0
• EK Success Stamp Punch

Always,
♥ Michelle

My Blog : Michelle's Paper Affair

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20 Minutes to a Mixed Media Zutter Cover-All Mini Album

Jennifer Priest here with a super easy mini you can create in less than 20 minutes! I created a really easy mini book with various sized pages from different materials and made two videos showing you how easy it is to use your Bind-it-All to make custom books from just about anything. This book has shipping tags, kraft tags, vintage flash cards I got at a flea market, Zutter Acrylic Covers, Maya Road Kraft Envelopes, and more, all neatly packed into a 6x6 Zutter Cover-All.

Here's the first video:

And the second part:


 Here's a peek at some of the details on how I embellished the book.  You can also check my blog for more details.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that this inspired you to think of new materials to add to your mini books! And look at how easy it was to add all those different sized pages to the book -- if you make a book like this with tags and ephemera worked in as pages in your book, please post your project to our Facebook Page so we can see it!!


Happy Binding :)
Zutter Zister Jennifer Priest
http://hydrangeahipppo.blogspot.com

Zutter Clear Acrylic Covers for a Layout!

I truly have a passon for anything that´s a clear thing!!!
So, when I laid eyes on the Zutter Clear acrylic Covers 9x9". I immediately said to my self, "it´s a clear layout waiting to be made."

It´s a photo of my daughter, I have used it a millon times, because I simply love this photo of her. I´ve used a piece of a book, and that's not my idea to use a book! I´ve spotted lots of creative artists who used it, so I can't take any credit for that genius idea.  The 9X9 Acrylic cover serves as the backdrop to the book.

I was cleaning in the picbox in my computer and found lots and lots of pictures of my daughter, from where she was baby up until now, so I made a 3X4 mini filled with pics of her and hung it on the perfect Hang-it-Alls.

The hole for the Hang-it-All was made using the rivet tools, its so easy to make the holes with it.

Here´s the mini and the 3x4" clear acrylic cover, with cute photos of my daughter bellydancing with my younger sister when we visited Egypt.  :) The front of the mini, I stamped with a variety of stamps with a waterproof stamping pad, and I added some pearls so the heart would be more visible to the eye. I simply love the acrylic covers - they come in a variety of sizes for any project!

Zutter Zister DT Camilla Isaksson