Star Student

Hi everyone, Nancy here today to share with you a project I made with Back to School in mind.

I started with cutting some chipboard I had using my Cricut, and then cut matching patterned papers from the  School House Vintage kit from Hydrangea Hippo.

 Some quick binding with my Bind it All and Antique Brass O-wires.

 And my mini album was ready to be filled with buttons and bits.

 All I need now is a few photos of my children's friends to complete.

Hope you are having a great day.

Hugs.

Nancy

Junior memories book

Hello all. Nicole here. Where has the time gone? I can't believe it, but my baby sister is starting her Junior year of high school this month. Yikes. I feel so old. Last month while I was visiting my mom and sisters, Katie asked me if I ever made blank mini albums (which I never do), but I told her I could make here a few. In fact, I was really happy that she asked because the thing I love the most about scrapbooking is that I can make beautiful things for other people that are one of a kind. This month I had so much fun using some goodies from the Hydrangea Hippo Esty shop. Have you seen this shop? There are so many adorable trinkets, trims, jewels and so much more in this shop. You must check it out. This mini was a challenge for me since I am not used to creating minis without pictures but I think I did ok. And I think Katie's gonna love it :)

Supplies:
Zutter: 8X8 Cover-Alls in White
Zutter: Owire in Pink
Zutter: 4X6 Movable Pre-Punched Page Protectors
Other:
American Crafts, Echo Park, G.C.D Studios: Papers
Zva Creative: Jewels
May Arts: Trims
Tags, Flowers, Buttons, Trinkets, Leaves, Stickpin: Hydrangea Hippo Esty shop

Vocabulary and Some Chalk

              Hello Friends! Heather here with a super quick project you can make in under 20 minutes that will get your kids excited about learning for the new school year. I have a kinder and a 5th grader this year, and have already been inundated with papers of sight words and vocabulary words that they need to learn this year. Instead of just having my littles write out their words on flashcards and hope they don't lose 40 cards, I thought it would be fun to give them each their own book to help keep everything together, and make it a bit more exciting to learn their new words.
     
            So today I have two projects to share, a 4x4 album I made for my son who is getting ready for kinder that contains his sight words, and a flashcard album for my daughter going into 5th grade so that she can write the word on one side and definition on the other. 

I wanted something very simple for their books, but wanted to add a little extra something to make it fun for them, so I attached some chalkboard paper to the front of each book and tied a small piece of chalk to the O-Wires. 

I love that these books are so compact that I can throw them into my purse when we are headed out on a day trip, and they can practice while we are in the car. Hope this inspires you to make a fun project for your  little's for the upcoming school year.

Best,

Heather 

Supply List:

1" Silver O-Wire
4x4 Pages
Chalkboard Adhesive Sheets
Flash Cards
Ribbon
Chalk
          

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Back To School with your Bind-it-All

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Back to school. I know most kids won't agree but as parents, as enjoyable as summer is, sometimes it's nice to get back into the school routine.

This year I made a countdown calendar for my kids (and myself) to count the days we have left to enjoy summer and the days we have left to get organized for school. To create this countdown cover an 8x10 Clip-Board Wood cover with school themed patterned paper. Then cut 10 pieces of 3x4 paper and make it into a little mini album to hang in the middle of the board.

Use the Rivet Hole Punch Set and Pound-it-All to make 2 holes at the top of the board to hang it and another 2 holes in the middle of the board to hang the countdown mini album.

Decorate each page and add a number for each day you want to countdown. Then to change the day undo the bow and flip to the next page. This way I can use it again next year.

You could easily adapt this to a Halloween or Christmas Countdown just by changing the patterned paper you use.  

Yippee...only a few days left to full time crafting while the little ones are back to school!

Happy crafting!

Zutter Zister DT Member Fleur Smith