Meet Our Certified Instructors: Kimberly Congdon

Introducing Kimberly Congdon,  one of our Certified Educators! 

Kimberly Congdon lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  Which is pretty much in between Chicago and Milwaukee.   Kimberly has a classroom in her home where she has been teaching paper craft classes since January 2008.   You can also find her teaching in Illinois craft stores and in various Stores, Museums, and schools in her town.  Scrapbooking since she was 17,  is her first love but since she is running out of space for storing all of her albums (over 85) she has been doing more altered art projects.  Kimberly teaches between 3-6 classes per week.  Between card classes, cricut classes, scrapbooking, home décor, party décor, and kid classes, she is also busy designing items for a few local stores.  You can find her busy on line as well.  Kimberly is a big fan of pinterest, instagram, and facebook.  Now that she is adding the Zutter certification to her resume you will find her teaching zutter classes real soon.

Website: www.scrapitgirl.com 

Great Expectations

My husband's Sister and Cousin are expecting babies in the near future and he asked me to make them a baby brag book for their photos.  I ordered the Handmade collection from Lily Bee and some Studio Calico wood veneer frames and shapes because I thought they would be perfect for some baby albums.  I knew that one of them was having a girl so I made one of the albums pink and girly and the other one more neutral.

For the cover I used the wood frames from Studio Calico.  I layered them with stickers and added wood shapes and buttons to them. 

I used the banner stickers to create a banner and added some twine.

I thought pinwheels would be a fun embellishment for a baby album.  I added it to the front flap page along with a "Welcome" sentiment.

I also added some Zutter Removable page protectors for them to slip some 4 x 6 photos into.  On the outside of the page protectors I added a journaling card and some wood houses.


This is the more neutral version done in yellows and greens.

I really love the butterfly wood veneer shapes especially when you add a button.

This is another flap page to add more journaling and photos.

I also added a few keepsake pockets, for one of them I just used a brown paper bag and decorated the outside with a confetti pocket.

I had so much fun making these mini albums and can't wait until they use them.

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A Mini Mini

Hi everyone, Nancy Keslin here today to share with you a teeny mini I made with my Zutter Bind it All.  One of the things I love the most about my Bind it All is that the square punch makes the holes perfect for both larger projects and the teeniest of minis.

I made this mini to fit inside the Sizzix Suitcase die.  The inner dimensions of the suitcase are 3"x4".  Not very big to work with.

But, as you can see the holes punched with my Bind it All are perfectly in scale to my small journaling cards.

 Even on this tiny file folder which measures only 2"x3" the Bind it All holes are to scale.

And with the 3/8" wires, my mini is ready to go.


Thanks for dropping by.  Hugs


Nancy Keslin
homesclscrapper.blogspot.com

Taking a Bite Out of Tax Day

Celebrate Tax Day Well, maybe "celebrate" isn't quite the right word!  Traditionally Tax Day is April 15th in the U.S., though the deadline was extended to April 17th for 2012! No one likes to file their taxes, and some of us wait until the very last minute! Yikes! To make this year's Tax Day a little less painful, Zutter is offering up a 17% discount sitewide through April 17th. That's right....17% off everything through the 17th!   Use code TAXDAY in the promo/coupon code field on the order form and hit "apply." Just like the government, there are a few "regulations": regular shipping applies, and the discount does NOT apply to anything already on sale or on promotional special. See all current specials here. Tax Day comes and goes every year - and this deal only lasts through April 17th. Don't procrastinate like we did on our taxes this year and save big now.

We've Got You Covered!!!!!

We've heard from hundreds of your husbands telling us that they are tried of the crafting mess around your house from Distrezzing-It-All and Binding-It-All.

So we've come up with the perfect solution with our mid-release of tools!!! 

Introducing the Sweep-It-All and the Scrub-It-All!! 

These innovative cleaning tools will help you handle the mess and make hubby happy! Available in classic Zutter pink, these supplies will have you stylin' while doing the dirtiest of chores. The Scrub-It-All is a dual action sponge with a soft side for cleaning your Bind-It-All and a scrubbing side for scraping paint off the floor! The Sweep-It-All will help you clean all the little distrezzing bits and binding chads from your floorboards and help you find all those buttons you dropped last week!

Bring these tools to your next crop to impress your friends! And for those of you who want to make a true statement about how innovative you are, try the Sweep-It-All V2.0, our new mop-vac style broom! 

We're looking for a spokesperson to head up this new line of innovative tools so please post below if you are interested!!

Zutter Zisters 2012-2013 DT Call!!!!

* This post will remain at the top of our blog until the call is complete. Please scroll down for more recent posts *

Zutter Innovative, the home of the Bind-It-All,  is pleased to announce an official Design Team call! We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic, and organized crafters who love working creating papercrafting projects to join our current team. Zutter recently celebrated our 5th anniversary, offering a complete line of innovative tools and accessories for papercrafting and beyond. We are looking for crafters who are ecstatic about scrapbooking, mini albums, and mixed media, and who love to share their passion with others! If you are excited to share your work and talk about Zutter Innovative everywhere you can, then you may be the artist for us!

We are looking individuals who can offer the following:

• A Passion for Crafting!
• Strong Written Communication Skills
• Solid Project Photography Skills
•  Ability to Meet Deadlines
• An Updated and Active Blog
• Active Facebook Account
• Experience with Video Tutorials or with Stepped Out Written Tutorials
•  Artists with experience in Altered Art, Scrapbooking, or any other craft discipline in which you have created mini books or use chipboard, acrylic, or wood sheets.
• Ability to Teach Demos and Classes is a Plus (but not required)
• This call is open to US and International Members

Design Team Expectations:

•  2-3 Projects Monthly, one of which must be a tutorial (including typed directions and step out photos or video)
• 2-3 Blog Posts Monthly
• Participation in Blog Hops and other promotions as requested (once to twice per month)
• Participation on the Bind-It-All & All Thingz Zutter! Facebook Page (min. once a month)
•  Submit your Zutter work at least 2 times a month for publication
• Actively participate in online communities/forums.
• Submit all work to larger online galleries such as Scrapbook.com and twopeasinabucket.com.

Compensation:

• Promotion of you and your work on the  Bind-It-All  Blog and Facebook Page
• Generous product shipments filled with Zutter Innovative Products as well as Product from Cross-Promotional Partners
• Publication Endorsement Fees of $25 to $50 per project
• Discount on Product for Classes
• Opportunities for Compensation for Trade Show work and more

Design Team Application:

Please submit the following to zuttersocial@gmail.com by Midnight PST March 31, 2012:

•  Your Name
• Mailing Address
•  Email Address
• Phone Number
• List any Zutter Products you currently own (such as Bind-It-All).
•  In 1-2 paragraphs, tell us a little about yourself – your family, hobbies, how long you have been crafting, how you started crafting, your design style and philosophy, etc. We want to get to know you.
•  In 1-2 paragraphs, tell us why you want to work with Zutter Innovative as a designer. 
•  A list of or link to your current online resume, including current obligations and design teams, if any
• Links to your Facebook profile, Twitter account (if applicable), You Tube account (if you have one), and any other online social media you would be willing to use to promote your work with Zutter Innovative
•  Link to your blog/website and an online gallery of your work if you have a separate gallery. 
• Attach or link to 3-5 samples of your recent work (within the last 6 months) which best showcases your style. 

o   2 samples MUST be mini albums or bound books.
o  1 sample MUST include step out photos or a video tutorial with written instructions and a supply list. This can be in the body of your email application or in a blog post you've completed. We want to see what you might submit to us as your monthly tutorial blog post.

o   Please tell us a little background about each sample

o   Please attach photos of the projects to your submission email or provides links to the images online. Attached Images must be jpegs under 500KB in size please.

The Zutter Innovative Design Team will be announced on April 15, 2012. Please direct questions to: zuttersocial@gmail.com

Thank you and good luck!!