Build A Key Chain with Bind-It-All

Welcome back to yet another

quick idea tutorial!

Today we are going to be 

building a key chain made

from O-Wire Scraps.

If anyone knew me as of

right now I waste nothing when

it comes to crafting in which

I find it hard to toss those

single O-Wire scraps out.

The shape of them alone reminded

me of a key chain loop and

I thought BINGO!!!

I will make a key chain.

Here we go!

There are no set supplies really

for this project except

for your O-Wire and

Bind-It-All. These are

some of the supplies that I used.

Feel totally free to make this

project your very own.

I cut my pieces out ahead of 

time and went ahead and gave

them some embellishment.

Here we see the front and 

back of this key chain.

Make sure to adhere tap on

first and punch whole.

We now have back and front

adhered.

Now we are going to place

key chain element in zip lock bag.

We are going to stitch this element

inside. I hand stitched but if you

have a sewing machine that

is just so much better. You don't 

have to use zip lock bag. It

can be anything translucent that

can be sewn through.

After stitching all around we

are now going to use our

Bind-It-All to put the O-Wire

loop on. Make sure it is looped to

where the seam of O-Wire is on the back.

Here we have finished product!!!

I made the one for my daughter

ahead of time to show that you

can add as many as you want.

My personal key chain is going

to include family. Just key moments

in which I want to look back on.

Again, please make this your

own and let your imagination run

with it.

Here are a few more detail pictures.

Well, I quite enjoyed this even

though it gave me a few

challenges in the beginning. LOL!

It was very well worth it.

Please if you give this project a

whirl share with us. We

love to see what you all

create. 

Thank you for stopping by!!!

1.Bind-It-All 2.0

2. 3/4 White O-Wire

3. 1/2 Pink O-Wire

4. 3/4 Pink O-Wire

5. Webster's Pages Note Card

6. Elle's Studio Tag

7. Momenta Family Matters Stickers

8. K& Company Arrow Stickers

9. Misc. Tag

10. Zip Lock Bag

11. Needle N Thread

                                              truedivinehand

2 Hours To A Mini

Hello scrappers! Today I am going to share instructions on how you can create a mini album about all the things that make me "content and happy!"  This mini is so simple that it will take you no more than 2 hours to complete! 


First, cut several pieces of chipboard down to 3"X3" and then cut several 3"x 3" pieces of patterned paper and adhere them to the front and back of your chipboard pieces using Zip Dry Glue by Beacon. Zip Dry dries quickly and works great for keeping your papers snug against the chipboard. Make sure you put the glue all around the chipboard edge, and the center and then rub your hand across the paper to smooth out any clumps from the glue.

Once your the glue dries, use your Bind-It-All by Zutter to punch the edges of your pages and bind them together with O-Wire. Bind the mini together before embellishing your album because it will be impossible to bind the pages once you have embellishments on your pages! (Learn from me... I know this because I've had this happen to me).

Once your mini is bound, go ahead and gather the embellishments that you would like to use. I find that you will cut the time you put into your mini if you grab what you want to use on your mini first and then once you start creating your mini, stick to what you have pulled out!

And here is my completed album! I love this and I hope you are inspired to create one of your own!

Supplies: 

• Zutter Bind-It All 
• Zutter O-Wire 
• Patterned paper: BasicGrey 
• Chipboard: Maya Road 
• Resin: Webster's Pages 
• Wax seal: BasicGrey 
• Flowers: Prima 
• Ribbon: Prima 
• Charms: Epiphany Crafts 
• Bling: Teresa Collins 
• Chipboard hexagons: Pink Paislee 
• Word stickers: Cosmo Cricket 
• Sentiment stamp: Catslife Press 
• Heart punch: Creative Memories 
• Circle punch: Creative Memories 
• Mists: Smooch Spritz 
• Bubble caps: Epiphany Crafts

www.nicolemartel.blogspot.com

Trash to Treasure

Hi everyone, Nancy Keslin here today.  Let me just start out by saying how thrilled I am to be here today sharing my first project on the Bind it All blog.  This is actually a project I made a while ago, but is one of my favorite projects to date.

Believe it or not, this project was made using odds and ends; leftovers from other projects.  This is one of my favorite things about my Bind it All.  I can use all my scraps and bits to make a beautiful project.

 Whether it be journaling cards

 Tags

 Or scraps of patterned paper

I really can "bind-it-all" into a sweet little mini album.  Whether the pages are all the same size or not, I can work around it.  No more wondering what to do with my scraps (or having them all pile up).

Supplies: 

• Zutter: Bind-It-All 
• Zutter: Wire Antique 1"
• Prima: Papers and Stickers, 
• Tattered Angels: Mist and Tag
• Hug Snug: Seam Binding
• McCalls: Dress Pattern
• Misc: Trims

Thanks for letting me share with you today.

Hugs

Nancy Keslin
homesclscrapper.blogspot.com

Happy Spring!

Hello everybody!   I am SOOO happy that spring has arrived!  I have a Cover-Alls mini book project to share with you today that reminds me of warm weather ~  

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Cover-Alls.  Wait, can you guess how much I love the Cover-Alls?  :) They give such an organized and clean look to any mini book.  I chose the white Cover-All that is compatible with 7.5 x 5 " pages.  This is one of my favorite sizes, because I can easily use 4 x 6 pics, and still have room to jazz things up.  My first step was to create my background paper.  I decided to do quick and easy background pages by misting white cardstock.  First I grabbed some maybe colors ~

Then I tested them out.  I settled on the thicker reddish mist and sprayed several sheets of white cardstock in random ways ~

Then I cut my pages for my mini ~

Next I laid out the photos I wanted to use for each page ~

Then I did a test punch page using my pink Bind-It-All.  I always do this for same size pages, as it helps me decide exactly how I want to punch my pages before I use my "real pages".  Not everybody does this and it definitely isn't required, but I got in the habit when I first started using my Bind-It-All years ago, and it is how I still do it today ~

OK, I am happy with my punched page, now time to get busy. 

I play around with my scraps and embellies, getting the look I like ~

Next I pull the plastic sheet out of the back pocket of the Cover-All ~

Time to punch the holes in the plastic (easy peasy with my pink Bind-It-All) ~

Now it is time to punch my pages ~

Now I put the plastic ON TOP of my pile of pages to be punched ~

Then I bind my pages and the plastic insert together, then flip the plastic out ~

Then I tuck my plastic into the back pocket on the Cover-All.  I finish some decor for the front cover  ~

Then I glue everything down, including a wide bright pink ribbon to tie it up nicely.  Voila!  Cover is done!  ~

Here is a peek at the inside pages ~ 

 I used scraps of cardstock and patterned paper, and odds and ends of embellies.  I used my Distrezz-It-All to distress the edges of some of the cardstock  ~

Want to know a little secret?  I stopped punching my pages before I was finished (I think it was to chat with my 4 year old granddaughter on the phone), and when I came back and started punching again I goofed.  No worries!  My page was punched backwards, so it would have been out of order.  I punched the other side and after the book was put together this boo boo (left page extra holes) ~

turned into this design technique (fabric woven through the extra holes on the page) ~ 

So don't worry if you have a little mistake.  You can incorporate it into your design, or add extra cardstock as another border, or make your page a different size, or even just leave it.  Lots of options!  I actually punch extra holes on purpose many times and weave either ribbon or fabric through, so this was not a worry at all. I also don't mind turning my book to view pages, as long as the pages next to each other match up direction wise.  But if you don't mind that they match up, put your photos however you want.  That is one of the beauties of making your own from scratch mini book!  

Have fun creating a mini using the fabulous Cover-Alls and your Bind-It-All!  Have a joyful and creative day ~ Pam