Coverall + Fabric= Adorable Mini Album!

Ahhhh.....Spring is FINALLY here! It has been a long Winter here in the Midwest! When I saw this fabric I knew it would make a great cover for a little mini album. It made me think of Spring and everything green. I love to incorporate fabric into my projects whenever I can and Zutter Cover-Alls are great for just such a project. They are easy to cover and look great too!!

To cover a Cover-All you will need to cut a piece of fabric the length and width of the Cover-All you are using and add about 1/2 inch extra on each side. Lay your Cover-All opened onto the backside of your cut fabric. Using a good adhesive adhere the edges to the inside of your coverall. (I use clothespins to hold my fabric to my Cover-All until it is dry) Make allowances when covering the area where the album part slips into the inside cover pocket. Now cut a piece of chipboard just a little smaller than the front and back inside covers. Cover these with fabric and then adhere to the inside covers. Now your album is ready to embellish however you would like! I also used Zutter Chipboard Covers and just painted them and added patterned paper. I also used a piece of clear plastic and hand stitched a heart on it. Baby Pink Owires were just perfect for this little album about an adorable little girl! Happy creating with Zutter!!

Zutter products used: 

• Bind-it-all
• 7.5x5 Cover-All (curved spine)
• 7.5x5 Chipboard Covers
• 3/4 inch baby pink owires
• Rivets
• Pound-it-all

Zutter Zister DT Member Shelley Haganman

4 X 4 ACRYLIC ALBUM

Now don't be getting all skittish on me at the mention of ACRYLIC!! Really is is not as hard to work with as you think...as long as you take a moment to think it out!!

Supplies:
Bind-it-All
1/2" Round-it-All
4 x 4 Acrylic covers (2 pkgs)
3/4" Baby Blue OWire

Wallet size Photo
Bo Bunny "Kitchen Spice" Collection
Trim and Bling
Staz On Ink
Studio 490 Stamps
White Pen
Glossy Accents

I first spent an evening fussy cutting the flowers for this album while watching some mindless show on TV, great busy work!

Next, I chose two large background stamps from Studio 490 and stamped on the Acrylic with Brown Staz On ink...(and it must be Staz On ink or it will just wipe off leaving a horrible mess!)

Using my Round-it-All, I rounded the edges of all 4 corners on all pieces....oh the ease of it all! Remember, the Round-it-All can handle rounding the corner of not only acrylic, but chipboard, multiple sheets of cardstock, and even the Zutter Clipboard Wood and Canvas Artboard.

I punched my binding holes using the Bind-It-All. I just eyeballed the pieces in the center of the machine and punched.

Now for what everybody thinks is the hard part....I laid out the album, thinking "through" every page.

To create interest on the "look through", I matted each of the photos with the double sided Kitchen Spice collection.

I sparingly adhered the photos to the album, thinking about where the photos would be on the back side. Added my embellies and lace. I wrote on the B &W photos with Ranger's White Pen.....AND THERE YOU HAVE IT...now that wasn't so hard after all!!



So do give working with Acrylic Albums a try....you will be sooo happy you did!

Zutter Zister DT Member Lynne Forsythe

Help Haiti - Online Benefit Class at My Creative Classroom

Isn't it wonderful when scrappers and crafters band together to do good? I know, we are a big hearted group.  And, here is another great, creative, and EASY way to Help Haiti and take an awesome class from 10 amazing instructors.  It's a virtual buffet of techniques, inspiration and styles - a 3 week online class for only $20.  This course starts April 27.

If you've never taken an online course, you're in for a treat and what a great class to start with!

Our own OZZ DT Diva, Jennifer Priest is teaching a Bind-it-All segment to the class: "Go Green" as we create a *mostly* recycled Mini Book using Zutter Cardboard and Donna Salazar's new paper line. We'll bind the book with the Zutter Bind-It-All tool. Yeah Jennifer! We are so proud of you!

All proceeds from this class will go to a wonderful organization.....Haiti by Hand. Haiti By Hand is an artisan group of Haitian women begun by Rebecca Sower. Just days before the earthquakes of January 2010, Rebecca was in Haiti working with this group of women. This etsy shop was established to showcase and sell the handcrafts of the Haitians, as well as a shop to sell items donated by artists and crafters who want to help this group of Haitians rebuild and establish themselves after the devastation of the earthquakes.

Visit the Haiti by Hand blog. 

Visit the Haiti by Hand Etsy Shop.

Read more about it and register today here.  I know I am!

Glimmer Mist Sampler Book

I love playing with Glimmer Mist! It is so fun and cool to use but when you spray it on different mediums sometimes it gives a different color than what you are expecting. I decided to create an album so I can reference the colors of my mists and what they look like sprayed on white cardstock, chipboard and ribbon.

To create the cover I used the Zutter Cover-Alls and made a rainbow by creating my own mask from a clip art. I printed a rainbow I found online and cut the colors into strips then pulled each strip back one at a time and sprayed a color. Just make sure to let it completely dry before putting the mask back on top of it or your colors might run. I also sprayed the Basic Grey white chipboard letters with the Glimmer Mist to match the rainbow.

For the inside pages I found this cool canvas paper and sprayed one side with Glimmer Mist and used letter stickers for the name and for the backside I sprayed some shapes and ribbon. I added extra blank pages as I plan on expanding my Glimmer Mist collection.

So break out your mists and have fun creating a sampler book - with your Bind-it-All of course!

Zutter Zisters DT Member Fleur Smith

Team Twilight!

Sorry, all. I've been very absent from the BIA blog the last several months but I'm hoping these new Twilight-themed projects will to your liking. My daughter and I will be attending our very first Twilight Convention April 23-25 and made these just for the occasion - autograph book, event book and spinner album centerpiece (for a contest at the convention).

Autograph Book - filled with four pockets, each with a double-sided card for autographs

Event Book - This larger book will hold photos, memorabilia and other items that I might pick up along the way. There are four pages with pockets.

Spinner Album Centerpiece - This project is my baby of the three Twilight-themed projects. It took about 2-3 weeks to complete and I totally love it! Though I don't expect to win the centerpiece contest, I'm hoping this will make a good showing. =)

I used a lot of unconventional items in my projects - mostly home decor trims, buttons and comic book banking boards for the lighter pages in the spinner album. Take a chance and use non-scrappy items for your next project. (Note: None of the pictures included in the projects are mine. All of the pictures in all three projects are available on the internet on various Twilight sites.)
Photos of the completed (with photos, autographs, etc.) will be posted to my blog in May. Come by to see the finished results. =)

OZZ Design Team Member Lea Sanders

Distrezz-it-All 101 With Donna Salazar Starts Next Week!

And there is still time to enroll!
What's all the hub bub about the new tool that is the talk of the season - designed by Donna
Salazar and the engineers at Zutter, the new Distrezz-it-All ! Come see in Distrezz-it-All 101 - designed to give you the lowdown and everything you need to know.

Learn the basic usage and capabilities of this amazing tool.  This 4-week course guides you through using the Distrezz-it-All from the very basic of projects to uber creative, technique-filled albums that only Donna Salazar can design!  Use your own papers, or order
the optional paper kits from Donna Salazar Designs!  

Class starts April 21. Click here to enroll.

All online courses are instructor led, but self paced.  You access the lessons when you wish, on your own time.  All online classes are suitable for either the original blue Bind-it-All or the pink V2.0.  You have access to forums, student galleries and teacher feedback.  For more information about this and all Bind-it-All and Zutter classes, click here.


See you in class!

Whether the Weather Be Good....

Having moved Down Under, the Beloved and I have been avid fans of the weather.... Back in Singapore where it was sunny all year round, it has been an education in itself learning about how the weather can be so extreme - all within 24 hours.

So this Date and Weather Chart was created for the benefits of the students in my sister's class so that they will learn the dates, seasons, weather and days. Best of all, this was easy to create and it incorporates loads of wonderful Zutter products!

I printed out the dates and weather details and attached them to pattern papers. For the top row, these were easily attached to the top of the board. Do note that I chose to use two boards so that this chart can easily be propped on a table so that the children can reach for it easily.

For the middle row, to keep the labels straight, I hammered a couple of Zutter Rivets into the board which served as a prop for the labels. It also helped to have the wonderful Hang-It-Alls strategically located there as well! Using the BIA, each day label was punched and hung from the Hang-it-All. The remaining days were kept in a Pre-Punched PagePprotector, bound at the back of the board for easy access.

So whether the weather be good, or whether the weather be bad, do have some fun creating a weather chart for the fun of it!

smiles
sophie=)

Zutter Zisters DT Member Sophie Sim