Have Bind-it-All, will Smash...

Last month when we ran our first Zutter Zummer week, Zutter Zister Camilla Isaksson from Sweden shared her Acrylic Tab Cover version of a Bind-it-All Smash Book.   The project inspired so many people, including OZZ DT Member, Annette West, who has come up with her version of this popular memorabilia trend.  Make your own Smash Book with your Bind-it-All, some handy cover materials, your spark of ingenuity, and Zutter Owires!

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Everywhere I go and every forum I visit the latest talk is all Smash books - and sadly I am old enough to remember doing a very similar thing in my distant youth before it had such a fun name!!  The great thing about the Smash rage is that it is allowing people to just 'play'... no worries about background paper matching, following a page map or spending an hour deciding where to put that particular embellie... you have something you want to keep to remind you of a fun time and you glue it in, add the date and don't sweat the other stuff. Smash books are liberating!  I did look at buying one from my local scrap store but I sort of paused and thought that '"heck, I could make one for waaaay less" -- so that is what I did. Have Bind-it-All, will Smash...

I used a paper stack I have had sitting for a while... which is another good reason to make a Smash book... use up some of those papers we have sitting there!!

I added index tabs so that I could make the book relevant to what I wanted to Smash, such as.....

.....my Calgary Stampede page with tickets in a plastic pocket.

Made some pages with flaps to give me extra space.

Added some ATC holder pages for small stuff.

Made pocket pages for slipping leaflets and such.

Page from our night out to see Wicked for our Anniversary.

Lots of pockets... can't resist a pocket or two!! 

Folded the papers to make the pages a large pocket so that I can pop stuff into the pocket and it won't get lost until I have time to glue it in. 

More ATC pockets for tickets or small artwork.

Tip: If you want to be able to use these plastic sheets in your BIA it is best to glue two strips of contrasting paper over the holes section - it will then be easier to punch without the plastic getting caught up in the punching channel.

Zutter Tools Used:

Zutter Kutter for the chipboard covers - 8" x 6"

Bind-It-All with 1" Antique Brass owires

Scor-it-All for folding the pages and pockets

Other Stuff:

Tim Holtz Bird Cage Die, StampinUp index tab punch, Colorbok Woodhaven mixed media pack papers, Collector's Album Refills cut down to fit, Tags were paint chips from Martha Stewart, K&Co Smash Pads and tape. 

What do all Bind-it-All divas need?  OWIRE!  Or, as the Zisters call it....OH-Wire! It's ON SALE and the giveaway prize this week!  Enjoy 25% off all regular priced Zutter Owire, including bulk boxes.

Use coupon code:  Zummer-OH25.  Shop here for Zutter Owire.

Note: One coupon code per transaction.  If you wish to take advantage of multiple Zummer coupon offers, please complete separate orders.

But wait, there's more.  All Baby Blue and Baby Pink owire is 35% off  - no coupon code required, so you can take advantage of all the owire savings.  This Bind-it-All staple rarely goes on sale, so STOCK UP NOW!

Win a sample pack of Zutter Owire colors and sizes on today's post.  Leave a comment below telling us what you are paper crafting/scrapping now, or what your latest Zutter project was.

We will draw and announce a random winner on Monday!

WE LOVE ZUMMER!

More Boo for your Binding!

It's Halloween....oooooh, so scary!  But oh so fun to scare up creative projects! A couple of the Original Zutter Zisters have been having a scary good time!

First up - Annette West - just recently transplanted from Saudi Arabia to Calgary, Canada.

Annette made this creepy crawly coffin with a - surprise! - mini book tucked inside.

 Read what Annette had to say about this frightfully fun project:

"I made the coffin from chipboard, it was a breeze to use my Zutter Kutter to make the shapes and then covered it with all the bits and pieces I found at the Dollar Store – my first time in a country that loves to decorate for Halloween, I was amazed at all the fun stuff you can find!

I cut thin chipboard into coffin shapes for the covers and pages and then covered these with patterned papers. Made pockets for lots of tags and extra journaling on some of the pages and then decorated the owire with fibres, skulls and chains with dangly bits and a little glass bottle filled with shiny stuff."

 Lea Sanders has made some spooktacular albums for this time of year (or as in the case of the Twilight projects - good for ANY time of year!) This Halloween album has such howling detailed goodness on the cover - with stickers, epoxy stickers and patterned papers from K & Company.  The inside pages carry on the patterns with ghosts, bats and witches!  Love the beautiful black owire binding too - nicely rounded owire - nothing scary there! 

And Lea knows the way around a Twilight project!  These Cullen-themed goodies were made for a Facebook contest she hosted.  I am so envious of Lea's Twi-themed projects.  She used papers from Creative Imaginations, Basic Grey, and Teresa Collins, along with glittered alpha stickers from American Crafts.  The covered brads from Imaginisce sets the covers off nicely.  I take a bite of these any day!

So although today is Halloween....make sure you make some time to cherish the memories with a BOO-tiful project for yourself!

Happy Howling Halloween!