Love Letters and 10 Years

Hello friends, Heather here with a fun project I am so excited to share with you using a set of 5x7 acrylic covers  for a special keepsake book I created in celebration of 10 years of marriage with my handsome hubby. I have to start by saying I absolutely love using acrylic in my books. I will add an acrylic cover or page in whenever I can because I love the extra weight it gives and there is something fun about the translucence of the acrylic.


In honor of my anniversary, I was inspired to take a trip down memory lane, finding old pictures and notes that we have written over the years. I realized that I had yet to make a book that documented just our relationship and this was the perfect opportunity. I wanted to keep this book simple, yet still have the personal touches I love, like hidden pockets for love notes, and extra tags to journal on. Hope you enjoy my mini and the step by step instructions so that you can make one of your own.

Start out by punching 8 holes in the acrylic covers. Leave the
 protective film on the covers until you have finished punching to protect
from scratches or cracking.

Continue to punch 8 holes on all of the interior pages

Use 3/4" Black O-Wire to bind the book. Since the book is 1/2" thick
and I added the additional tags and pockets, 3/4" O-Wire is a great
size to allow the pages to turn freely.

Here is the front cover, a picture from our wedding on top
(yes, I am the one smashing cake on him while he was being very sweet,
I could have sworn he was going to do it!)
and a more recent picture underneath. The pictures are attatched on
the 1st page, and I added a die cut and bling to the acryclic

A flashback picture from my Homecoming Dance when
I was a junior in high school

Another fun pocket inside of the paper bag to add notes and old pictures

Supplies:

• Bind-it-All Machine
• 5x7 Acrylic Covers
• 3/4" Black O-Wires
• Paper/Die Cuts: Crate Paper; Portrait Collection

Best,

Heather

          http://www.whimzeecreations.blogspot.com/

Menu Planner on Display

Hello Zutter Fans.  Cheryl Boglioli, from Cheryl’s Window, here again to share my Kitchen Menu Planner.   When we get really busy around here at my house, we find ourselves eating out much more than we should be, which kills our food budget.  So, my daughter and I have started back at planning our menus again. 

I wanted my menu planner to be on display and easily accessible, so I knew Zutter’s Display-It-All would be perfect.  

I went searching the web for a great weekly and a great monthly planner.  I found ones that I liked at Picklebums.  Kate has a lot of great ideas on her blog too. I downloaded her free copies and printed them so that they would fit in 4 x 6 Zutter Pre-punched Page Protectors. 

I dug out BasicGrey Nook & Pantry paper from my stash, which was the perfect color and theme for my kitchen project. 

I even used my BasicGrey Notch & Die set that I haven’t used in a while.  I love using products I already have.

I used the rounded die to create two notches on opposing corners to slide each week’s and each month’s planner card. 

I chose to use the Zutter Page Protectors to store the extra planners as well as a place to store the recipes for the week.  By using the page protectors, this also gave me a way to display whichever recipe we are cooking and protect it from any spills or splatters.  For that same reason, I chose to use a Zutter 6x6 Acrylic Cover to project my entire project.  If something does splatter on it, I can easily just wipe it off.   Since it is going to be in my kitchen, I did not add lots of ribbons or embellishments, although it was really hard not to.  I even wanted to decorate the base, but I know how hard it is to keep things clean and wiped down in my kitchen, so I kept it plain…for now.

I used Tim Holt’s Alterations File Tabs On The Edge dies to cut the page edges for my Recipe, Weekly, and Monthly tabbed pages.  

The extra planners are stored in Zutter Page Protectors behind the weekly and monthly file tab pages.

See how I can just slide in a new page each month? 

And, here is the back page.  I used Zutter Clipboard to provide a good sturdy back to my planner as I hope to use it for a long time.

The Display-It-All was easy to use.  Of course, I could have just rested the wires over the stand, but I decided to actually mount mine onto the display.  After punching the covers and pages, I used the Display-It-All bracket to mark where to punch and then punched holes using my Crop-A-Dile.  Then I inserted the O-wires and used my Bind-It-All to bind my album.  All I had left to do was screw the back cover between the display stand and the display bracket. 

The Display-It-All looks good on my kitchen counter and is not so large as to get in the way or clutter my countertop.  Now I need to go plan this month’s menu and this week’s grocery list.  Do you have any recipes you want to share with me?  Please do, if so. 

Bind a Jounal

Hi everyone, Nancy here today to share another fun project I made with my Bind- it-All.


Living in Northern California, my husband and I occasionally get the opportunity to try wines (I think the nearest winery is only 7 miles, and one of our favorites is just 15). But keeping them straight; remembering which wines we have had and would like to buy, and which we are not interested in purchasing can be difficult.  I decided to create a small wine journal to save our tasting notes and wine labels.


I chose to use the 7.5x5 Acrylic covers due to their light weight and beautiful translucent properties.  I kept the cover fairly flat as I wanted to be able to toss the journal into my purse if needed.  I really love how you can see the front page of the journal through the cover, showing off the Webster's Pages papers I have had in my stash for quite some time.

 I created a little pocket on the first inner page to hold bits of paper for our notes.

 Here is one of the labels we saved with the tasting notes next to it.

One-half inch silver 0-Wires hold my journal together nicely.

And of course, I couldn't resist tying some scraps of trim to the o-wires to coordinate with the Webster's Pages papers.  Definitely a favorite technique for me.

Thanks for stopping by the Bind-it-All blog today.


Nancy

Girl's Day Out Mini Album by Pinky

Hello Zutter friends, 

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/

I am so excited to be posting my very FIRST post for Zutter today!

Let me introduce myself, I am Cristal but everyone calls me Pinky 

because of my bright pink  hair. 

I am so very honored to be a part of the Zutter team, I have a long standing

love affair with all things crafty. 

I am your average ordinary pink haired mom, I live in the country

in beautiful middle Tennessee with my amazing husband, my 3 crazy active boys

20+ chickens, 2 cockatiels, 1 dog and 1 crab...yes a crab. 

I have been scrapbooking for about 4 years now and since the  first

day I was 100% addicted. I love creating and sharing my creations.

I have a unique sense of style and don't believe in crafting "rules"

I believe that crafting all comes from one place...THE HEART♡♡

and that makes it amazing, special and incredibly beautiful. 

I cannot wait to share my crafts with you and to see your amazing creations

as well. Thanks for taking the time to get to know me.

Now I want to share a special project with you, my first Zutter project!

For this mini album project I took the 7.5X5" acrylic covers,

I trimmed them down to 3X5 and made this album. 

I call this my iPhone album because we all have those phone 

photos that are not the best photos in the world. 

Sometimes we cannot use our regular camera. 

On this day I was out with a girlfriend while she got her tattoo. 

I did not have time to grab my big camera so I took pictures using my phone.

I printed them all 2.5X2" and made this mini album for her to 

remember our fun day together. 

It was so fun and easy to create and it looks so professional

with the Zutter 1/2" binding. 

When I got to the end I used some vintage lace to tie around the 

binding for that "girl's day out" touch. 

I left some of the acrylic showing for a pretty and 

unique feel to the album. The Zutter acrylic covers are

really strong too! Perfect for a book. 

I hope y'all enjoyed my post today, I will be back

next time with a tutorial. 

Have a wonderfully crafty day, I cannot wait to see your Zutter creations!

Pinky- Zutter Zister

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/

Other Products Used: Momenta Stickers & Embellishments- Chloe's Garden