Sneak of Make 'n Take at CHA

Make sure you stop by our booth at CHA this coming Sunday! We are making 3X4 Curved Spine Cover-Alls! This project showcases all the Zutter tools - the Bind-it-All, the Dreamkuts, the Round-it-All and the Rivet Setting tools (see the video below). We also give the Perfect Closures a spotlight on the project. The inside pages are made with some of Teresa Collins' new release patterned paper, and her cute new stamps grace the cover. See you there!

You'll Be Riveted!

Finally got around to shooting the video for Zutter's Rivets and Rivet Setting Tools. Be sure to give the video a view and let us know what you think! You can check out all the Zutter videos on You Tube and the archived video blogs here.




We will be "ZUPER" busy getting ready for the Craft & Hobby show next week in Anaheim. It's nice that the show is in our own "backyard!" And YES!!!!! We are launching some exciting new products that we are anxious to start sharing. Check back soon to get some sneaks of the new stuff in the coming days! This is a journal I made for the Rivet Video. I attached the chipboard letters to the Cover-All with rivets....I think it looks muy cool. I am using this "color journal" for the Copic Marker Certification class next week at CHA. I can't wait to incorporate real professional color markers in my scrappin'!


By the way, it is crazy HOT in Southern California right now, which I know is incredibly unfair of me to gloat about since much of the U.S. is experiencing record cold. It was all I could do to not crank up the AC today. Instead we went around the house in shorts and tank tops. We are sleeping tonight with the windows wide open to get a bit of breeze. Ahhhhhh!

Have a great week!

"I Will" Blog Winners

I love all your "I will" promises from last week's blog post. Thanks for leaving comments - many of you are facing personal challenges and I admire your strength and courage. Thanks for sharing. And for all you scrappers - keep up all the creativity! We love it!

Here are the FIVE winners of Zutter Covers and Cover-Alls samples packs. Be sure to email me your mailing address to: nan@binditall.com.

Project by Me! Scrappy Nan

From Random.org.

Here are your random numbers:
56 92 59 2 38
Timestamp: 2009-01-15 19:39:12 UTC

2 - Jen from 1/8

38 - Robin M from 1/9

56 - Cori S from 1/9

59 - Eveline from 1/9

92 - Donna Scanlon from 1/11

Congratulations!

Bind-It-All Everywhere!

Ms McScrappy Had A Bind-It-All

Ms McScrappy had a tool,
B-I, B-I, A,
And with that tool she made a book,
B-I, B-I, A,
With a Bind-It-All here
And a Bind-It-All there,
Here a Bind,
There a Bind,
Everywhere a Bind-Bind,
Ms McScrappy had a tool,
B-I, B-I, A!

Okay, so maybe I should give up song writing but seriously, Bind-It-All is EVERYWHERE!!

Check out the book by Jamie Harper on the cover of Creating Keepsakes' February 2009 issue, in stores now:

She used pink chipboard covers and paper from Teresa Collins which are made to work perfectly with the Bind-It-All and the DreamKutz from Zutter. And of course the red Zutter O-wires coordinate perfectly with the "love" theme of the book.

Also, there are TWO projects that made the finals for the Quickutz "Deck the Halls" Contest!!

The first project is from Christine of Collective Journey scrapbook store in Redlands, CA:

She created a book for the 12 days of Christmas for her husband. She worked in envelopes between the pages to hold a different gift card for each day before Christmas. Just goes to show that you can really create any custom project for whatever your heart desires using the Bind-It-All.

The second project is from Jennifer Priest. That's me!! Woohoo!! I am so happy to have made the finals with my "Be Jolly" book! Here it is:

This is a graduated book I made using alternating pages of acetate and chipboard. I taught this book as a class at Collective Journey as well as at Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks. I love that I can create a custom book, mixing various materials. There is no book on the market like this but with the BIA I could make one myself.

Voting for both of these projects is going on now so please be sure to vote every day on the Quickutz site for your favorite project (please pick mine! LOL). On January 22 Quickutz will choose the 3 projects with the most votes to win so please help make the Bind-It-All projects win!!

Thanks for reading!

-- Jennifer

So much more than mini books...

Most of us get the Bind-It-All to be able to make mini books, and so did I, of course. But there's so much more you can do with it if you think outside the box, and I'd like to share a couple of projects with you today.

When my son moved into his rebuilt room, I made him this row of streamers to hang on his wall. I put ovires in the top of them and pulled a ribbon through to hang them on the wall over his closet door.

Now it's my daughter's turn to have a room of her own, and since her room looks exactly the same as my son's, only reversed, I wanted to have something similar to hang over the closet door in there too, so I made this row of hearts with her name. I've bound the hearts together with owire on the sides on this one.

There are tons of stuff you can use the Bind-It-All for. What out-of-the-box-projects have you done with yours?

And don't forget, there's still time to post a comment on the previous post for your chance to win some cover goodies!

//Jenny

In 2009 I Will.....

..........create more custom-bound mini books with Zutter Cover-Alls and Chipboard :)

Time to give away some goodies. Leave a comment about what YOU WILL try to do more of in 2009 and FIVE lucky scrappers will get a sample pack that will include a Cover-All and some Zutter covers in various sizes. Need to brush up on Cover-Alls? Check out the video here. Check back often, as our Design Team will be blogging some ideas and tips this month. Winners will be selected randomly on January 15th! Good Luck!

"I Will" Cover-All by Design Team Member Julie Ann Kelley

Bind-it-All "Disco Ball"

Not a real disco ball, but one look at this Cover-All project from Jennifer Priest reminded me of both a disco ball and the ball dropping on New Year's Eve! Check out all that bling (you might need sunglasses!!) Gotta love it. Check out the supply list and details at Jennifer's Gallery. While you are at it, check out all the newest from the Design Team this month. It's sure to inspire and get you croppin' (it did for me!)

Happy New Year!