A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way.......

Happy Sunday everyone! This is Michelle Gutiererez here for Zutter Innovative with my 1st blog post. I am so excited to share this acrylic album I made! 

This handsome young man is one of the kindest well mannered kid I know. No matter what he does, it is always with a "please" and "thank you". Teaching us all the a little kindness goes a long way....... a simply amazing kid, my Vincent is.

I cannot tell you how much I love my Zutter Bind It All V2 tool. It all starts with a vision, my Bind-It-All, 7.5"x 5" clear acrylic album  and all the fixings to create an awesome mini album. 

I used 1/2"  Silver O-Wires to bind the acrylic album together. 

Use the Centering Arrow in the middle of the holes printed on the Bind-It-All (above "T" in "Zutter") to center the book  to place the binding in the center of the acrylic album pages.   Continue with each page int he album and arrange the pages in order. Flip the back cover of the book towards the front and insert the O-Wires from the back pages of the book, through the covers. Then use the Bind-It-All to close the O-Wires. Be sure to use the plastic O-Wire templates included with your Bind-It-All to set the machine for the proper size of O-Wire before closing.

How awesome is it that you can create an album what ever size you want using the Bind-It-All!

Here are all of the pages of the assembled album:

Supplies Used:

• Album - Clear Acrylic 7.5"x5" Zutter Innovative
• 1/2" Silver Wire - Zutter Innovative
• Paper - This and That by Echo Park
• Element Stickers - This and That by Echo Park
• Rhinestones - Kaisercraft
• Ribbon - Maya Road
• Alpha Stickers - Authentique Paper 
• Adhesive - Tombow Mono

Tools Used:

• Bind It All V2.0
• EK Success Stamp Punch

Always,
♥ Michelle

My Blog : Michelle's Paper Affair

Sweet and Lovely

Hello, hello, hello there!

Candice Elliott here for my first design

team post for Zutter Bind-It-All and boy is it exciting.

Today we will be taking a glimpse into

a little of my life, creative style and processs,

and ofcourse some wonderful uses

for Zutter Innovative tools.

Looking back a little over 7 years ago

one thing that has not changed about

me is loving lots and lots of layers.

I really didn't notice it then due to

just giving scrapbooking a try. The more I

created the more constant it became

for me doing so. 

What Zutter has done for me now

in my creative growth is opened up

a brand new door for endless possibilities.

I just have to say that Zutters Clip Board Covers

and Zutters Acrylic Covers only fed my passion

for layering. It was the first thing that popped

into my mind!

Most often in my creations I tend to

focus on the joy life has to bring.

In this album titled Sweet and Lovely

I wanted to focus on not only the

joys but also the tears and trials

along the way. You could say that

I created this album solely for myself.

I wanted to focus on the amazing things

you can create with Zutter Innovative tools and

products!!!

I wanted to focus on motherhood....

I wanted to focus on love....

I wanted to focus on what makes me just me

and my creative style.

Bit by bit and piece by piece in life

and in all my projects I walk a little bit further

and grow a little bit wiser.

Well that concludes my very first post

and I truly hope that it was enjoyed by all.

I am looking forward to sharing more

and spending some creative time with you.

Thank you!

Zutter Products:

• Bind-It-All V2.0
• Clipboard Covers 3x4"
• Acrylic Covers 7.5x5
• 3/4" Pink Owire 

Other Products Used

• Hydrangea Hippo ribbon, flowers, lace, and buttons
• Amercian Crafts patterned paper, embellishments
• K&Company patterned paper
• Sassafras sticker elements
• Echo Park sticker elements
• Prima flowers, packaging, letters
• LilyBee punch out elements
• Websters Pages fabric elements, journaling cards
• Jenny Bowlin rub-on
• KI lace paper

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It's Go Time!

 

I don’t create very many “manly” Bind-it-All projects.  I have two daughters, and it seems I am always making projects for baby showers, or weddings, or party gifts.  So, when my husband’s birthday was coming up I decided he needed an album to go with the gift…..tickets to the Auto Club 400 NASCAR race at the Southern California raceway. 

I put together an album using the Zutter Cover-Alls forPre-Punched Page Protectors.  Cover-Alls are a great way to create an album while shielding the owire binding inside a book-like cover – it gives it a nice clean look.  For this project, I used the “Bamboo” style spine, in black.  This particular Cover-All is sized to work with the Pre-Punched Page Projectors.  Double bonus – pages nicely protected AND, no holes to punch – making the creating process that much faster!

Making the album was really fun and easy.  I cut pages to fit the size – in this case, 8X8, and added homemade embellishments (lots of logos and such downloaded from the Internet).  I even had fun creating a “checkered flag” sheet to mimic the colors and patterns of the race.  To add to the album, I also created a pocket to store ticket stubs, brochures and other memorabilia.  All this was put together and gifted along with the tickets and the promise to take lots of pictures to commemorate the day.

The family signed the cover page with birthday wishes!

Checkered Flag paper was made by weaving strips together!

A pocket for memorabilia!

Once I had the pictures from Race Day, I added them to the album, and “part 2” of the birthday present was complete.

The race was actually rained out, but I was the trooper in my poncho, and stayed until they kicked us out!

Ticket stubs, and photos of the whole track!

If you are not familiar with using Cover-Alls, the steps are just like binding any other Bind-it-All project – the difference being that bind the pages to a plastic insert sheet.  This sheet tucks into the back cover of the Cover-Alls, thus safely housing it into the cover.  It can’t be any simpler or streamlined! Cover-Alls come in sizes specifically for the Pre-Punched Page Protectors in 4X6, 8X8, and 12X12, or you can use "regular" Cover-Alls without the protectors...flexibility and versatility to suit your creative inspiration!

Plastic insert sheet tucked into the backcover!

With Father's Day and graduations coming up, you can try this gift-album idea yourself.   Happy Scrappin'!

MemorieZ down Zutter Lane

Hello Zutter fans.  Cheryl Boglioli here with my first post as an official Zutter Zister.  I have been a fan of Zutter for many years and am so excited that they have brought back Zutter inZpiration with a new DeZign Team.  I’m even more excited that I am one of those chosen to be a part of this.  This next year to going to be amaZing; I know that by the amount of talent that compriZes this team and am humbled and honored to be just a small part of it.  

I’ve been crafting and scrapbooking for many years.  However, I finally took the plunge and became a full-time designer and educator within the last year.   It was through encouragement and support from family, friends, and fellow designers that gave me the courage to take this major step. 

My family has been a huge support in this endeavor and I am truly thankful for them everyday.  I have a supportive husband who also competes in North American Strongman Association competitions, so you’ll see pictures of these events occasionally.   I also have a gorgeous (if I say so myself) daughter who plans to go to school next year for Professional Makeup Artistry and special effects.   She will be graduating from Indian River State College this weekend with her AA degree and then will be turning 19 in 3 weeks, so to say I’m super proud of her is an understatement. 

I truly love my Zutter tools and the freedom they give me to create so many wonderful home and office projects, mini albums, and gifts.  I thought I’d share with you some highlights from my Zutter projects over the years.

Mini albums created in 2010 using my DreamKuts and Bind-It-All.

Another Mini Album using my Bind-It-All.

Distrezzed journal using Bind-it-all and Distrezz-it-all. 

I do also know how to sew, so I created a little dust cover for my Bind-It-All…

and one for my DreamKuts…

and one for my Zutter Kutter.  

I use my Zutter Kutter when prepping for class workshops or when working with heavier materials.  I am so thankful to have this power tool in my arsenal. 

Here are a few ladies that are learning to use the Distrezz-It-All in one of the workshops I recently taught.  They definitely had a great time and loved this. 

I love how the DreamKuts kuts the prep time down on cutting paper.

I used The DreamKuts, Distrezz-it-all, and Bind-it-all to create this fun summer album. 

So there you go.  I definitely use my Zutter tools and cannot wait to start making even more projects to share with you as well as being inZpired by the rest of this amaZing team.   Are you really using your Zutter tools?  If not, let us know what is holding you back.  I am confident that by becoming a Zutter Fan and keeping an eye on our blog and Facebook page, you will be inZpired to start using your Zutter tools more too.  

Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see you soon.

Go Beyond the Book!!

Spring Online Classes   with Zutter & My Creative Classroom! Whether you are new to the Bind-it-All, or a seasoned pro, we've got a class for you!    Bind-it-All: Beyond the Book You've either already taken the Bind-it-All 101 course or you're familiar with using the Bind-it-All. In this course, we'll take binding to the next level, creating several projects using the Bind-It-All tool and accessories, like the Round-It-All, OWires, and Cover-Alls. It's not about the basics anymore - we'll learn techniques for addressing challenging binding situations such as binding irregular shaped pages, binding on the edges of a project, binding pages of various sizes, creating projects besides books, tips for fixing mistakes, and more. Lesson One: Binding Pages of Varying Sizes Lesson Two: Binding On the Edge Lesson Three: Creating Projects  Lesson Four: Alternative Binding Options  Enroll Now Class Begins: May 9 4 Weeks - $25 Instructor: Jennifer Priest

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