Sunday, January 4, 2015

Brag Book

My winter break is coming to an end... it has been one good and busy break... I did not get chance to craft a lot this break... but I did manage to make few cards, a gift bag and tried a Brag Book today!! 
I must say I have seen them before, never thought of making one. But while surfing Pinterest, found this box that took me to Papercraftbutton's blog. She is a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in UK and has some fabulous projects on her blog. Do check them out. 


Elaine at Papercraftbutton made hers 3-1/4" x 3-1/4"- basically a square one...while mine is rectangular! It is pretty easy to make....just lot of cutting and some scoring and gluing! 


For this project you need


Outer Cover:
8-7/16 width x 4-2/8" 

Score at 3-2/8, 3-3/4, 7, 7-1/2"
Printed Paper  for cover:
2 @ 4 x 3"
2 @ 4 x 3/8"
1 @ 4 x 3/4"



Pages:
3 pieces of card @ 12 x 4" (you could do 4 if you want)

Score them at 3", 6" and 9"
Printed Paper- 2-6/8 x 3-6/8" (I used 19 pieces)

You need to connect the 3 pieces together to make one long strip. I glued DSP on both sides which is why I needed 19pieces (So I can have 19 pictures in this book :D)

Belly band:
Cardstock 1" x 8-7/16"
Printed Paper- 3/4" x 8-2/8"
Stick together then score at 3-2/8, 3-7/8, 7-1/8, 7-6/8"





For the original 3" x 3" Book Click HERE -Elaine's post has the measurements for 3" x 3" book and also a link to the video where she shows how to make it (if you are like me who needs visual...her video explains well.)

 
I like the rectangular shape... although when I print pictures I will have to ensure they are the right size. So if you do not want to play around with cropping pictures, 3" x 3" book size is perfect. 

I love how it turned out... will put an updated picture of it (with photos in it)

This is for today...

Until next time,

Happy Krafting =)

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Perfect In My Books

Today I made a card using Simon Says Card Kit September 2014 (Not available any more). It has a cute stamp set and some pretty papers going with the theme. You can still find the stamp - To Thine Own Shelf on their website. I really liked the sentiment "You are perfect in my books" from the set and thought it would make a cute valentine or anytime card :) 

I love how the stamp set has these shelves and all the things that one would usually put on a shelf. I wanted to keep it simple and let the printed paper and the sentiment shine. So I just stamped 3 books and some cute hearts from Lawn Fawn's Love you Tons - cute dainty hearts ;) with a touch Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen



 Since this card does not have embellishments...I popped up the sentiment card. 


This is all for today.... 

Until next time,

Happy Krafting =)