Browsing Tag: Bind-It-All

Materials Needed

• With Love Banner Angel and Love Angel rubber stamps
• Backing papers from Angels Background Papers Designable - hearts, yellow haze, plaid
• Backing paper from A Patchwork of Papers – Plum haze
• Water colour pencils or pens
• Inkpad or chalks for edging paper
• Making Memories Mini Blossoms neutral
• Brads
• Bookmark tassel or ribbon or fibres
• Scallop circle punch 3”, Plain circle punches 2½” and 1”, Corner rounder punch or scissors
• Cuttlebug set of four Flowers dies. Die cutting machine
• Bind it All machine. Wire for binding – white - 5/8”
• PVA glue. 3D foam pads
• Greyboard or heavy duty cardstock A6 (4” x 6”)
• Good quality 120gsm photocopy paper for inserts
• A5 Cardstock - piece of ivory card for greeting card
• White printer cardstock for bookmark

1 - To make the Angel Notebook. Using the hearts design paper cut two pieces 7½” x 6”. Centre the grey board or heavy duty cardstock on the reverse of the backing paper and glue into position using PVA glue. Spread the glue evenly over the cardstock to prevent any bubbling in the paper. Allow to dry.

2 - Using your craft knife and ruler remove the corners of the paper diagonally on all four corners leaving about ¼” past the edge of the cover. This serves to keep your finished corners tidy.

3 - Using a scoring tool or embossing tool score round the edges of the cover to help the paper fold more easily.

4 - Glue down all the edges onto the back of the cover making sure they are well secured and allow to dry. When completed, gently tap the corners onto your working surface to give them a rounded finish.

5 - Cut two pieces from the plaid backing paper slightly smaller than the cover of the book. Glue to the inside of the covers. This will hide any fixings you may want to add and keep your notebook tidy.

6 - With the plaid side facing measure the centre point on the narrowest sides top and bottom. Lightly pencil in a line to join both points. This will be erased later.

7 - This line will give you the exact position to place the cover into your Bind-It-All and is matched up with the centre mark on the machine.

8 - Punch both covers being careful to check that your patterns are running in the same direction back and front. Erase the pencil lines.

9 - Now you can prepare your embellishment for the front of your notebook. Cut one 3” scallop circle from the plaid patterned paper. Cut one 2½” plain circle from the yellow haze paper. Ink the edges of the circles to give them some dimension. Stamp your chosen image and cut it out. I masked off the sentiment on the banner and replaced it with my own.

10 - Stamp inked with mask in place.

11 - Mask removed before stamping onto paper.

12 - Stamped image.

13 - Colour the stamped images to suit your project. Mount onto 3D foam pads. Glue the circles to the front of your notebook and place the angel towards the top of the circle giving room for the sentiment at the bottom. Cut several small flowers from your plum haze paper using the second largest flower from your Cuttlebug set, plus one from the third largest die. Alternatively you could use a flower punch. The flowers will sit better if the plum haze design is printed onto cardstock. This helps to give it more body for mounting onto your project. Cut a 1” circle from the yellow haze paper. Using your computer print your chosen sentiment onto the yellow circle, ink the edges and glue to the largest Cuttlebug flower that you cut previously. Apply a piece of 3D foam to the back of the sentiment flower. Make up the others using your mini flowers and join together with a brad. These can be placed on the front of your notebook as an added embellishment. It helps if you cut into the die cut flowers slightly and curl the petals a little. Attach to the front of your notebook.

14 - To complete your notebook, cut and punch your insert pages. Using 20 pages of good quality photocopy paper 120gsm in weight cut 80 sheets from A4 paper to measure ¼” less in length and width than your covers so that they will sit inside the covers when the notebook is bound. To punch the inserts use the same method as for the covers – this will keep them lined up perfectly. Using a section of 5/8ths” binding wire for this size notebook (you will need six complete ‘loops’) lay the covers and pages in this order: 1 - back – right side facing. 2 - front – wrong side facing. 3 - pages. Hook the wires through the punched holes with the closed edge facing you. Check that you have your patterns the right way round before you complete this section.

15 - Set the Bind-It-All to the correct depth - 5/8ths” using the guide that comes with the machine. Insert the spine of your book into the Bind it All and press firmly to close the wires.

16 - Your notebook is complete.

17 - To make the coordinating greeting card score and fold the A5 piece of cardstock to make an A6 card.Round off the two corners at the bottom edge of the card front and back. Cut a 3” circle from the plaid background paper. Cut a 2½” circle from the yellow haze background paper. Ink the edges of the circles with ink and mat them together. Stamp and cut out the Angel image. Colour to suit your project. I used water- colour pencils. Take a piece of the heart background paper ¾” x 1¾” and round off the edges on one side only. Mount onto the plum haze background paper. Round off the edges in the same way. Attach a flower cut from the plum haze paper to a mini MM flower (neutral) with a brad and secure to the tab you have made through both layers of paper. Position the mats onto the centre of your card (landscape orientation). Glue the tab onto the top left hand side of the card.

18 - Make a matching bookmark 55 x 170mm (2¼” x 6½”). Print the yellow haze background from the Littlest Angel set onto cardstock. Stamp an angel image onto cardstock – I chose the’ Love ‘angel. I cut round the image and coloured her to suit the project. Using your computer print your chosen sentiment or verse on the bottom half of the bookmark to allow for positioning your angel image later. Punch a hole at the top of the bookmark and round off the corners with your corner punch.

19 - Using 3D foam pads attach the angel image near the top of the bookmark. Attach a tassel or toning ribbon or fibres through the punched hole.

Hi Everyone,

Susi’s been busy lately and we’ve just added three of her new downloadable printables for you.

The first of these is the cheery Ellie Fant ‘Thank You’ Printable which contains a set of Thank You cards, an envelope and a super box to keep them in. It makes an ideal wee giftie to tuck into a Christmas stocking or wrap up for a friend.

The second printable is the Beary Christmas Twist n Stack which is a cute collection of quick n easy A6 sized 3D Stacker Decoupage cards and inserts with a twist! Background papers, a tag and an envie closure are also included.

The third downloadable printable is Flowers, Snails & Fairy Tales Calendar, a delightful and highly practical year round calendar for gardeners featuring our hardy and fun loving little Garden Fairies.

A selection of wooden boxes, babushka dolls and other fun bits for tole painting plus more polymer clay moulds and tools will be added to the shop over the next few days … and if you’re needing any All Bind-It-All products, Stickers or Peel Offs remember these still have 20% Off in our October Special.

And finally, while you’re visiting please do check out our Gallery 1 as we’ve added some new cards by our Fabulously Crafty Friends, Edna, Gail & Sonia and it would be a shame if you missed them as they’re simply gorgeous and packed with lovely little designer details to inspire you in your card making.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,

Kim

Hi There!

Here’s a quick little hello to let you know that we’ve got a Special 20% OFF offer on all Bind-It-All, Peel Offs and Stickers products at the moment. This October Special runs through to Sunday 19th October 2008 whilst stocks last on over 250 products from various manufacturers so hopefully there’s a little bargain to appeal to most folks.

Please note - the prices displayed on site are our regular prices - your 20% discount will be applied as you add the items to your basket.

Keep Creating!

Hugs n Smiles,

Kim

Sixteen new ‘Santa’s Workshop’ rubber stamps have been added. The stamps work well on their own or can be used together to create fun little scenes for your greetings cards and scrapbooking pages … for example, Robbie and Emmy Elves pushing can be used with the Toy Train and Dolly’s Pram stamps … while the Toy Train and Dolly’s Pram stamps could also be coloured in pastel shades and work independently on New Baby projects. Little Santa looks quite comfortable stood in front of the Fireplace or Christmas Tree and Mrs Santa could dress in her everyday colours and bring out the tea tray throughout the year!

We’ve also added a few new bits to the shop … Adirondack Pigment Ink Pads, Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Powders, Sakura Ultra Fine metallic pens, the new Bind-It-All Covers, Closures and Owires and a few more of the pretty Starform Transparent Glitter Peel Offs.

Dawn shows us how to get creative with the Bind-It-All in this Step-by Step project. Create this funky Denim and Daisies Brag Book - a great project idea that can be adapted to suit many occasions by simply substituting the cover fabrics. Consider using satins and lace for baby and wedding, light weight tweeds and twills for a more masculine look or bright and funky cottons for teens. Raid your fabrics stash, let your imagination fly and have fun - the possibilities are endless!

These are the materials and basic tools that are required to make the book, all available from the shop here at Cuddly Buddly Crafts.

• Bind-It-All machine
• Bind-It-All Book and journal tool making kit, which contains all the basics of craft knife scissors, bone folder, wire cutters etc…
• ¾ Inch Owire bindings
• Grey board covers, I used the A5+ size
• Denim material and wadding
• Cuttlebug 2”x6” pack flower dies
• Felt squares in coordinating colours
• Book binding glue, a selection of other glues, double sided tape and foam squares
• A selection of backing papers and graphics taken from the Daisy Designables Collection

1 - Take your first piece of grey board and place onto the denim fabric, cut out a piece of the fabric slightly larger than the board as shown. Cut out a piece of the wadding the same size as the board, cut off a couple of centimetres from the edge as shown. This will allow the board and fabric to fit in the Bind It All Machine later on.

2 - Apply book binding glue to the wadding, turn over and press onto the board.

3 - Turn the board over so the wadding is sandwiched between the denim and board. Cut into the fabric, so that you have flaps cut an angle along two opposite edges and straight flaps across the other two opposite edges, as shown in the photo. Be careful not to cut too far! This will help to produce nice corners on your book cover.

4 - Starting with the shorter edge, apply book binding glue to the fabric and stick to the board. Do the same with the opposite side applying a small amount of tension. Repeat with the longer flaps, ensuring you check to make sure the corners are neat. If the corners do need to be tidied apply a small amount of the glue, as this will dry clear. I also apply a thin strip of double sided tape to the board. Repeat the process, so you have a matching front and back cover.

5 - Taking your chosen backing paper cut a rectangle slightly smaller than the cover, apply book binding glue to the back and secure to the cover, repeat with the other cover. ( I mirrored my backing papers in my graphics programme, so that my inner pages and covers matched although this isn’t necessary).

6 - Cut out two large pocket images from the Daisy Designables Collection.

7 - Apply double sided tape to the three edges shown.

8 - Stick one pocket at an angle to the inside front cover to form a ‘real’ pocket. Set aside the other pocket for later.

9 - Cut matching pages slightly smaller than the book, either print on both sides of the paper, or stick two papers together with glue to form slightly thicker pages.

10 - Take your Bind It All Machine, use the setting `C` for cover. Carefully put the front cover into the machine, and press the handle down.

11 - Turn the cover around and do the same again. Repeat with the inner pages, but with the machine on setting `D` inner pages.

12 - Taking the ¾ Inch wire, cut the required length, using the wire cutters from the tool kit.

13 - It is important to get the covers and pages in the correct order - front cover face down, back cover face up, then pages.

14 - Thread the wire through as shown.

15 - Take the ¾inch spacer and place in the machine, tighten until the Bind it all Machine is at the correct size.

16 - Place the covers, pages and wire into the machine as shown. Push the handle down until the wire is pushed together.

17 - You have now bound your brag book.

18 - Using the additional pocket, attach it to the front cover with bookbinding glue. Cut out a separate flap part and attach with foam pads. Using the Cuttlebug flower die, cut out some coordinating felt flowers and attach with glue.

19 - Tie an assortment of coordinating ribbons to the wires.

20 - The last bit is left to you, what you want to do with the book, give as a gift, or add lots of photos then give as a gift, or keep for yourself!

21 - For other brag book projects consider using satins and lace for baby and wedding, light weight tweeds and twills for a more masculine look or bright and funky cottons for teens. Raid your fabrics stash, let your imagination fly and have fun - the possibilities are endless!

Now in stock - the Bind-It-All personal binding system. Create your own brag books, journals, calendars and more with the compact and strong Bind-It-All machine, wires, covers and pages. To help you create luxurious padded fabric book covers we’ve also added fat quarters of denim, calico and wadding plus braids, ribbons, guipures, cords and a trusty bookbinding glue.