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Decoration cond omamert Tie, 1R501.863 2006 785.593-de22 2006012543 Printed in Chino 0987654321INTRODUCTION. ..4 EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO Z EB is for Acetate Overlays...5 By is for Art Doll..6 ED is for Batik. s for Cheers... 10 is for Decoupage... 12 is for Embellishments... 14 19) is for Fancy Frames... 16 [Hil is for Halloween Memento....20 [DB is for inking... 22 By is for Jewelry... 24 for Glazing...18 El is for Journaling. 26 gq is for Keepsake... 28 is for Leather... 30 LYE is for Mirror... 32 is for Mosaic... 34 [i is for Niche...38 [Oy is for Ornament... 40 Bi is for Painting... 42 [Bl is for Personalized... 44 Lai is for Quotations....46 [BD is for Recipe Book... 48 is for Soft Sculpture... 50 is for Transformation... 53 Ll is for Unique Shapes... 55 is for Variations... 58 is for Windows... 61 is for X-Acto Cuts... 63 is for Yummy Colors... 65 is for Zany Stripes. .. 67 GALLERY... 69 ABOUT THE DESIGNERS... 77 RESOURCES... 79Ready-To-Go! Blank Boord ks veilable from C&T Publishing. here's nothing like a personalized Board Book to capture all the special moments of your life. Whether you treasure it, display it, or gift it, with the techniques found in this book you'll learn how to make your Board Book as unique as you are. Try any of the more than 30 different techniques from 36 experts who are celebrated as the most talented and creative designers in their field. Discover how to create and use: «= Surface treatments like painting, batik, and decoupage = Embellishments like jewels, mirrors, and frames «= Enhancements like journaling, recipes, and quotations BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO Z Need help finding tools and supplies? There's a complete directory of resources provided beginning, on page 79. Visit www.blankboardbooks.com or your favorite craft store to check out all of C&T Publishing's Ready-To-Go! Blank Board Book shapes, colors, and sizes—there's sure to be a book that's perfect for your project!EASY TECHNIQUES is for Acetate Overlays INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Glue the patterned popers in related designs ond colors to cover all the pages ond the cover of the book 2. Make pleasant arrangements of the photos fon the pages, leaving some blank spaces, and alue them down, 3. Add transparencies, trimming os needed to avoid covering faces in photos. f the photos are not selfstick, glue them down with Diomond Glaze. 4. Type or print photo information on manila tags oro folder. Dompen and wipe on ink to ‘age ther, then cut out 5. Add sticker motifs, letters, ond words to fill spaces. Vary type style and size for interest. 6. Sond the edges of the pages for o dis tressed look to contrast with the sharpness of the tronsporencies 7. Fray the edges of the fabric strip by pulling ‘out strings olong the edge. Roots BY BETH HOOPER ‘Transparent elements give amazing depth to 4 photo album. Create multiple layers with papers under the photos, then add pictures, ‘and finish with acetate overlays, transparencies, and epoxy stickers. With all the overlapping and the see-through layers, the effect is really three-dimensional SUPPLIES: 6° 6" Create & Treasure Ready ToGo! Blank Board Book, white (C&T Publishing) Patterned papers with vintage look (Mustard Moon, Daisy D's) Later copies of eld photos Transparencies and epoxy stickers, Norratives by Karen Russell (Creative Imaginations) Decorative clip (EK Success) Large sticker letters (Mustard Moon) Red gingham fabri strip, 1°x 20 Morila tags or file folder Sofety pin ‘Walnut ink spray or distress ink pad, vintage photo color Ranger) ‘Adhesive: your choice for papers; Dimond Glaze for transparent ters (ludiKins) Fine sandpoper; Scuffers Losting Impressions) Shorp scissors 8. Wipe the tag edges and gingham strip with ink to oge them, 9. Run the gingham strip through the spine of the book, pushing it through with o skewer or peneil,Tie the ends on the outside ofthe spine. 10. Add transparency ond letter stickers to the ‘tag ond pin it onto the gingham knot. 5is for Art Doll Junk Food, Flat Women BY ELINOR PEACE BAILEY a Art dolls are not commercial creations but are born from the hands of their maker. Each is a t ‘nique creation, so there is no need to make your interpretation look exactly like this one, The Blank Board Book forms the body, and the arms, legs, and head shapes are cut from snack food boxes. The people spring out and wave as you turn the pages-have fun with this “moving” experience. SUPPLIES: = 3° 3° Create & Treasure Ready-To-Go! Blank Board Book, black (C&T Publishing] * Templates of doll legs, arms, etcetera (provided) ® Colorful snackfood boxes or ather chipboard, poster board, or recycled packaging '= Small hole punch (strong enough to punch cardboard) ' Brads: stars or other largeheaded shopes to ‘motch the spirit of your art dol ® Sharp scissors ® Colorful permanent markers, paint pens, glitter glue, ond/or other embellishmentsINSTRUCTION 1. Trace the patterns and use them to cut out the arms, lags, ond heads from the cardboard, Or you can cut your own shopes using the photos cond patterns os inspiration. If the cardboard is already potterned, you don't have to trace the features ofthe body parts. 2. Punch holes in the arms, legs, ond heads as shown on the patterns. 3. Punch corresponding he in the book poges where the body ports wil stick out of the poges, varying their postions on the pages for interest Use rulerto measure these inchmarks to verify that printout is correctly sized. 4. ‘Attach the body parts to the pages by running brads through holes in the page and the body part 5. Add words or decorations with paint pens, permani gliter glue. Alsrorarroou = 7is for Batik Inspiration Book BY DELORES RUZICKA, SUPPLIES: 3° 3° Create & Treasure Ready-ToGa! Blank Board Book, black (C&T Publishing) Botic EZ (Crafter's Pek) Decoupage ond Caloge Gel (Crofte’s Pick) Foam stamps, your choice of designs ColorArtz acrylic spray points (Testrs) DecaArt Paper Effects paint, ser pear Soft Comfort Series 14550, batik %4” wosh brush (Loew-Cornell Computer Cardstock, ecru Paint tray Sponge B Board Book PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO ZINSTRUCTIONS: G. Using the DecoArt Paper Effects paint, outline the batik images on Loy the mini book lt on your werk surface. Begin with the front and eth page. Allow drying time before proceeding to the next page. This back covers of the book, then continue the following process on the inside _ wll eliminate smudging, of the book, working both the lft ond ight pages a the sometime wt the some design end coor. 7. Use your computer to print words such as inspiration, Dance, and Sing on the cardstock 2. Pour a small puddle of Batik EZ (about the size of e qui y. IF the Batk EZ is ver thick, syrupy consistency. 3. Use tha bath 0 op an en cot of Bt Zea a ao LC samp Pes he stomp onto thei Dook Repeat his tpn random fashion. You don’t have to let the Batik EZ dry. onto 8, Teor the paper around each word, creating @ decked edge, ond glue hick, odo little water ond mix unt its of @ a : sees each word to the desired cover or inside page. 4. Spray on an even, light application of acrylic paint in the color of your choice (spray over the top of the Batik EZ stampings). As soon os the paint i dry, use a wet sponge to remove the Batik EZ; this will create the batik effects 5. Repeat this process with each page, using the feam stomp and the color of point of your chaice. Let dry. pisrorearik = 910 BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZ is for Cheers The Little Book of Cheer By KATIE WATSON This little Board Book is chock full of cheers! It provides a handy reference for just the right toast to use on almost any occasion. ‘Adding it to a decorated wine-bottle holder makes it a gift to remember. SUPPLIES: = 3°x 3° Create & Treasure Ready-ToGo! Blank Boord Book, white (CRT Publishing) ® Patterned papers: red gingham and other ‘assorted patterns = Rubon letters Letter stomps = Cardstock = Computer {to create toasts} Ribbon = Charms = Mini safety pin = Brods = Mod Podge (Paid) ® Poper piercerINSTRUCTIONS: Cover 1. Decoupage the front and back covers with patterned paper cut nto 4a.2/2"%22" square. Be sure to glue it so thot te spine ofthe book i left uncovered 2. Mat a strip of red gingham-patterned poper with white cardstock ‘and glue to the bottom of the front cover 3. Make the ttle using stamps, stickers, and/or rub-on letters 4. Add embellishment stickers Inside Pages 1. Using decoupage, cover the pages with patterned papers, being sure to leave a tiny border around all four edges of each page. 2. Add strips of coordinating potterned poper, alternating patterns ‘across the taps and bottoms of each page. 3. Stamp the desired word acrass the top ofthe page and across the strip of patterned paper, 4. Add a piece of cardstock, preprinted with the toast on it to the center of the poge. 5. Add embelishment stickers to fill open areas on the page. Closure 1. Using the paper piercer, make o hole in the front and back covers right in the middle, at the outer edge. Be sure nat to make it ta close to the edge; atherwise the brad wil tear through, 2. Push the prongs of « large brad through the hole ond spread them ‘out on the back ofthe next page, 3. Wrap a thin ribbon oround the base of the brad on the back page. Tie it into knot atthe base of the head and snip off the ext ribbon. Be sure to leave the rest ofthe ribbon intact. 4. Take the ribbon from the back brad and pull it around to the front brad, wrapping it several times around the base of the head to close the book, Finishing 1. Loop a ribbon through the spine ofthe book ond tie it in © double kot Snip the edges at an angle 2. Attach o charm with the mini safety pin 3. Tie the mini book around the neck of @ wine bottle or attach it to @ decoupaged wine-bottle gift box fora great gift! oris for Decoupage My Family By SUE ELORED Recent, | had the pivege of helping my parents sort through ol boxes of inherited photos and listening to much forgotten family trivia, "My Family” album uses decoupage, a technique whereby you apply assorted papers and cutouts and then coat everything with multiple layers of varnish. I made this album as a tbute to my parents on their 5ath wedding anniversary. What a wonderful and loving couple they are. Thank, Mom and Dad SUPPLIES: 7° 5" Create & Treasure Ready-ToGo! Blank Board Book, white (CRT Publishing) Decortive papers: Secret Garden (Daisy 0's) green damask, plum and alive diamonds, purple porchment, Brendo Walton's Bela ‘carn {K&Co)) iridescent vellum (Poper Cut miscellaneous greenstriped papers Stickers: Henry's Lace (Mrs, Grossman's}; Garden Collage Fromes (K&Co.}; Sandy Clough Heirloom Garden (Colorbak) Vietoriana photo corners (Frances Meyer) Archival ink, sepia (Renger) Hydro sponge Foam brush Liquid Laminate (Beacon) Craft Bond Tacky Glue (Elmer's) Ribbon (Moy Arts) XeAeto koife 12 soaro 800k PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO Z Cutting mat fed rubber broyer 2%" vil ole punch (McGil) yon sticker machine Bone folderINSTRUCTIONS: Using sepia ink and o hydro sponge, gently rub ink onto the outside ‘edges of the book and the inside creases of the pages: Cut two pieces of Secret Garden or ather decorative paper to 7° 5°. Apply a thin layer of glue with o small foam brush and glue the paper to the front and back of the book. (A red rubber brayer is goad for securing the poper firmly) Trim the paper from around the comers with the X-Acto knife, Cut o small strip of green damask or other colored paper to approx mately 4"x 7". Center cround the spine of the book ond gently make score lines. Fold on the scare lines. Apply glue and paste the poper to the end of the book. ‘Add decorative lace stickers to the front and back covers ofthe book, Gently rub sepia ink onto the front and back covers to give them an caged look ‘Add a Family sticker to the top right corner of the book, ‘Add o thin ayer of Liquid Laminate to the frant and back ofthe book Let dry thoroughly and repeat two or three times, os desired. The inside pages are done the same way os in Step 2. Use © bane folder to gently rub the inside edges of the book. Use traditional scrapbooking techniques to decorate the pages, such 10s applying torn paper, photo corners, computer generated journaling, cond old forily photos. | you want to soften the look ofthe pages, as on The Wedding page, use on additional sheet of vellum and run the vellum through the Xyron sticker mechine, Then apply and decorate os usual To tie up the book, punch a Ys" hole in the top and bottom of the back cover, and string the ribbon through to tie around the front of the book, Dis FoR pecourace = 13is for Embellishments Winged Ancestors BY MARGERT ANN KRULIAC This lovely little fantasy book can easily be created with a few simple embellishments Its a fun way to pretend that our ancestors just might have had wings. SUPPLIES: = Wire « Adornaments fibers (EK Success) = 3° 3" Create & Treasure ReadyTaGo! Blanks ay) « Ribbon (Ofray) Board Book, black (C&T Publishing) = Large snap (Pry Consumer USA) = Med Podge (Plaid) ® Patterned papers K&Co,, BasicGrey) oe enen iy “ ® Word ond definition stickers (Die Cuts With = Ultimate! adhesive (Crofter’s Pick) ® Girl images fartezine, Altered Pages) A View) ® Ink, jet black, StazOn (Tsukineko) ® Buttorly sticker (PSX) ® Letter stamps [Image Tree) ® Feather Zucker) Jewels (Kandi) ® Ornament stomp , = Flowers ® Gliter (Art Institute) = Alcohol inks (Ranger) 14 soar 800% PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZINSTRUCTIONS: Cover 1. Glue patterned paper to frant and back covers with Med Podge end trim to size, 2. Paint Mod Pedge aver the flowers on the bottom ofthe gitl's dress and sprinkle glitter onto the flowers. Shoke off excess 3. Paste the girs image to the top ofthe butterfly sticker and then glue jowels to the butterfly wings. 4. Paste the butterfly to the front cover, 5. With an awl, poke small holes into the hat on the girs heod; threed wire through the holes and shape into an antenna 6. Place the word sticker Ancestors along the binding edge. 7. Stamp the word Winged onto the lower righthand side. 8. Color the lerge snap with aleahol inks and attach en 8” piece of ribbon, 9. Glue the top part ofthe snap to the edge of the front cover 10. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for the bottom port ofthe snap, which goes on the back cover fornment and wil not be u closed. The ribbons attached to the snap parts willbe used tote 111. Poke a hole in the spine of the book ond thread assorted fibers through the hole. Inside Pages 1. Give patterned paper to each side ofthe spread with Mod Podge and trim away excess 2. Cut out the git’s image and glue feathers and fibers to her back to farm wings using Ultimate! adhesive. 3. Paste the image to the lefthand page of the spread, 4. Place the Heart definition sticker across the spread 5. Glue flowers to the bottom of the righthand page and then glue jewels to the flower centers. Using black ink, stamp the decorative ‘ornament stamp at the top of the same page. cis ror empcuuisuments 15is for Fancy Frames Treasures of the Heart BY SUE ELDRED | made this necklace using a coordinated palette of cream and black scrapbooking products for a classy and cohesive look; then | added a hint of shabby chic and vintage memorabilia for fun, Sweet verses make this project truly a treasure of the heart. The metal frame on the cover holds an aged photo of the Eiffel Tower, while an inside photo pocket frames another vintage image. Simple techniques make this a fun project for both beginning and experienced paper crafters SUPPLIE * Life's Journey vintage compass charm «Ribbon (May Arts) - ; IK&Co, = 3° 3" Create & Treasure Reody-To-Go! Blank (KaCo) ® Craft Bond Fabric and Paper Glue, Craft Board Book, black {C&T Publishing) ® Brenda Wolton’s Quoteble Notobles vellum Bond Tacky Giue (Elmer's) ' Patterned popers: black and beige polka dot, -_-®xPressions ond soyings K&Co) = Matte finish spray Krylon) Brianna text and botoreas Brianna block «Tol: mini envelope punchy 1s" deckle collage, god loro, Life's Joumey stamp stocking square punch; Ye" ust hole punch; collection, black gingham (K&Co,} cream In" poper del (ei) roses (Anna Griffin ® Acrylic paint, ontique white (Paid) ® Gold metallic slivers (Mrs. Grossmon's) fee 16 soAno 800K PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO ZINSTRUCTION Cover 1. Cut two pieces of cream roses poper 3” square, Apply glue with foom brush ond poste the paper to the front and back covers ofthe book Use the red ruber broyr to secure the poner firmly 2. Cuta strip of polka-dot poper to 1/4"x 3°, Score Y/ lengthwise on both sides, fold on the score lines, ond glue to the book's spine, Add ‘metallic slivers to the edges of the paper. 3. Paint the siver frame with two coats of vintage white paint; then rub black soot ink with your fingertip over the rcised oreas of the frame. If these areas then seem too dork, rub a litle edditional cream paint onto the frame, 4. Give the frome on antiqued look by gently rubbing it with o small ‘amount of sepia ink 5. Spray the frame with motte Finish sealer to set the inks, Point on o thin loyer of Liquid Laminate and let dry thoroughly 6. Apply Ye” Super Tape oround the inside opening ofthe frome and insert the Eifel Tower sticker, eoving the protective sticker coating in place 7. Add JA" tape around the back of the frame, Remove the protective coating from the tape, take the back off the Eiffel Tower sticker, ond adhere it onto the front ofthe book. 8. Tie a small piece of ribbon to the compass charm and glue it to the front of the frame, 9. Punch o Ys” hole into the front and back covers of the book. Add ribbons for a closure. 10. Drill Y6" hale into the top lft comer ofthe book, going through al the pages. Lop a thin bon through the hoe, add @ coordinating bead, and tie o knot ot the end to make the necklace Inside Pages 41. Run the vellum sayings thraugh the Xycon sticker machin. 2. Apply a sheet of decorative paper to each page, cutting it to fit the page. Paste paper to the inside ofthe book with a thin coat of glue. 3. Punch mini envelope shape from the gold floral paper. Fold down the sides. Apply glue to the side edges of the front flap only and set aside 4. Apply two steps of eream embossed stickers to the top and bottom of the page. For an antiqued look, gently rub a small amount of sepia ink conto the raised surfaces ofthe stickers 5. Punch @ dectle squere from patterned paper and paste it to the canter of the page. The square should be turned sideways an the page to form o diamond shope, as pictured. 6. Cut a small picture of children from the Life's Journey stomp collection ‘and glue it to the back of a small piece black gingham poper. Trim ‘round the picture and inser it inte the mini envelope. Paste the envelope with the picture tucked inside tothe top of the deckled square, 7. Add on embellishment sticker to the top of the mini envelope. Fis ror ancy rrames 17SUPPLIES: 7° 5 Create & Treasure Ready-To-Go! Blank Board Book, white (C&T Publishing) Paint: fresh foliage, pure gold (Folkrt Papier] Flow medium (FolkArt Papier) Distress inks: vintage photo, tea dye, mustard (Ronger) Assorted word stamps and scanned images Patterned popers (Design Originals) Copper hinge (EK Success) Bortle cap, battle cap image, decorative slide ‘mount, and mini tag (Design Originals) Metal words, metal heart shape, and die cuts (All My Memories) Copper fragments, metal pinwheels (Hot OFF The Press) Die cut, collage, and epoxy stickers (K&Co,) Inkjet fabric (Vintage Workshop) 1B sono 800K PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO Z ZING Oo Dreams of Inspiration BY LEA ClOCl Glazing is a good way to create layers of color, some sheerer than others, depending (on the look you want to achieve. Aging or antiquing lend themselves amazingly to this project by using glazing to build up color. ‘The Board Book is magically transformed from a two-dimensional, flat look to an aged, indepth, three-dimensional page reminiscent of a treasure one might find in an attic or an cold trunk. The best part about glazing is playing. Be free with the colors as you put each layer down; this is what makes the antiquing look realistic. trovel read only a page. + tne Medium Craft Zots, Memory Tape Runner (Therm © Web) Aleene's Instont Decoupoge give (Duncon} Scissors Soft pointing brushes, 1 larg, 1 small Foam plates, Small cloth or spongeINSTRUCTION Basic Glazing and Cover 41..On o foom plate, mix 0 generous omount of fresh foliage paint with the flow medium. The low medium thins the paint to a glaze consistney Adding water would moke the point to thin ond runny; the medium ‘maintains the body ofthe paint. Pinal pages with this ture, Lt dry. 2. Mix small amount of pure gold point with the flow medium, asin Step 1, Using the small paintbrush, brush the color onto verious areas of the pages. Let dry 3. Starting with the mustard ink, do DTP (direct to paper) by lightly dragging the ink pad randomly over the surface of the page. Use sponge to blend the coer. Follow the same technique with the remaining colors of ink. 4. Tear « %2” strip from the cover by ripping down. Tis is dane to add dimension and allow the second page to show through. 5. Edge the ripped end of the cover with additional ink 6. Affi the slide mount to the cover, using the tape runner. Poste the bottle cap in the center ofthe slide mount, using o Zot. Press the child's image into the center ofthe bottle cap, 7. Affix the mini tag using the tape runner. Glue a little charm in place with decoupage glue. Paste on the metal heart and metal word with @ Zot Inside Pages 1. After glazing eoch poge, stamp words on using ink 2. To create the pocket, cut a triongle of decorative paper to fit the inner edge of the page. Rip the eft edge (the pocket opening) to give a textured look. Using decoupage glue, apply glue to only the cut edges and paste to book page. Add embellishments 3. To create the fobric tag and word panel, ist scan artwork into the computer and print it on inkjet fabric, then cut it out, Inkjet fabric hos o oper backing, which is removed on the word panel but not on the tag, This allows the tag to be easily put into and token out ofthe pocket 4. For the poge opposite the pocket page ip decorative poper into © rectongulr shope to ft within the poge, leaving open o pointed border of opproximately 172", Afi with decoupage glue. Add the die cuts ond meta word. Do DTP with nk over the die cuts to give an aged laok Adc ward fragments 5. Press the adhesive-backed hinge in place eo that the right edge of the inkjet quote fabric is just under the hinge. cisrorctazinc = 19is for Halloween Memento Book of Boo BY KATIE WATSON This fun little Halloween memento book is guaranteed to bring cout a little Halloween "Boo" spirit in you! Ful of bright Halloween colors and patterns, it’s sure to be a favorite treat for everyone in your family, Inside you'l find bats and cats, pumpkins, candy corn, and stars, all just waiting for a picture of your litle one to ‘make this Halloween mummery book complete. SUPPLIES: = 3°x 3° Create & Treasure Ready-To-Go! Blank Boord Book, black (C&T Publishing) = White cardstock Bazil) * Colors black stamping ink (Clearsnop) = Mini bottlecap letters [i'l Davis Design) = Plotc spider = Wiggle eyes «Alphabet beads ® Blackand-shite gingham ribbon (Offray) * Black embroidery thread (OMC) ® Spooky word metal signage (Making Memories) Floss threader {find in dentol section of grocery store) ' Paper cutter (EK Success) ® Glue Dots = Mono-Mult liquid glue (Tombow) ® Blackand-white gingham paper (Making ® Scissors Memories) s Poxterned poper: Black Stor Night Sky (Ki Memories) s Rickrack (May Arts) ® Rubon bat and words (Making Memories) 20 © soaao 200K PLAY-casy TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2INSTRUCTION Cover 1. Cut white textured cardstock into strips of diferent sizes the approx mate width of the cover of the book. Ink the edges with black stamping ink. Glue the strips down across the cover of the book, gluing some down ot an angle. Leave a space in the middle free of white cardstock so the block of the Board Book shows through (this will be for the eyes) 2. Glue down the wiggle eyes in the black space. 3. Feed the black-and-white gingham ribbon through the spine of the book using @ floss threader, Tie the riabon in o knot and snip the edges ot fon angle 4. Thread block embroidery thread through the beads, spelling the word Book and tie a knot at both ends of the word to keep the beads stati ‘ary. Do the same thing with the letters speling OF Next, thread the embroidery thread through the spine of the book and tie itn a double ot riple knot. Snip the ends close tothe knot, Rotate the thvead until the words are in the middle of the bookbinding, 5. Rollo couple of Glue Dots together to make © more dimensionol Glue Dot boll with o wide base and glue the plastic spider to the front cover 6. Paste the mini bottl-cap letters spelling the word Boo to the front cover in the some way you glued the spider. Inside Pages 1. Cut blackand-white gingham paper 3x 3° to fit the pages (asthe bose poper| ond post, using liquid glue 2. Cut block star paper 14” smaller than the base paper and adhere Some af the gingham poper from the base should be left showing 3. Cut two strips of blackand.white gingham paper 3” wide and paste cone to each page, 4. Using black embroidery thread, tie « tag to the rickrack. Embelish the tag with @ Halloween embellishment such as a bat eub-on 5. Glue down pieces of rickrack on top ofthe ginghom strips. 6. Add a Halloween embellishment or sticker to the top left corner lefthond poge, 7. Glue in photos of your favorite pirctes and ninja warriors Closure 1. Punch @ hole in the center of the edge of both the front and back cov fers, making sure not to get too close to the edge. IF the hole is too close ta the edge, it will tear through. 2. Thread two pieces of gingham ribbon, one through each hole, and tie the inside into © knot soit won't slip through, Use these ribbons to tie the book closed, His FOR HALLOWEEN Memento 24SUPPLIE = 3° 3" Create & Treasure Ready-ToGo! Blank Board Book, black (CAT Publishing) «= Patterned popers: fleur rendezvous, palace rendezvous (Rusty Pickle); ongel (Autumn Leaves); textured peor (Prova Craft} 1 Rubons: Scriptbooking Faith and Love (Decal Specialties) ® Stickers: Welk in Fath (Crossed Poths); Love Scripture verse 53C, 1 Corinthions 13 {lt Tokes Two); Faith, Mego vellum stickers (NRN Designs) s *Foith” “Hope,” and “Love" pewter cross charms (Crossed Paths); heart charms (Moking Memories) ® Loser die cut word Hope (Sarah Heidt Photocraft) * Ribbon, dancer (OFfray) ® Spectrum clear acrylic square (Heidi Grace Designs) = Alcohol inks pita, chili pepper red, calabaza orange, blanco blanco (Rupert, Gibbon & Spider) = Croft knife 22 soaao 200K PLAY-EAsy TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2 is for Inking An Expression of Faith, Hope, and Love BY TAMARA JOYCE WYLIE Scripture passages, favorite quotations, and charms ilustrate the message of faith, hope, and love in this mini book. A stained glass-like inked window on the back page reveals @ unique view ofthe cross charm, while additional embedded charms carry the theme from page to page. = Adhesive = Threod Fen with black ink = Gircle punch = Ths” hole punch Jump ringINSTRUCTION 1. For the front cover, cut @ 3°x 3” piece of polace rendezvous patterned paper and tear o corner of textured pearl paper to fit the bottom right corner. Paste both to the cover. Next, attach the laser die cut Hope word ond rub-on words Faith and Love; then attach @ heart charm, 2. For the inside pages, cut o 3° 3° squore of fleur rendezvous paper far each page (do not affix yet. 3. Using the circle punch, make an opening for the "Hope" cross in the ‘background poper ond glue the paper onto the page. Next, using @ craft knife, cut a window opening within the circle in the shape of the cross The "Hope" cross will sit in a round silhouette hole so it will show on pages 4 and 5, 4. Dab aleohol inks, one color at a time, onto the clear cerylie square, allowing each calor ta dry before applying the nest, Cantinue until the acrylic hos a stained-glass oppearance. 5. Using the ae squore os your guide, eut window openings into ‘ges 2 ond 3 ond the back cover. This is where the “Fath” cross ond Stained glass-like window will show through. Appl sickars and rubons. 6. For the back cover, cut o 3°x 3° square of textured peorl paper. Using the craft knife, cut @ window opening from the poper forthe stained glass-like window and paste paper onto the back cover 7. Dab adhesive onta the edges of the acrylicinked window and position it into the opening an the back cover. Let dry. Glue on “Love” cross, 8. Punch o hole through the bock cover with the Vis" hole punch. Attach the heart charm with jump cng 9. Thread a ribbon through the opening in the spine. Tie a second piece of ribbon to this one at the tap ofthe spine. Tie smaller pieces of riabon tonto the second ribbon. When the spine is covered, te the first and second ribbons together ot the bottom of the spine, Trim. 10. Ink all expased edges with the black pen, 23Joyful Season Mini-Book Necklace BY LAURIE D'AMBROSIO. ‘Share your joy in the season with this fun and easy-to-make mini Board Book neck- lace. Tuck in some of your favorite pictures with Santa and add a few mementos in the cutout niche. it's a perfect holiday-time accessory if you put in a favorite cookie Tecipe to give to a friend or to keep with you when you're grocery shopping 50 that you don't forget to pick up the s 24 ight ingredients. UPPLIES 3°x3 Create & Treasure Ready ToGo! Blank Boord Book, white (C&T Publishing) ® Aleene's Tacky Glue (Duncan) = 6° punch = Wooden mallet Winter Sophisticates Paper Wordrobe Coordinotes (Paid) * Cotton ball Deckle teor ruler (lai) = Wooden skewer Holiday chorm ond jingle bel fringe = Scissors Seed beods «Assorted snowflakes ond confetti Glue Dots = Green wire ewalry pliers and scissors (Toon) = Green eyelets BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 7 is for Jewelry = Green thread ond fiber = Green ond red stin cord + Microtip black marker = Croft keife = ClothespinsINSTRUCTIONS: Cover 1. Use the decke ruler to tear a 2/¢"x 3 strip from the red swecter or ether patterned poper Attach to the font caver wth Glue Dots. 2. Stitch green and red seed beads into the centers of the flowers fon the green poper die cut. Secure the threads with Glue Dots [do not knot) 3. Glue the “Joyful” label tothe top of the die cut, 4. Use a piece of wire to thread fuzzy green fiber in the center of the snowlcke embellishment. Glue to the die cut. 5. Cut 0 614” piece of light green satin cord, Place Glue Dots on each corner on the back of the die cut. Add glue where the cord will be located. [Attach the die cut ond satin cord tie to the front af the olbum and clamp with the clothespin until the glue dries, Inside Pages 1. Using craft knife, eut a 2°x 2° window into the secondtolast page of the book. 2. Cut strip of peisley or other decorative poper and glue to the facing page. Add monogram letter stickers to spell the ward Noel 3. Cut piece of jingle bel trim ond affix, using Glue Dots, to the bottom of the page. Be sure to fald the edge of the trim aver, catching the tall ‘The thread tails must be secured of the beads will pull off 4. Cut a 3°% 3° piece of red chevron or ether paper and paste to the second tolast page with adhesive dots, Cut an X with the croft knife from the center of what will be the frame to each corner. Fold the flops over the frome and secure with Glue Dots. Tim excess poper. 5. Cute 3°x 3° piece of green sweater or ather paper. Glue to the last page of the book, 6. Cut a 6/2" piece of light green satin cord. Add adhesive to the four sides of the frame ond sandwich the card between the frame and the last page. 7. Use the hammer and punch to add holes to the top ofthe frame. Insert eyelets with adhesive and let dry 8. Cut two 6” pieces of wie, Thread them through the eyelets ond fold in half Pull one end over the skewer. Use jewelry pliers to wrap the wire, creating a leap, Pull and wrap the other end of the wire in the opposite direction to secure. Trim excess, Use the skewer to make sure thet the book hangs level and the loops are even, 9. Thread the red twisted cord through the loops. Make on overhead knot ond secure it with glue.is for Journaling “I'm 28 for a Moment” Journal BY CHRISTINA KIMMEL This journaling concept came to me while hearing the "5 for Fighting” song. | wanted to document who I was and where | was at that point of my life. When | work on a small journal such as ths, | choose a few products that I ike and use them con every page in a different way, so that the album is tied together easily and flows from page to page. | used matte medium as my adhesive to achieve a seamless look, with no bubbles or lifting of the paper. SUPPLIES: = 6°x 6" Creote & Treasure Ready-To-Go! Blank Board Book, white heart (C&T Publishing) ® Cardstack, canary (Bazil), ® Matte medium (Liqutex) = Rubon decals, ‘= Postage stamp stickers (American Crofts, Pebbles Inc, Ma Vine’s Reliquary) * Paintbrush ® Zig permanent morker ' ColorBox pigment brush pad, avocado (Clearsnap) = Computer, printer, and paper for ereating correctly sized photos 26 —soaao B00K PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2INSTRUCTIONS: Cover 1. Cut canary cardstock to fit the heart shape of the cover and offix with matte medium. 2. Add rub.on decals and stickers to create the title. Use the permanent ‘marker to write en ary wards that you don't have on hand, 3. Brush another layer of matte medium on top ef everything for added protection. 4. Using the pigment brush pad, wipe color onto all the edges Inside Pages 1. Using @ compute, resize and print out the desired photo on printer paper ond cut it tothe size and shape ofthe page. Apply wth matte medium, 2. Hand journal your story on the opposite page using @ permanent ‘marker. Add on any appropriate rub-ons or stickers that fit the theme. 3. Rub the pigment pad around all the edges 27A Fairy-Tale Book BY KATIE WATSON is for Keepsake ‘This darling little book uses your children’s photos to make a fairy-tale type of story. Children will love looking at the book and will delight in the idea of their pictures telling alittle fairy tale! Complete with wings and fairy dust, it's a precious keepsake to cherish. SUPPLIES: = Poterned popers (My Mind's Eye, Chotterbox, Melissa Frances) Fink ond white cardstock Bozzi) * Rckrock (Making Memories) s Ribbon (Otfray and American Crafts) «Flower embellishments ® Letter stickers (American Crafts) «= Font, Firy Princess (Tivo Peas in a Bucket) ® Glitter glue (Sulyn) = Mono-Multiiquid glue (Tombow) = White acrylic paint ® Chipboard 2B — soaao BOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2 s Paintbrush ® Paper piercer or instont setter punch (Making Memories) = Croft knife = Decorativeedge scissorsINSTRUCTIONS: Front Cover 11. Cover the front cover with gingham patterned poper using liquid glue. 2. Cute square out of white cardstock thats YA" smaller than the ainghom poper. Tim the edges using decorative-edge scissors ond «jue on top af the ginghom poper. A small order of gingham poper should remain showing, 3. Cut another square out ofthe flower paterned paper about Ye" smaller than the vite cordstock from Step? ond gue tothe center of the white cordstock 4. Turn the book so that the cover opens upward instead of sideways. Using letter stickers, make the title 5. Thread gingham ribbon through the spine ot the top of the book ‘and tie in a bow, sniping off the ribbon edges at on angle, Inside Pages 1. Apply layers of patterned popers and white cardstock using a similar method os for the cover. 2. Write out the first phrase of your story on white cardstock ond paste it to the middle ofthe top page. Aifx the first photo of your story tothe bottom of the page. Design the remaining pages of the 'bo0k in similar Fashion, adding to the story os you go. 3. Add small ribbons, rickrack, and flower embellishments to decorate the pages. Dab on some glitter glue to moke them sparkle. 4. Using a paper piercer or punch, poke two holes all the woy through to the front cover at the auter tap edges ofthe book. 5. Thread o piece of translucent ribbon thraugh two small artificial Flowers, placed at each top corner, and te ina knot. Snip the ends close ta the knot. The knot should look like the center ofthe flower, 6. The ribbon that is coming eut of the cover will act as the book closure, wrapped around the outside of the book and tied in a baw fon the back cover. Back Cover 41. Give flower potterned paper across the entire back cover. 2. Cut two heartshoped wings out of pink cardstock and paste gingham oper to the wings, trimming the poper to fit (set these aside) 3. Dry-brush the edges with white paint. Let dey 4. Cut an oval shape for the top of the wing out ofthe gingham patterned paper and the same shape out ofthe chipboard. Glue the paper down on the chipboard. 5. Cut a smoller oval shape for the bottom ofthe wing out of the flower patterned paper and aut ofthe chipboard, Glue the paper down cn the chipboard, 6. Glue down the pieces of the top gingham wing so thot they slightly overlap the bottom floral wing 7. Dab glitter glue over the wings 88. Poke holes in bath wings for the brads to go through, 9. Put brads through the holes, attaching the wings tothe back of the book. 10. Cover the back of the brad and the back of the wings with the pink cardstock cavered in gingham paper. Note: The wings will pivot to the back for storage.Luscious Leather Necklace BY ARLINE LOWENTHAL Leather is a luscious material that invites much ‘experimentation, including the technique of intarsia. Intarsiais an inset process in which a cutout shape is replaced into a similar impressed shape, jigsaw puzzle-lke. Provo Craft has provided the perfect tool to make intarsia simple, the Sizix Paddle Punch SUPPLIES: = 3°x 3° Create & Treasure Ready To-Go! Blank Boord Book, black (C&T Publishing) ® Leather pieces (Tandy Leather Factory) = Poper ® Sizzix Paddle Punch ond small butterfly die [Prove Craft Cro cutting mot = Scissors * Gold paint + Paintbrush ® Gold point pen (kyon) = Assorted rubber stamps BO —boaao 200K PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2 is for Leather ‘Ink, bright colors and metallics Adhesive = Plastic rhinestone jewels «= Ribbon ' Beaded necklaceINSTRUCTIONS: 4. Let's start with the butterflies. Decide on the color of leather you wish to use forthe background of this page. | chose dark purple. Solect the tiny butterfly die-cut shope and, using the craft mat underneath, cut a few butterflies out of poper. You will use the paper versions just to decide the placement ofthe butterflies on the page, Remember to leave room for the antennae. 2. Using another colorful piece of leather and assorted rubber stamps, stamp this pieve of leather all over with verius brightcolored inks, including metallic colors 3. After the stamped leather is dry, move the butterfly die cut over the leather until you see a good place to make @ very colorful butterfly. Then, working on the craft mat, take the hammer and hit the die cut 0 few times. Continue this process until you have cut out oll the butterflies you want for the page, 4, Place the colorful leather butterflies on the piece of leather that will {9 into the book (using the positions you had decided on with your paper versions} 5. To mate the intarsio spat, place the die cut exoctly over the cutout butterflies, Corefully slip out the cutout butterflies, one at a time, ond hammer out the die cut below: 6. Dab a bit of adhesive onto the butterfly ond reposition it into the indented space you've just created on the piece of leather. Ease it into the leather unti it is flush withthe base leather. Continue this process the butterflies ore where you plenned for them to be. 7. Using the gold pen, draw in the antennae for each butterfly and glue «rhinestone at the end of each ontenna, 8. con the edges of the book as well to give it a cohesive look aint @ gold border around the page to frame it end dab gold paint 9. To turn your creation into @ necklace, attach o ribbon clasure ond beaded string of your choice 10. Decorate the cover with leather and a beaded creation to match Lisrorvearner 34SUPPLIES: 3°% 3° Create & Treasure Ready-ToGo! Blank Boord Book, white (C&T Publishing) Potterned paper: 12°x 12°, Romance Bumaut unite) Ribbons: 38” black sheer, 8” black stitched grosgrain king's Buckle ribbon slide, sive (?]Gypsies) Rubsons: Rummage, black (Making Memories) 2° squore mirror (Darice) Snap ‘Adhesives: Glue Dots, Glue Lines, Mod Podge (Plaid) Little gic! image (ARTehix Studio) 32 soaao wo0K PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2 is for M rror Compact Mirror BY PAM SESSIONS Not your ordinary altered Board Book and not your ordinary compact mirror but a personalized combination of the two. Make an elegant compact for your mother or one that is funky and bright for a teenager. The inside cover can be decorated with a collage, a favorite quotation, or a photo- graph. Being small and thin, this compact rminror is the perfect size to slip into an evening bag for a night out Act knife Bayer = Sening needle = Blak threod ScissorsINSTRUCTION 1. Cut 2 center pages out of the book, being careful not to damage the cover, Cut @ 2” square from the center of one poge [this will be the frame for the mirror). Set the frame aside for later, 2. Cuto 4x7" piece of patterned paper for the cover. Score 2” from each edge ond in the center on the fold. Also score 14 fon each side ofthe centerfold and cut according to the drawing 3. Using Mod Podge adhesive, wrap the cover withthe patterned paper, securing the overlap to the inside cover. Using a brayer, oll out ony cir pockets and allow to dry. Apply @ second coat of ‘adhesive to the inside and outside covers. 4. Cute 274” square from patterned poper and poste it tothe inside back cover, Add artwork, @ quotation, or @ photograph, using Mad Padge as necessary. 5. Cut off 14” of black stitched ribbon, tie into @ bow, and set ‘aside, Sew the two halves ofa snap to the ends of a 6” piece of the ribbon, 6. Thread the ribbon through the ribbon slide and glue to the cover with Glue Lines. Snap the book shut and paste the bow to he lef of the snop, 7. Cut off 8” of sheer black ribbon ond set aside 8. Using @ 30° piece of sheer black ribbon, wrap the frame, tightly securing the last corner with mini Glue Dots 9. Cut the 8” piece of sheer black ribon into four 2” pieces to wrap the corners, Secure with mini Glue Dots 10. Insert the mirror inta the inside front cover with Glue me and secure the frame to the ts or Glue Lines. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut Cut on solid lines misror mirror 3BMosaic Pendant Necklace with Pocket BY MADELINE ARENDT | have developed an interest in altered book arts in the past few years and, with the ‘wonderful products that manufacturers are producing, I've been able to challenge and stretch my imagination in creating some beautiful designs. For this project, my focus was to create something more than just a book. What I have come up with is this lovely piece of mosaic jewelry. 34 BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZ SUPPLIES: = 3°% 3° Create & Treasure Ready To-Go! Bionk Board Book, black (C&T Publishing) ® Makin’s Clay: black, natural ® Super Tape, sheet (Therm © Web) * Inks: Posh Rainbow Precious Metals silver ‘ond rich gold; Tim Holte Distress Ink, tantique linen and black soot (Ranger) ® Super Fine Detail clear embossing powder Ranger ® Heat It! embossing tool (Ranger) ' Glossy Accents adhesive clear coating (Ranger) s Inkssentols Memory Gloss, 16" squres, 3 pieces Ranger s Art Face stamp (Paula Best) «= Small fobrie piece, epproximately 9°x 6° = Fobriee glue (Beacon) = Block elste » Small buton = Small piece of poper = Crimp tal =X Act knife * Poper trimmer optional) = Poper aw = Brush = Pencil Acryl aller = Metatedge ruler = Jump rings « Strand of beads for necklaceINSTRUCTION Making the Fabric Pocket 1. Using @ ruler and knife, tim 0 thin stip (Y6") away from the edge ofthe two center poges. Tm F Making the gusseted fabric lining 2. Use the pattern on page 36 to cut the fobric lining, Make folds according to the pattern ond press them in with on iron, 3. Using FobriToe, glue the tiny hem at the top of the gustet. Glue the top fold over the tadge of the first inner page. 4. Glue the edges of the gusset around the side edges of the second page 5. Pierce holes at the top of both pages, centering them, 6. Thread a length of elastic ta one side for 0 closure, Thread a button on o cord through the ther. Knot or glue in place on the back side of teach page ta had in place. Working the Clay 41. Rall out the block clay, using an acrylic roller Continue to rol until the clay is opprox imately is" thick. Set the clay aside to ait dry, following the package directions se Each clay package makes enough for two pieces. 2. Roll out the notural-colored clay as in Step 1 until @ thickness of oppraximately ¥” is ‘achieved. Set aside to dry. 3. Trace the clay caver template pattern from page 37 onto the dry black clay. Cut out using ‘a ruler and X-Acto knife 4. Tim the edges of natural clay evenly with a knife, making two square shapes appraximately 33" '5. Dab metollc inks lightly with a dry brush ‘onto the natural pieces of clay and allow ta dry. 6. Cut the pointed clay paces into mosaic squares with o ruler and kre, o use a paper trimmer. The pieces should be approximately square Covering the Book with Clay 1. Use the patern on poge 37 to cut the pisces from the Super Tope, Glue the flaps of clay oer the edges ofthe front and back covers. Comp with binder clips uti the glue dries completely ‘round the cover. Before opplying the black clay to covers, tast the fit by placing it on airy ted ea changes before applying the clay and tope to 2. Using @ paper ow, pierce o hole in each corner and insert jump ring (this is where you will ttach 0 beaded necklace of your choice). Adding the Mosaic Pattern 1. Apply a 214” square of tape tothe center of the outside cover. Reae the backing poper. Apply mosoic pieces, spacing them as evenly 08 possible. 2. Using tweezers, set the tiny mosaic pieces ‘onto the tape in any desired pattern, 3. When all the mosaic pieces are in place, coat the entre cover with Glossy Accents Begin with a bead around the outside edge of the moscic pieces, working the liquid along the spaces between and over the tiny squares 4. Set aside until dry. Reapply Glossy Accents if necessary. Adding Glass-Covered Faces (Optional) Stamped images covered with glass are an {added embellishment tothe covers. 4. On e small piece of poper, stamp the desired image, using the black soot ink. Apply cleor embossing powder ta the ink. Pour off ‘excess powder. Heat with @ heat to! to emboss. 2. Lay a glass square onto the image, centering it. Mark the placement and trim. Place a small dot of Glossy Accents on each corner of the oper ond then place the glass over the image 10 affix both pieces. 3. Center the glass-covered face one on each cover) by placing it over the mosoic pieces. Add « small scrap of tape to hold it in place. When Glossy Accents is applied over everything (0 the cover and lft to dey, the square willbe misror mosaic | 35Fold oe “Ory na Zz a 2 co o 3 & a 2 a > 3 s Se &§ Center Fold Fold Fabric Lining Pattern: Press all folds into fabric before gluing and cettaching to book. Use rulerto measure these inchmarks to verify that printout is correctly sized, 36 —soaao BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2Fold © +— Holes for jump rings —> O 2%" Square z eae fn rr 3° x3 io he a Inside Covers Glue Tape Template (2%" square): To fix fabric pocket to covers, cut two pieces from Super Tape and apply te nade of front and back coves. Book spine 3" x 3” 2" Square — 7 2 3"x3 7 L = Outside Covers Glue Tape Template (2/2 square): For placement of mosci paces, eu tw pices from Super Tope and apply to outside of front and back covers Fold Clay Cover Templote: ay on led coy. Cut oround all ouside lines. Moke holes as indicate. Place center at sine ond fold clay to inside covers H—1— Use ruler'o measure these inchmarks to verify that printout is correctly sized, misror mosaic 3738 BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZ is for Niche A Treasure Box of Memories BY ANGELA DANIELS ‘My litle boy is four years old and completely preoccupied with studying the ground as we take walks. He can spot a shimmering object from yards away and wants to take everything home, including small bits of tin, broken but- tons, and tiny pebbles. | made this mini treasure-box book with him in mind. 1 thought that he could hang it from his backpack and put the little "treasures" that he found inside the buitin niche | figured this would help keep the items collected down to a smaller size and give him somewhere special to keep what he finds. SUPPLIE = 3°% 3" Create & Treasure Ready-ToGol Blonk Board Book, white (CAT Publications) * Potterned papers: 12°x12", Playful Wide Rule, Playful Polete, Payful Petite Pop {KI Memories) «= Playful Wisdom Wise Words die cuts (Ki Memories) ® Salso Script Expressionz rubons (Junkitz) Photo of child = Household twine, red = Button "= Mini Glue Dots (Stompin’ Up!) = Clear tape ‘= Adhesive, mised medio ® Large square punch (Stampin’ Up!) = Smell acrylic bead box PencilINSTRUCTION 41 Trace the front and back covers ofthe Board Book onto a piece of Playful Wide Rule patterned paper and then cut the sheet large enough to cover the entire outside of the book. Apply using o mixed:medi glue. 2. Using ruben laters, spel the ttle on the front cover. 3. Tie @ piece of twine through the button and paste tothe front cover with © Glue Dot, 4. Run another piece of the twine through the spine of the book end tie tot the top to give the spine some interest ond dimension 5. Using a large squore punch, punch @ square opening through the papercovered front cover, Be sure that the window you punch will be lorge enough for the acrylic box to ft through 6. After covering the inside pages with other decorative papers, punch squore openings to the two middle pages. Glue these two pages together to create dimension inside the book. There is no need to caver the pages thot willbe glued together. 7. Add a small quotation to the frst page, applying it with mised media glue 8. Using a small piece of clear tape, affix the small photo of child to the inside lid ofthe acrylic box. 9. To affix the acrylic box to the book, attach small slices of Glue Dats to the bottom edge of the acrylic box covering as much of the edge os ‘you can for stability) ond then positon the bex and press firmly to make it stick. The book should open ond close eosily. The acrylic box will fit through the windows that you have cut into the caver and inside pages. 10. Fill he niche you've created with small treasures wisrorwicne 39is for Ornament “Merry Ch BY DENA COE This project teaches you how to turn an ordinary Board Book into an extraordinary Christmas tree ‘ornament. Using a mixture of patterned papers, ribbons, and embellishments, you can create an amazing work of art that is @ perfect gift or a ‘wonderful keepsake for your own tee, tmas” Ornament SUPPLIES: ® Loopy brads, 2, copper (Karen Foster Design) _® Heat embossing tool (Marvy Uchido} =3°x3" Create & Teasure ReodyToGo! Blank «Calor ink, charcoal Clearsnap) 1 Watermark ink pad, VersolMark (Tsukineko) Boord Book, black [C&T Publishing) «= Ribbon: four 12” pieces and one 24” piece, = Ultimate! edhesive (Craters Fick) * Patterned popers: watermelon, blackeyed aera Glen cel cia peas, weathered thyme, weathered white, * Universal hole punch (Making Memories) ‘and weathered black (Lasting Impressions) * Gitte ge. Icicle Stickles (Ranger) ® Christmas sticker sheets: Season's Cheer, Joy __* Foam Dots, Pop Dots (Therm © Web) (Penny Block) * Sanding block (Making Memories) ® Doodads: Tim Holtz Print Blocks, Typewriter = Computer fonts, ossorted (Design Originals) Ps = Brods, 6, black (Making Memories) sm Emcesing pends clear 40 soaao 200K PLaY-casy TECHNIQUES FROM A TO 2INSTRUCTION Cover 1. Cut a 3°x 3° square of watermelon paper and sond the edges using a sending black, Poste to the front caver of the book and trim any excess, 2. Cut letters to form the word Merry rom the Print Blocks doodods and cut the letters for Christmas from the Typewriter doodads. 3. Ink the edges of the M, ER, Rand Yletters with block ink. When dry, stamp with the watermark ink pad and dip the letters into clear embossing powder. Using the heat tool, heat until the powder hos melted, 4. Cut the ornament sticker from the sheet of stickers (do not pee! off the ‘backing at ths time) and trace the outside edge ofthe ornament with litter gel. Allow to dry and offic the sticker to the center of the cover, allowing room far the words above and below it 5. Add the words Merry and Christmas to the baok os shown. 6. For the spine, trim 0 piece of weathered thyme paper to 1” and score itin the middle to accommodate the spine, approximately ¥/8°, Sond the edges ond affirit to the front and back covers, using adhesive 7. Te cttoch he clasp, et even holes approximately 16” forthe lopy brads on the front ond back cover, ser and close the bros Not: Do this tp before posting popr to the inside poges ofthe book, so thot ou ower up the bd laps 8. String o 24” length of green and gold ribbon through the clasps and tie together, Inside Pages 1. Cut 3°% 3° squores of blackeyed peos ond weathered thyme papers, sand edges, and paste one piece to each page. Trim any excess paper 2. Mount « gift sticker onto a piece of 234” x 24" weathered block poper and sand the edges of the paper. 3. Attach 0 4” piece of ribbon to the mounted sticker, approximately Yo from the top edge ofthe sticker. Moke o smal hole trough the rsbon ond sicer and insert «brad, Afi it to the page using Pop Dots for threedinensional look 4. Cut and sond 0 piece of 24%” x 214” weathered white poper. Print the desired phrose and attach a 4” piece of ribbon os in Step 3 above. Affix to the poge using adhesive. os ror ornament 44Once Upon a Time By DEBRA COOPER is for Painting Board Books are usually made for the enjoyment of children. In this case, with alittle painting and decorating, they're just as much fun for the adult to create. We cannot promise a child a perfect world, but we can try to deliver a pretend one for her through a custom-designed book starring that special little someone in our lives. In this unique book, the child is portrayed in a wonderful and fanciful world created for her, which includes all her favorite things: flowers, butterflies, birds, and home. What child wouldn't want to star in her own storybook? SUPPLIES: ® Tim Holtz Distress Ink, black soot (Ranger) = 6°% 6" Create & Treasure Ready To-Go! Blank Board Book, white, accordion ® Permanent black merker (C&T Publishing) ® Buttons: Foofolo Bag O Buttons summer collection (Auturnn Leaves) ® Acrylic croft paint: FolkArt Caymen blue, ' Permopaque pigment markers: white, red Hauser green light Plaid) s Patterned papers: Foofala Thrify Words Thrift Store calletion, Bondana Summer collection (Autumn Leaves) (Gokura} Glitter glue: Ie Stickles geld ice (Ranger) 42 ® Flower and bicd clip-ort images: The Big Box of Art (Hemera Technologies) BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZ «= Blockandwhite photocopies or inkjet prints of children’s photageaphs ‘= Handdrawn stencil inthe shape of a tree, house, etcetera, on cardstock or manila folder = Adhesive ® Pointbrushes, assorted sizes s RickrackINSTRUCTION 41. Determine where the front of the book will be, The accordion should ‘open from the right side ofthe book 2. Paint the top three-quarters ofall the pages of the book with blue paint and allow it to dry to the touch. Make sure the paint covers all the edges of the book. 3. Along the hattam of the book, paint ight green ina wavy pattern until it slightly overlaps the blue point. 4. Add some clouds using the opaque white marker, and apply a bit of liter glue along edges of each cloud, 5. While the book is drying, draw the outline of a tree and a house onto cardstock or o menila folder and cut out. By creating 2 stencil, you con use the template over again in your future projects. 6. Cut trees from the Thrifty Words patterned paper and adhere to the cover and inside pages as you lke, Aix assorted buttons to the branches. Cut the house from the Bandane patterned paper and glue to an inside ‘page; poste a bird an the roof as an added fun touch, 7. Affix two 12° pieces of rd rickrack along the top and bottom of the cover. Thay should wrap around the front and back covers 8. Crop out photos ofthe children who will be starring in the story and poste them alang the bottom of the caver and inside pages. 9. Clip ond apply birds and butterflies and affix os if they were flying ‘cross the sky. Use the red opaque marker ta draw a heart in a bird's ‘mouth or colar in a buterfl’s wings. Add some clipped flowers along the ground and add color to them os well if you Ike 10. Using black ink or permanent marker, write the title and words to your story, pis ror raintinc 43is for Personalized “Chase the Blues Away” Book BY STEFANIE OLBRICH | created this personalized mini Board Book for my son Ben's first day (of school, as a way for him to chase the lonely blues away and be reminded of home. In it, | included photos of close family members (parents, sister, and grandparents), pieces of fabric, a picture of his lovey-a favorite stuffed animal-and treasures (found objects) that he hrad collected at home. With this book, | wanted to remind him of how close we all really are even if he feels he is alone at school. | included journaling on almost every page of the book to reinforce ‘our love for him, SUPPLIES: ‘= Silver 1/4” keychain ring (Hillman) = 3°%3" Creote & Treosure ReadyT0Go! Blank petemned papers: 3°x 3" pieces blue stripes Board Book, block (CAT Publishing) (Loura Ashley, EX Sueces) clouds (Curent) = 8/2" % 11" cordstack, blue monochromatic «igor ep siver optional) (Bozill) a * a ' Decorative brad (Making Memeries) «= Problem Secretary font (Scrap Village) = X Act knife ' Blue slide mount (Loersch) «= Ribbon: (Offeay) 44 . s Pens: Shorpie extra fine point, blue Sanford), 12” length each, white and black Permaball medium point, black (Pilot) BOARD BOOK PLAY-EASY TECHNIQUES FROM ATOZ ® Adhesives: Mini Glue Dots; double-sided tope (Pioneer| foam tape (3M) «Tim Holtz Distress ink, walnut (Ranger) ® Spray bette with water tron ® Poper punch or ow!