Christmas Gifts Paper Crafts

Class will be at the Findlay YMCA on Thurs. Dec 10th, 7pm-9pm

We will be making papercraft items that make great gifts!

The 3 projects are the Perfect Bound Portfolio, Badge Book and

Gift Card Holder. Class fees are $15 for YMCA members and $20

for non-members. You mush register at the Y to save your space!

#1 in a Series of POPs Tutorials

Wow, where has the year gone?!!! Only one post from me this year, yikes.

Now I am starting a series of POPs tutorials. I have done a few before, like the Single Panel Card, and Paper Ribbon Bound Book. The ideas for these tutorials come from a collabortative effort from members of http://www.clubscracommunity.com/ and can be found in the post titled POPs. A pdf and word file are available for download in the post.

What is a POP?

P.O.P. stands for Pound of Paper. It is a paper product offered by Club Scrap. They define a POP as a pound of paper cut into bits and pieces, most often they are packaged as a kit collection and can be added a la carte to any paper kit. In my experience they come in sizes 5x7", 4x6" and 3x5", with some exceptions. So, if you are thinking, "That sounds like a pack of scraps", you would be correct. One thing to keep in mind, Club Scrap papers are 80lb cardstock with occasional text weight and translucents mixed in.

Now, onto the project of the day: Multi-use paper stand.

This project can be used for business cards, post-it notes, picture stand, note holder, etc...

Multi-use paper holder is so easy, I feel guilty making it into a whole tutorial, but here goes:

Supplies List:

5x7 POP (yep, just one!)

Scor-it Board, or CS grid ruler and bone folder

CS grid ruler

Bone folder

CS Bookbinding, padding and laminating adhesive(CS glue)

Paper trimmer

Ink, stamps and scraps for embellishing

Step 1:

Place the POP horizontal with the right side facing up and score at 1".

Step 2:

Place the POP horizontal with the wrong side facing up and score at 3" from the oppisite end of the first score.



Step 4:

Fold and crease on the two score lines. You should end up with a paper in a Z shape.

Bare bones, this is how the holder stands up and holds business cards.

With and exta score and fold at 3/4" you can make a flat base for the papers to sit on

Using a 1/4" x 3" strip you can reinforce the holder so that if the papers are heavy, like business cards the holder won't go flat.

Embellish the front and back with layers of scraps, stamps, inked edges, ribbon and any other favorites!

New! Scrapbooking Services: Let me do the scrabooking for you.

Erin Wooden-Nagy,
FFC Independent Crafter
Pages of Pictures
Price List

Having trouble finding the time to make your own scrapbook pages? Photos piling up in shoe boxes? Let me help you preserve your memories with scrapbook pages designed with your photos in mind. All of your pages will be put together with Club Scrap’s quality products. They are all acid free and archival so that your memories can be shared for lifetimes to come. Feel free to make special requests for your pages; including: quotes, titles, colors, themes, or any other embellishment. Because your handwriting is such a personal touch, I will encourage you to do some journaling on each page with a photo safe pen/marker that I will provide for you. Any journaling, thoughts or other information about the pictures you can send to me in a word document to be printed and displayed or hidden on the page. All consultation time is free of charge.

· Minimum of 12 pages, the pages can be all one theme/color collection or papers chosen to coordinate with individual photo sets.
$60 for the first 12 pages
12”x12” pages
A journaling pen will be included for you to use
All pages will be complete and include:
All photos cropped (if needed) and matted
Title
Embellishments
6 Page protectors (1 protector for every 2 pages)
As many photos as can fit on the pages (various sizes)
· Additional pages
$8 for every 2 pages
Includes:
All photos cropped (if needed) and matted
Title
Embellishments
1 Page protectors (1 protector for every 2 pages)
As many photos as can fit on the pages (various sizes)

· Albums are available from me, made of genuine leather, for $39.95, or you may purchase one on your own for me to use.

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Tuesday's Tutorial #10

Tuesday's Tutorial #10

Molded Handmade Paper

Supplies List:

• 
  Blender
  
  
• 
  Water
  
  
• 
  Shredded paper scraps, newspaper, unprinted computer paper
  
  
• 
  Liquid starch (optional)
  
  
• 
  Bathroom Tissue (from now on referred to as Artist Paper or AP)
  
  
• 
  Towels plus one piece woven fabric or flannel receiving blanket
  
  
• 
  Some sort of mold: chocolate mold, cookie mold, soap mold
  

Step One:



Start by adding paper shreds to the blender, pack in loosely then cover with water.



Blend until pieces are just pulp, or less if you want chunks of color. News paper will turn the paper gray, I used a bunch of colors and it came out sort of purplish, use only white paper if you want to end up with a white item to color later.



Pulp should be loose and watery to fit into detailed molds.





Step Two:



Using a few drops of water on your finger tips, place one or more sheets of Artist Paper on top of the mold. I only used one as it covered the entire mold that I was using. When I used the whole pan to make all of the images I used 2 layers to cover the whole thing.











Step Three:



Scoop up enough pulp to cover your fingertips and place on top of the AP in the mold. Continue scooping this amount until the image in your mold is covered in about 1/4" thick of pulp. There should be water seeping out of the pulp at this point.







Step Four:



Place woven fabric piece or flannel blanket on top of pulp in the mold. If using a towel place it on top of the fabric, this is so the loops of the towel don't get stuck in the pulp, if using the flannel, fold several times before placing on top. Put a generous amount of pressure on the blanket or towel, as they become soaked add others on top. Then slowly peel off and use a dry towel to finish soaking out as much water as you can.







The pulp should be as flat a paper and may be indented, if you would like it to be thicker, repeat from step 3 until desired thickness.



















Step Five:



Carefully pull away any excess paper around the edges of the image, be careful not to tear the image, or you can wait till it is dry and cut it off with scissors.





Step Six:



Carefully remove paper from the mold and leave out to dry or put them in a low temp oven, about 200 degrees for about 15 min. Mine came out a little curled up from the oven. Don't know if would have been different air drying, I'm too impatient, lol.





Here is my finished project, the images dried white and I rubbed them with Club Scrap hybrid ink on a sponge brush.



Trimmed the edges, glued to a 3x3 square and used toothpicks as drum sticks. These are for a 12 days of Christmas swap :)

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