Toilet Paper Roll Mini Album Tutorial

We had a great Stamp Camp! Here is the tutorial for the mini album so you can make it over, and over, and over......

Supplies:
4 (or more) empty toilet paper rolls
Patterned paper
1/2" binding wire (or binder rings)
Bind it All (unless using the binder rings)
Cropadile
Corner Rounder
Coordinating Ink and ribbon
sponge
3/8" (large eyelets)
Embellishments
Strong Adhesive (we use Xyron tape)
Instructions:
1) Make sure your toilet paper roll is as clean as possible without lots of scraps of paper hanging off of it. Flatten them.
2) Cut four pieces of patterned paper 4 1/2" x 6" . Run them through the Xyron machine, or apply adhesive to them, making sure to get all the way up to the edges of the paper.
3) Wrap around flattened toilet paper roll, overlapping just a little bit. Trim off any excess.
4) Cut out four pieces of paper 4 1/4" x 2 3/8" for the tags. Using the corner rounder, round the edges.
5) Using coordinating ink, distress the edges (and backs of the tags, if you wish) of the tags and toilet paper roll. Get just inside the edge of the tp roll by using a sponge to apply the ink.
6) Punch binding holes in your tp rolls, one at a time, using the bind it all machine. you may want to practice the hole placement on a spare roll. You can also do this step with a Crop-a-dile or a strong hole punch.
7) Determine the order you want the pages of your album to be in. Then "turn the page" of the first page of your album, so that now you are looking at the second page of the album and the first page is on the back.
8) Snip off five links of binding wire and thread through the holes of the stacked tp rolls. Place in bind it all and squeeze the handle to bind. (For further instruction on how to use a bind it all, check my "links" section for a you tube link.) You can also use a binder ring at this point instead of wire. Tie ribbon on rings.
9) Using the Crop-a-dile, punch 3/8" holes in your tags. Place and set your eyelets in these holes. Thread your ribbon through them and tie into a simple knot. These are the "pull" tabs for your tags.
10) Stamp and embellish as desired! I used my tags for journaling, so I stamped journaling boxes on them and used a white gel pen (Souffle pen) to enhance it. I also used the tag sheet that came with the paper pack to create embellishments and the title. You can also cut out individual images (like a flower or a frog, or whatever) from the patterned paper and use it as an embellishement. I did this (see the flower on the album cover?) and used Crystal Laquer to make it shiny and dimensional. Word stamps are also great - I used "More Abundance" for the title.

Have fun and make it your own!!!

Matchbox Valentine Tutorial

I loved this little valentine box! Small, but filled with love (and a miniature bar of chocolate, of course!). Thanks to Heather Scott for the pictures and how-to's!

SUPPLIES:

• Empty matchbox (I got 10 for 100 yen!)


• Patterned paper (I used TAC's UPTOWN GIRL V-922). Cut into a strip 2 1/4" wide x 4 1/4" long (or as long and wide as your matchbox). Use an additional scrap to stamp your image on.


• Scrap of black paper (cut into 1 inch square or enough to mount your stamped image on)


• 12x12 sheet white cardstock


• black ribbon


• pink ribbon


• Noir Palette Ink (TT-220)


• Claret Palette Ink (TT-194)


• Love Doodles Stamp Set (T-2709)


• This Boy Stamp Set (T-2893)


• Paper cutter


• Scor Pal


• Scissors


• Tombow Blending Pen (F-20)


• Sponge


• Adhesive

INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1) You will begin by inking the edges of the matchbox with Claret Palette ink.

I also take a sponge and try to get inside the edges a bit.

Step 2) Then adhere your pattern piece around the outside of the box. Be sure your adhesive gets right up to the edges so that the paper sticks down nice and tight.

Step 3) Next you will paper piece your heart - start by stamping your image onto white and a scrap of your pattern piece.

Place a piece of tape on the back side of the pattern piece and cut out - The Mini Kai Scissors work great for tiny cutting jobs..

Adhere heart over top of same heart on white piece. Cut out white piece.

Step 4) Color in the edge with a blender pen and ink pad - by simply tapping the tip of the blender on top of your ink pad and then coloring like a marker. When the colors get lighter just tap again and repeat.

Mount on the black square of cardstock and adhere to top of box. Tie ribbon around box.

Step 5) Now for the acordian folded insert! Cut your white cardstock into a strip 11"long x 2" wide (this measurement is for the matchboxes purchased at the 100 yen store. If you are in the US, you would want to cut it to 11 1/2" long x 1 7/8 " wide.)

Step 6)Now to score your accordian - the Scor-pal makes it SO easy! Because you want to score every 1 1/4 inches you need to take your 11" x 2" piece of white cardstock and place it at the 3" mark. on your Scor-pal. Score at 4 1/4.

Now slide your scored line and place it into the 3" line. (the dent of the score will sink right into the line!) Now score again at 4 1/4. Repeat until you reach the end of your paper.

Step 7) Stamp your images from the "Love Doodles" stamp set, and the "Things I Love About You" stamp from "This Boy" stamp set on both sides of the strip.

Step 8) Fold on the lines and you are done!!