#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!

Tuesday's Tutorial #10

Tuesday's Tutorial #10

Molded Handmade Paper

Supplies List:

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

Tuesday's Tutorial #9

Ruth Ann's Tag Swap Book

Supplies list:

• 8 1/2"x11" Club Scrap® papers, printed or plain, as many papers as you want pages, I used 6
• Club Scrap® grid ruler
• Club Scrap® Bookbinding, Padding and Laminating Adhesive
• Scor-it® board or ruler and bone folder
• Zutter® Bind-it-all with 5/8" or larger wire binding or hole punch and 1 1/2" or 2" binding rings
• Bone folder
• Craft Knife
• 2 Matte board pieces 6 1/4"x 5 3/4"
• 2 pieces of Club Scrap® papers cut to 6 3/4"x6 1/4" to cover the outside of the matte board
• 2 pieces of Club Scrap® papers cut to 6"x5 1/2" for the inside of the matte board.
• Foam brush
• Scrap paper to make 1"x6" binding strips
• Scissors
• http://www.crafttvweekly.com/ webisode called Card Keeper for instructions on how to cover the matte board. This episode is about 12 minutes but the instructions are in the first part of the show.

These great books have so many uses. Ruth Ann at http://www.clubscrapchat.com/ came up with this book to store her tags that she received in swaps. You could use this to store cards, sort photos or make a smaller size for ATCs. Send me a pic of your book at erinnagy@hotmail.com by OCT 1. and I'll drop your name in a drawing for a box of Club Scrap goodies from me!

1. Score each 8 1/2"x11 paper in half at 5.5" horizontally, turn the paper vertical and score at 2.5" In Ruth Ann's orgiginal design she scored this section at 1.75"

2. Fold the vertical fold towards the printed or textured side of the paper, be sure to reinforce the fold with your bone folder on both sides of the fold.

3. Fold the paper back to back so the first fold makes pockets on both sides of the page. Again reinforce the folds on both sides of the fold.

4. Score each of the 1"x6" binding strips vertically in half. Reinforce these folds also.

5. Place glue on both inside sides of the 1"x6" strips and apply it to the open edge of each page to seal the pocket and reinforce the holes that will be put there.

6. When all of the pages are ready you will need to put together the matte board covers following the instructions in the link listed in the supplies.

7. The book can then be bound with Bind-it-all or punch holes in the binding strip area and bind with binding rings (see sample pics in the slide show below)

8. Don't forget to get in the drawing for Club Scrap goodies from me, send me a pic of your book by Oct.1 at erinnagy@hotmail.com

More Paper ribbon bound books

These paper ribbon bound books are made by Nancy (nancine) at clubscrapchat.com. using my tutorial. Thanks for the pics Nancy!

Tuesday's Tutorial #5

Ok, so it's not Tuesday anymore. Ugh! I still want to post this tutorial. This is continuing with the idea of using paper crafts around the home. This will work for office spaces too. In my quest to streamline my bill paying process, and make it prettier, I have come up with a bills organizer. I used a Tupperware container to hold it all. Each divider has a month of the year and there are paper clips with the days of the month. I will use the clips to remind me what dates upcoming bills are due. I figure as I pay the bill, mark the date paid and move it to the back . As they come around next year decide if I still need to keep them in a long term file or get rid of it. This could be used with index cards with birthdays/anniversaries written on them like a perpetual calendar. The container was too bright, but the perfect size for what I needed, so I colored it with alcohol inks from Ranger. So much fun!

Tutorial: Decorative Bills Organizer.

Ingredients:

• Container in a size that holds the papers you would like to sort/file.
• Cardstock-about six 12x12 pieces, your choice of color, I used 6 different colors from the extinct FFC Hostess Rewards Line.
• Scissors/paper trimmer.
• Pencil and eraser.
• Paper piercer and cork tile, corner rounder, bone folder (optional)
• Embellishments with numbers, scrap cardstock
• 31 large paper clips.
• CS glue
• Ruler
• Alcohol inks (optional)

Getting started: measure what size the inside of your container is to see what size to make your dividers. Consider if you want the dividers to stand up out of the container, or if you will need them to fit inside so you can put a lid on.

Mine are 10x6. I chose muter colors hoping it will help keep me calm while paying the bills, HA!





Trim your papers to the size you need and keep the scraps to use later for file tabs and paper clip tabs.








If you will be making your own tabs, here is a Mini Tutorial idea of how to make some. 1. Choose your size, I used 2x2 squares. 2. Score in the middle and fold in half. 3. Use a corner rounder on the corners of the crease.

Write, stamp , or adhere months of the year to the tabs. Apply to dividers with brads or glue.



I cheated and used my Cricut Fabulous Finds cartridge to cut my tabs out :) I ahdered them with brads, poking the holes first with my paper piercer. I did my writing with a Slick Writer in Denim.

I used my CS grid ruler to determine the placement of the tabs. Measure the width of the tab you are using and use a pencil to mark where you want them to go on the divider. Mine were 1 3/4" wide, so I marked 1 3/4" on the first card and then 1 3/4" from the first mark but on the next card. You can make them over lap by making the measurements smaller than the size of the tabs. If you dont want to mess with the numbers, just use the tab to measure the spacing ;)
Write months on the tabs before adhering them with glue or brads.



I wanted to use numbered paper clips to mark due dates of upcoming bills. I used number stickers from CS Jr. Kits and sandwiched the paper clip between the sticker and a scrap of cardstock. Make sure you attach them to the end of the clip that only has one loop. You could also use printed number cut out and glue to the cardstock.


This is the container after I applied the inks. I used the felt applicator, inks in Latte, Lettuce, and Caramel. They did not show up well so I went over that with Denim, Rasin and Butterscotch. I blotted them with the blending solution. Last I applied Wild Plum in a cicle in the middle of the pad and stamped it on top. In person it looks like impressionist flowers. I am very pleased with the toned down color.


As always I welcome your comments and links to posts of your edition of the tutorials. I would love to post you works here if you would like to share them.

Tuesday's Tutorial #2

Hope you enjoyed the first one! Here's the second.

Let me preface this one with a little info. We have a string of conversations going, on the Club Scrap Chat website, about how to use all of these wonderful little papers, and it really got my gears going. This is an original design. Let me know what you think!

Tutorial: POPs Accordian File Folder

Ingredients:

• 10 POPs the same size. I used photo mattes sized at 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 because I wanted to be able to store photos in it.


• Club Scrap Glue or any adhesive


• Grid ruler


• Scor-it Board (optional)


• Bone folder


• Ebellishments


• Elastic-about 12", or any other closure of your choice

First score every 1/2 inch , on 2 pieces, alternating the side of the paper you score on so you are making peaks and valleys.

If you are using a paper that won't divide evenly into 1/2" spaces make the adjustment on the first score. Example: I used 4 1/4 x 6 1/4" paper so my first score was at 3/4.

Now you will need to fold on all of the score lines to make 2 accordians. I found it was easier to keep my folds even and straight if I used a grid ruler and bone folder to first make a 90 degree fold by running the bone folder up against the grid ruler on the back side of the paper. You can also use this method to make your creases if you dont have the Scor-It board.

Make sure to burnish each crease flat on both sides with the bone folder.

Gather the papers you will use for the front, & back covers, and inside dividers. You will need 6 altogether.

This is the time to embellish your dividers and covers. On the front you will be covering 1/2" on the sides and bottom when it is assembled.

Also, this is a good time to mark where you want your tabs to go if you want them evenly cascaded it is easier to measure and attach them now. Another option would be to cut down about 1/2" in each divider and trim off all but the tab.

The next step is to apply the back cover to both accordians on the first flap ( I used the one that was 3/4" wide ) with CS glue. Make sure you don't put the cover too close to the crease or it will interfere with the fold. I left about an 1/8" space between the cover and the crease.

Make sure when you are gluing that you have secured all of the edges of the cover. Also wipe off any excess glue on the front and back.

Continue applying dividers onto the top of the next fold, making sure to line up the divder with the back cover regardless of where it lays on the accordian. Because the accordian folds can be off as much as 1/8" you don't want to use them as your guide for placement of the divders.

For the front cover you will need to glue its edges on the front and back and sandwich it in the last fold. See next picture for detail.

You can see here that my accordian is bowed :( it is because I did not line them up properly. You can avoid this by following the previous step. :)

To make a bottom cover, choose which paper you want , make a vertical score at 1/2, and make the next score at the width you want the accordian to be open at the bottom. I left 1 1/2" space because that is where mine naturally spaced itself. Glue the 1/2" flap to the bottom of the front and wrap around the bottom and glue the next flap to the back. I trimmed my back flap to 3/4" so it was the same size as the accordian flaps.

The top cover works the same as the bottom except the small flap (I made this one 3/4", to again match the other flaps on the back) goes in the back and the long flap in the front. Glue only to the back. I used a corner rounder of the front of my top. And added an elastic closure. You could use a magnet closure or hook and loop, or a button, or anything you wish!

*If you are going to have your tabs standing higher than the dividers be sure to allow for that space when you measure for the back flap of the top cover*

Good intentions

Life's full of em! This blog is one of mine. I'm not giving up on it just yet. I would like to have a recurring article on here. I love to learn and teach scrapbooking/paper crafts. So, I am starting a Tutorial of the week article. Hopefully I will get my self organized enough to do it every Tuesday, and name it Tutorial Tuesday. I plan on gearing these toward the beginner to intermediate level paper crafter , because that is the level I feel I am at, lol. If you ever have any questions please feel free to email me at pagesofpictures@hotmail.com. If you live close enough I'll be glad to come over and show you and some friends in person.



Tutorial : POP* tri-fold card
Ingredients :

• Any 2 same size POPs , plus some scraps to embellish with
  


• Club Scrap Bookbinding, Laminating and Padding Adhesive, AKA: Club Scrap Glue
  


• Scor-it Board or ruler and bone folder
  


• Bone folder
  


• Embellishments

*note* a POP is a "Pound Of Paper" cut into bits and pieces available from Club Scrap. I have received them in sizes like 2x6, 3x5, 4x6, 6x6, 5x7, etc.

This is my finished card made from 2 4x6 pops from the Bistro kit, Initial stamp from Interior Design, Ink in Plum from Ranger Adirondack, all from Club Scrap.

Use a Scor-it board, or ruler and bone folder to score each piece down the middle. Before folding on the score lines, overlap the papers to the finished size you desire and glue with Club Scrap glue, spread with a foam brush for even coverage.









Now fold on score lines and crease with a bone folder. Decide which color you would like on top and orient that color on the left side.











Use scraps to make triple matted square for the front of your card. Center and glue only to the left side, so you will still be able to open it :)

View of finished card standing open. I finished mine with inked edges, an embossed letter and small bow.

Email me when you try this one and I'll post em here too!

Here's another of my finished samples.

This one is from Luly, she used CS papers from A Study in Red kit and Valentines stamp. Gorgeous! TFS.

This one is from Victoria W. using Sparkle blue plain for the back ground, mattes are Fizz silver and Sparkle blue. Stamp from Refresh. Very elegant, TFS.

This is a card I mailed to my OCAM recipient recently, it is made from Stratosphere papers and stamps from Painted Desert.