#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

Tuesday's Tutorial #8

Single Panel Embossed Greeting Card

Supplies:

• 1 each Club Scrap POPs in sizes 5x7 and 4x6
• 3 Club Scrap photo mattes.
• Favorite removeable adhesive.
• Club Scrap BBP&L Glue
• Embossing stylus

Step 1: Glue the 3 photo mattes together in a stack.

2: Apply removeable adhesive to one side of the matte stack.

3: Stick the matte stack in the center on the 5x7 cardstock and then flip it over.

4: Use your

fingers to feel where the matte stack is then apply pressure all the way around it with the embossing stylus.

5. Flip the 5x7 over and remove the matte stack.

6: Add embellishments and greeting to the 4x6 cardstock then glue to the front of the 5x7 panel.

I used a stencil and ink, greeting stamp, glitter pens and scrap paper strips to embellish my card :)

These also make great invitations.

Tuesday's Tutorial #7

Tutorial: Paper Ribbon Bound Book

& A Challenge

CONGRATS TO LAST WEEKS WINNER

LISA O.!!!

These books are completely made of paper! The finished size is 5x7 making it easy to add full size pics and still have room for journaling. This would be a great project if you were to give it as a gift to a group and needed to make many of them. Add photo corners or double sided adhesive tabs to make it a snap to put the pictures in. I went ahead and added photo mattes to all of the inside pages. The top example is mostly CS® Refresh Kit paper and embellishments. I used Adirondack Inks. The bottom example is mostly CS® Serengeti paper and embellishments, I added a Friendship twist tie and some Gomlets, and punches.

I challenge you to make one and send me a link to your creation. Again a random drawing for Club Scrap goodies from me. And you get to use up some of the stash you have been hoarding :) Deadline is March 10, midnight EST.

Ingredients:

1 sheet of 12x12 cardstock

6-8 sheets of 5x7 POPs - You could cut these yourself if you don't have POPs. See cutting diagram below.

3/16th inch hole punch (Crop-A-Dile works great)

Tonic Paper Trimmer

Scor-it Board

CS® Grid Ruler

Bone Folder

Pencil

CS® Bookbinding Glue

Embellishments & photo mattes.

Step 1. Score the front cover page and all inside pages 1/2" in from the left side. Don't score the back cover. This process is made very easy with the Scor-it board, but can also be done with the grid ruler and bone folder.

Here is the cutting diagram to get four 5x7 pieces out of a 12x12 cardstock sheet.

Step 2. Measuring, ugh! Ok, here we go, use the centering guide on the grid ruler to find the middle of the left side of the cover, go in 1/8' from the left keeping the ruler centered. Use a pencil to mark the center and 1/2' spaces out to the top and bottom of the edge. These are where your holes are going to be punched.

Step 3. Stack the front cover and 3 inside pages together and use binder clips to keep them together while you punch the holes on the marks that you just measured. I found I could punch 4 sheets of cardstock at a time with the Crop-a-dile II.

Step 4. After punching the first set of holes stack all of the covers and all of the pages together, clamp with the binder clips, and use the first set of holes as the guide.

Step 5. Crease all of the score lines in the direction that the pages will open.

Step 6. Cut two 1/8" wide strips from the 12x12 piece of cardstock.

Step 7. Run the strips through your fingers several times until you have conditioned them to stay in a loose coil.

Step 8. Embellish the front cover and place photo mattes on the pages as desired.

Step 9. Start the binding by bringing one end of the "paper ribbon" up through the back of the top hole and gluing down the end. Bring the other end up from the back and down through the next hole. Continue until you get to the last hole. You may wish to trim the paper ribbon. I simply adjusted the size of the coils and left the full length in the binding. Glue down the end to the back of the cover.

Step 10. Start the next paper ribbon at the top hole going from front to back and gluing it to the back. Take the other end to the back of the second hole and bring it up to the front. Continue until you reach the bottom and trim or adjust the ribbon. Glue end to the front cover. This should give you a criss cross design.

Step 11. Enjoy ! Fill with pics and keep , or give away!

Club Stamp™ Stamper's Project: wooden ampersand

This is my completed Club Stamp™ Stamper's Project: Wood ampersand. This was altered with Club Stamp™ Bridges papers, stamps, project cut outs, ribbon, brads, beads & fibers. Adriondak acrylic paint in espresso and distress ink in courdoroy were used for stamping and additional distressing around the edges. The embossing powder, also on the edges is a mixture of gold, silver and black from JoAnn's. Other embellishments include: From Club Scrap®, Friendship twist tie, Tie Dye clothes pins, Be Still ribbon slide, Study in Red stamps, From the Heart stamps, Bistro and Sparkle sequins, hour glass charm, To You With Love stamps. Other embellishments include Fastenators from PC, O-rings from Karen Foster, Gromlets from We R Memory Makers, Charms from the CSC charm swap, and stuff that's been in my stash so long I don't remember where it came from.

I thoroughly enjoyed putting this together. I spent about 2.5-3 hours, spread out over 2 days working on it. The colors will coordinate well in my living room. Please feel free to post questions or comments in the comment section.

You can get a more detailed look by clicking on the picture.

Thanks for Looking :)

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*