scrappy NAN: Handmade Holiday Blog Hop

It’s that happy time of year…it’s the “time to think about what I am going to make for the holidays!” Are you doing that too? Thank goodness for this blog hop to kick me into gear. If you have been keeping up on the Bind-it-All blog, you’ve seen a few things made with the Scor-it-All. I incorporated those projects into the one I am sharing with you today….a mini holiday memory album.

I used Zutter Bind-it-All and Distrezz-it-All, with an appearance by the Dreamkuts here and there! I also used Fluid Chalk Ink (Chestnut Roan) and Smooch Spritz from ClearSnap and a delightful pack of papers from Basic Grey, called Nordic Holiday. In fact, everything you saw on the Bind-it-All blog with this paper and used on this project were all made from the one Basic Grey paper pack (it comes with stickers and letters too!) The base of the project is the 7X5 Corrugated Board from Zutter. This pack comes with 6 pieces of corrugated board – 5 of which I used for the page of the book, and the other for embellishments and such! Everything is bound together with 1” Zutter Owire in white.

So where to start on this quicky project? Peel some of the paper on the pages to reveal some of the corrugated texture. Spray the boards with your choice of Smooch Spritz and let dry. Trim papers to suit your tastes and distress to your hearts content to attain that shabby look! Ink with some Fluid Chalk. Adhere any papers to the pages that you want to punch through for the binding, otherwise don’t trim any of the pages until after you have punched.

Once the base of the book is punched and bound, you can have some fun embellishing. I used some of what was made for the Bind-it-All blog – the envelopes, tags folders and rosettes – on this project too! When using the Bind-it-All, you can add and customized almost anything you can think of to your book…the sky is the limit! So have some fun and don’t limit yourself.

Make sure you leave a comment here for a chance to win a prize. Zutter is contributing a Distrezz-it-All to one lucky winner. BUT, we are also drawing for a winner of a Spinner Album Kit from entries just on this blog! So check back on November 9, for the random drawing reveal!

Even though the holiday season is brimming with family, friends, love and warmth, we do tend to get so busy and end up saying “wow, that went by fast!” So make sure you take the time to enjoy the individual moments that build all the special memories. Handmade, homemade projects make it all the more incredible and helps the goodness last.

Now head on over to all the other blogs and enjoy!
Clearsnap
Spellbinders

Hampton Art
Zutter
Graphic45
Donna Salazar Designs
The Twinery
Authentique Paper
Glue Arts