Altered Book Calendar

Hello, it’s Angela and this month’s designer challenge was to design a unique calendar that gets 2016 off to a creative start. What’s on trend right now are planners and I wanted create a project with this in mind. I purchased a children’s encyclopedia from 1963 containing about 80 pages. Old books are quite sturdy and the pages are already distressed so this made a perfect base for my book that was going to become my personal planner for 2016. I used my favorite paper collection of all time and my favorite tag dies and made a planner that is perfect for me. Let me share with you how it was created.

 

 

Cover:

*Measure the cover of the book, cut the design paper and glue to the front and back of the book

*Cut the spine design paper the length of the cover and 3” wide and glue onto the spine of the book

*Die cut frames from black cardstock glue to cover to highlight certain graphic of the design paper

*Add the metal “pull” handle

 

Inside Cover of Book:

*Measure the length and width of the inside cover, cut design paper and glue inside over existing paper

 

Create top slide pocket and tag:

*Glue page 1 and page 2 of the book together on the bottom and right side to create a top pocket

*Die cut a black tag from 12” x 4.5”cardstock, cut down to fit into pocket at desired length

*Add ribbon, phone brad, lined paper, design paper to tag and stamp with January

*Cut design paper to 11” x 8.5”, score at 5.5”, fold and glue to the front of back of the pocket page

*Decorate page with design paper, photos, tags and phrases

*Write on tag birthdays, anniversaries, etc for the month

 

Create Side Pocket Page and Tag:

*Glue page 3 and 4 at the top and bottom of the pages to create a side pocket

*Score 8x8 calendar page between Thursday and Friday, glue to page 3

*Cut a piece of design paper 7.25” x 1.25” and cover the word January on the 8x8 page

*Die cut “JANUARY” in black from the alphabet die and glue to the design paper on the calendar

*Cut design paper 8” x 2.25” and place on the fold of the 8x8 calendar flap

*Mat the January 3 x 4 preprinted calendar on black and add to the flap

 

Create the Side Pocket Pull Out:

*Cut design paper 8” x 11.5” and score at 5.75” and fold to create a “folder”

*Die cut two tags tops from black cardstock at the same time (mirror images)

*Glue to the edge of the folder on the open side

*Cut 2 pieces of design paper 4.25” X 1/2” and glue to the bottom of the tags

*On front of folder, cut 1 black and 1 red cardstock frame that nest and frame a photo and glue

*Place folder in pocket

*Decorate back of page with design paper 8.25” x 5.75”

 

*Repeat above for February through December calendar pages

 

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products Used:

1062 Fitted Frames 2 Lace

960 Tags & More 7 Vine

961 Tags 7 More 8 Lattice

1075 Alphabet lower case

 

Other Products Used:

Old book

Graphic 45 Communique Collection Pack 2009

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Calendar Pad

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish month stamps

Carta Bella Christmas Wonderland Naughty/Nice 12 x 12 sheet

Spare Parts telephone brads

Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk phrases

7-Gypsy metal door pull

Custom Calendar page 12 x 12

Black and red cardstock

Black and red crepe ribbon

Scrapbook Adhesives photo corners

Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee

Sponge for inking

 

Little Chef Recipes With Elizabeth Crafts

Today on the ECD Blog are the instructions to make a cool little album.  I only shared part of the photos there.  Here are ALL of the pics of the album!  Enjoy!

Angela

You can see all supplies used on ECD Blog!

My First Elizabeth Craft Post!

Hi! It’s Angela Beavers here and today I want to share this fun and functional waterfall album with you. It’s a great way to share your favorite family photos. 

To create the album:

• Cut two chipboard pieces 10” x 5” and one spine 10” x 1”.
• Cut the spine piece of Come Away with Me paper for the outside of album at 4” x 12”.
• Cut the second piece of Come Away with Me paper for the outside front and back at 5” x 12”. You will need two pieces.
• On the backside of the spine piece, use ¼ “ Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive down both 12”sides. Then attach the two outside pieces on both sides of the spine paper.
• Tape all edges of the chipboard. Remove the tape liner and lay the chipboard spine centered on the backside of the spine paper. Add each chipboard side leaving 1/8” beside the spine.
• Miter all four corners and tape the edges of the paper and fold it in on the chipboard.
• Cut an inside spine piece from the Come Away with Me paper 9 ½” x 3”. Cut two inside papers at 9 ½” x 4 ¾”.
• Tape the back side of the spine paper and cover the chipboard spine. Tape the back of the two side pieces and cover the chipboard on each side.

To decorate the album front:

• Cut a piece of brown cardstock 4 ¼” x 7” and using the 960 Tags & More 7 - Vine, cut a decorative edge on each end.
• Cut a piece of Come Away with Me paper 4 ¼” x 6” and using the Tags & More 7 Vine, cut a decorative edge on each end. Cut 1/8” off each side so the brown cardstock frames the paper.
• Using the Alpha Caps die, die cut from brown cardstock the word “PHOTOS” and glue onto the mat.
• To cover the holes from the tag die, glue two dew drops.
• Fussy cut out from the Come Away with Me paper and add to the bottom of the album.
• Cut out two Victorian Flower Set 1 from Bronze Shimmer Sheetz and emboss one with the Fleur De Lis embossing folder.
• From the Come Away with Me paper, die cut one Victorian Overlay Set 1 flower and glue to the shimmer sheetz flower.
• Cut out a flower center from the die and glitter the center with Chocolate Silk Microfine Glitter. Glue to the flower center and add to the album front.

To decorate the inside of the album:

• Cut a 4 ¼” x 6 ¼” piece of brown cardstock and die cut using Tags & More 7 - Vine. Tape the sides and bottom and tape it on the left side and tie crème ribbon to the top to create your first pocket.
• Cut 4 ¼” x 4 ¾” piece from Come Away with Me paper. Trim 1/8” off each side, score at 2 ¾ “from the bottom and fold the top down. Tape both sides and the bottom and attach on top of the brown pocket to create your second decorative pocket. Add Dew Drops to cover the hole and create a design along the scalloped edge.
• For the pullout tag, cut a 3 ¼” x 7” piece of Come Away with Me paper and die cut using Tags & More 3 - Leaves. Decorate with brown and crème ribbon and a photo.
• Fussy cut pieces from the paper collection to embellish your pockets.

The waterfall:

• Cut 6 brown cardstock pieces 4 ¼” x 6 ¼” and die cut using Tags & More 7-Vine scalloped die. Five of the tags need to measure 6” long and then score each one at 5” from the bottom. Fold on the score lines and tape the back 1” on each tag.
• Approximately ½ “ from the top, place your first tag. Right under the first tag, lay the next five. The last tag will need to be cut down to about 4 ¼" to be even with the paper that the waterfall is built on. Trim as needed.
• Using the Come Away with Me paper, you will need eleven mats for each waterfall tag. Cut at 4 ¼” x 4 ¾” and die cut using Tags & More 7- Vine. Trim 1/8” off each side and each one should be 4 ½” long. Place onto front and back of each waterfall and cover the hole using a Dew Drop. Decorate with your favorite photos.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and have fun making your own photo album.
SUPPLIES:
Elizabeth Craft Designs:

967 Alphabet 1- Caps

960 Tags & More 7- Vine

953 Tags & More 3- Leaves

964 Victorian Flowers Set 1

965 Victorian Overlay Set 1

0215 Metallic Bronze Shimmer Sheetz

E109 Fleur De Lis Embossing Folder

607 Chocolate Silk Microfine Glitter

506 Transparent Double-Sided Adhesive 6 mmOther:

Medium Weight Chipboard 12 x 12 sheet

Dew Drops-The Robin’s Nest

Come Away with Me 12 x 12 sheets from Graphic 45

Cardstock-brown

Crepe ribbon-brown and crème

Glue

Graphic 45 Fun At CHAOS

Just wanted to share some of the great projects happening at Creative Chaos in Circleville, OH!  Love what they are doing with Graphic 45 Papers!

 The letters are just adorable and so sweet.  Great Housewarming gift !

 Great card ideas and $5 class EVERY week!

 Amazing ideas for gift giving or just for fun.

Graphic 45 really has hit the nail on the head with this paper collection.  So many ways to use it throughout the year!  For more ideas check out the FACEBOOK PAGE!

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