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If you follow the affairs of Creating Keepsakes Magazine then you’ll recognize this cute face as Noel Culbertson, one of the 9 runners-up for CK’s Scrapbooker Of The Year.
Last week in a challenge thread I host on the CK message board, Noel posted a minibook made out of such a unique item that I had to feature it on Paperclipping. The book is made out of self-laminating luggage tags!
Noel explains, “I wanted to make a sturdy water resistant mini album for my husband to keep in his flight suit during his upcoming deployment. The self laminating luggage tags did the trick.”
I asked Noel to explain the method of her pages and how she put it together.
“I had several pictures developed in wallet size, which fit the luggage tags perfectly. I then found some double dipped patterned paper, that I thought would work both with the pictures, and would be “manly†enough for my husband to carry around on a daily basis!”
“I had my daughters write little notes for my husband to add a little something extra special. Both the front and the back of the mini page went into the luggage tag at the same time, so I had to be sure that both sides were upright and aligned before I placed them in the luggage tag.”
“You should put any rub-ons on the papers before you seal the page. The outside of the tags are too smooth for the rub-ons to adhere.
“When the pages were ready to be laminated I placed them on the nonstick side of the luggage tag and sealed the sticky side down. I used a bone folder to burnish the tag and get any tiny air pockets out. I did add a couple of letter stickers and some We R Memory Keepers Foil, Glitter, Flock rub-on letters.
“The luggage tags have a pre-punched hole at the end, and I used one rung from 3/8†Bind It All wire binding, then closed it with the Bind It All. A great little mini album in under an hour!”
If you’re interested in getting these tags for yourself, you can get them online from C-Line Products.
Thanks for joining us at Paperclipping, Noel!
