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Paperclipping 102 – Minibook Tips

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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Paperclipping 102 - Minibook Tips
Do you love mini’s? Do you wish you loved mini’s? In this episode I share a minibook idea, an organizational tip, and a technique. This episode is for Paperclipping Members, so if you’re trying to watch it but can’t, you can learn about the Paperclipping Membership by clicking here.

Below are some pictures of the minibook in the video…

You * Me

YouMeMiniBook
This book cover is made by Maya Road and is 9×9 inches. The chipboard pages inside are 8×8.
YouMeHangerCloseup
I found the vintage pieces (the clock face and drawer knob) at my local vintage scrapbooking store, Mystic Paper. The wire hanger is from there as well, but I’m pretty sure it’s not vintage. The spinner arrow on the clock is definitely not vintage…it’s made by Tim Holtz.

Want To See More?

You can see more pictures in the photo set I added to my Flickr page. I expect to have a lot more of this project completed next week and will add more photos then.

I know many of you are working on minibooks for your moms for Mother’s Day so I hope this episode gives you some inspiration and help. If you’re not gifting a book, consider making one about your relationship with one of your children. That’s what my book is about. I’ll share more in an upcoming episode.

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Did you see that Jana Oliveira won the Paperclipping Monthly Challenge for March? You can see her winning page at The Crop Circle.

Posted in Album Covers, Altered Projects, Art, Books, Creativity, Embellishments, Holidays, Instructions, Lesson, Minibooks, Podcast, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Vidcast, Video Podcast, Vlog, Vodcast | Comments

Paperclipping 84 QT – A Thrifty Minibook Tip

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Paperclipping 84 QT - A Thrifty Minibook Tip
Today’s Quick Tip for the Paperclipping Members is a suggestion from viewer, Ashley Moseley. Her tip is an inexpensive alternative for acrylic albums. Watch the video to find out what it is.

The coupon for a discount on the Membership is still available on the Membership Information Page and will be there for a little while longer. Take advantage of the discount while you can!

To see more about the project I made with Ashley’s idea, see below…

Computer Log

Last year we discovered our young computer geek has forgotten that his body needs activity, too–not just his brain. We started requiring a certain amount of physical activity and limited his time on the computer.

Since he was having a hard time remembering, I made this for him…

We weren’t sure if he’d actually crack it open, but he really liked it and so far it seems to be helping.

Inside the cover I placed a picture of him doing something physical. Pointing to it is a hand that says “this.” Below is another pointing hand that says, “before this,” and a photo of him with his greatest love.

Not only does it help Blake (and us) remember that he’s supposed to do something physical because of the “PA” initial he must check before logging in his time, it will also be a fun record for him later. I expect to add a handful of the numerous pictures I’ve taken of him at a computer.

I used Technique Tuesday’s date stamp to make the log, and Autumn Leaves’s stamps to decorate the bottom of the pages.

You may not have a computer geek with a serious addiction, but you may have someone who loves the TV a little too much. Or maybe your children need to mark their progress reading books, picking up their room, or fulfilling responsibilities around the house.

Whether it’s a log or a regular minibook, I think Ashley’s money-saving tip is a fantastic idea.

Posted in Album Covers, Altered Projects, Books, Craft, Instructions, Lesson, Minibooks, Podcast, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Vidcast | Comments

Paperclipping 78 – An Altered Book for Holiday Cards

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

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This week’s episode for the Paperclipping Members released a bit late in the day, but you’ll find it worth the wait. It is an extra long tutorial that features some parts of our upcoming Special Edition Christmas project.

The Special Edition tutorial will become available next week and Paperclipping Members will get a discount! Be sure to watch for the announcement along with some pictures of the project. Until then, enjoy this week’s tutorial.

If you are ready to become a Member so that you can enjoy all the features of Paperclipping, please visit the Membership Information Page.

Posted in Altered Projects, Art, Books, Cards, Craft, Ephemera/Memorabilia, Holidays, Instructions, Lesson, Minibooks, Podcast, Reuse Found Items, Scrapbooking, Tutorial, Vidcast, Video Podcast, Vlog, Vodcast | Comments

Paperclipping 70 QT – Gratitude Card Container

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Paperclipping 70 Gratitude Card Container
Want to collect the things that your family feels grateful for this month? Today’s Quick Tip is a project that will help you do that–and it works with the Reflections & Gratitude MiniBook I shared in last week’s episode.

Now, I know you are wishing you could watch today’s Quick Tip. =)

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Here is a picture of today’s project…

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Paperclipping 66 QT – A Halloween Idea

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Paperclipping 66 - A Halloween Idea
Need a unique Halloween idea? If so, I think you’ll like the fun and easy project I share in today’s Quick Tip.

This video is for Premium Subscribers. If you’d like to be able to view all of the Paperclipping Videos, find out how to get a Premium Subscription by clicking here.

Below are pictures of the project in today’s Quick Tip…

Halloween Cards
3.5×5 each

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Supplies: Patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye, Basic Grey, Scenic Route?) * Stickers (Creative Imaginations, Making Memories) * Cardstock (Bazzill) * Buttons, old postcards, party invitations, ribbons).

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An Unsual Approach To Art And Visual Journals

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

My parents gave me my first journal (for writing in) for Christmas just after I turned 8. Below on the left is my first entry. Feel free to click on the photo, then hit “All Sizes” so you can enjoy the random thoughts of an 8-year-old Noell. The second one is the first entry of my 9th journal, just before turning 15, at a time when I prefaced most adjectives with the word, “like.”

My Childhood Journals

I continued exploring my thoughts in journals through college. I have something like 25 separate books. Now I scrapbook and enjoy a more flexible and artistic approach to recording my thoughts and experiences.

Last year, I took a class from Dina Wakley on Visual Journals. I’ve said before that I never learned anything in any of the scrapbooking classes I’ve taken. Dina’s class isn’t a scrapbooking class. It’s more like an art-experimentation class, and I did learn from her. She gave me some great inspiration to expand on my scrapbooking and explore something more artistic in nature. It is because of her that I started my art and visual journals.

What are Art Journals and Visual Journals?

They’re whatever you want them to be.

The Show

Personally, I see my spiral art books as my “art journals.” They are my place to play with artistic methods–drawing, painting, collaging, etc. I think of my visual journal pages as any visual piece I complete (that is different from a standard scrapbook page) that expresses something I think about. If I made something in one of my art journals that is self-expressive, or that can be used on a self-expressive page, I tear/cut it out to put into my visual journal, or to add it to a visual journaling page. I also add some of my art journal pieces to scrapbooking pages.

Mushrooms

Above is a piece in my art journal. Because there is something personal behind the two mushrooms, there is a possibility that, once I finish it, I may choose to put it in my visual journal. If I don’t go in that more personal direction, I will either keep it in my art journal, or put it with a series of artistic pieces about mushrooms.

I like to use a variety of bases for my visual journal pages. Sometimes they come from my small art journal, like the piece above called, The Show. Other times they come from a piece in my larger art journal, like this one I showed in this week’s video tutorial:

You Learn

After experimenting with some Glimmer Mist and some mesh as a mask on a couple pages of my larger art journal, I decided to use this one as the foundation for an introspective piece with lyrics from Alanis Morissette’s song, You Learn. This song has always thrilled me because it so expresses my view of life.

As opposed to playing the artist, there are times that I just want to capture my thoughts or feelings with a photo and my words. Here is one I did the day I pulled my bicycle out of the garage for the first time after a hot summer:

Dear Bicycle

Obviously, this didn’t come from my art journal. I could turn it into a scrapbook page. But for now, I think I might want to leave it as is as and include it with my other visual journal pieces.

Sometimes I just want to do some art, and then partway through I find myself personalizing it. Here’s another example of that…

Modern Dance

While making this piece, I was aware of how even photographs of modern dance thrill me beyond almost anything else. I decided to pull it out of my large art journal and make it into something about my love for the dance.

At some point I will bind these journal pages together into a home-made book, which makes my approach to visual journaling a little different. I like the flexibility of that idea.

Meet Dina Live

Are you interested in learning more about Art and Visual Journals? Join me on Tuesday at 6:30pm PST for Paperclipping Live because Dina Wakley will be my guest–not a call-in guest, but a real live guest with me in my scraproom. She’ll share some of her journals, tell how she got started doing it herself, and how it has influenced her scrapbooking. She’ll also tell you about the online class she will be teaching later in the month.

I am so glad I took her class. I love being able to explore my psyche and my art all at the same time, with no obligation to make something perfect. Plus, it’s an exercise that reminds us that storytelling doesn’t only happen through words.

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Is The Schoolwork Flooding In?

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

My latest Schoolwork Scrapbook–photos of the inside pages still to come.

Many of you have the Schoolwork Scrapbook Tutorial and have already used it to make your children a book that displays some of their work and art. Others of you are planning to make your first books at the end of this school year. But do you know what to do with all that stuff your child is bringing home now?

The Problem

Originally, I had a high-quality file folder for each of my children to keep their work in while the year is progressing. I found that not only did everything not fit into my folders, but they were too much trouble to deal with when I was in a hurry cleaning up, and instead of putting stuff in them, I ended up stacking all three of my kids’ work together in the cabinet on top of the fie folders. This was much easier for me, throughout the year. But when the school year was over there was a little confusion sometimes as to whose work was whose.

The Solution

At the end of the summer I held a live event for those who own the tutorial, and one of the geniuses in the audience shared a wonderful idea. (Terri, was that you???). She suggested using those giant zip-lock bags that many scrapbooking kits come in.

I started doing it this year and it’s working out perfectly for me. They’re easy to open, easy to label, and a great size. If you’re swimming in school and art work already, you might want to try this.

What Is The Schoolwork Scrapbook?

For those who are unfamiliar with my Schoolwork Scrapbook and the special edition tutorial that gives you step-by-step instructions, you can find out about it and see detailed pictures by following this link.

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This Week At Paperclipping

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

Look at the surprise that came showed up in my mailbox this weekend! Thank you so much to Jennifer, Sally, Amanda, Kim, Cindy, Candi, Susan, Sandy, Maria, Samantha, and Tracy!

They participated in a circle journal group using the Get Together section of the Paperclipping Forum. When I first saw the package in my box I thought it was my scraps from the Scrap Swap. But when I opened it it was this beautiful box full of amazing 6×6 layouts. Each one is so beautiful and I love having a chance to get to know some of you a little better.

Now I remember reading something about them possibly sending their stuff to me but I totally forgot about it. Again, much appreciation to all of you! I means so much to me to have it.

Scrap Swap For Paperclipping Live

Speaking of scrap swaps, we’re having one! Terri Bradford, our moderator for the show, has begun a swap of scraps, which we will work on together during Paperclipping Live on July 29th.

Click here to read the details and sign up. Terri will close the circle on Friday, the 11th, so head right over there to participate.

This Week’s Topic

While summer is the time that those of us from Phoenix are staying indoors, I know most of the rest of you are outside enjoying the sun. This week we’ll focus on the OUTDOORS. From flowers (this week’s video tutorial) to tire swings, all posts this week will feature the outdoors. So will Tuesday night’s Paperclipping Live.

Follow-up From Last Week’s School Focus

Did anyone pull out their piles of stuff from the school year? Have you gotten to work on it? Before we walk away from that topic I wanted to answer another question from Karen:

How much of your children’s school work do you hang onto? I can’t believe how much paperwork/artwork my children (6 and 9) generate! I try to just hang onto pieces that represent original artwork or show the progression of mastering a skill. But I have to admit that I can silly about it at times and think, “Oh…even though this is a worksheet she brings home weekly, she wrote her NAME on it….Awwwwwwww.”

This is a struggle for all mothers, I’m sure. In addition to the original artwork, the original stories (or anything that reveals personality), I also save a few pieces of academic work that often comes as a worksheet. Especially in Kindergarten, there is a lot of progress from the beginning of the year to the end when it comes to that name in the upper right-hand corner.
Remember, though, you don’t have to keep the entire worksheet for that one part that holds significance.

Forcing yourself to fit one year of stuff into a manila file folder will help you whittle it all down. I spend an entire section of the Schoolwork Scrapbook Tutorial showing you how to pick and choose and make it fit, so if some of you feel like you need some help getting through the piles, click here. Which leads me to my next announcement…

Free Live Events For Owners Of The Schoolwork Scrapbook Tutorial

If you own the Schoolwork Scrapbook Tutorial, I will be inviting you via email to some live events over the internet. It will be like Paperclipping Live, except we will be working on our Schoolwork Scrapbooks.

This is your chance to get some extra motivation and some help from me because I will answer your questions through the chat board and over Skype. If you bought (or won) the tutorial, please watch for an email from me at the end of the week. If you do not yet have the tutorial but would like an invitation to the live event, please purchase it by Friday so that you can get on the guest list.

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Paperclipping 49 – Embellishing Flowers

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Paperclipping 49
Are you a flower lover? Do you need something new to do with your flowers? Try these two ideas I share in this episode for our Premium Subscribers.

If you’d like to learn more about the premium membership so you can have access to all of the videos, click here.

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Salvage Hardware From Old Backpacks

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Over the last couple of years, I’ve found some wonderful hardware to salvage before throwing away the old backpacks from the kids’ school year.

If A Closure Can Secure A Pocket, It Can Secure A Minibook

Do you see the pink closure on the minibook in the picture above? I cut it out of my daughter’s backpack a year ago(it was on a side pocket) and added some pink wire and a charm. Here’s how it works:

1. Use a utility blade or scissors to cut away the material that encloses the closure. Then cut the bungee-like cord away from the back pack.

2. Add a charm to one end of the cord (if your charm comes from an old unloved bracelet or necklace, that makes it even better!).

3. Put the two ends of the chord together and wrap multiple times with a thin wire.

4. When you’re almost done wrapping the wire, position the charm over the center of the wired area and feed the wire through the ring of the charm. Then wrap the wire one or two more times.

More Backpack Hardware Ideas

Every backpack has its own sweet surprises. While this year’s packs didn’t have any closures like the one above, Trinity’s did have these:

I love the stitching on these.

This mesh will be a great way to add texture to a layout.

I might feed some ribbon through this clasp. You could probably feed two or three narrow ribbons side by side for a fun mix of patterns.

Remember to examine items for potential before throwing them away. It’s at least as fun as shopping. I promise.

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