Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Up, Up and Away - A Club Scrap Blog Hop

It's been a long time since I organized what I think was the last unofficial blog hop in 2011 (was it really that long ago? - wow!).  Hetty has graciously stepped up to organize us once again with Club Scraps help, and I'm happy to participate!  This month, we're all featuring projects using the newest Club Scrap collection, Up, Up & Away.

Many of my paper creations solve a problem, and this is no exception. Paul and I have started figure skating, and there are tests that are printed up in a lovely spiral softcover book.


I'd like to keep this in my skating bag, but I'm worried that it will get a bit rough over time.  I remembered that the quick jot journal from Club Scrap had a lovely wrapper for a book, and I've adapted that before for a different spiral book, so I decided to use that design for this book.

I started by making a pocket (see my tutorial) out of some scrap paper and making sure it was the right size.  Because of the size of the book, the back of the pocket is only a partial back, so I wanted to make sure that everything slid nicely and fit before I did it for real.


Then, I made a prototype of the book using papers from the Bistro kit.  I used an elastic closure (see my tutorial) to keep the book neat and tidy.

I like this prototype (the Steppin' Out stamp makes such a cool background, although I did a bit of double stamping by accident on the front!), but the spine is a bit too large, making the overall book a little "floppy."


Finally, I made my real book with Up, Up, and Away paper.  The blue ribbon is a bookmark so I can mark my place when I'd like to.  I was inspired by Lisa to mix and match my kits.  The red paper is from the Study in Red collection (I wanted to use a cardstock rather than the text weight red in the kit), and the stamps are from Stratosphere.  It's a little tough to see in the photo, but I used versamark ink to stamp the swirly pattern all over the red paper. I really like how they pair.

The spine is nice and snug now and the book opens so nicely.  I used the bright blue paper from Up, Up, and Away for the pocket and inside cover, although you only see a peek of it in these photos.


I hope you enjoy all of the inspiration from the rest of the Club Scrap bloggers this month.  I hope to see you next month for another installment.  Come back next week for a very exciting announcement!  I've been keeping a secret for a while now....

The exciting news for this week is that I passed two figure skating tests this weekend for the Dutch Waltz and Canasta Tango. It was a fabulous experience!

Visit Deb Weller at Deb Duz Scrappin' for the next blog in our hop, and here is a list of everyone who is participating.  It's going to be a fun day!

Club Scrap Creates starts us off at http://clubscrapcreates.blogspot.com
Deb Charlesworth at http://liftbridge.blogspot.com/ 
Jill Pechauer at http://jmp1022.blogspot.com/ 
Hetty Sanders at http://craftchaos.blogspot.com 
Kay Williamson at http://kayskeepsakes.blogspot.com 
Anne Marie Healey at http://artfullybalanced.blogspot.com 
Shona Gibson at shonascraps.blogspot.com

32 comments:

  1. Deb! Love love love your project and how fun that you are starting figure skating! Terrific job!

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  2. Great idea on making your own cover for a spiral-bound book! Thanks for sharing, Deb!

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  3. I love altering notebooks like you did here, Deb. They make a great gift and it's a great way to personalize them. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Wonderful book and just fantastic to be doing figure skating!

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  5. Deb - this is an AMAZING project! I appreciate the links to the tutorials, too.
    Good luck with the figure skating. I want to see photos!!

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  6. Wonderful idea for altering a notebook. The look like a great gift.And congrats on passing your skate test!

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  7. Love this project and your pairing of the colors - the balloons look so whimsical with this combination.

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  8. Your book is just gorgeous! Wow!

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  9. Lovely book ~ the red and pattern papers blend very well together.
    Congrats on passing your tests as well!

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  10. great book cover Deb!! That should be quite durable!

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  11. I love your books! Very cool! ~Lisa Niles

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  12. Great project! I love how it turned out.

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  13. Anonymous11:20 AM

    What a great keepsake! *Lisa D

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  14. Gorgeous book! like them both! Congrats on your skating!!
    Cher

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  15. Wonderful project! Thanks for the great idea!

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  16. Wow I am totally impressed with your bookmaking techniques and the fact that you passed amazing figure skating tests! Congrats and I love what you did with the book!

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  17. Awesome, awesome, awesome Deb! Just what I expected. How brilliant to engineer that project into one that fits your book. Very cool that you and Paul have started skating too. Enjoy that and congrats on your recent tests.

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  18. Love this project! Also love that stratosphere quote -- thanks for linking to the balloons! Great inspiration . . .

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  19. That is such a neat idea- love the paper you used and the ribbon page mark too.

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  20. very neat way to make a special cover for your book, and congrats on your skating!

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  21. I've enjoyed all the projects along the hop, but I think you really struck a chord (that happens to be in tune!) with me on this. I love book and journals and albums of any kind. The pocket in this is such a clever idea. What a great way to document your class and progress.

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  22. Yes, it's a great cover for a special book. Congrats on the skating. I can only watch.

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  23. What a great idea. I think it would be so cool to design a beautiful cover and use it for my business sales presentations! I can just see the customer's face when I pull out a presentation deck from my beautiful cover!! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  24. Wow, Deb, figure skating! These binders are great! Another great gift idea for anyone that can use a notebook. Thanks!

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  25. great job!! love the books you made!

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  26. The books are fabulous, but the fact that you're ice skating blows me away!

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  27. What a great altered notebook! The papers and stamps are perfect with this!

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  28. WOW! I have to spend more time and try this! Thanks - and good luck with your skating! Melanie

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  29. How great is it that you are figure skating!!! It's almost as fabulous as your handmade book project here! So cool and thank you again for sharing!

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  30. Deb, What lovely workmanship on this project. I know making a trial run is always a good idea. I'm always in too much of a hurry. I will take your inspiration and S L O W down. I love the red, white and black.
    Thanx for doing this Hop.

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  31. I Love the idea of making the cover to protect the spiral book, I'm making a note to come back again to follow your tut on how to do it. Good luck with the skating.
    Elizabeth

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  32. Fantastic books and congrats on passing your tests!

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