Hello Fancy Pants Designs Friends! I am excited to be posting today for the CKU Blog Hop! For all of us participating, we're excited to share with you projects that we hope get you excited about CKU Reunion, whether you’ve already registered, are planning to come, or wishing you were coming. The blog hop goes from Friday, October 7th at 10:00 am MT until Saturday, October 8th at 10:00 am MT. If you get lost during the hop, come back here for the hop order (below).
Now, on to my post ... I wanted to do something quick and easy for all of us busy scrappers out there! This is a super easy way to scrapbook, store photos, and just journal away the busy days of life! This project is using our Summer's End Collection, the same collection we will be using in our Album Track at CKU.
This is the cover of my family brag book!
The supplies used for my project were:
Brag Book (Fancy Pants Designs)
Summer's End Papers, Chipboard, Stickers, Glitter Cuts and Buttons (Fancy Pants Designs)
Stamp Runner/Dimensional Foam/Liquid Adhesive (Tombow)
Instructions:
1. To create this cover, trim your lined paper (Fall Frames) to 6 1/4" x 9 1/8" and adhere to your Brag Book Cover.
2. Next, from your brown paper (Abundance), trim it to 4 1/4" x 5 3/4". Don't adhere this piece just yet ... we want to embellish it first!
3. Next, from the Summer's End Sticker Sheet, use your polka dot scalloped border to line the edge of the where your lined paper meets the book binding print.
4. Now, to embellish your brown box, take the "We May Not..." quote sticker and place it near the top and center of the brown piece as seen in the photo.
5. Trim the heart shape out of paper. I just 'free-handed' the heart shape here and cut it from my turquoise paper (Changing).
6. If you want to stitch the buttons to your heart, judge where your sticker will be, then stitch the buttons on. (We will add the sticker last.)
7. From the Glitter Cuts sheet, remove the flourish Glitter Cut and place behind the heart. You may want to move it around to get the best look and then trim off the part that you don't use (I trimmed off one piece of the flourish.)
8. Now we have nearly all our pieces in place. Adhere those pieces to your brown piece, but only use adhesive where it is touching the brown area ... we want to use pop dots on the pieces hanging over the edge!
9. Next, we will add dimensional foam adhesive to the back of our brown piece and glue centered (from left to right) and nearer the top of the book cover and stick down. Add a foam piece to the back, right corner of the 'my family' stamp sticker and tuck it just beneath your stitched button and on your heart, with the foam adhesive hanging over the edge to keep the dimension.
10. Next, from the Chipboard Pieces set, add the cute doily banner chipboard along the top left corner, at angle, of the brown piece. No need to add adhesive here!
11. Last, add any journaling or titles you want for your book at the bottom of the page and just like that you've got a *fancy* new Brag Book ready to be filled!
I hope you'll join me and these fabulous ladies below in celebrating CKU Reunion and I hope to see you very soon in the Fancy Pants Designs Album Track class! Oh, and here are all the details to join us beyond this fun Blog Hop!
CKU Reunion is in San Diego, CA, October 27-29 and is going to be a fun-filled weekend of creating, connecting, and inspiration. You’ll spend one day completing an album that will be ready for photos when you get home and another day creating in four, 90 minute classes including mixed media canvas art, fabric creations, jewelry, and more. Plus, there are evening crops, bonus classes, goodie bags, a commemorative tote, and so much more all for only $295! And you’ll be learning from some of the industry’s finest such as Lisa Bearnson, Teresa Collins, Stacy Julian, Michelle Hill, Megan Hoeppner, and other inspiring teachers, like me :)). You know you want to come, so register today so you’ll have plenty of time to pack your supplies for the trip. See you in San Diego!
Stacy Julian
Michelle Hill
Jodi Sanford (You Are Here)
Kim Watson
Deena Wuest
Cindy Tobey
Stacy Croninger
-Jodi Sanford
Very cute cover! Great quote for all us busy ladies!
Looking forward to meeting you soon!!!
Posted by: karen | October 07, 2011 at 11:04 AM
This is an adorable album. I'm so excited about San Diego!
Posted by: Beth Anne | October 07, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Super Cute.... soooo wish I was goint to CKU reunion, i even live in San Diego... ;o(
Posted by: crystal | October 07, 2011 at 11:53 AM
That is super cute!!
Posted by: Janet Lebeau | October 08, 2011 at 05:04 AM
Great idea!
Posted by: Kelly malacko | October 08, 2011 at 10:02 AM
cute brag book! wish I could go to the reunion...
Posted by: Anet | October 08, 2011 at 06:04 PM
Nice post. My friend John told me about this blog some weeks ago but this is the first time I’m visting. I’ll undoubtedly be back.
Posted by: uggs clearance | October 09, 2011 at 08:47 PM
Hi Jodi, I love the brag book. Can you share some of the pages inside? I just ordered the black brag book and can't wait to use it for my upcoming trip to China.
Posted by: Maria | October 11, 2011 at 10:24 AM
totally adorable!
Posted by: Vicki Chrisman | October 11, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Gosh, that is beautiful. I would use one for a year's worth of special photos (2011).
Posted by: natasha g.p. | October 11, 2011 at 04:15 PM
Your album would be great for photos of going out with friends (to tea, lunch, etc.).
Posted by: sharon gullikson | October 11, 2011 at 04:16 PM
What a great album. I love the colors and patterns, and of course the sentiment!! It looks like a great family album--that's what I would use it for.
Posted by: b. poteraj | October 11, 2011 at 04:17 PM
These books are awesome! Perfect for documenting a special trip, a 'year in the life' and many other occasions--just started one for my granddaughter--"Oh the Places You'll Go"!
Posted by: Lisa Tenney | October 11, 2011 at 04:21 PM
I would use it for my daughter, who is in the Army and will be heading to Afghanistan in a few months, for pics of her time there.
Posted by: Debra Sue Torres | October 11, 2011 at 04:25 PM
Really cute -and pretty easy! - idea! I would use it by filling it up with cute pics of my three munchkins!
Posted by: Amy Williams | October 11, 2011 at 05:11 PM
My brag book would be filled with pictures of all my scrapbooking friends and the fun times I have shared with them. Crops and swarms and classes where I learn what new craft supplies I need to buy.
Posted by: Linda Vincent | October 11, 2011 at 06:41 PM
It's super cute! I would use mine for our new home and I would name it 'home sweet home'!
Posted by: Coco Pepper | October 12, 2011 at 11:47 AM
I LOVE brag books. I would fill mine with the new family picture we will take within a couple of weeks. Nothing is more important then family! xo
Posted by: Kim Rose | October 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM
These are so great! I would make a book for my cousin because she just had a baby boy! Moms have to have brag books for their cute babies!
Posted by: Gina Torres | October 13, 2011 at 11:06 AM
I LOVE Fancy Pants Brag Books and have just complete one which will be filled with my lifes blessing throughout 2012.....but I'd love another to record my sons 18th year of life. :D
Posted by: Tracie H | October 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Loving Fancy Pants products and have recently done a class using a Brag Book would love to do another one to give to my sister for Christmas!!
Posted by: Jilly Manchester | October 13, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Super cute book. This would be a great gift to make for my sister in law.
Posted by: sherry | October 13, 2011 at 01:31 PM
cute I would use this to commemorate my granddaughters upcoming birthdays.
Posted by: Terri McNamara | October 13, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Love the brag book and using my favorite "Summer's End" line is genius. Great job!
Posted by: Christine Lovelace | October 13, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Loving this book!!Would make it with family photos and journaling for one of my sons at college!!
Posted by: Beverly Jordan | October 13, 2011 at 02:18 PM