A LITTLE BOOK OF CHEER 

how to make a meandor book 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

a piece of 12 x 12 card stock ,plain or patterened whichever you prefer.

contrasting colour to make the book covers and 4 book marks

white /cream/kraft card stock for embelishments

the example was calypso coral covers and tags, with a 12x12 piece of mellow moss as the booklet.

punches...

scallop circle

1 inch circle

Simply scoring tool from su, and ruler(awesome invention)

ribbon to match

stamp set vintage vogue

silhouette sentiments (retired)

polka dot punches set (retired)

double sided tape

extra tacky ds tape

dimensionals. glue dots

take your 12x12 and score at the 3 6 9 inch both directions.so you end up with a grid of squares.

on the first score line start at the 3 inch ,then cut up from the 3 inch through the top of the paper . move over to the next score line. on this line you cut from the 9inch line down through . Again move over to the next score line and repeat first cut, coming in from the first score line 3in up to the top. you should get a effect similar to the picture above.

you then begin to fold it as above start on the unattached end and fold up then down, when you get to the top fold under and continue to fold up and down till you get to the end,

now you will need to work out what is the top. as we are making a series of pockets you want all your ends facing upwards , remembering there will be a piece in the middle that will go side ways, i slipped a small tag into it. i strongly suggest you "you tube "at this point the meandor book, as if you are like me i am a visual learner and need to see it done.the difference between the you tube vid and this is that i used all stampin up products, the vintage vouge set is a personal favorite and i suggest you think about getting it , its one you will use time and time again.

also i added ribbon where she did not use it .

once you have worked out what is the top you need to go page by page and tape up the open sides of the pockets. the placement of the tape varies , so if you keep in mind it has to open at the top (except the centre one) then you wont put tape where its not wanted. i keep checking back that i am still on the right track. when you get to the middle one tape it so it sits opening out on the side of the book, then continue on as normal.

using your 3/4 inch punch punch out half circle shape from the top of the openings so its easier to get the tags out, when you get to the middle one punch out on the side as you id on the top of the others,, then return to punching from the top till you get to your last page

place a piece of ds tape on each side of the booklet ,try to match the placement and attach the strip of ribbon to both sides.

using sticky strip apply tape to all edges on both sides.

place cover one down on table and as the book is 3 inchs it is a 1/2 inch smaller so you need to try to centre the book onto the cover, extra tacky tape is fantastic and strongly recommend it i sell it from stamping up but it is also very unforgiving ,if its stuck on its stuck so be careful...lol i talk from experience. again repeat with the other cover and the booklet is together.

sponge the edges of the cover and the edges of your bookmarks and pocket. stamp pocket with vintage vogue and cut out the flower from the series add a brad and attach to the pocket, inside the pocket i punched a 1.1/2inch circle and stamped the friends part of that stamp set. on a scrap i restamped the friends but just cut out the f and used dimesionals to pop it out slightly.

Stamp out 8 scallop stamp polka dot punches set and punch out 8 scallop circles. sponge edges.attach to book marks, and stamp some sentiments and pictures fromsilhouette sentiments or similar.buttons etc here would be good too.

on each page on the right hand side stamp out the bird on the wire stamps.

and crafters the rest is all up to you, would love to see what you make ...cant wait to see

for those who want to make this but dont have the punches etc, you have 2 choices, you can obtain a premade kit ready for you to create,includes all card stock, stamped images etc, you can choose your own colour theme. alternatively if you are interested in any of the products used in this demo contact me via private messsage or on my email kerriemccallum@yahoo.com

i hope you have fun with this good luck

only a few more weeks to get this lovely set, spend 125 dollars and the set is yours free, now that's a reason to smile don't you think and im loving my new blog, thank you for your patience as i am swamped  but..... here i something to look at for an idea

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as you can see cristena has been working her magic, and im loving the new blog make over. and ladybugs  yay. I would like to take the opportunity to thank cristena , she is very busy but will still go out of her way to help you, and always makes me laugh so it  wouldn't hurt to go check out " gettin crafty blog", as her work is superb. we like to endorse others blogs on this site. i believe in sharing the load and helping to [point people in the right direction, i love seeing others ideas ... tutorial is on the way for elements of style, just hungry kids are not going to wait for no man , lol so i will have it up for you to view tomorrow, on how to make this card and using crystal effects to its full potential. so happy crafting and if your new stay tuned...... 

elements of style and more....hi there welcome aboard, and thank you for your patience, this card we are doing at work this week, want to know how..... tutorial is on its way so bring a friend as each day i give you something new to try while i get this  baby up and running. i will post this tutorial when i get home from work its simple but effective.

 I do  love lady bugs...... there so cute, i spent many hours as a child with pet ladybirds but they kept dying so i gave up that save the ladybug world then but im still partial to them.
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        will be popping up when there's news to look out for( and i play battle of wills with blogger lol,..... anyway this is the card we are going to create, this is a stampin up card,using all there lovely card stock, emboss folders, card stock, dies and the big shot machine , ink pads, punches i could type all day, but i don't have to because you can  check out the book attached to the blog, please remember the mini products catalogue retire after a certain amount of time, so make sure you secure yours before its too late, I think this mini has been the best of the last few... but check it out for yourself.

table/pedestal legs and table base part 1

tables above using three different stampin up punches all label punches and the tag. orders can be done online , also kits are going to become available for beginners so you can make there's with ease and further guidance.  punches 

these tables are so easy to make yet they look hard, heres a tutorial about them to share with you , as you can see dressed up the possibilities are endless... so lets get going....

making the pedestal.table base and top

For the table to take shape you need in hand some supplies

Tools needed

 For this table you will need cutter as always

Card stock (scraps are fine) but you need enough to fold 4 pieces in half so I tended to use one piece and embellish with the rest.

Tab punch, or curly lable or decorative large label punches

Sticky strip

Scorer

Scissors

and ....you

        so here is this little cuties recipe , you just size them up according to height, you can use tab punch, curly label punch and decorative label punch , and I’m sure many others  sold from stamping up, if you are interested in any product shown contact me , it might be time to see what's stampin up is all about and why it is so very popular internationally.

, you need to watch assembly so you make sure it’s all lining up, I do the legs one at a time and measure off the next one. Now to add a top you can use the scallop square large circle frame lits (my favourite) or plain, I sat Easter bunny on mine at Easter as above  he’s still sitting there.

 So here is  the basic tutorial and after that I will fill you in on dressing it up so here goes  The pedestal originally designed by Kim score (guess we best do it its half a tutorial she did} I just changed it to a table hers was a Easter egg box but regardless we need to recognise her so thank you Kim for the basic concept. she has a great blog too check her paper punch addiction site out its pretty cool she is very very good at punch art.

now,   Cut a 3-3/16” x 3-3/16” piece of card of your choice I chose riding Hood Red card stock. Score at 1/2” on all four sides. Clip on one of the 1/2” score lines at each corner as shown. Cut a tiny wedge on each side of the corner tabs. This way, the corners fold in more precisely. As shown above. using sticky strip fold corners in and tape to form table base top

 Cut four 3-1/8” x 3-1/8” pieces of riding Hood Red card stock. Fold each piece in half.

Slide the Round Tab punch onto one side, aligning one edge at the centre score line and Inserting the card stock as far is it will go into the punch.  After punching one side punch the other side in the same manner (don’t flip over and punch on the same side you just did or the four pieces will not align perfectly). Punch all four pieces in the same manner. Align the edges of the 4 pieces and glue in

Place to form the pedestal. Cut a 3-5/16” x 3-5/16” piece of riding Hood Red card Stock.

Score at 1/2” on all sides. Clip on one 1/2” score line at each corner to form tabs Secure tabs with glue at the corners. Place finished piece onto pedestal.

if you desire you can stamp or emboss the legs but I advise you do it before assembly as its too hard once together, one lady embossed the legs it looked lovely but it did distract from the legs a bit , also inking the edges I have learnt makes the legs pop a bit esp. if it’s in the same colour!!!! But I’ll leave that up to you

punch out four pieces of your choice of label or tag punches, the possibilities are endless

upside down view after assembly

Now the curly label punch can be used instead with same specs ,so can the large label punch however remember to size up accordingly as it is a longer punch and requires more length and a bigger table.  when ends to fit assembled they look like this upside down, you may have to snip theends to fit , I attach with tomboy glue or hot glue gun if you wish then turn your

 table over 

  From here we can decorate in so many ways as seen in original photo, all that was a 2inch by 12 inch skirt scored on the new score board and wrapped around with ribbon on top and a flower brad to finish it,

 the flowers on top were the 5 petal punch and the bird punch for foliage, I snipped the ends of the petals off as some weird American lady showed me in a video lol. Take a few thin cut strips to make stamens cut bottom of flower when pulled together  inked and dried so the stamen can go in attach stamen with glue dot to stay the other the table is the new frame lit embossed in rich razzleberry use crystal effects once flowers are inked

  so when assembled they look like this upside down, you may have to snip the ends to fit , I attach with tomboy glue or hot glue gun if you wish then turn your

 table over.And let’s embellish. tomorrow ill show you a few ideas such as the frame-lit table idea you see above and how to make this be a card too. so stay tuned .happy crafting and welcome kerrie 

BACK AS PROMISED...

SO HERE WAS WHAT I DID WITH MINE I HOPE THESE PICS GIVE YOU SOME HELP

PUNCHES USED TO DRESS IT UP PLUS SIMPLY SCORED  BOARD.

SO I MADE THE TABLE LID PUNCHED OUT THE LEGS AND USED THE FRAMELITS TO COT OUT A TABLE TOP AND EMBOSSED THROUGH BIG SHOT.

USE EXTRA TACKY TAPE WHEN MAKING THIS PROJECT.

TABLE CLOSE UP

 EMBELLISHED

THE END RESULT!!!!!!!!!XXXX

NOW THE MESS THANKS BOYS FOR YOUR HELP ....NOT LOL

see where the kids were playing stamp it up .HMMMMMMMMMMMM