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Julie's Article
Julie Kramer
Julie Kramer
SNAP TO IT
Inspiration comes in many ways and forms. My inspiration for this month’s article came from an afternoon of cleaning out my sewing supplies. In doing this tedious chore, I ran across several packages of snaps. You know those pearl looking ones from the Urban Cowboy days. Yes, I remember those days well. Instead of just tossing the snaps away they ended up on my scrapbooking table for a few days and therefore became my inspiration.
Next time you’re cleaning out one of your junk drawers, take a good look at what you’re about to throw away. See if you can imagine it having a different purpose than what it was meant for. A big “Thank You” goes out to my guest scrapbooker, my daughter Prairie. Thank you for helping me with these ideas and layouts. Keep up the good work and one day you’ll be teaching me.
Julie
Project 1: S.S.BADGER
Supplies:
  • Are We There Yet Creatable by Tammy Sherman
  • Red Snaps (Sewing Department)
  • Cardstock: red, white, blue
  • Alphabet Template
  • Funky by Provocraft
  • Alphabet punches by AmadaCircle
  • Punch by Creative Memories Sewing Machine (optional)
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word, the boat graphic from the creatable. Size to fit your layout. Print onto white cardstock and cut out. Copy and paste Are We There Yet frame, size to fit picture. Print onto white cardstock and cut out.
  2. Cut one 1” and one 2” white border strip. Adhere the 1” strip, 1” from the top of the blue cardstock and the 2” border at the bottom about ¼” from the bottom. Zig-zag through the middle of the 1” strip and along the edges of the 2” strip.
  3. Create a title using the alphabet template, alphabet punches, circle punch and snaps. Place on the bottom white strip.
  4. Mat photos onto red cardstock and arrange on layout including the boat graphic.
  5. Adorn with any additional snaps were needed.
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Project 2: TOWER FALLS
Supplies:
  • Earthscapes Creatable by Gina Jane Johnson
  • Cardstock: black, white
  • Faux Finish paper by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Dymo label maker
  • Tag Template by Coluzzle White snaps (Sewing Department)
  • Jewelry Hemp by The Beadery
Instructions:
  1. Open up a workspace, I use Microsoft Word, and copy and paste the Aspen Bark Background, Map Border, and Map Sign Border. Size the Aspen Bark Background to the full width in landscape format. Arrange so the Map Border is along the top edge. Place the Map Sign Border onto layout so that you will be able to trim a 3 ½” Aspen Bark border. Print onto white cardstock. Trim the white edges from around the cardstock and trim the 3 ½” Aspen Bark border. Cut the Map Border into individual squares.
  2. Adhere the Aspen Bark border to the faux finish paper and trim to a square the width of the border. Adhere this background to the center of the black cardstock.
  3. Cut 2 tags using the Coluzzle tag template and adorn with Map Sign graphics and faux finish paper. Create titles with the label maker. Place a snap at the top of each tag. Wrap tags with jewelry hemp.
  4. Mat photos with black cardstock and arrange onto layout with tags.
  5. Add a title or date with the label maker and attach with snaps. (I placed acid free paper behind any labels that would come in contact with photos.)
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Project 3: ALTERED CLIPBOARD
Supplies:
  • Island Paradise Creatable by Eileen Morea
  • Clipboard, 6” x 9”Scrap material and ribbon
  • Embroidered Flowers from Style-a-bilitySnaps (Sewing Department)
  • 2 Complimentary colors of Delta Ceramcoat craft paint
  • Delta Ceramcoat Crackle FinishShrink
  • Art Film by Royal Brite
  • Extra Fine Point Sharpies by Sanford
Instructions:
  1. Paint the clipboard and give it an aged crackled finish by following the directions on the Delta Crackle bottle.
  2. Copy and paste the parrot graphic in black format to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word. Size 3 times larger than you want your finished piece to be. Print onto shrink art film. Color using the Sharpies to compliment your color scheme. Cut out and shrink according to instructions.
  3. Cut a piece of material to 5” x 7” and pull the threads along the edge to give it frays. 1” from the top and bottom attach 6 ½” lengths of ribbon using the bottom of a snap.
  4. Mat a 3 ½” x 5” photo and tuck underneath the ribbons. I printed my photo in black and white and color. I then trimmed ½” all the way around the color photo and centered in onto the black and white photo. This helped frame the photo with all the other colors going on around it.
  5. Embellish with flowers and parrot.
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Project 4: BABYSITTERS
Supplies:
  • Sweet Baby Scrapable by Tammy Sherman
  • Snaps (Sewing Department)
  • Bandana paper by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Cardstock: aqua, white<
  • Colored Pencils<
  • Alphabet Punches by Amada
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word, the needed letters from the Scrapable for a title and the Baby Boy graphic. Size to fit layout. Print onto white cardstock and color with colored pencils to match your layout.
  2. Trim the bandana border from the bandana paper. Cut into 2 3/8” squares and then trim to triangles. Mat the triangles with white cardstock. Adhere snaps to the point of each triangle. Arrange and adhere down the side of the aqua paper.
  3. Mat photos with white cardstock and arrange along with your title onto the layou
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