Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Hydrangeas Blog Hop

It's time for the Club Scrap Hydrangeas Blog Hop!


If you are coming from the fun project shared at Hetty's Craft Chaos, you're on the right path! If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, go to Club Scrap Creates.


This month I made the Springtime Stitched Bound Book included in the Hydrangeas Club Scrap Kit. I added twelve little windows to the front cover and a brown wrap to change up the look.


How to create the front cover:

1. Use a ruler to draw grid. Measure 3/4" from the top and side edges; make 1" squares with 1/4" between each square.


2. Use a heavy duty utility knife, cutting mat and grid ruler to cut the 1" square openings. This certainly requires a little patience. I did mine in several sittings to allow my sore hands and fingers to rest. (I guess I feel a little old when I say that!)


3. Wrap covers with Brown Plain from the Hydrangeas collection.


4. Use a craft knife to cut an "x" in the paper within each book board opening.



5. Brush glue onto the inside edges of each window to attach the triangular flaps. Trim the flaps with scissors as needed and use a bone folder to burnish to the back of the board.



6. Fill each window with a fun embellishment and attach stitched pages as shown in the detailed project instructions.


Cathy at The Artful Gamut is your next inspirational blogger.
Thanks for hopping with us!
Kay


28 comments:

  1. Already loved the book when I saw it on the CS blog, but now with this grid front, I am glad I waited to make it. Lovely, Kay!.

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  2. All of this fine detail just blows my mind. I hope you are keeping this for yourself!

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    1. Thanks so much, this album will stay in my house for awhile at least :) I'm using it to hold pictures from my daughters 6th grade farewell event and gifting it to her, she's in 7th grade now so it'll be around for awhile!

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  3. Way cool ~ I love your window album cover. That looks like such fun and the best thing is it could be used on any album size with a few adjustments. Love it!!
    TFS!!

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  4. SUPER FANTABULOUS!!! Kay this cover is absolutely stunning and love all the time you took to make this project even more amazing than it already was. WOW!

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  5. Wow wonderful job! That reminds me I have been needing to get ones of those knives since Retreat!

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    1. That heavier craftknife/utilityknife is a staple on my craft table, once ya have it, you'll use it all the time.

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  6. I love your signature style Kay with all of the lovely miniature details - this cover looks so simple to recreate, but the result is so impressive! Thanks for sharing this inspiration!

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  7. The niches on the front of the cover are so fun, filled with all of those signature "Kay" details. Wonderful job. I know Marilee will cherish this treasure!

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  8. Just love the little windows and their contents, Kay. I love it when the cover of a book is just as creative as the inside pages. Thanks for inspiring!

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  9. Darling book! I really love the little windows on the cover.

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  10. I haven;t made this one yet, but will definitely copy your cover with the windows, it is adorable!

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  11. You have outdone yourself again. Gorgeous.

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  12. It seems all I been saying is just beautiful!

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  13. Thanks so much! You guys are the best!!!

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  14. Wow! I'm so glad that I did not make my journal yet! You are a star at taking a basic project and giving it an extra special spin. Thank you so much.

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  15. That is an AWESOME cover, Kay. I don't know if i have the patience to cut those windows, but i DO know that you may just have given me a bit of inspiration for our NBUS challenge thread for May (at the Club Scrap forum, for you newbies), which starts tomorrow....

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  16. Amazing bookcover! This idea would make a great inchie card too.

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  17. I love the cover - I haven't done my book yet (glad about that), now I try this!!

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  18. I like it! I truly do...I haven't done a book yet and this one looks like fun. thank you for the idea, -con

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  19. Kay, you always scare me with all those windows you're willing to cut into book board. :) This is just gorgeous.

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  20. This is a amazing! Very nice as usual Kay!

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