Baby Books Part 2- Helping a friend

Don't you just love the name Audrey for a little girl! Here is the second Baby Book that my friend wanted to do with my "help". I think this one turned out much cuter then the first one. I guess I am much fonder of the SU Cherry DSP then Deb's original pick of papers for the first Baby Book. This time my "help" was much less, The choice of papers and matching goodies were much easier to match and pick from this time around. Of course I had to do a title on my Pazzles. When I first was learning my Pazzles I found this great font that had cherries and of course I had to turn it into a diecut. This cherry paper and diecut were made for each other. The mom this baby book is made for is not really a pink kind of gal, she is more of a 1950's style with the dark black hair ........cute like "rosie the riveter". Ok.....only 2 or three more baby books...If only I could talk her into using one of the Simply Scraping Kits!. See the last BabyBook post for all the tools and where the inspiration came from.

Baby Books- Helping a Friend

Deb's Baby Book 1: The Story:

I have a friend that is what I call a HOARDER... she has all the items to create lots of crafty things BUT never uses them.... We all know what that means.. she has talent but needs a bit of coaching to start something and finish it. Yup we are both procrastinators! Now I am a very knowledgeable crafter that has been doing this for a long time...also I am a bit meticulous with my cards as in no crooked cuts or catty-whompus stamped images. She on the other hand has a different more relaxed view on things... like crooked is OK and certain off papers mixed and matched are OK. Now we come to the day that I "coached" her with this book. Compromise; that was the key word. Working with the papers she wanted to pick from and adding some of my Stampin' Up papers was the challenge for that evening! But look how cute it came out! Many of the items we used were from her stash of goodies but I added a few die cut items either designed by me from my Pazzles or from the Stampin' Up exclusive Big Shot. The album was scored using my Scor-Pal and bound together with my Coil-Mac 41. We also covered the front and back using GBC transparent covers that I purchased from Staples. The original book was a design I found on Patty Bennetts blog and from Splitcoast Stampers website.

Thank You Cards

At the Stampmania V I was lucky enough to introduce 5 more people to the wonderful Scor-Pal. I had purchased 15 of them from Diana Crick with the intention of introducing this great tool to as many people as I could. Now I was not selling them at a profit, I did not make any money...I simply want people to have this handy tool!! Then I tell them to call Stampin' Up and ask them to carry this product. Well I forget to bring the extra Scor device Diana had sent with them so I made Thank You cards to put the Scor devise in to mail it to these 5 individuals. These were their Thank You cards I made them. Gee can you tell I like the Summer Picnic paper.....The punches were Giga Punches that happened to match our paper.

10 min nugget box

How about a 10 min quick nugget box. Cut your paper to size using any of my tutorial measurements and score with the Scor-Pal. Use any Stampin' Up Scrapping kit. Use the stickers and the long rows for the belly band and candy wrap arounds. Done in 10 minutes.

Candy Nugget Box Revamped for the Scor-Pal

Yahoo! I'm a Guest Designer for Scor-Pal, Thank you Diana! Here is my tutorial for using the Scor-Pal for creating nugget boxes. If you would like a copy in PDF form please use my email link on the right side of this blog and I will gladly send you a copy! All this information will be available on the Scor-Pall website in approximately 2 weeks! And don't forget to check out the new Dec/Jan newletter, with great new ideas and designs! Please excuse if this looks a little funny, the post publisher was acting up and I could not get the pictures aligned correctly.

Candy Nugget Box Revamped for the Scor-Pal
New Directions © by Sue Reynolds
www.HotPawsCreations.blogspot.com

3 Candy Box Single Row
*4 ½ x 6 in bottom
*5 x 3 ¼ in lid

4 Candy Box Single Row
*4 ½ x 7 in bottom
*5 1/8 x 4 ¼ in lid

5 Candy Box Single Row
*4 ½ x 8 in bottom
*5 1/8 x 5 ¼ in lid

6 Candy Box Single Row
*4 ½ x 9 in bottom
*5 1/8 x 6 ¼ in lid

7 Candy Box Single Row
*4 ½ x 10 in bottom
*5 1/8 x 7 ¼ in lid

6 Candy Box Double Row 3 + 3
*5 ¾ x 6 in bottom
*8 3/8 x 3¼ in lid

8 Candy Box Double Row 4 + 4
*5 ¾ x 7 in bottom
*8 3/8 x 4 ¼ in lid

10 Candy Box Double Row 5 +5
*5 ¾ x 8 in bottom
*8 3/8 x 5 ¼ in lid

All of the above bottoms are made by scoring ¾ from edge then ¾ from that score line (1 ½ from edge) all the way around. Then cut according to diagram 1.

Fold tabs and glue. Then fold in double walls and glue. See diagram 2

Single row sleeve lids are scored 1 in from edge then ¾ from that score line (1 ¾ ) Form a sleeve around filled nugget box and tape closed. Using a filled box will loosen the sleeve so it can be opened and slid easily for recipient! See diagram 3

Double row sleeve lids are scored 2 in from edge then ¾ from that score line (2 ¾ ) Form a sleeve around filled nugget box and tape closed. Using a filled box will loosen the sleeve so it can be opened and slid easily for recipient! See diagram 4

Note: *Make sure you do not score the 5 1/8 side for single row boxes.
Note: *Make sure you do not score the 8 3/8 side for double row boxes.

I would recommend making one out of scrap paper 1st and keep that as your model for the future. Also I would use Sticky Tape/Terrifically Tacky Tape/Scor-Tape/ATG for holding box together.

Diagram 1

Diagram 2

Diagram 3 &4

Box Bottom Scoring

Scoring Sleeve

Cutting & Folding

Nuggets Nuggets and more Nuggets!! I Love Chocolate!

This has been a very fun project! I have been making Lots of Nugget Boxes with my Scor-Pal scoring tool. I updated the nugget box measurements to work easier with the Scor-Pal , and made up a revamped tutorial in the process. I will be uploading the file in a Word and PDF format file within the next week. So keep your eyes peeled for my upload. Coincidentally this last week Splitcoast had a Technique Lovers Challenge #144 to make nugget boxes with Acetate sleeves. So the baby box was created!
P.S. Sometime this week I will be posting the tutorial for everyone to upload in either a Word or PDF format. I have submitted it to the Scor-Pal website and want to release it around the same time they do. Thanks for asking Shannon.

Ho Ho Ho Santa's Nuggets have Bling!

These are my favorite non-stamped (on the outside) Nugget Boxes. I was going to make these with a plain belt. Then I bought the cutest candle at Kohl's that had the dot/dash detail along with the eyelet holes...Next thing you know my boxes had much better detail all thanks to a candle! On the nuggets I used a black strip of paper with a brushed silver "belt buckle", then using my teeny tiny Simple Serif stamps I then punched the silver embossed letters out and glued Ho Ho Ho to the "tiny belt". I like the silver better but had to make the gold too! Both are edged with Liquid Applique for a little fluff. These nugget boxes are so much fun to make....Get your own Scor-Pal and these boxes will be a fast and easy holiday gift! Can you tell I love my Scor-Pal?The belt buckle was made from the SU Key Tag punch, then sliding it back in the punch to make it smaller. Then cut some slits in it for the black belt.

Baby Nuggets! SCS TLC144

Since I was making Nugget boxes with my Scor-Pal this week I figured I would do the Splitcoast TLC Challenge #TLC144. Make your sleeve with clear acetate instead of cardstock and make a matching card. These would make great Baby Shower trinkets or instead of the cigar/Hershey bar when the baby is born, hand these out instead with all the newborn's info under the nuggets!

Quick and Easy Nugget Boxes

These two were by far the easiest to do. Not much detail just ribbon around them. The red one is Double Sided (DS) paper and a quick stamping on the Avery 8160 labels with the small "Priceless" flourish. The black and gold is done with a wheel on both the sleeve of the nugget box and the labels. The gold labels are from Avery but the ink takes a really long time to dry, you have to handle with care not to smear them. I really miss the Organdy ribbon that SU used to sell. Much classier I think.

Snowman Nugget Box

I think this is one of my favorites! I just love how easy it is to use a matching wheel roller on the Avery 8160 labels. The small wheel fits just perfect on these labels! And to make sure your line is straight I do use the alignment ruler. Then use your watercolor crayons and aqua painter to add your color.

Valentine Nugget Box!

Here is a 3 nugget box for Valentine's Day! These have been a blast to make! I have so many ideas for these boxes!

Gingerbread Goodie Bag and Tag!

Isn't this a cute little Gingerbread Man! I used my Scor-Pal to make this 2-5-7-10 bag that I cut all but one flap for the fold over, and then edged with a corner rounder. I used Very Vanilla CS and my Color Spritzer tool from SU to splatter Creamy Caramel Pen ink as a background. Now for the stamps!! A Chemistry with Paper has these adorable new Christmas sets and this one is "Holiday Treats". The little guys are great for the edge and you can see exactly where to put them because the stamps are clear! It is hard to see but I used Liquid Applique for the icing and a clear Gelly Roll pen over the other lines to enhance them. The gift tag is matching with the little guys on the inside! Boy it's hard to type with a poodle in my lap that wants to help on the keyboard!