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Rollabind Fun with Mini Scrapbook Starter Kit

By Nicole Leon
Off Road Inksters
Intermediate Scrampers Design Team

Supply List:

Mini Scrapbook Starter Kit (Highsmith)
2 pieces of red cardstock size 4 ½” x 4” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 piece of white cardstock size 2 ½” x 2 ¼” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 piece of black cardstock size 2 ½” x 2 ¼” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 piece of black cardstock size 5 ½” x 8 ½” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 strip of white cardstock size 1” x 12” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 square piece of white cardstock size 1” x 1” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 piece of black cardstock size 2” x 12” inch (Kelly Paper)
1 piece of black cardstock size ¼” x 4 ¼” (Kelly Paper)
2 brads (Office Depot)
Versamark stamp pad (Tsukineko)
Copper Embossing Powder (Tsukineko)
Marvy Heat Tool (Marvy)
12” inch long piece of Stretch Gold Cord (Wal-Mart)
Square punch (unknown)
Pearl Ex Watercolor Palettes- Pearlescent & Metallic (USA Artquest)
Rollabind Crafters Kit (Rollabind)
1 small Domino (Dollar Store)
Paintbrush (Dollar Store)
Krylon Acrylic Sealer Matte (Krylon)
Gold UTEE (Grand Illusions)
Clear UTEE (Grand Illusions)
UTEE Flex (Grand Illusions)
2 Heart Cookie Cutters (unknown)
4 slide mounts (unknown)
1 microscope slide (unknown)
Craft Sheet (Grand Illusions)
Suze Weinberg’s Melting Pot (Suze Weinberg)
UTEE Flex (Grand Illusions)
Dance with Your Spirit stamp set (TAC, The Angel Company)
Mother’s Face background stamp (TAC, The Angel Company)
Soft Spoken stamp set (TAC, The Angel Company)
Victorian Borders stamp set (TAC, The Angel Company)
Victorian Embellishments stamp set (TAC, The Angel Company)
Swirl Background stamp (TAC, The Angel Company)
Black StazOn Pad (Tsukineko)
India Black stamp pad (TAC, The Angel Company)
Permanent Monoadhesive (Tombow)
Terrific Tacky Tape (Art Accentz)
Brilliance Galaxy Gold (Tsukineko)
Tweezers
Mounting Foam (Scotch)
Metallic Rub-Ons (Craf-T Products)

 Instructions:

 Mini Scrapbook Album 

1. To paint the cover of the album, dip paintbrush in water and swirl brush in the Pearl Ex watercolor palette color of your choice.  The paint the color on the album diagonally. Let album dry and set aside.
    
2. Paint the cardstock pieces with the watercolor palette and set aside:
    

·        1 piece of white cardstock size 2 ½” x 2 ¼” inch

·        1 piece of black cardstock size 5 ½” x 8 ½” inch

·        1 strip of white cardstock size 1” x 12” inch

·        1 square piece of white cardstock size 1” x 1” inch

3. To color brads, place the top of the brad on the Versamark ink pad and dip brad in the copper embossing powder.  Heat the brad with the heat tool. 
    
4. To finish the cover of the album, apply India Black ink pad to the swirled painted background and stamp randomly on the album.  Heat with the Marvy Heat Tool to speed up drying process. 
    
5. Attach the black cardstock size 5 ½” x 8 ½” to the album using Monoadhesive.
    
6. Attach gold stretch cord to album.
    
7. Crumple black cardstock size 2 ½” x 2 ¼”, smooth out, and apply to the album with Monoadhesive.
    
8. Cut 1 microscope slide in half, and stamp with the Love stamp using a StazOn ink pad. Allow the slide to dry and set aside.
    
9. Cut a piece of the painted cardstock size 1 ¼” x 1 ¼”.  Place the stamped slide over the painted cardstock and place the other half of the slide in the back of the painted cardstock and carefully set aside.
    
10. Attach finished scrapbook page and attach colored brads in the hole slots on the album.

Rollabind Album

1. Using the two pieces of red cardstock, follow instructions per manufacturer’s manual for putting the rollabind pages together.  Paint the red cardstock with various colors of the watercolor palette.  Stamp with the Mother’s Face background stamp on the painted cover. Attach painted piece of cardstock size 2” x 2” inch.
2. Paint domino with watercolor palette and speed dry heat with heat tool.  Ink Mother’s Face background stamp with Black StazOn ink pad and stamp on domino. Allow the stamped domino ample time to dry or speed dry with the heat tool.  Attach domino with Terrific Tacky Tape to the painted cardstock.
3. Attach painted cardstock strip to inside the album.   For the other strip, crumple the strip, smooth out, and attach to the second page of the album using Monoadhesive.
4. Paint the 4 slide mounts with the Pearl Ex watercolor palette.  For two of the slide mounts, stamp with the Mother’s Face background stamp in India Black ink and heat set with heat tool to speed up the drying process.
5. Cut four pieces of painted cardstock to fit inside the slide mount, and stamp with the Love stamp, perfect, small love stamp, and Hope stamp in India Black ink.  Speed dry with heat tool.
6. Insert the stamped cardstock into each slide mount and set aside.

Faux Metallic Embellishments

1. Turn on melting pot and set it to the highest setting. Pour 4 oz. of Gold UTEE and 4 oz of Clear UTEE into the melting pot and cover with lid. After the UTEE has melted, add in one tablespoon of UTEE Flex and completely melt.   Slowly swirl around with craft stick twice.  
2. Carefully pick up the microscope and dip each edge of the slide in the melted UTEE.  Set aside and allow to cool. 
3. For the Love and Hope stamped slide mounts, follow step #2.
4. Apply Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink to Victorian Embellishment stamp and dip stamp into the melted UTEE.  Stamp on the craft sheet and allow to cool. Remove stamp from the hardened embellishment.  Cut any excess UTEE off from around embellishment.
5. To make the hearts, pour UTEE onto craft sheet and put the heart cookies cutters into the hot UTEE and allow to cool.  Remove the heart cut outs and set aside.  Put the excess hardened UTEE back into the Melting Pot to melt again for future use.
6. Prepare the Victorian Border stamps by applying Versamark ink directly to the stamps.  Set aside. 
7. Heat one of the UTEE hearts with the Heat Tool and allow the heart to melt slightly.  Stamp with the Victorian Border stamps and remove when the UTEE heart has cooled. 
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the second heart.
9. Apply red and light gold metallic rub-ons to hearts, seal with the Krylon spray, and allow to dry.
10. Using the Terrific Tacky Tape, glue hearts to the album.  Apply the LOVE microscope slide to the crumpled black cardstock with the foam tape.
11.  Attach the slide mounts to the Rollabind mini album. For the Victorian Embellishment, attach the painted cardstock square using Monoadhesive, and attach the embellishment using the Terrific Tacky Tape.

Scrapbook Page

1. Attach the painted piece of cardstock size 1 ½” x 5 ½” inch. 
2. Attach the black strip of cardstock size ¼” x 4 ½” inch.
3. Attach slide mounts using foam tape.

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