The chipboard sheets measure 4” x 6”, and are also available with tabs to divide your other sheets. Hummmm, 4”x 6” – not so intimidating as a big page. I decided to Scrap-O Dex the year 2008. At the end of the year I’ll have a “journal” of sorts, chronicling the most memorable moments of this year. In the meantime, I’ll have a decorative accessory, and a reminder to scrap the next month. Since I plan to keep my Scrap-O-Dec on my desk, I decided to start with greens, yellows and blues – the colors in my office. Here’s what my Scrap –O-Dec looks like now.
And here’s how I did it.
Supplies
Scrap-O-Dex
Papers– Ocean View, Cape Cod Stripe, and Surf and Turf (from the Jen Starr New England line for Zsiage)
Chipboard letters (Zsiage)
Chippies (Zsiage)
Yellow and green ink pads
Dark green, blue and gold embossing powders
Embossing inkpad
Heat gun
Pencil
Scissors
Craft Knife
Glue stick
Glue Dots
Light Blue ribbon (Cream City Ribbon)
1. Apply both yellow and green inks from the inkpads directly to the letters of desired name or word.
2. Apply embossing ink sparingly. Cover with embossing powder, shaking off excess powder. Use the heat gun to melt the embossing powder. If you would like more embossing powder, repeat this step.
3. Apply embossing ink liberally to the chipboard swirl. Drop green, blue and gold embossing powders on wet swirl. Tap off excess powder and heat as before.
4. Lay letters and swirl out in a pleasing pattern on your surface. Measure length and width. Cut a piece of chipboard the necessary size, and cover with the Ocean View paper.
5. Glue name or word on covered strip.
6. Cut three 2” pieces of light blue ribbon. Curl and shred the ribbon. Overlap the ribbon pieces at end of name and glue in place. Glue embossed swirl on top of ribbon.
7. Glue decorated chipboard to front of the Scrap-O-Dex.
For January card
1. Emboss the chipboard frame with all 3 colors of embossing powder as for the swirl.
2. Cut the Cape Cod Stripe paper to 8 1/2” wide. And feed it into your printer. Use your computer and software of choice to print the word January, positioning it to line up with the tab. Practice first on scrap paper to make sure the word prints where you want it.
3. Glue the printed-paper onto one of the chipboard tabbed sheets. Turn the piece over and trim excess paper with a craft knife,
4. Tear a piece of the Surf and Turf paper and glue onto the January sheet.
5. Select desired photo and print. Place the frame on top of the photo and mark inside very lightly with a pencil. Trim slightly outside the pencil line.
6. Glue photo to right side of January sheet, and glue frame on top of photo.
Since the January tab will be seen all the time, I wanted something that said January to me, but went with the other colors of my Scrap-O-Dex. I took this photo on a road just south of where I live and it seemed to fit the bill. Both of my granddaughters have January birthdays, so I will be scrapping the birthday party for my January section.
The ribbon I used is a new kind of ribbon from Cream City Ribbon. It’s a biodegradable cotton ribbon that you can curl and shred. I just used my fingernail, but if you don’t have nails you can use a scissor. The ribbon comes in many colors as well as stripes and patterns, and is also available with adhesive already in it. Check it out at the link below.
