What can you do with the Maya Road Square Binder Books?

Here's what Kent Nichols did!!!

Maya Road Address Book!
By Kent Nichols

Does Maya Road make it easy for you or what? I used one of their 4x4 inch binder albums and went to their website www.mayaroad.com and downloaded printable address book inserts, inked the edges and adhered them to the inside chipboard pages! They also offer journal, calendar and planner inserts in various sizes for each of their binder albums. Those are some smart people over at Maya Road!

For the cover I used Heidi Grace paper. I loved the combo of colors and it even says friends and family on it! I also used the new felt border from Queen and Co! You get 3 feet of felty cuteness in one container! I wrapped the felt floral border around the outside of the binder. I used glossy accents to adhere it to the paper and I inserted brads and glued acrylic jewels to the flowers. I also made a little "friends and family" tag and attached it to the felt border with a brad. I wanted to make the inside as cute as the outside so I tied ribbons to the binder clips and I made a little pocket so I could tuck in a list of important dates or reminders.

This makes the cutest gift or you can make two and keep one for yourself!!

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What can you do with the Bare Elements Octagonal Jewelry Box?

Here's what Kent Nichols did!!!

Altered Bare Elements Octagonal Jewelry Box
By Garage Girl, Kent

When Suzy had the Bare Element items available at the Anniversary Crop in October, I immediately scooped up a couple of items because I knew they would make gifts. I altered the octagonal jewelry box for my niece's Christmas present and I loved how it turned out. You can customize it to any kind of decor. I used My Mind's Eye Magnolia line paper. I loved the color combo and "funkiness" of it and thought it would work for a teenager's room. I measured each of the panels and cut strips of paper to fit. I used modge podge to adhere the paper to the box and also applied an additional coat on top. For the top of the box and the inside octagons, I traced the outline of the cover on paper and used that as a template (you'll have to make the octagons smaller for the inside "drawers". Lastly, I modge podged strips of paper around each drawer and added fun ribbon around the top of the cover with glue dots.

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What can you do with the ProvoCraft Lunch Pail Tins?

Here's what Kent Nichols did!!!

Altered Lunch Pail Tin
By Garage Girl, Kent

When I saw my friend Stephanie's blog and her cut baby gifts made out of lunch pail tins, I just had to make one and put my own spin on it. I used the lunch pail tins from Provo craft that Suzy has at the Garage. I used various coordinating scrapbook papers and adhered them to the tin with Modge Podge (I covered the inside lid as well). I adhered ribbon inbetween the two strips of paper and tied a bow. I painted the top of the tin and coated it with Modge Podge so it would not scrap off. Here is the fun part- I cut out various letters from scrapbook paper for the word "Baby's" (chipboard letters would be awesome on this too) and adhered them to the tin. Then I used rub on letters for the word "keepsakes". I also attached ribbon to the handle There are so many cute things you can do with this idea and so many different embellishments would look adorable like flowers, chipboard shapes etc. I made this tin for Garage Girl, Sylvia who just had a baby girl and tucked inside a handmade sweater. She can use the tin later to keep momentos like the hospital bracelet, baby cap or cards from family and friends. I have also seen where a tin like this with dividers inside can hold baby's photos for each month so they are easily stored until they are scrapped. The ideas are endless for this fun project!

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What can you do with the Making Memories 8-inch Chipboard Letters?

Here's what Erin Yamabe did!!!
first, i selected the patterned papers. being a basic grey lover, their baby girl line was an easy choice for me. i adhered the letters onto the papers and then using my exacto knife, cut them out.

once that part was done, i started adding...

i mixed old and new embellishments, all over these letters. added some making memories textured stickers, all kinds of ribbon, some staples, prima flowers, making memories flowers, some creative imagination epoxy stickers, mrs grossman's crystals, mm metal sayings, and brads.

for the word "love" that floats in the center of the "O", i covered the chipboard basic grey letters with the patterned paper, and then again, using the exacto knife, cut out the excess. i placed the letters "love" on top of eachother, securing them with brads.

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What can you do with a Sarabinder?

Here's what Victoria Fassano did!!!
Victoria Fassano created this lovely journal as a birthday gift for her dear friend Melissa who is a quilting enthusiast. The basis for the journal is the Sarabinder system. She used the pocket pages for dividing the sections of the journal, the dividers to highlight each quilting project within the journal and the lined pages to fill the journal. The Daisy D’s Heirloom Attic paper, die cut and sticker collection was a perfect choice to carry the theme with its beautiful patterns lifted directly from Moda quilting fabrics. She also used several embellishments from Jolee’s , Mrs. Grossman’s laser cut lace stickers, buttons, ribbons and pins to carry the quilting theme.

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