February 2005 Idea of the Month

Tag Book

These unique tag books are easy to make using Close To My Heart's My Reflections TM 12x12" Base Pages (see pages 80 - 81 in the catalog/idea book).  Base pages are simple, 2-tone layout pages that need only stamps and embellishments to transform them for any occasion.  Better yet, you can make 4 tag books from just one package!

(See more photos below!)

Supplies:  

1 pack of 12x12" My Reflections TM Base Pages

Stamps of your choice  (I used  D1087 Elegant Floral*)

Ink to match your Base Page color (for tone-on-tone stamping)

3/8" post and screw (yes, we sell these!... see page 11 in the catalog/idea book)

Coordinating ribbon

My Accents TM (I used our new Cranberry My Accents* to match the ribbon!)

Waxy flax

Hole punch

*Introduced in the Feb/Mar issue of "Expressions... Close To My Heart"

Step 1: Prepare Pages

Choose 3 base pages from the package.  Cut in half, and then cut each half into 3- 4x6" pieces.  You will have a total of 18 pages for your tag book.  You will be able to make 4 tag books per package if you wish.  Otherwise, save the extra pages for your next scrapbooking session!

Cut off the top 2 corners of each page to form a tag.  (I measured in about 1" from each corner and cut diagonally across).

Step 2: Decorate!

Since each base page starts out with a different layout design, each of your tag layouts will vary, too.  You will have various sizes of photo areas, areas that can be stamped, and areas that can be embellished.  See below for sample pages from my book!

Step 3: 

Punch hole towards the top of each tag and attach them all together using a 3/8" post/screw.  Tie a pretty bow and glue it to the screw.

More sample pages:

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©Linda Harrison 2005