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Friendship Mini Book From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-428

Project by Paulette Jarvey.

For the ultimate mini album, make a sarabook. A sarabook is a handmade book decorated with specialty papers, tags, envelopes, quotes and words of inspiration. Fill it with special quotes, or add photos to create a small scrapbook. Give your completed sarabook away as a gift--or make one as a gift to yourself! Best of all, a sarabook can be completed in a weekend.

Materials:

Sarabooks amethyst paper pack
Sarabooks Friendship Words
Sarabooks amethyst fibers and key pack
Sarabooks 5" x 7" rectangle book blank
Sarabooks brads and wire pack
glue stick
Brilliance Victorian Violet inkpad
purple chalk
chalk applicator
foam tape
1/4" hole punch
eyelets

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1. Glue a cover blank to the center of the back of the watercolor leaves paper. Miter the corners: Fold each corner of the paper at a 45-degree angle and glue in place. Fold in each side of the paper into the cover blank and glue in place. Punch the holes.

2. Cut a 5" x 3-1/2" piece of glimmer paper and a 5" x 3" piece of watercolor leaves paper. Tear the top edge of each and attach them together with an eyelet in each corner and one in the bottom enter. Attach it to the bottom of the cover with foam tape on the bottom and sides to form the pocket. Tear out "true" and "friendship" and glue them to the pocket.

3. Cut out the largest tag and insert a large brad in the top center. Tie one end of a 7-inch piece of fiber around the brad. Tie the other end to the key. Tie two 7-inch fiber pieces to the key.

4. Tear out the "friend" definition and cut out the "true" embossed paper charm. Glue them to the tag as shown.

5. Covering the page blanks: Apply glue to a page blank, making sure the edges are well coated. Position the collage words paper aligning two straight edges evenly; then smooth the paper by pressing it with your palm. Turn the blank page over and trim. After the page is covered with paper, turn it over and punch 1/4-inch holes in the paper through the existing holes in the page blank.

6. Cut out the quote and mat on cheesecloth paper with a thin border. Cut two 3-3/4" x 1/2" and two 4-1/2" x 1/2" strips of wrinkled paper. Glue them together as shown to form a frame; then insert a mini brad in each corner.

7. Cut out the "share" embossed paper tag and glue it to the top left brad. Glue the quote centered on the page.

8. Remove the glassine envelope from the paper pack. Fold the side flaps in; then fold the bottom flap up. Glue the bottom flap to the side flaps.

9. Cut out the tags and insert an eyelet in the top center of each. Tear out "wish" and "love" and glue one to teach tag. Thread the tags on one 7-inch piece of fiber and knot the ends together.

10. Cut a 4-3/4" x 1/2" strip of wrinkled paper and inset a mini brad in each end. Glue it across the envelope.

11. Cut out the "laugh" embossed paper tag and glue it under the brads on the right. Glue the envelope to the page.

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Paulette Jarvey
President, Hot Off The Press
Website: www.craftpizazz.com