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- Learning a new craft will
make you chatter on incessantly about the art form.
- Be careful not to bore
your less artsy friends.
Nancy
Drew, The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
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What
are eyelets? Eyelets come in
an array of sizes, types, and colors.
They are little grommets that create a little hole on your
scrapbook page so you can thread ribbon, lace, or fiber through them.
In order to place them on your paper, you will need an eyelet kit.
The
eyelet kit contains the tool for creating the holes with an assortment of
screw-in tips to match the size of your eyelet.
It also has the implement to pound the eyelet to seat it on your
page. There is also a setting
mat (pad) that you will need to use when pounding the eyelets as it is a
cushiony support but does not muffle the noise at all – trust me on this
one!
The kit
also comes with the little stylus (pick), which has a myriad of uses –
one of which is digging the impacted paper out of the instrument used for
creating the holes on your paper. It
is also great for punching holes for your brads and for inserting wire to
hold charms.
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1.
Start with your sheet of 6x6-inch paper.
2.
The image to the right is from “Luggage Labels: Great American Cities
(Acid-Free/Archival) by Laughing Elephant (www.laughing
elephant.com). These are wonderful stickers that have vibrant colors and
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3.
Matte your quote and split your recipe and double matte it (I used black
and cream). I also mounted the sticker image on black paper.
4.
Place an eyelet on the right hand side of your recipe and thread a ribbon
through it.
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5.
Slice your image along the second column using an exacto knife or
the Notch & Die straight edge. You
will be slipping your ingredient into the slit you have created.
6.
Using your stylus (pick), punch two small holes on your image and
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7.
Place your ingredients on top of the page, attaching with the pop-up tabs
to lift it off of the page to give it depth (pop-up tabs come in strips, round,
and square, and are tiny sponge rubber tabs, sticky on both sides, that are
great for slightly lifting your image off the page).
Place your quote on the bottom of the page.
Next
Create-A-Page → All
sorts of embellishments to enhance your pages.
 
New
fun quotes to add to your growing collection:
- Don’t
let your troubles get in the way of
- enjoying
a leisurely and delightful lunch.
- Nancy Drew, The Secret of the Old Clock
- Offer an ill-at-ease visitor coffee to
- give him time to compose himself.
- Nancy Drew, The Secret in the Old Attic
- Play up to your hosts by
- complimenting their children.
- Nancy Drew, The Mystery of the 99 Steps
Source:
Nancy Drew’s Guide to Life by Jennifer Worick
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