Don't Procrastinate in 08

Designer: Carrie Owens

I use craft knives in just about every scrapbooking and papercrafting project I create. I love the flexibility of this new knife from Fiskars, being able to hold it more like a pencil gives me the ability to draw with it and be more precise with my work. The knife did great cutting through the chipboard elements as well as through the patterned paper and cardstock. It has found a new home in my scraproom and I'll be reaching for it often. I have been scrapbooking since 1999 and love to create my own letters by sketching the shape first on the paper and then cutting it out with a craft knife on my glass mat.

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Fingertip Craft Knife
• Mini Album : Basic Grey
• Patterned Paper, Chipboard, Flowers and Brads : Heidi Grace Designs
• Large Letters : Carrie's own design

Instructions (Print version)

1. Choose some coordinating papers, chipboard letters and embellishments and a 6x12 chipboard mini book. Sketch out your design and choose which papers go on which page.
 
2. Cut papers to 6x12 and adhere to the chipboard. Set aside to dry. Trim around the edges with craft knife.
 
3. Adhere your title letters to front cover and add handwritten lettering as needed, trim excess chipboard from letters that overlap the edges with the craft knife. Journal on the inside front cover.
 
4. Sketch large letters for each page, cut with craft knife on a glass mat, adhere to pages. Add handwritten journaling and paper flowers with brads as needed.
 
5. Hand journal on last page, add chipboard accents.
 
6. Hand journal on the back of the album cover. Assemble album.