Back To School Personalized Binder

Many of you may have kids who will be heading back to school soon, so why not let them head back to school in style with their own personalized back to school binder? It's Juliana here to share with you how I took a simple 3-ring-binder with a clear pocket cover and decorated it for my niece using some of the fabulous speciality papers from 3 Birds Studio.

I began by measuring the size of the front cover on the binder. I then cut a piece of vellum from the Midday Medley Paper Collection to fit inside the pocket. This certainly dressed it up a bit, but I wanted to take it a step further, so I pulled out the All Seasons Themed cards (coming soon to HSN) and looked through them until I found a quote that seemed to fit. I mounted the card onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of the silver glitter paper from the Graceful Season Paper Collection. This definitely stepped it up, but I felt like it needed a little more pizzaz, so I used a piece of the blue foil paper from the Midday Medley Paper collection and added a bunch of punched butterflies to the cover. Now I was happy with how it looked - lots of sparkle and shine!



As you can see, I also decorated the spine of the binder. I used some of the leftover vellum that I used on the front cover. I measured and trimmed the vellum to fit inside the pocket along the spine. I then added my niece's name and a couple more butterflies. Now she is all ready to head back to school in style with her own personalized binder.





Now, it' your turn to pull out your scrapbooking supplies and start personalizing your kids school binders, or maybe even one for yourself!

HUGS!
Juliana

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Sticker Flair Mega Kit, Graceful Season Paper Collection, All Seasons Themed Cards (coming soon to HSN)

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August Scrapbook Sketch Take 5 | Robbie Herring

Hi everyone! Robbie here today to share my take on the August Scrapbook Sketch! It is such a fun sketch and you can see from the previous posts that each of us had a different vision of it to make it come to life. As I've said in the past, 3 Birds collections are so versatile! Using the same sketch and the same products to come up with such different pages shows just how versatile the collections are!

To start, I built my background. I used Chasity's fabulous tip using the Xyron Create to adhere the vellum to my page.

Instead of using several triangles to build my corners, I chose to use several strips to mimic the look of the sketch. I combined ribbon, stitching and even quilling strips to complete the look. The quilling strips are perfect to add directly to the page and the scalloped ones add such a cute touch!

Next up, I layered some pieces from the Summer Themed Card Set for some layering around the photo. Instead of using the card 'as is', I fussy cut around the cute scallops.



Of course, this is my page, so I added some little felt flowers, a few doilies and some extra stitching to embellish it! The 3D embellishment piece fit perfectly for a little extra touch!

Don't forget that you can play along with us using the August Scrapbook Sketch.  All you have to do is create a project and share it with us on our Facebook page. We will select one person to feature on our 3 Birds Blog and Facebook page in September. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my project!

Robbie

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit, Midday Medley Themed Card Set (coming soon to HSN), Sticker Flair Kit, Graceful Season Quilled Cardmaking Kit

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August Scrapbook Sketch Take 4 | Katrina Hunt

Hello 3 Birds Fans! I hope you are enjoying the sketch inspiration that has been on the blog in the past week. Have you had a chance to play along with it yet? It’s Katrina on the blog here, to share my take on the sketch today.

There are page sketches, card sketches and tag sketches, right? But have you used a sketch for something other than was it was made specifically for? That is exactly what I did with the August Scrapbook Sketch. I created a card based on the page sketch!

I dug into my Graceful Season goodies and got busy. I stuck with the sketch pretty closely, because I wanted to demonstrate how you can use it on a smaller scale for a different project. I used some of the fun Midday Medley glitter paper and then an arrow sticker from the Sticker Flair set.

I did mix up my corner a bit with a die cut from the Graceful Season Quilled Card Making Kit and a fun little bauble from the Pearlescent & Foil Goodies set!



As you can see it was super easy to change this sketch over to a card. Play around and show us YOUR creations with this sketch. You might be featured here on the blog and our 3 Birds Design Facebook page!



I also did a layout based on the sketch too that you can find on my blog - Paper, Scissors and Glue. I would love for you to come over and check it out!

Katrina Hunt - Paper, Scissors and Glue

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Sticker Flair Set, Pearlescent & Foil Goodies Set (coming soon to HSN), Graceful Season Paper Collection, Graceful Season Quilled Card Making Kit

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August Scrapbook Sketch Take 3 | Chasity Sivanick

Hey Birdies! Chasity here to share my take on the 3Birds August Scrapbook Sketch! I love the sketch that our Juliana came up with. I have to admit, I'm a bit of a rule follower, therefore I followed the sketch pretty much exactly, without much variance.  I love how quickly and easily the layout came together, just by following the sketch. I did have a lot of fun following along though!

For my layout I started with a 12" x 12" piece of patterned paper from our Graceful Seasons Collection Paper Pack, still available on HSN.com. I cut my triangle pieces from the new Midday Medley Paper Pack, including the stunning printed vellum (you know it's my have!)! Once I adhered my triangle pieces, it was time to start layering. I chose six coordinating title cards from an upcoming product airing in September. The kit is called "For All Seasons" Themed Card Kit. (There will be more on that in the days to come!) My favorite part about 3Birds products is how easily interchangeable they are! From the products to the collections.. just so versatile!

I adhered the title cards to my layout in 2 rows, then I layered 3 circle stickers from the Midday Medley Nestable Festival Sticker Kit to create a visual triangle like the ones on the sketch! Before I put the smallest circle down, I snuck behind it a border sticker from our Sticker Flair Mega Sticker Kit! Inside the circles I placed some 3D Embellishments from or Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit. Phew! There are a ton of products on just this one layout! The title and Geotag stickers are from the Sticker Flair Mega Sticker Kit, popped up with foam adhesive squares. Lastly, I replaced the top layer of the 3D flowers with another "Coming Soon" product! Foil & Pearlescent Goodie Box. This new product will also be released in September! To finish the layout, I glued some of the "pearls" onto the layout to dress it up a little.

Hope you enjoyed my layout! I can't wait to see what the rest of the team comes up with! These ladies always blow my mind with their creativity!

Also, I would like to thank everyone who tuned in to HSN on July 23rd for the 24 Hour Crafting Event! It was an amazing 24 hours! We had a wonderful day launching our "Quill Ease" Quilling Tool and hanging with many of the biggest names in the industry! Stay tuned for some "Behind the Scenes" photos from the day!

SUPPLIES | Graceful Seasons Collection Paper Pack, Midday Medley Paper Pack, Midday Medley Nestable Festival Cardstock Sticker Kit, Sticker Flair Mega Sticker Kit, Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit, "For All Seasons" Themed Card Kit (coming soon to HSN), Foil & Pearlescent Goodie Box (coming soon to HSN)

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August Scrapbook Sketch Take 2 | Mary Ann Jenkins

Hi 3 Birds friends, it’s Mary Ann here today to share a layout made with the very first 3 Birds Design scrapbook sketch, designed by our very own Juliana Michaels!! The whole design team is jumping in to play with the August Scrapbook Sketch, so be sure to look each day to see how each of us “makes it our own”.

If you’ve never used a sketch before, this might be a fun time to give it a try! There’s no right or wrong, you just use it as inspiration. You can copy a sketch exactly, or change it up a bit by rotating or flipping the image, use a square in place of a circle, 2 photos instead of one etc. The possibilities are endless.

For my take on the sketch, I followed the general design pretty close, (but still made it my own!) starting with the large triangle in the bottom right corner, along with the stripes at the top of the triangle.

I also followed the sketch and added in the two rectangles at the top of the photo, and embellished them with the cute camera from the Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit, and the Geotag sticker from the Sticker Flair Kit. Notice the sweet little heart I stamped in the center of the Geotag, using a stamp from the Midday Medley Timeless Stamp Kit.

Next to the photo I added the “this is my favorite” shaker box in place of the square on the sketch, and then embellished the area a bit more with a few splashes of paint, and the glitter chipboard chevrons. You probably noticed the pretty sparkly gems too! These will be coming to HSN soon They are part of a 1,400 piece set of Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box that you will be able to add to your projects. You are going to love them!!

DESIGNER TIP | I wanted just a bit of white in with the cluster of embellishments so I added the white arrow from the Stamp Kit. The Stamp Kit comes with pre die cut pieces of paper, cut to perfectly fit the stamps, but I used the arrow just as it is, without stamping on it at all.

One of the elements I didn’t follow on the sketch was the title and journaling placement. Instead of adding them below my photo, I added the journaling directly to the photo before printing, then added the title using stickers from the Sticker Flair Kit. You could also achieve the same look by handwriting your journaling on the photo with a “photo-safe” permanent marker, then adding the sticker title.

Don't forget to share your projects with us on our Facebook page for your chance to be featured on our 3 Birds Blog and Facebook Page!

I hope you enjoyed my take on the August Sketch. For more 3 Birds inspiration, be sure to visit my blog - i rock paper & scissors - for some quick and easy cards that I created.

Mary Ann

SUPPLIES  | Midday Medley Paper Collection, Graceful Season Paper Collection, Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit, Graceful Season Sticky Sparkly Chipboard Shapes, Midday Medley Timeless Season Stamp Kit, Sticker Flair Kit, Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box 9 coming soon to HSN)

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August Scrapbook Sketch Take 1 - Juliana Michaels

Happy Tuesday 3 Birds Fans! Juliana here, with my take on the 3 Birds August Scrapbook Sketch. I loved this sketch and really enjoyed creating with it. I find sketches to be a great starting point and source of inspiration when I'm making a scrapbook page. You don't have to follow them exactly and you can take the things you like about it and incorporate those things into your layout. This sketch inspired me so much though that I used it to create two layouts. I made the layout I'm sharing below and another one using 3 photos that I'm sharing on my blog - 17turtles. So make sure you stop by and check it out if you are looking for more ideas on how to use this sketch.

One of the things that I loved about this sketch are the large triangle pieces in each corner. They inspired me to use a lot of different patterns from the Midday Medley Paper Collection. The large diagonal pink stripe in the background, the light blue and the click paper, are "new" sheets of paper that I used for this layout. All of the other pieces are from scraps that I used on other projects. I love to save my scraps, no matter what size they are. If one of my punches can be used on it, then it's worth keeping as far as I am concerned.

The other thing I liked about this sketch are the three circles. They inspired me to use some of the circle stickers from the Midday Medley Nestable Festival. I placed the stickers onto the blue paper and then trimmed around them before I placed them on my layout. The placement of the circles forms a nice visual triangle and helps to keep your eye focused on my photo.

To embellish my page, I used a variety of goodies including stickers from the new Sticker Flair kit and one from the Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit. I also used a couple of soon to be released products. Check out those pearl and foil jewels! Those are from a new Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box that will be available soon through HSN. Stay tuned here and on our Facebook page for show dates and times!Another new product that I used was the For All Seasons Themed Cards. I used it for my journaling box. These cards are going to be great for everything from pocket page scrapbooking to card making and more!



I hope you enjoyed my take on the August Sketch! I can't wait to see what you create with it. If you are interested in seeing a multiple photo take on this sketch, stop by my blog.

Remember to share your projects with us on our Facebook page for your chance to be featured on our 3 Birds Blog and Facebook Page!

HUGS!
Juliana

SUPPLIES | Midday Medley Premium Paper Collection, Midday Medley 3D Embellishment Kit, Sticker Flair Kit, Pearlescent and Foil Goodie Box (coming soon to HSN.com) and For All Season Themed Cards (coming soon to HSN.com)

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August Scrapbook Sketch

Happy August 3 Birds Fans! We thought it would be fun to start off the month with something a little different. We have created a scrapbook sketch to share with you. This week and next week, our design team will be sharing how the sketch inspired them to create. Our hope is that the sketch and our designers interpretations of it will inspire you to pull out all of your 3 Birds products and play along with us. All you have to do is post your completed project on our 3 Birds Facebook page by the end of the month. We will then pick one of the projects and feature it and the designer both here on our blog and on our Facebook page in September! Ready, set, CREATE!!!  We can't wait to see what you share with us!

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