A friend of mine just became a grandmommy for the first time, and what does every new grandmother need?  A brag book to show off that sweet baby, of course!  So, I made this little scrapbook for her to keep her grandbaby's pictures in. 

To make this scrapbook, you'll need to start off with a double sided piece of designer series paper and a solid piece of cardstock.  Both should be 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. 

Run them through the Big Shot using the Scallop Envelope diecut. 

You'll end up with two shapes that look like this...

Using the printed piece of paper, fold the top scallop down and adhere using red sticky tape.  This is the only adhesive I've found that really holds stuff down. 

Turn your printed piece of paper over and place more sticky tape where shown.

Turn the printed piece over and adhere it to the solid piece of cardstock.

Turn the piece over again and place more sticky tape as shown.

Fold flaps down. 

Turn the piece over to see the front.  We now have a pocket to hold a small scrapbook page.

Now for the scrapbook page to insert into the pocket...Cut a piece of white cardstock 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches for the page.  To decorate it, stamp a scrap of white cardstock with the design of your choice.  Use a 1 1/4 inch circle punch to punch it out.  Mat it with a coordinating piece of cardstock.  I used a 1 3/8 circle punch for the matting.  Glue the circles to the scrapbook page using a pop dot. 

Repeat the process of making the number of pockets and scrapbook pages that you want depending on how thick you want your scrapbook to be.  Put all your pockets together and punch two holes in the bottom.  I used the crop-a-dile. 

Tie all the pockets together with a pretty ribbon. 

This type of scrapbook could be made to fit so many different themes:  for a teacher, coach, recipes for a bride, advice for new parents to be, etc.  The possibilities are endless. 

Materials Used:

Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz

Printed Paper:  Nursery Suite Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz

Stamps:  Bold Blossoms

Embellishments:  Baja Breeze striped ribbon (retired), rhinestones

Tools: Scallop Envelope Diecut, Big Shot, Crop-a-Dile, Circle Punches

(All materials used were Stampin Up.)

This project was cased from the Artistic Advenger.