Dot & Whimsy : Simple Stories & Tombow: A Claus & Co. Planner

Simple Stories & Tombow: A Claus & Co. Planner

Monday, October 5, 2015 October 05, 2015

Hello! Today I'm sharing my version of the "Claus & Co." Planner

featuring many of the goodies from the

SIMPLE STORIES

collection, as well as several of the great adhesive products from Tombow!

Because the Holiday SN@P! Album is nice and large, it will work double-duty as

a holiday planner and as a December-daily-style album...I cannot wait to fill it up!

To get a jump-start, I decided to have all of the cute pre-planned pages in place

and then added a few embellishments that I'll share today.

To begin, I cut the "Oh Joy" (side B) paper down so that it covered the chipboard portion of the album front. I used the Tombow Xtreme for attachment. When you want something to really stay PUT, the Xtreme adhesive is what to reach for!

I wanted to create a fun 'bridge' between the fabric binding of the album and the patterned paper, so I used various sized circle dies to cut the motifs from the "I Believe" paper. The circle sizes ranged from 1.5" to 2".

After deciding placement for the circles and other embellishments, I used the 3D Foam Tabs, Multi and Aqua Mono Liquid Glue and Stamp Runner to adhere the different pieces. The Mono Glue was perfect for adding the Wood Veneer pieces and small sequins (from my stash).

Here is a look at the completed album front:

As I said earlier, I did go ahead and add all of the inner workings to the album: the Claus & Co. SN@P! Journal Pages, Holiday Planning Inserts and the clear pocket pages that come with the album. I mixed in some fun embellishments to some of the pages:

The introductory page to the album is the "Holiday Planner" tabbed page from the "Holiday Planning Inserts" packet. I decorated it with some of the leftover circles that I didn't use on the cover. Notice the two half-circles at the top and bottom...I just cut one of the 2" circles in half and glued it in place with the Stamp Runner! The holly berry die-cuts were attached with 3D Foam Tabs.

Here I dressed up the banner insert page with one of the 4X4 Elements. Again, I used the Mono Liquid Glue for attaching the sequins.

3D Foam Tabs were used when adding stickers and die-cut pieces. I found the the Multi or Aqua Mono Liquid Glues worked best for the veneers.

The decorative insert pages are great places to add a splash of personality! I tried to leave the pages, where a lot of writing would be done, without too much bulk so writing would be easier when the time came.