Club Scrap Boardwalk Blog Hop!

Hi there! Summer! Yay! So happy :) Welcome to the Club Scrap Boardwalk Blog Hop! If you were just at Hetty's blog then you are in the right place! June's kit is so cute and perfect for summer! Great colors, great images and of course great papers!

I decided to make a toilet paper roll mini album.

 

 I wanted to make something different from the basic stand up TP roll book with 6 folders and tags that we've all seen before. So I designed a book with 12 TP rolls in a staggered, layered pattern.



 

 

 

For this project you will need:

Scor-tape/Book binding glue/other strong adhesive

Chipboard

Cardstock

12 toilet paper rolls

ribbon, twine, embellishments of your choice

 

 

Start by cutting the chipboard:

Cut 2 at 5 1/2" x 8" for the front and back covers

cut 1 at 1/2" x 8" for the spine 

For the outside cover-cut 2 pieces of cardstock 10" x 8" and adhere together on the 10" sides.

Adhere the chipboard like the above photo. Make sure to leave at least 1/8" space between the chipboard pieces. If you are using thick cardstock (like Club Scrap papers) leave a more. Cut the corners and fold over the edges to cover the chipboard.

For the inside cover cut 2 pieces of cardstock 6 1/2" x 7 3/4". Adhere to the inside covering the chipboard.

 

 

For the hinge system cut 3 pieces of cardstock:

1" x 7 1/2" score at 3/8" and 5/8"

1 1/2" x 7 1/2" score at 3/8" and 1 1/8"

2" x 7 1/2" score at 3/8" and 1 5/8"

Fold on score lines.

 

 

Turn each piece over and put Scor-tape on the flat part in the middle.

 

 

Strip off the backing off the tape and place the narrowest piece in the middle of the middle sized piece. Then place those 2 in the middle of the largest piece. it should look like the photo above.

 

 

Adhere the finished binding piece to the spine of the book.

Flatten and cover the TP rolls. If you've ever used TP rolls this way you know that all TP rolls are not the same size! Even the same brand in different sized rolls can have different sizes! For this project I wanted all different sizes to enhance the staggered & layered look I was looking for. I can't really give you cover dimensions because the rolls you use may be difference sizes. A good basic rule of thumb though is double the width and add an inch. So if the flattened roll is 2 1/2" wide you'll need a piece of paper 6" wide to cover it.

 

 

I wanted the placement of all the TP folders to be kind of random and staggered - that was going to be too hard to try to measure and plan. So I decided to just wing it! I put the folder where I wanted it and snipped the binding on either side of it.

 

 

I tapered the cuts so they would slide into the folder easily.

 

 

Then I snipped away the outside parts-leaving the piece the hold the folders.

 

I put Scor-tape on both sides.

 

Then I slid the folders onto the binding tab and pressed to make sure the tape adhered properly.

 

Repeat the same steps with the rest of the binding pieces and folders staggering them as you go in any pattern you choose. I just eyeballed where to put them so they were layered.

 



 

This worked really well and gave me that layered look I wanted.

 

Here's how it looks from the edge.

 

 

 

Then I cut pieces of cardstock as tags to fit in the folders. I varied the length of these so some stuck out further than others-to enhance that layered and staggered look.

  I decorated the tags with stamps, ribbons and embellishments from the Boardwalk kit leaving room for photos or journaling.

 

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is Tricia! Check out what she did with the Boardwalk kit!

Have a great day!
Pam