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a purple cows designer project by: Michelle Jackson-Mogford

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A Waterfall of Memories Creating a retrospective keepsake of the year while recycling that
old diary is simple and fun with the
Purple Cows 2 in 1 Combo Trimmer and Decorative Click Blades.

Tools: Supplies:
Purple Cows 2 in 1 Combo Trimmer #1040 Cosmo Cricket 6 x6 paper pad - wanted and teeny alphas
Purple Cows Freestyle Mouse #6040 Clearsnap Colourbox cats eyes inks - Pumpkin patch stacker
Purple Cows Click Blade Score #2811 and Khaki green archival ink
Purple Cows Click Blade Colonial #2810 GlueArts glue glider pro with permanent adhesive and extreme
Purple Cows Click Blade Stamp #2812 adhesive micro squares
Craft Geek Punch It Summer #7203 Bazill basics crystals
Crop-A-Dile Papermania paper flowers
Staple Stampers anonymous - Tim holtz collection stamps - urban chic
Michelle’s stash - colored staples, permanent pen, cardstock
and thin ribbon

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A Waterfall of Memories
by Michelle Jackson-Mogford

Step by Step:
1. Taking your years diary or date book, decide how many sections
you want, separate the sections out and then stick the pages together
using the glue glider pro creating thicker stronger pages to attach the
waterfall mechanisms to.

2. Paint each section with some gesso to push whatever diary en-
tries there may be back into the pages, although not entirely blocking
them out. I like the fact this project uses my diary that I have lived with
for a year and that in itself is a memory that I still want to see peeking
through. Leave it to one side to dry, try and leave it standing up so the
pages don’t stick together!

3. While the pages are drying trim the cardstock to create the waterfall
mechanisms. You can adapt the sizes to fit your own project obviously
your book maybe be smaller or larger than mine but I will give my mea-
surements as a guide. On the guillotine side of the 2 in 1 combo trim-
mer I trimmed 7 strips of card to fill my sections 11 3/4’’ x 1 3/4’’.

4. Fitting the score blade #2811 into the rotary side of the 2 in 1 trim-
mer score the strips of card. I scored it at 6 1/2’’ so the long part of the
mechanism would overhang my pages by about and inch and would sit
1/2’’ down from the top edge of the page. I then scored at 3/4’’ inter-
vals, creating 6 sections for 6 photos and was left with a slightly wider
section at the end for adhering to the holding strip. Fold all these sec-
tions, creasing the folds well.

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5. Next change the blade in the rotary trimmer for #2810 colonial
cut and trim some cardstock to create the holding strips. Mine are 3’’
x 3/4’’. You need to make them wide enough to allow the long strip to
slide through easily when it is attached.

6. While still at the trimmer change the decora-


tive click blade to #2812 stamp edge. Trim some
mats for all your little photos. I made mine 2’’ x 1
3/4’’. I love the fact that my little photos eventu-
ally look like a series of postage stamps using this
blade for the mats. I used a selection of papers
from the Cosmo Cricket wanted paper pad to mix
up the colors and then inked all the edges with
inks from the colourbox pumpkin patch stacker
for some added definition. After printing out my
photos I then trimmed them with the guillotine,
leaving a white edge for some cheating matting
and layering. My photos were all around 1 3/4’’ x
1 1/2’’ and the accurate cutting with the guillotine
ensured they were all perfectly trimmed.

7. Before adding the photos to the strips I used a decorative


punch at the pull end of my long strips and then putting deco-
rative click blade #2810 into the freestyle mouse I trimmed
the edges for even more decorative appeal and to tie them in
with the holding strips. The finishing touch was a thin piece of
ribbon threaded through the punched shape.

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A Waterfall of Memories
by Michelle Jackson-Mogford

8. Using the glue glider pro add a strip of permanent adhesive to each section of the strip just be-
low the crease. After matting the photos to the stamp shaped rectangles add them to each section
of the strip, layering them from the bottom up.

9. Going back to the now dry diary pages, add some ink from the pumpkin patch stacker and stamp
some swirls around the pages using the colorbox khaki archival ink, build up the layers until you’re
happy.

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10 Using the glue arts extreme adhesive micro squares add the holding bars to the pages about
1/4’’ up from the bottom edge. I added a colored staple for extra security and added decor. Slide
the long side of the photo strip under the holding strip and again using the extreme adhesive micro
squares add some to the bottom edge of the long strip to adhere the bottom of the mechanism to the
top of the holding strip, stick in place. Now you can pull the tab and see the photos flip.

11. With a permanent pen add some journalling to each section.


I have made mine quite ‘notey’ as I would write in my diary, I’ve
added key dates and words that evoke the memory.

12. Lastly punch a hole and set an eyelet front and back,
threading with ribbon to act as a fastener for the book and add
some Cosmo Cricket teeny alphas, some paper flowers and a
little bling to decorate the cover.

An ordinary diary transformed into a very personal retrospective of


my year, a kind of journal within a journal and something to treasure.
I hope you enjoy looking back on your year and creating with your
purple cows tools. Thanks for playing love MJM x

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