A Proper Gentleman's Board Book

Club G45 Vol. 3 — 2019 : A Proper Gentleman

Designed by ~ Annette Green Graphic 45® Supplies: 1 pack A Proper Gentleman DCE (4501806) 1 pack 12x12 Chipboard Sheets—Black (4501808) 1 pack G45 Staples Antique Metal Clock Keys (4501293) 1 pack G45 Staples Regular Tags—Black (4500981) Additional Supplies: (*not included) 1 3 154” Ribbon—Black* ⁄8” or ⁄16” 1 1 roll ⁄8” Extreme Red Line Tape (67087) Tools, Adhesives & Ink: Paper trimmer, detail scissors, craft knife, scoring tool, double-sided tape, wet adhesive, Crop-a-dile hole punch, Corner Chomper tool, 1-inch circle punch (optional) Notes: • All measurements are width x height unless specified. • Optional: Ink paper edges with blending tool before adhering.

Directions: 1. From black chipboard sheets, cut six 5” x 7” pieces. If desired, round off the right corners as shown. Punch five holes (large hole on Crop-A-Dile tool) through each as follows: ½”, 2”, 3½”, 5” and 6½”. Tracing a simple template is helpful. The holes should 5 be ⁄16” in from the edge.

2. Cut the following papers 4¼” x 6¾”: two from Mad About Plaid, The Sophisticate, Cultured Reserve, and both sides of Timely Point of View. One from B side of Sporting Aristocrat and Dashing & Debonair. Photo shows which pages will be left or right. Round two outer corners, if desired, on each.

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3. From B side of Man About Town, cut ten pieces at 5 4 ⁄8” x 3½”. Round the corners, if desired. Adhere to each side of five black regular tags and set aside.

4. Adhere a left and right Mad About Plaid piece to a chipboard page as shown. These are the 8. Adhere in layers front and back the elements from covers of the Step 7. Punch a 1” album. circle from B side of Man About Town 5. Flip covers over and adhere to back to the inside. Cut of large clock key. two 4¼” x 6” pieces Adhere a round from B side of A clock sticker to the Proper Gentleman. smaller key. Pop Round one top both up with scraps corner, if desired, of black chipboard. and adhere to inside front and back covers. 9. From the B side of Dressed to the Nines, 6. From a second sheet cut two 4¾” x 3¼” pieces. of Timely Point of Score each ¼” on three View cut three pocket sides to create pockets. watches as pictured Trim the flaps on a in the Cutting Guides. diagonal to reduce bulk. (Tip: Use a craft knife for the inner detail portion as shown, 10. Adhere before fussy cutting the pockets out the entire clock.) to the inside front and back covers. Cut two 7. Cut 4¼” x 1½” postage stamp strip from Man About cars from On Town and adhere to front cover (shown in the next The Boulevard 5 image), then adhere large pocket watch. (Tip: Let the approx. 3 ⁄8” clock go off the top edge and trim away excess. This x 1¾” each adds more interest to the eye.) Separate the circle and adhere to from the large chipboard frame and select the medium pockets. Insert fussy cut pocket watch. two tags. Put aside.

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11. Cut the following photo mats 3¼” x 5¼”: two from B side of Mad About Plaid, one from B side of Haberdasher and B side of Sporting Aristocrat.

12. Select a new black chipboard page and adhere background paper shown. Adhere photo mat, then fussy cut "Debonair" label from A Proper Gentleman 15. Flip tag over (left page is shown in the background) Borders, add scrap and add green border sticker. Select a new chipboard chipboard for dimen- page, adhere background paper and photo mat. Fussy sion, then layer over cut two postage stamps from Man About Town and the small pocket watch. adhere to lower right next to a popped-up clock key. (See close-up photo in next step.)

16. Cut two button stickers and layer onto the bottom of the page. 13. Cut the following photo mats 3½” x 2½” each: two from B side of Dashing & Debonair, A side of The Sophisticate, 17. Flip and four from B side of chipboard Mad About Plaid. page over (from Step 15), adhere background paper and photo mats, 14. Flip chipboard page over (from Step 12), adhere as well as two background paper, two photo mats, and two chipboard chipboard circles. Punch holes into one black tag to line circles. Punch holes into one black tag to line up with top up with middle three album holes as shown. Add blue three album holes as shown. Add green border sticker border sticker and pop up pocket watch sticker with and pop up label sticker with scraps of black chipboard. scraps of black chipboard.

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18. Flip tag over and add blue border sticker. Select a new chipboard page, adhere background paper and photo mat. Layer “A Proper Gentleman” label sticker, chipboard tag, and chipboard circle (clock) in upper right. 22. Tie 10” lengths of black ribbon to 19. Flip each of the five tags. chipboard Adhere chipboard page over tags shown to (from Step the inside front 18), adhere and back cover background tags adding word paper and stickers to each. Tie photo mats, a 4” length of black as well as two ribbon into a knot chipboard and adhere to the circles. tag on the left. Punch holes into one black tag to line up with bottom three album holes. Add red border sticker and pop up 23. Stick antique car tag sticker with scraps of black chipboard. the large tag sticker to the 20. Flip tag back cover. over and add Cut five 20” red border lengths of sticker. black ribbon Select a new and working chipboard from the back page, adhere to the front, background weave the paper and ribbons through the album pages, leaving excess as photo mat. shown. (Tip: it’s helpful to tape these excess strands Punch a 1” with washi or masking tape to your table while circle from weaving to avoid pulling them all the way through.) B side of Mad About Plaid and adhere to back of large 24. Pull and straighten clock key then pop up with scrap black chipboard. out all your ribbons to Fussy cut “Dashing” label from A Proper Gentleman the same length and Borders and pop up, layered over a chipboard tag in adjust your pages as lower right corner. needed. Leaving a bit of space for page movement, 21. Flip chipboard page over (from Step 20), adhere tie each ribbon together background paper and photo mats, as well as two close to the spine into a chipboard squares. This is the last page which the double knot. Trim ribbon inside back cover will follow (shown in next photo). tails as desired.

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A Proper Gentleman Desktop Photo Frame

Designed by ~ Annette Green Graphic 45® Supplies: 1 pack A Proper Gentleman DCE (4501806) 1 sheet 12x12 Chipboard Sheets—Black (4501808) 1 each G45 Staples Antique Metal Clock Key (4501293) Additional Supplies: (*not included) 3 24" Ribbon—Black* ⁄16 ” Tools, Adhesives & Ink: Paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, craft knife & cutting mat, bone folder liquid adhesive, double-sided adhesive, foam adhesive, strong tape or washi tape Notes: • All measurements are width x height unless specified. • Ink paper & chipboard embellishments with blending tool. — Desktop Photo Frame —

Directions: • Take 12” x 12” black chipboard sheet and 3. Place one of the 4” cut a 12” x 5” piece, set aside for the Stand. chipboard strips into place along the top. (Do NOT adhere, —The Frame— this is a placeholder.) Place the final 4” strip on top of the previous one. (Do NOT 1. From the adhere.) Place double-sided remaining adhesive on all four fronts of 12” x 7” black the frame, making sure the top chipboard piece: one reaches across as shown. cut one 5” x 7”, Then slide out the placeholder four 4” x ½”, strip and save for Step 6. and four ½” x 7”.

4. You should have an open channel in which to slide a 4” x 6” photo later.

2. Adhere the 5. Cut a 5” x 7” piece from the B chipboard strips side of Haberdasher. Cut away to the 5” x 7” 4” x 6” from the center using base on three a craft knife and ruler, making sides as shown, sure the frame measures ½” on stacking the all four sides. Tracing a simple pieces two-high. template is helpful

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6. Slide the black chipboard placeholder 3. Fold on the two from Step 4 back into scores in the place. Adhere the paper same direction. frame to the black Mark a line at 4” chipboard frame, then on the base, as remove and discard shown, then tape the placeholder piece. the folded portion Tie ribbon into two into place. chipboard tags and adhere to frame, along with three chipboard buttons as shown. 4. Cut a 5” x 9¾” piece of (Tip: use scraps of Haberdasher, turn black chipboard to sideways and score pop up two of the buttons 1 at 4½”, 7” and 7 ⁄8”. for added dimension.) Adhere to the base, 7. Slide a 4” x 6” photo into wrapping around the open channel at the top to the back. of the frame. The chipboard elements help to also keep the photo in place. 5. Cut a 4” x 4” Tip: To change out the piece of A Proper photo, simply hold the Gentleman and frame with both hands and adhere to the use your thumbs to slide base as shown. the photo up and out easily. Select a clock key and adhere two layers of black —The Stand— chipboard scraps 1. Cut a 12” x 5” to the back to add dimension. Adhere one layering piece of black of black chipboard scrap to the back of the Dashing chipboard. Use a chipboard tag, add ribbon. craft knife to score at 7” and 9 ½”. Do 6. Adhere the this with a ruler chipboard tag first, and by lightly about ¼” from the running the knife in 3 soft passes for each score, “easel” part of the avoiding cutting all the way through. stand. Then adhere clock key so it overlaps. Both of 2. You should be able to these elements serve fold on these score marks as the stopper for the and the chipboard should photo frame to rest. bend but not break apart. Now just place the If it doesn’t fold easily photo frame onto the with gentle pressure, desktop easel stand. try another pass with Bravo, you've done it! the craft knife.