10 Reasons I Love You Craft Book
By LeNae Gerig

Looking for a special way to tell someone “I love you”? Designer LeNae Gerig created this sweet tag book, simply decorated with red and black papers, tags, and alphabet tiles attached with foam tape. “I wanted to give my husband a gift that was heartfelt and unique—not another shirt!” she says. Her “10 Reasons Why I Love You” tag book is perfect.

Supplies

• Paper Pizazz® 12” x 12” black cardstock
• Paper Pizazz® Tags Template
• Paper Pizazz® black typewriter alphabet tiles: Alphabet Tiles Cut-Outs™ (also by the sheet )
• Cardmaker’s™ Classic Creative Pack
• Cardmaker’s™ Classic Ribbons
• Cardmaker’s Accents: Antique & Pewter Mini Brads
• Cardmaker’s Accents: Metal Pinwheels #2
• Black inkpad
• 1/8” hole punch
• foam tape

Instructions:

1. Trace and cut out six 5 3/8” x 2 5/8” black tags from cardstock. Computer journal “Reasons Why I Love You” and list your own 10 reasons on gray linen paper, leaving space between each reason.
2. For the cover: Tear a 1 1/2” x4” rectangle around the “reasons why…” and ink the edges black. Tear a 2” x 4 1/2” piece of red spattered paper and mat the title on it. Glue the red spattered to a tag as shown. Cut a 1/4” x 2 5/8” strip of black and red stripe and glue to the end of the tag as shown, overlapping the edge of the gray linen. Cut out the “10” from typewriter alphabet tiles and mount with foam tape on the round red tag. Insert a brad into the top of the tag and glue to the black tag as shown.
   
   
   
3. For the left side tags, tear a 2” x 3” strip of red and black checks paper. Tear out your “reason” in to a 1 1/2” x 2” rectangle and ink the edges. Tear out a 1” tall red sponged heart and cut out the correct number from the typewriter alphabet tiles. Glue the checked paper and “reason” to the back of the tag. Using foam tape, mount the alphabet tiles with foam tape in left bottom corner of the patterned paper and heart the heart on the right.
4. For the right side tags, tear a 2” x 3” rectangle from red spattered paper and glue it to the center of a black tag as shown. Cut a 1/2” x 5 3/8” strip of red and black stripe and glue across the bottom of the tag as shown. Tear and ink the edges of your “reason” and glue to the tag as shown. Cut out a the appropriate typewriter alphabet tiles and mount with foam tape to the right bottom of the patterned paper.
5. Repeat this pattern for tag pages until you reach #10. Punch holes at the ends of all the tags. Place a pinwheel over the hole on the cover. Thread the center of a length of check ribbon through the holes. Draw the ends through the loop to secure the tags together. Place the center of the remaining ribbon lengths over the checked ribbon center and knot to secure. Trim the tails to stagger between 3”-5”. Knot the ends of some tails.