Unibind Tutorial with April Derrick

August 7, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under Scrapbook Blog

Today we have a Tuesday Tutorial with Unibind! Have you hear about the Unibind Book Creator? We love using ours here are Core!

    The core product of Unibind is its SteelBinding system known for its outstanding quality, user-friendliness and long lasting performance. You can choose from a variety of complete binding tools for small up to industrial volumes that answer to your needs, frequency of use and budget. Each binding system offers high quality, fast binding times and is maintenance-free. Unibind offers three types of binding: Resin SteelBinding, Punch SteelBinding and Staple SteelBinding. Make sure to watch the demo videos HERE.

Here is a little bit about this project using Unibind from April:

I recently made a cookbook using Core’dinations cardstock and the Unibind for a friend’s wedding gift and thought I would turn it into a little tutorial to share with everyone.
(p.s if you are loving that flower???  check out April’s tutorial on how to make them here!)
Here are the directions:
* I started by picking out several complimenting shades of Core’dinations cardstock and cutting them down to an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet size. Look how pretty they are!
* Then I used my Sand it Gadget to distress each one giving them a more vintage feel.
* Next, I gathered and edited about 20 of my favorite tried and true family recipes and then printed them out onto the gorgeous sheets of distressed Core’dinations cardstock!
* I put the recipes in the order I wanted them to appear in the book and then I placed them into a slightly larger natural canvas album cover from Unibind.
* I plugged in the Unibind and set then placed my album inside.
* I waited for around 2 minutes or so and then took my album out of the unibind.
* After it was completely cooled, I flipped through it and started wondering where this Unibind thing had been all my life!
Here are a few shots of the inside cover….

* I completed my album by adding washi tape to several of the pages. Such a great touch!

You will love the Unibind! You can make ANY kind of album on your very own!

Edited with answers to some questions:

WOW, Impressive. Couple of questions, did you put recipes front & back of each page and Does the UNIBIND work with any book board cover. Never heard of this product. Great tutorial Thanks for sharing. -Answer: I only put recipes on the front of each sheet of cardstock for this album, however it was only because I was short on time. If I would have had more time, I would have typed up more recipes and then flipped each sheet of cardstock over and printed on the backs as well! No, unfortunately you do have to use covers made by Unibind, but they over several varieties and sizes and you can find them in your local craft stores!

This looks wonderful and the Unibind is a great machine but it is a bit spendy at $600 for the wire binder! – Answer : The Unibind used to create this project was very afforadable and retails for around ($99) and well worth it if you want to make albums without binders.

Comments

4 Responses to “Unibind Tutorial with April Derrick”
  1. Brenda B says:

    Wow, that is a very impressive album. I’d never heard of the Unibind before, now I need to investigate. Thanks for sharing this!

  2. Dorina D says:

    WOW, Impressive. Couple of questions, did you put recipes front & back of each page and Does the UNIBIND work with any book board cover. Never heard of this product. Great tutorial Thanks for sharing.

  3. Caryn S. says:

    This looks wonderful and the Unibind is a great machine but it is a bit spendy at $600 for the wire binder!

  4. TracyM #6773 says:

    WOW WOW WOW

    What an awesome crafty combo and fabulous book – love it!!!

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