Tag: Folio

Altered Tissue Box Polar Bear Folio

December 9, 2023

Hi everyone! The month of December is moving right along and I have another project this time using the Folio Journal Diecut by Eileen Hull. You can say it is an “abbreviated” smaller version of the actual diecut.

A little side story about this project, I had bought this container of Kleenex and after emptying it I thought wouldn’t that make a cute journal? So I saved it for later.

First, I carefully took a part the container and this is what it looked like.

Second, I cut the piece in half before cutting the edge and tabs off to make it look neater.

Third, I applied Adhesive Sheets to either side of a piece of Mat Board before placing both cut pieces onto the mat board along with cardstock.

Fourth, I placed the mat board onto the Folio Journal Diecut, sandwiched between the two plated and run through the Diecut Machine. I glued both sides together at the spine to create the cover of the journal. Since you could still see part of the Kleenex logo on the spine I cut cardstock for the inside and a leftover piece of the Kleenex box to cover the spine.

Fifth, I run elastic cording in the holes of the journal and tied off.

Sixth, I had 8″x8″ journals in my stash that I cut down to fit the inside of the journal. I placed those under the elastic cording. I also cut and glued Pom Pom Trim on the inside of both covers.

Seventh, I had a leftover label from the Full Size Journal Diecut that the end had been accidentally cut off. I had saved it for a future project and after digging in my stash I found it and thought this would be perfect for the cover. I placed onto the bottom corner of the journal and added a strip of patterned cardstock.

Eighth, I cut the “believe” sentiment from the Christmas Phrases Thinlits (retired) , small snowflake die from Doodle Christmas Thinlits and two of the larger snowflakes from Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits (only at Scrapbook.com). I did add a Foam Pop Dot to the back of the larger snowflake before stacking on top of the other snowflake. I finished by adding sequins to the cover , gems to the center of each snowflake and mini pom pom trim to the edge of the cover and spine.

Have you ever come across something that you thought you could up-cycle or give it new life as something else? If you have please let me know in the comments or if you have questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Folio Journal Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits (only at Scrapbook.com)

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Full Size Journal Diecut

Sizzix/Jen Long: Christmas Phrases Thinlits (retired)

Sizzix/Olivia Rose: Doodle Christmas Thinlits

Adhesive Sheets

Mat Board

Diecut Machine

Foam Pop Dot

Various Plain and Patterned Cardstocks

Elastic Cording

Pom Pom Trim

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

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This blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements. I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.This blog contains affiliate links, clicking and shopping through these links helps to support and run Tonya Trantham Designs – Creative Paper Addiction at no additional cost to you. Today’s features are Sizzix, Eileen Hull, Scrapbook.com and A Cherry on Top Store Products. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Saturday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Spring Fling Craft-along Event

April 25, 2023

Hi everyone! This past Saturday was the Spring Fling Craftalong Event hosted by Eileen Hull. There was ten designers sharing how to projects using an assortment of Eileen Hull’s diecuts. Lots of fun was had by all and even though the event maybe over you can still purchase the craftalong/classes for $30. That’s eight classes with a couple of bonus projects thrown in too. Once purchased you will be added to the Spring Fling Craftalong Facebook group and you will have unlimited access to all the videos too. You can find the link to purchase this event HERE.

Here’s a peek of my project for this event it was a Loaded Envelope Folio using the Journaling Card, Envelope and Windows Thinlits and the Library Pocket ATC Card and TabsThinlits.

If you have questions about this event please let me know.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Tuesday is great and enjoy creating!

Wonderland Tea Party Folio Part 1

April 20, 2021

Hi everyone! I’m back today with a partial reveal of my folio that I created for Eileen Hull’s Chapter two Release Party (Thursday on my blog I’ll do a part 2 and maybe a part 3 on Friday…there’s a lot to share). I will start with how I created the cover of this folio so lets get started.

I cut two of the Folio Journal Diecut covers out from a file folder. Since the file folder isn’t as thick as the chipboard/mat board generally used to create the journal I ran each cover spine end first into the Diecut Machine. I ran that ends three to four times over the spine before finally running the whole diecut through the machine. I also used a bone folder to score the indention further before folded the spine on each cover and adhering together. Since I only ran the “cover” part of the diecut through once there is no indention . Plus it will be covered with cardstock/scrapbook paper to make it more sturdy.

I cut the “book hinge” from the Book Binding Thinlit, folded and applied Red Line Tape onto every other fold and stuck together.

I adhered the book hinge to the inside spine.

I cut patterned cardstock to fit/cover each side of the hinge. Instead of gluing each side of the page together I left an opening for a tag/insert. As you can see the initial folio started out tropical but with the cardstock being double sided I went with a colorful Alice in Wonderland instead.

The first page I used an assortment of leftover scraps, embellishments and printables. I glued only the bottom half of the heart to the page to create a pocket.

I applied an Adhesive Sheet to a piece of patterned cardstock before cutting out the wonderland sentiment from the Holiday Words Thinlits (retired). I glued/placed the chipboard letters that spell out Alice, the “in” sticker and the wonderland diecut onto the heart. The bunny is a printable and I used a flower and botton from my stash and I cut a leaf from the Folio Page, Pocket and Flowers Thinlits to complete.

As you can see there is a hidden surprise in the heart pocket! I cut two of the waterfall card thinlits out from Waterfall Card and Tags Thinlits to create the covers for a mini booklet. I cut the pages inside smaller, punched holes in the covers, pages and tied together with bakers twine. I decorated with a fussy cut image of Alice and a diecut frame to finish.

I cut a tag for the inside of the page and added re-enforcer thinlit to either side of the tag before tying off fabric to the tag.

There you have it! As always if you have any questions please let me know. Also be sure to stop back Thursday to see more photos of the inside of this folio. If you aren’t caught up on the latest from Eileen Hull’s Inspiration and Educators Teams you can find these posts HERE and HERE.

Supplies

Sizzix/ Eileen Hull: Folio Journal Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Book Binding Thinlit

Sizzix/ Eileen Hull: Folio Page, Pocket and Flowers Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Waterfall Card and Tags Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Mandala Thinlit

Sizzix/Tim Holtz: Holiday Words Thinlits (retired)

Eileen Hull: Red Line Tape

Diecut Machine

Adhesive Sheet

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Crop-A-Dile

File Folder

Patterned and Plain Cardstocks

Bakers Twine

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Strip of fabric, buttons, Cording, Chipboard Letters

Printables

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

This blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements. I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.This blog contains affiliate links, clicking and shopping through these links helps to support and run Tonya Trantham Designs – Creative Paper Addiction at no additional cost to you. Today’s features are Sizzix, Eileen Hull and Scrapbook.com Products. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope your day is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Artsy Stuff Folio~Part 2

June 29, 2014

Hi everyone! I’m here to share the inside of my finished folio with you. If you didn’t see last Sunday’s post of how I I created this folio you can find it here. I created it using the Paris Collection by the Robin’s Nest which is 20% off this month. It is simply a gorgeous paper collection and I had some much fun creating this folio with it.

Since I have tons of scraps of paper, embellishments, print-outs, stamped images and stickers I decided I really needed to use up some of my stash thus the name, artsy stuff folio. 🙂 You can check out the rest of my post over at the Chattering Robin’s blog to see how it came out.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Sunday is awesome and enjoy creating!!!