Hey, y’all! Welcome back to the Corner Scraps Blog! For my final February project I have a little keychain album I made for the Tres Jolie Kit Club using (almost) the last of my February Cards, Tags, & More Kit, a cut file I made for the page shapes, and some items from my stash to document (part of) a trip I took in 1997. Check out my video to see how I put this little album all together.
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Easy peasy, right? A little cutting, sewing, and gluing, and I have a little album will some photos from a trip I took! I left the backs of my pages blank, because I’ll have to use the power of the Internet to look up Hearst Castle and record what it was I saw back in 1997, but other than that, it was a simple project I put together in no time!
I grabbed up some alphas from my stash to create my title page, and just hand wrote the year in. Since I had some of my mini envies left from my Cards project, I decided to add a few throughout the album. I stitched my pages together, without worrying about “neatness”, because sometimes that rough look works just fine!
Some of my pages have two photos attached with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher – usually if the photos were the same item but at a different angle. I used some embossing powder from my stash, and cut up one of the Tres Jolie Chipboard pieces to scatter throughout the album.
I used every flower from the 49 & Market pack that came in the kit! Those mini flowers were perfect for an album of this size! I even grabbed up the stamp set and added some random lines of music.
Thank you for joining me here in my corner, I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of what you can do using this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit!
This week I have my Tres Jolie Kit Club mood board inspired project for you – a junk journal using this month’s Scrapbooking Kit! I had an old book cover that I had altered a while ago, just waiting for the right papers to come along to make a junk journal, and the “Carmen” line from 13@rts (13 Arts) was the perfect fit! I really love the combination of the dark pink with the deep green that is in these papers.
I didn’t make a “How to make a Junk Journal” video for this project—there are tons of how-to videos to be found on YouTube already—I just go over what I’m doing to help give you some ideas of how this month’s kit can be used. Check out my video to see my thought process!
Check out this month’s Mood Board! Isn’t it fabulous? The twist this month is “Cabaret Life” – grab up your papers and glues and join in! Place your entries in the February 2022 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Café Facebook page. This challenge ends February 28, 2022 at 11:59 pm CST. All entries must be in this folder to be eligible for the prize (to have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months).
Challenge Rules:
You can create any type of project for the challenge.
You MUST say what you were inspired by.
You MUST include the twist in your design.
We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 of Tres Jolie’s products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
It MUST be a new project.
I mixed up four different embossing powders (check the product list at the end of the post!) and added that mixture to the Tres Jolie Chipboard from the kit. I then added it as little tuck spots on the back cover and front page of the journal.
The spine of this cover was in pretty sad shape when I originally decided to do the alterations. I had to layer up some linen hinging tape and book binding tape to hold everything together again, and the outer layer still wanted to peel off – by the fabric and canvas layers I added to my junk journal gave this cover new life.
In addition to the “Carmen” papers, I have some printables I created and some tea dyed papers I made in here. That music fabric in the above photo has one of the printables printed on it!
Some of the pages in my journal are dyed with various pink inks/sprays. I have stitching throughout, along with little tuck spots made from corners or layers of paper and fabric/lace. If I wasn’t using bits of the ephemera pack in stitched clusters, I layered them up on a page to add some interest and detail.
In addition to the ephemera pack for bits of detail, I used the cut apart page from the “Carmen” paper pad. After I cut out the piece I used, I distressed the edges with scissors and added some “Frayed Burlap” Distress Ink. I think one of my favorite things about junk journals is the freedom they give to the creative process. A lot of the time I would just grab up some of the bits and pieces and just start layering them up – without trying to think if it looked “right.” More often than not, NOT overthinking created easy and wonderful results!
Although I love the creative process of creating junk journals, they are journals! So I also make sure to leave lots of room for journaling – blank pages, tags, and lots of tucks and folds to hold loose bits.
Thank you for joining me here in my corner, I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of what you can make using this month’s Scrapbooking Kit!
*StudioLight Rice Paper (RICEJMA22); *Lindy’s Gang: “Terra Cotta Rust” & *“Bougainvillea Red Teal” Embossing Powders; *Prima “Blossom Bud” Fluid Chalk Ink; Ranger Antiquities “Frosted Crystal” Embossing Powder; Finnabair: *Elementals Resist Canvas (Prima Item# 960698), “Manuscript” & “Ornate Lace” Stencils, “Rusty Red” Matte Wax, & “Red Wine” Metallique Paint; *P13 “The Four Seasons: Spring” Stamp Set (this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit; in video, not actually used in journal); StazOn “Jet Black” (in video, not actually used in journal), Shimmerz: “Ruby” Spritz & “Pink Stilettos” Coloringz; Plain Jane Simply Sheer “Taupe;” Dylusions “Funky Fuchsia” Ink Spray; Tim Holtz “Tea Dye” Distress Oxide Spray, “Kitsch Flamingo” Distress Embossing Glaze, “Frayed Burlap” Distress Ink, Jute Sting, & “Symphony” Tissue Tape; Scotch: Expressions “Pink” Tape & ATG; Fabri-Tac; Art Glitter Glue; Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink; *DecoArt “Black” Gesso; We R Memory Keepers: Corner Chomper, Crop-A-Dile, & Crop-A-Dile II; book binding cloth; book binding tape, double-sided tape; Linen Hinging Tape; old book cover; Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel; tea dyed papers; printables created by me; piano roll paper; old news paper; old book pages; Recollections Blank Cards & Envelopes; various fabrics and trims from my plethora of fabrics and trims!; pink sewing thread; white book binding thread; large needle; awl; We R Memory Keepers Foam Mat (or something to use as a “cushion” for your awl—stack of paper, phone book, folded towel, etc.); chain; *Charm (this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit); pink threads; black thread
Hey, all! Normally I try to have a mood board inspired project as my second monthly project for Tres Jolie Kit Club, but that project is currently stuck in a round-a-bout lost between This Is Taking Longer Than I Thought Lane and What Was I Thinking Avenue, and I can’t seem to find the correct turn-out for All Done Drive!
Fortunately, I have another project using this month’s Cards, Tags, and More Kit all ready to go, so this week I’m bringing you some ideas for cards and notecards.
Following the thought of “One Sheet Wonders,” I created a cut file in Silhouette Studio to speed up the creation of my squares, rectangles, and a few triangles. I also created some little quilt circles and mini-envelopes to add on. Check out my video, and following the photos, you can find links to my personal DropBox!
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With all those pieces ready to grab and put in place, getting some cards churned out is a [mostly] seamless process! Add on some of the cut apart pieces, some Tres Jolie Chipboard, and stamp some sentiments, and you’re good to go! Since there isn’t too much detail needed for these cards, I will post their sizes, and only add any notes of interest if necessary! Happy Card Making!
I didn’t make just cards, these first three are notecards—even easier to make because there is no fold!
3.5”x5” Notecard
5”x3.5” Notecard
4”x5” Notecard
The rest of the photos are all cards – in four different sizes.
3.5”x7” cardstock piece folded to make a 3.5”x3.5” card with a piece of the fabulous Tres Jolie chipboard added for some extra interest!
5”x7” cardstock piece folded to make a 5”x3.5” card. I put the cut apart piece with “Spring” stamped on it on some foam squares to add a bit of dimension.
I don’t know why, but I think slimline cards are my favorite size of cards! 7”x8.5” cardstock piece folded to make a 3.5”x8.5” slimline.
These last two cards are the same finished size – 5.5”x4.25”. I used one piece of 8.5”x11” cardstock, cut it in half horizontally to create two, 8.5”x5.5” pieces, then folded those in half to create the two cards.
In the video I talk about a card that gave me some trouble, this is the one! I had to really layer the center up to get something “good” out of the mess I was making!
Here are the two files I created that you are free to use for personal use only. Attribution is not required, but always appreciated! Links for download from my personal DropBox below each image.
Thank you for joining me here in my corner, I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of some cards and/or notecards that you can make.
Stay Crafty, Friends
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In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit (*from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used: *Prima Fluid Chalk Ink “Coldsfoot Petals” & “Blossom Bud;” Ranger/Wendi Vecci Embossing Powder “Buttercup;” Lawn Fawn Dye Ink “Sunflower;” Cardstock for the card bases (I used green and purple – possibly from Simon Says Stamp, but I’m not sure!); We R Memory Keepers Craft Knife; Fiskars 1.5” & 1” Circle Punches; Ranger Heat-It; Scotch ATG; Elmer’s Glue Dots; Art Glitter Glue; Foam Squares; [bits of] Scrapbook Adhesives Adhesive Sheets; Silhouette Cameo 3, EK Tools Scoreboard
Hey, all! Have you seen this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit from Tres Jolie Kit Club? There’s a fabulous Spring-themed Traveler’s Notebook and papers from P13 in it. I used my Traveler’s Notebook to document a trip I took to Utah in 1991; these are far from all of the photos from that trip, but it got me started!
I mainly used the kit, as I try to do with my first project of the month, but I did pull some old alpha stickers from my stash because I really need to use them! I also have some map prints I used for my backgrounds—something easy to come by using the Internet! If you are going to use your Traveler’s Notebook for a trip, you could use maps of where you went! Check out my video to see how it all came together!
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Here is what the cover looks like opened up, and the inside cover and first page. For the cover, I added some of my map paper to the spine to help reinforce the bend, cover the staples, and add to the travel theme. Then I added some stamping using the P13 stamp set from the kit. I used some embossing power on a piece of the Tres Jolie chipboard under my title, and that was that! Easy-peasy cover, done!
My inside cover and first page has more map paper on in, and I added some more reinforcement to where the staples are. All the photos added a bit of weight to my pages! I also added a little pocket—incase I come across some memorabilia—some stamping, and one of the cut out pieces from the paper pad.
I have a simple layout idea that you can download from my personal DropBox for each of my two page spreads, plus a map collage I created using many public domain images. All files are for personal use only, attribution is not required, but always appreciated! You can download each file on an individual basis (links under each image), or get them all in a ZIP file here.
I’m not going to lie, the majority of the photos in my notebook are horrible! They are very, very blurry, even after attempting to correct them! They actually look better small! (That’s what happens when taking photos on a 110 camera in the early 90s – sometimes from a moving vehicle! LOL)
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
All of my spreads followed the same process, more or less. I put my background map paper(s) in place then added my images and text. After I created my text boxes on my computer, I printed them out on some of the cardstock from the kit! To do it, I lied to my printer and told it I was using A5 – 5-7/8”x8-1/4” – paper, but made sure what I wanted printed didn’t go past the 6-inch mark. I also did not use an Inkjet for the text! I have a monochrome laser printer I got on clearance ($35!) a couple years ago that I used. I don’t know if an Inkjet would necessarily work on text this small because it would (likely) bleed out and become blurry. If in doubt, you could find a scrap piece of cardstock, similar to weight and texture of the P13 from the kit, and run a test print first.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
The images above are the map collage I created, and the map collage with the placement for my images from my first spread.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
I didn’t really think about how I wanted to do my layouts until I decided which photos would be grouped together; and for this one, I decided I needed circles! After I had put all of my spreads together, I went back though and added my stamping, some of the cut out pieces from the paper pad, and stripes of paper in a few spots.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
When I printed out the text for this page I missed the fact I didn’t finish proofreading and that some of it got cut off in the program! (Oof! I think I was starting to get tired!) It should end with “The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River.” I’ll be going back in and reprinting and adding the new print on top.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
As you can see, my original plan was switched up a bit on the left page when it came time to put it all together. After I had my background papers put together I realized my original layout would cover too much (practically all) of the flower paper in the upper left corner.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
I’m sure that I could have never used my inkjet printer for the first text block on this spread because the text size is so small, but I wanted to add the historical data about what happened to the (former) town of Thistle.
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here (the basic black & white template can be found here).
On the left page I have a rather good shot of a hawk? falcon? I don’t know exactly, but for being a photo that would have been taken at a distance of a moving object, it’s actually on of the least blurry images from this batch!
On the right page I have a couple of photos of me and my cousin (attempting) to fish. We stopped by where she was living at the time to visit her, my aunt, and her (other) grandparents. There are more photos of us together, but they might have to be a TN all their own!
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
Both pages of this spread are random photos that I don’t think I will ever be able to say exactly where they were taken! There is a possibility that I will come across duplicates that my grandma labeled, but for now I can just say “Somewhere-land, Utah.”
For personal use only. Download the JPG from my personal DropBox here.
More random photos. There are actually only six photos total, I decided to turn the one creek shot into a 4×4 grid. With my grid, I kept the negative cut to use as a placement guide so I could keep the spacing equal and the images aligned when I stuck them down (I used the print and cut feature of Silhouette Studio and my Cameo for all of my pictures).
I have a couple of pages left in my TN, and I saved a strip of map to use to reinforce the inside folds of the back cover after I get the base map print adhered.
Thank you for joining me here in my corner, I hope you enjoyed this project and it gave you some ideas of what can be done in your own Traveler’s Notebooks.
Stay Crafty, Friends
Did you get a kit? Share what you made in our Facebook Group!
In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit (*from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used: *Lindy’s Gang “Oakleaf Olive” Embossing Powder; *Prima Quick Dry Fluid Chalk Ink “Blossom Red;” various map prints; Pinkfresh Studio Life Noted Puffy Alpha Stickers; AC Shimelle “Box of Crayons” Stickers; Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink; Art Glitter Glue; We R Memory Keepers Craft Knife & 3-Way Corner Punch; Karen Foster Rippin’ Ruler; Scrapbook Adhesives 12×12 Adhesive Sheets; Ranger Heat-It; Silhouette Cameo 3
We are here today to reveal our February 2022 kits. Get yours before they’re gone! We are starting to implement our new year changes, so make sure you are following us on all Social Media platforms and are a part of the Facebook Cafe that way you won’t miss a single announcement or project created with these kits.
Now onto the newest kits.
The February 2022 kit is filled with gorgeous new papers from 13 @rts, an international company that we have featured previously. As always, these papers will be amazing for all your upcoming projects—from a night on the town to a slow Spring stroll. You will find a lovely assortment of patterned papers and perfectly coordinated embellishments.
Our card kit is filled with gorgeous papers from P13 and goodness so you can create a beautiful Traveler’s Notebook and more. Who doesn’t like creating a variety of projects from one kit?
These kits are for the beginner to the advanced, clean and simple to mixed media maven. No matter your style, there is something for everyone. We know you are going to love it!
Presenting the Tres Jolie February 2022 kits:
*Scrapbook Kit*
*Mixed Media Kit*
*Cards, Tags and More Kit*
Don’t forget to stop by the Tres Jolie YouTube channel and see our video reveal of all our kits.
Love them, right!? You can still get one of your own (some kits are in very limited quantities). Become a subscriber and you will never miss out on our gorgeous, coordinated kits. Just visit Tres Jolie subscribe.
The designers at Tres Jolie have created some amazing layouts/projects with this kit.
Here is a little tease from me using this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit:
Please stop by the other designers blogs and check out their sneak peaks. They are listed below:
We have a new mood board challenge for the month. Here are the rules.
*You can create any type of project for the challenge.
*You MUST say what you were inspired by.
*You MUST include the twist in your design.
*We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 of Tres Jolie’s products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
It MUST be a new project.
Here is the mood board:
The twist for this month is CABARET LIFE.
Place your entries in the February 2022 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Cafe Facebook page. This challenge ends on February 28th 2022 at 11:59 pm CST. All entries must be in this folder to be eligible for the prize (to have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months).
Don’t forget that Tres Jolie can be found in the following places:
All the designers will be revealing their projects on the Tres Jolie Blog all month long. Make sure you join us for tons of inspiration, including video and photo tutorials. Also make sure you check out our newest chipboard designs that were just added to the store.
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