Tres Jolie Kit Club – Mini Blank Journal – August 2023 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

Hey, y’all! I’m up on the blog today with a mini sketchbook/journal for you! I created the cover of this mini-book using the papers, notecards, ink, die set, and Tres Jolie Chipboard found in this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit. I don’t know why, but as soon as I saw the die in the kit this month I knew it needed to become the spine of a book – plus I thought the size of the notecards were perfect to create a cute little cover!

Overall this isn’t a difficult project, it was really a lot more “fiddly” work – measuring, cutting, and stitching. Make sure you check out the video to see how I put my mini-sketchbook together!

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The first thing I needed to do to create my cover is to piece together some of the patterned paper so it would be large enough! Truth be told, the thought process looked a little like this:

Hmmm….six inch paper, six-ish inch notecards…that’ll be good! Oh…wait…I need it to be able to wrap around.

So, after coming to that realization, I cut my main cover papers down, using the wreath print as my guide because I wanted to keep the wreath centered on the front cover. Fortunately, the circle of the wreath is 3 inches, and that made my work a little easier because I had already planned on wrapping the spine paper over 1 inch to the front and back covers.

I cut along one edge of the circle – the edge that would go against the spine papers – and left about 4 inches – 3 inches to show on the cover, and 1 inch to wrap around the front edge. For the top and bottom paper piecing, I cut off as little as I thought was possible that would leave as much foliage intact, but also leave enough to make sure I could securely adhere the 1-1/2” strips I needed to wrap the top and bottom of the cover.

For the spine, because I would still need a little to wrap around the top and bottom, I used two sheets of the wood plank patterned paper and lined the plank print up a little, but didn’t cut down the height until the two pieces were glued together so I could work from the edge of the overlap – because I wanted to keep the seam centered along the spine.

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Before I glued the main patterned paper for the cover to the extension pieces, I inked along the top and bottom edges to add some definition between the two layers. After the pieces were glued together, I added a couple of layers of matte varnish to help seal and protect the papers.

When it came time to add the cover papers to the notecards, I marked on the notecards where the edge closest to the spine would need to line up and where the edge of the main cover patterned paper needed to line up to be centered on the cover.

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For my spine, after the glue had dried where I had pieced the papers together, I used the decorative die from the set in the kit to cut through the wood plank paper. I backed the wood plank paper with a 1-1/2” wide piece of patterned paper decorated at the top with some of the Dresden Trim and added a little glue to hold everything together before coming back with a matte varnish to help seal the edges of the die cut so it will (hopefully!) not get caught on anything.

I cut my spine paper to a total width of 3-3/4”, 1-1/2” for the spine, 1” to wrap around the front and back cover, and, since I had marked where the cover papers needed to line up with the spine paper 1” from the edge, that left me a 1/8” gap between the spine and notecards to allow the cover to open and close. Then I just made sure everything was glued down and wrapped the edges around creating the cover.

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For my endpapers, I needed a total of 8” to cover the inner cover and create the first and last pages of the sketchbook. Since the patterned papers in the kit are 6”x6”, I once again did a little paper piecing. I kept one of the sheets at their full 6” width, then added the extra 2” I needed with cut-off from a second sheet of patterned paper – cut to 2-1/2” so I could glue the two pieces together.

I used the full six stands of some off-white embroidery floss and added a simple straight stitch along the seam for a little extra interest and texture – eyeballing how far from the seam I wanted the stitch line, and pre-poking my holes 1/4” apart so my stitches would be even. After the stitching was complete, I added some of the Dresden Trip to the back side of my stitching since that was the side that was rougher from the awl and needle going through.

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For the blank pages in my mini sketchbook, I used 9”x12” mixed media paper. I was able to cut two 5-11/16”x8” pages from each sheet of mixed media paper, and in the end, I ended up with 16 signatures that had four pages each to get the 1-1/2” text block I needed for the spine. The size of my pages was determined by the size of my cover, so when I was determining the size needed I cut them to allow about 2mm from the top, bottom, and outer edges of the cover.

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I created a 5-hole template for all of the hole poking, got all of my signatures ready, then started sewing my text block together using two strands of embroidery floss. I used a traditional method for stitching my signatures together, and if you are familiar with Coptic Stitching, it is a very similar technique. You can find a step-by-step pictorial tutorial from Nik the Booksmith here and a video tutorial from Sea Lemon here. If you don’t have a means to trim your text block together and you want to try and even the edges out a little, you can use a sanding block and some gentle sanding. It may not create “perfect” edges, but it can help some!

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With the text block stitched together, I added my endpapers, clamped everything together, and added a thin layer of PVA glue, then my Super (traditional bookbinding cloth), followed by a couple more thin layers of PVA glue. I worked in thin layers of glue and allowed about 5 minutes of dry time in between so I wouldn’t saturate the text block or have glue leak between the signatures and accidentally glue everything together. Before getting it set in the cover, my final addition to the text block was some homemade headbands – mostly because I came across them while I was searching through all my book-making papers and decided that if I made them, I should use them sometime!

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The final decorative touches to my cover were to add a piece of Tres Jolie Chipboard to the front spine edge and stamped Journal across the center of the front cover paper (I just used some artist masking tape to hold my alpha stamps together so I could keep them mostly straight!). I sealed the chipboard with some matte varnish, then used Glossy Accents to attach it. I sprayed my stamping with some Workable Fixatif, then added a final coat of matte varnish to the cover.

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Thank you for joining me here today on the blog! I hope you enjoyed this mini sketchbook/journal and it gave you some ideas of what you can create using the items found in this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit!

Stay Crafty, Friends


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In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit, I used:

LineCo PVA Glue, LineCo Super, embroidery floss, Art Glitter Glue, Liquitex Matte Varnish, mixed media paper, Workable Fixatif, Hampton Art Alphabet Stamp Set

Reveal Day! – August 2023 Tres Jolie Kit Club Kits!

Hey, y’all! Another month has gone, and another month of Tres Jolie Kits! The August kits are fabulous and will give you plenty of reasons to stay indoors while we wait for the heat of August to pass. I don’t like being cold or hot, so my favorite seasons are spring and autumn – which means I spend about half the year waiting for something better! Anywho…on to what you are really here for, the newest kits!

If you haven’t heard, Tres Jolie now offers free shipping on regular orders over $49. Just use the code: FREESHIPPING. Make sure you have your Tres Jolie Kit Club kits so you can create your summer memory crafts and preserve your summer memories! Be sure to get your kits before they’re gone! Or, better yet, subscribe to Tres Jolie Kit Club so you will never miss a kit!

Be sure you follow us on all social media platforms (Tres Jolie Kit Club links at the end of the post; Corner Scraps links to the right) and have joined the Tres Jolie Kit Club Facebook Café so you won’t miss a single announcement or project created with these kits.

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Now for the August 2023 Kits!

The August 2023 Scrapbooking Kit is filled with the 12”x12” Blush Indulgence Collection from 3Quarter Designs, fabulous flowers and Resist Alpha from Prima, and lovely Tres Jolie Chipboard. This month’s kit is absolutely gorgeous and combines rustic and grungy greys with beautiful pinks and corals! It is a lovely assortment of patterned papers and perfectly coordinated embellishments!

This month’s Mixed Media Kit is a fabulous treat! In it, you will find a pack of Wooden Trays and a wonderful Bloom stencil from Prima, two shimmery Stardust Butters from TCW, and a beautiful Smokey Sapphire Moon Shadow Mist spray from Lindy’s Gang. So many possibilities for your creativity to flow with this kit you could create a set of personalized trays, shadow boxes, or picture frames!

In the Cards, Tags, & More Kit, you will find Enchanted papers from Memory-Place, Dresden Trim from Prima, wonderful red roses from 49 & Market, blank notecards and envelopes, and beautiful Tres Jolie Chipboard. There is enough for you to create some fantastic cards, tags, and ATCs – a wide variety of “mini” projects! Who doesn’t like creating a variety of projects from one kit?

These kits are for the beginner to the advanced, from clean and simple to the mixed media maven. No matter your style, there is something for everyone. We know you are going to love it!


Now (drumroll please!), presenting the August 2023 Tres Jolie Kits:

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

Scrapbook Kit

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

Mixed Media Kit

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

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:

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Please stop by the other designer’s blogs and check out their sneak peeks. They are listed below:

Debbie Adams

Olivia Marmara

Kim Heard


We have a new mood board challenge for the month. Here are the rules:

Tres Jolie Mood Board

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Place your entries in the August 2023 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Café Facebook page. This challenge ends on August 31st, 2023 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 limiting the same winner to once every 3 months).


Don’t forget to follow us on all our social media:

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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, check out our newest chipboard designs that were just added to the store.

Tres Jolie Kit Club – -Dex Cards–July 2023 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

Hey, y’all! Whew! Made it to the end of July without getting too overheated! I hope you had a fan-tab-u-lous July and are getting ready to catch the August Kit reveals on Tuesday! (Hint: August is filled with beautiful products, just like every month!)

For my final July creation, I have a few –dex cards for you using this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit and the Botanical Stains from this month’s Mixed Media Kit. Be sure to check out the video to get the details about my thought process during all this, and to watch how long it takes for me to realize a pen leaked all over me!

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To get the process started, I cut one of the white cardstock sheets into two, 4”x11” strips. I didn’t know exactly how tall my finished cards would end up being, so I didn’t want to limit my heights yet. For the patterned paper fronts on the cards, I kept the 3-1/2” width of the paper from the pack – to use as the height – then cut the width of them at 4”.

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To start the decorating process, I grabbed up my set of Tim Holtz’s “Floral Trim” Stamps and some permanent inks. I had thought to try “Barely Beige” from Simon Says Stamp, but, as you can see, it really is Barely! So I did all of my stamping with “Chrome Yellow” Archival Ink. The color of the ink didn’t really matter all that much in this case since I was planning on adding embossing, but if I was just going to color in the stampings, using a light ink that is easily disguised tends to work best – unless you want the outlines to show that is!

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After the stamping was done, I coated the patterned paper with clear gesso and started using the Botanical Stains as watercolors to fill in the designs. There are two ways I talked about in the video, you can stamp the image, add your color(s), then add your embossing, which would keep your embossing lines “clean.”

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The second method is to just start out with your embossed image and then add your color(s). The embossing acts as a resist, and in this case, the botanical stains are easily wiped off, but if I were to do the same thing with more permeant mediums – such as markers or acrylic paint – I would save my embossing for last!

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With all of the stamping, embossing, and shading finished, it was only a matter of attaching the ephemera, punching the bottom slots, and figuring out how much – if any – of the white cardstock I wanted to show.

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For the card with the Tres Jolie Chipboard Butterfly on it, I first added white embossing powder to the chipboard, then used Glossy Accents to glue it down to the card front. I made sure there were no gaps between the butterfly and the card front so I would be able to fill in the wings with a  thin layer of Glossy Accents with a few drops of the Marigold and Woad Blue Botanical Stains added in. Then I just let the colors in the wings mix and air dry before adding the little word snippets.

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To create a grungier look and provide a bit of definition around the words and phrases on the “Focus On The Good” card, I started outlining the ephemera with a bit of black Stabilo pencil, then added in some of the “Black Bean” Botanical Stain to help spread it around.

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With a little extra pencil around the edges, a spray of water, and some smearing using my fingers, this card was ready to set aside to dry!

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I added Glossy Accents to a few of the word snippets or ephemera pieces to create a faux enameled look before adding them to the cards, as you can see on the “Dream” –dex card.

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Then, for the top of the “Dream” card, I hand-drew a wavy line on the white cardstock, cut it out, and added a bit of the Woad Blue Botanical Stain. To help the stain spread out, I spritzed on a bit of water and then set the card off to air dry.

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For this fourth and final card, I created a little cluster of ephemera, added the tab topper with a few mini staples, and glued down a few of my faux enameled word snippets! No extra mediums were added to the card front on this one!

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Thank you for joining me here on the blog today! I hope you enjoyed these –dex cards and they gave you some ideas of what you can make using this month’s Cards, Tags, & More and Mixed Media Kits!

Stay Crafty, Friends


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In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit and Mixed Media Kit (from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Ranger White Embossing Powder, Ranger Archival Ink “Chrome Yellow,” Lawn Fawn “Celery Stick” Dye Ink, Finnabair Clear Gesso, Tim Holtz “Floral Trims” Stamp Set, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Prima Water Brush, We R Memory Keepers 3-way Corner Punch, Heidi Swapp Memory Dex Punch, UHU Stic, Glossy Accents

Tres Jolie Kit Club–July 2023 Mood Board–July 2023 Scrapbooking Kit

Hey, y’all! I hope everyone staying as cool as possible in this July heat!

This week I have a mood board inspired, accordion fold mini-album for you created using the July 2023 Scrapbooking Kit from Tres Jolie Kit Club. After I had everything worked out the way I wanted, the longest process of it all was gluing everything in place!

Be sure to check out the video to see how I made my mini-album!

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Be sure to get your mood board project finished by the end of the month and add it to the July Challenge folder in the Tres Jolie Café!

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Truth be told, this isn’t a difficult project – there is just a lot of arranging all of the ephemera and gluing! And I found it much easier to sort out – at least mostly – which ephemera I wanted to add to which page before coming back through and gluing everything in place. Once I had the ephemera sorted out, then I could just zone out and relax through the gluing process!

My first step in this project was to start working out how I wanted to build the pages of the album. I started with two of the white cardstock sheets from this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit before working my way out with the Simple Stories patterned paper from the Scrapbooking Kit. I cut the cardstock into 4”x11-1/2” strips, then scored at 1-1/2”, 5-1/2”, and 9-1/2”.

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After I lined up my cardstock strips to make sure they were all going the way I needed them to, I grabbed up a pencil and marked the side of the flaps I needed to add the adhesive to. Once the cardstock was glued together, I was left with three pockets.

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With the white cardstock together, it was time to get my patterned paper ready to cover the pockets and extend the album. I cut the papers I picked into three 4”x12” strips, scoring them at 4” and 8”. Then it was just a matter of arranging the patterned paper and using a few paperclips to hold it temporarily while I checked the overall thickness of the album. You can add as many – or as few – pages as you want in your album!

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When I was satisfied with the layout of the patterned papers, I used double-sided tape to attach them to the white cardstock – and each other – then proceeded to sort out and arrange all of the ephemera for decorating the pages.

I added embossing powder to the Tres Jolie Chipboard Filmstrips, some of the Botanical Stains (from this month’s Mixed Media Kit) to the Tres Jolie Chipboard Clockfaces, and some Glossy Accents to all of the small hearts, stars, and photo corners from the ephemera pack.

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I hadn’t originally planned on cutting the clockface apart, but I just happened to lay the viewfinder die cut on top of the chipboard and instantly loved how it looked with the Roman numerals showing through! The viewfinder with the clockface showing through became the base for the cover decoration that I built upon.

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The pocket pages don’t have a lot of space in them, so I cut a single rectangle of patterned paper – 7-1/2”x4-1/2”, and scored at 3-3/4” on the long side – to fold in half and use as little pamphlet inserts. Since the inside of the inserts was a dark side of the patterned paper, I added some bits of lighter patterned paper and ephemera pieces so it could be more easily written on if desired.

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And that was all there was to make this album! After working out all of the “technical details” it was really only a matter of gluing everything into place!

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Thank you for joining me here today on the blog! I hope you enjoyed this mini accordion fold album and it gave you some ideas of what you can make using this month’s Scrapbooking Kit.

Stay Crafty, Friends


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Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

In addition to this month’s Scrapbooking Kit (from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Tim Holtz “Pumice Stone” Distress Ink, Tim Holtz “Ginger” Alcohol Ink, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Seth Apter “Rocky Road” Baked Accents, Lindy’s Gang “Twlight Bronze Slate” Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents, double-sided tape, UHU Stic, NexCare Tape, Art Glitter Glue, Studio G Black Pigment Ink, Cousin Leather Cord

Tres Jolie Kit Club–Slimline Cards–July 2023 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

Hey, y’all! I don’t know about my fellow Northern Hemisphere residents, but I’m already tired of summer! I don’t like all this heat at all! So, I’ve decided to stay indoors as much as possible and craft!

For my first Tres Jolie Kit Club July project I have a couple of slimline cards for you that I created using this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit plus the Botanical Stains from this month’s Mixed Media Kit. One card I made is still flat enough to fit in a #10 envelope, and the second one can fit, it’s just a bit tighter because of the flowers – and the flowers would probably be a lot flatter by the time they reached their destination!

Be sure to check out my video to see how these two cards quickly came together!

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To prepare the ephemera I wanted to use on the flat card, I used the Marigold and Woad Blue Botanical Stains on the Asuka ephemera, and, after coating the Tres Jolie Chipboard butterfly with clear gesso, I added all three Botanical Stains to it.

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I cut the white cardstock down to 8”x9-3/8” and folded it in half to create a 4”x9-3/8” base. To give my card two layers, I cut 3/4” strips of the yellow sweater print patterned paper to create a frame as the bottom layer. My card front has a layer of gesso on it, and after adding some double-sided adhesive foam tape and some splatters (using Marigold Botanical Stain) to the patterned paper I attached it to the card base. After that, the only thing left to do was glue my ephemera pieces and sentiment in place.

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My second card, while thicker, was even simpler to create! I cut an “L” shape from the edge of one of the patterned papers to create an offset bottom layer of this card and attached it to the card base. For the card front, I added a few splatters of Black Bean Botanical Stain, and the double-sided adhesive foam, then attached the card front to the card base.

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Originally I had picked a few bits of ephemera to use on the card front, but once I started playing around with everything I realized I preferred this card with just a couple of the Little Birdie flowers and a simple sentiment!

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And there you have it, two quick and easy slimline cards!


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Thank you for joining me on the blog today! I hope you enjoyed these two slimline cards and they gave you some inspiration to go out and create your own!

Stay Crafty, Friends


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In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit and Mixed Media Kit, I used:
Double-sided adhesive foam tape, Art Glitter Glue, Finnabair Clear Gesso

July 2023 Kit Reveals!–Tres Jolie Kit Club

Hey, y’all! Can you believe 2023 is already half over? Where has the time gone? At least there are new Tres Jolie Kits to keep me indoors and out of the summer heat!

Make sure you have your Tres Jolie Kit Club kits so you can create your summer memory crafts and preserve your summer memories! Be sure to get your kits before they’re gone! Or, better yet, subscribe to Tres Jolie Kit Club so you will never miss a kit!

Be sure you follow us on all social media platforms (Tres Jolie Kit Club links at the end of the post; Corner Scraps links to the right) and have joined the Tres Jolie Kit Club Facebook Café so you won’t miss a single announcement or project created with these kits.

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Now for the July 2023 Kits!

The July 2023 Scrapbooking Kit is filled with the 12”x12” paper kit, ephemera pack, “Captured Bits,” and “Typeset Rub-Ons” from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Collection! This collection is simply fabulous and will be perfect on its own for your vintage projects or to use as neutral elements on other projects you may create! You will also find fabulous  Tres Jolie Chipboard and three flower packs from Little Birdie Crafts – a lovely assortment of patterned papers and perfectly coordinated embellishments!

This month’s Mixed Media Kit gets you going on creating an altered paintbrush or star ornament – or combining them together! (Hint Hint!) And to add color to your mixed media project, there are three bottles of Botanical Stains from Cosmic Shimmer!

Our card kit is filled with the slimline paper pack and ephemera pack from the Dusty Rose line by Asuka Studio, beautiful Tres Jolie Chipboard Butterflies, fabulous Little Birdie flowers, and bright white cardstock! There is enough for you to create some fantastic cards, tags, and ATCs – a wide variety of “mini” projects! Who doesn’t like creating a variety of projects from one kit?

These kits are for the beginner to the advanced, from clean and simple to the mixed media maven. No matter your style, there is something for everyone. We know you are going to love it!


Now (drumroll please!), presenting the July 2023 Tres Jolie Kits:

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

Scrapbook Kit

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

Mixed Media Kit

Tres Jolie Insta Square Frame

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:

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Please stop by the other designers blogs and check out their sneak peaks. They are listed below:

Monica Edwards

Debbie Adams

Olivia Marmara

Kim Heard


We have a new mood board challenge for the month. Here are the rules:

Tres Jolie Mood Board

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Place your entries in the July 2023 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Café Facebook page. This challenge ends on July 31st, 2023 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 limiting the same winner to once every 3 months).


Don’t forget to follow us on all our social media:

Tres Jolie Facebook

Tres Jolie TikTok

Tres Jolie Instagram

Tres Jolie Website

Tres Jolie Subscriptions

Tres Jolie Blog

Tres Jolie YouTube

Tres Jolie Pinterest

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, check out our newest chipboard designs that were just added to the store.

Tres Jolie Kit Club–Vintage Steampunk Ledger–June 2023 Scrapbooking + Cards, Tags, & More Kits

Hey, y’all! This week I have my mood board inspired project for you – a vintage-ish, steampunk-ish, envelope ledger/folio I created using the July Cards, Tags, & More Kit and Scrapbooking Kit! I hope everyone has had a chance to check out this month’s mood board challenge! And don’t forget to enter your projects for a chance at a prize from Tres Jolie!

I have an overview video for you explaining what I did to create this – I had attempted a process video, but the hours of video were really getting out of hand! Be sure to check it out – this isn’t really a complicated project to create, it was just complicated for me to figure out as I was going along!

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Vintage and steampunk are my two favorite styles – so I was ecstatic about the kits and mood board this month!

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Don’t forget to share your mood board project in the June 2023 folder over at the Facebook Café for a chance to win a prize!


To give my pages and pockets a metallic hue, I sat down with a variety of metallic paints and a gel plate from my stash and went to work! I gel printed on the kraft stock, the kraft card bases, and the envelopes from the Cards, Tags, & More Kit. I also gel-printed on a variety of tapes – paper tape with water-activated glue, fabric medical tape, and shipping tape – to create my “metal” steampunk-themed tapes.

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I used pieces of the patterned paper from the Scrapbooking Kit throughout – some pieces as flips, some to make hidden paperclips. To add some lines on a few pages, I used a stamp I’ve had FOR-EV-ER with some StazOn Ink.

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I cut one of the envelopes in half and created some smaller pocket pages – reinforcing the edges with various pieces of patterned paper, kraft stock, and tape.

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For the cover – the envelope that initially led me to think about creating an envelope ledger – I covered the outside of the envelope and the flap with a piece of patterned paper split the envelope flap in half, and decorated it with the two pieces of Tres Jolie Chipboard from the Scrapbooking Kit after coating them with a variety of metallic embossing powders.

I used four Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners from my stash to create the posts for my tie closure and added a few of the Finnabair Mechanicals (found in the Scrapbooking Kit!) for a bit of decoration and reinforcement.

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For the binding, I cut two, 3/4” strips of the woodgrain kraft stock for the outer surface, but to build up my binding, I layered multiple 3/4” strips of (up-cycled) packaging. Then, for the final detailing, I grabbed some brown, red, and yellow rust-effect paste to cover the slotted head screws and spread some along the spine.

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Thank you for joining me here today on the blog, I hope this project inspired you and gave you some ideas of what you can make using one or more of the kits this month and inspired you to join the mood board challenge!

Stay Crafty, Friends


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In addition to this month’s Scrapbooking Kit and Cards, Tags, & More Kit (from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

My mix of embossing powders on the Tres Jolie Chipboard: 13@rts “Red Bronze” Ayeeda Paint, Gary M. Burlin Embossing Powder: Ultrafine Gold & Patina Bronzed Copper (*my Copper was mixed with Ranger Relique Glitz Copper), Lindy’s Gang “Midnight Violet” Embossing Powder, Seth Apter Baked Texture “Chunky Rust,” Ranger “Bubbly” Embossing Powder

For the gel printing and/or vintage style tape: Tim Holtz “Screwed” Stencil, Folk Art Metallic Paint: “Brushed Gold,” “Brushed Rose Gold,” “Antique Gold,” & “Brushed Bronze,” Lindy’s Gang “Beaver Tail Brown” Starburst Squirts, Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: “Ginger,” “Gunmetal,” “Copper,” & “Gold”

Other mediums, adhesives, & tools: Distress Oxide: “Brushed Corduroy,” & “Rusty Hinge,” Finnabair 3D Matte Gel, Finnabair Clear Gesso, Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners, StazOn “Timber Brown,” Hero Arts “Life Can Be” Mounted Stamp, We R Memory Keepers “Crop-A-Dile II,” Gel Press 8”x10” Gel Plate, Gel Press Brayer, Aleene’s Tacky Glue, water activated paper tape, double-sided tape, UHU Stic, 3M Nexcare Tape, Seloky Slotted Head Screws

Tres Jolie Kit Club–Father’s Day Card–June 2023 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

Hey, y’all! I hope your June has started out great! Schools have been – or are about to be – released for summer vacation, and Father’s Day is just 10 days away. This week, in honor of Father’s Day, I have a rather quick and easy card for you using the Hunkydory kraft stock found in this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit.

I used a stamp set and inks from my stash, but all of the “parts” for the card came from the kit! I was feeling rather “traditional” when starting this project, and I didn’t want to create a card that was overly complicated or ornate – but I didn’t have much more direction for myself, so I grabbed up the pieces from the kit I thought would work best for how I was feeling, and started playing around.

Be sure to check out my video to see how it came together and watch my confusion!

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The first thing I did to create this card is…

…stare at everything and try to get my thoughts together! Which was the hardest part of the project – getting my thoughts in order!

I knew I wanted to use the woodgrain kraft stock, but I wasn’t entirely certain what I actually wanted to do with it or how I wanted to decorate the card front. I also knew I preferred the star print bow for my “traditionally masculine” card, so I popped out the pieces I would need to create the bow, as well as the star print strip, the alpha I needed to spell “Dad” and the medallions to go with everything else “just in case”! I don’t know if I would have used any medallions at all if I hadn’t already inked them by the time I (finally) figured out what I was doing!

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I don’t have measurements for you, because I just eyeballed the size I thought looked good for the woodgrain kraft stock. However, I can tell you now after the fact, that the wood grain kraft stock is about 1/4” smaller (length and width), leaving approximately 1/8” of the card base as a border all the way around. I also eyeballed where I wanted the strip of the star print kraft stock, but because I used my cutting mat to keep it straight, I know the bottom edge is 1-1/4” up from the bottom edge of the woodgrain kraft. After I glued the strip into place, I tucked the ends under – cutting a little of the extra length off one end just because (although it worked out in my favor!) then used some “Gathered Twigs” Distress Ink around the perimeter – as well as on the alpha, bow, and medallions.

I used the excess star print strip I had cut off before tucking the ends under to connect my alpha – partly to keep them together because I kept losing one letter or another, and partly just to go with the overall design, since I hadn’t decided where “Dad” would be going yet!

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I tried playing around with the alpha, bow, and medallions on the card front, but I just couldn’t get the bow to look right all by itself – and I really wanted to use the bow! In the end, I realized the card front was exactly what I wanted with just the inking, the strip of star print kraft, and the simplicity of “Dad,” so that’s how I left it before moving on to the envelope.

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I inked up the envelope with more “Gathered Twigs,” to coordinate with the vintage and “rustic” feel of the woodgrain kraft stock on the card front.

Originally I had adhered the bow and medallions on in a loose cluster formation, but I was still very unhappy with how everything was coming together and I thought maybe adding “Happy Father’s Day” to the envelope would tie everything together better – which is how I came to the decision to use my Tim Holtz “The Inspector” stamp set! I was originally just looking for alpha stamps to use – then I saw the man and the alpha just staring at me!

I used some “Timber Brown” StazOn for my first stamping of “The Inspector,” then added a couple of layers of “Gathered Twigs” Distress Ink on top before moving over to start the process of spelling out “Happy Father’s Day” with the alpha stamp block that also doesn’t have all 26 letters of the alphabet!

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I started with the “H” in “Happy,” using my StazOn, but before repositioning the alpha block for the “A,” I used my “Gathered Twigs” to create a lighter background text block – then I continued stamping the rest of the phrase. For the two “P’s,” I used the “R’s” just making sure to keep the extra leg ink-free, and for the “Y’s,” I used upside-down “A’s” and the “I” to create the leg.

I traced over all of the letters in the phrase with my “Vintage Photo” Distress Marker, then I grabbed up a water bottle and sprayed everything down. The StazOn stayed put, and all the Distress Inks activated! After drying the envelope, I attached the bow tie and placed the medallions.


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Thank you for joining me here today! I hope you enjoyed this Father’s Day card and it gave you some ideas of what you can create using this month’s kit!

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In addition to this month’s Cards, Tags, & More Kit, I used:
“Gathered Twigs” Distress Ink, StazOn “Timber Brown,” Tim Holtz “The Inspector” Stamp Set, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, “Vintage Photo” Distress Marker, blending brush, Art Glitter Glue, double-sided adhesive foam, glue dots

Reveal Day! – Tres Jolie Kit Club June 2023 Kits

Hey, y’all! It’s June 1st, and that means it’s time for the Tres Jolie Kit Club June Kits to be revealed! YAY! I always love this day!

June is also Tres Jolie’s anniversary month! We are 5 years strong thanks to our customers! Join us all month long for sales, weekly challenges, new chipboard items, more limited edition kits, a special summer banner kit, and a free gift with purchase. We have added new members to the design team and the website has a new look!

Make sure you have your Tres Jolie Kit Club kits so you can create your summer memory crafts and preserve your summer memories! Be sure to get your kits before they’re gone! Or, better yet, subscribe to Tres Jolie Kit Club so you will never miss a kit! Be sure you follow us on all social media platforms (Tres Jolie Kit Club links at the end of the post; Corner Scraps links to the right) and have joined the Tres Jolie Kit Club Facebook Café so you won’t miss a single announcement or project created with these kits.

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Now for the June 2023 Kits!

The June 2023 Scrapbooking Kit is filled with the Vintage Man Collection from 3 Quarter Designs. This collection offers you a fabulous variety of designs for vintage and steampunk-themed projects. You will also find fabulous Finnabair Mechanicals and coordinating Tres Jolie Chipboard – a lovely assortment of patterned papers and perfectly coordinated embellishments!

This month’s Mixed Media Kit offers you a chance to play with oil pastels! And to go with them, there is a canvas panel, a stencil, and some Lindy’s Magical powder!

Our card kit is filled with A4 embossed papers and gold foiled kraft card embellishments from Hunkydory. As well as A4 kraft card blanks, white envelopes, and a gold Transfer Me sheet from Dress My Craft. There is enough for you to create some fantastic cards, tags, and ATCs – a wide variety of “mini” projects! 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!


Now (drumroll please!), presenting the June 2023 Tres Jolie Kits:

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*Scrapbook Kit*

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*Mixed Media Kit*

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*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:

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Please stop by the other designer’s blogs and check out their sneak peeks. They are listed below:

Monica Edwards

Debbie Adams

Olivia Marmara

Kim Heard


We have a new mood board challenge for the month. Here are the rules:

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Place your entries in the June 2023 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Café Facebook page. This challenge ends on June 30th, 2023 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 limiting the same winner to once every 3 months).


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