Sea Beauty Flip Folio Tutorial with Prima French Riviera and Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends! It’s Throwback Thursday, and I have this lovely Sea Beauty Flip Folio Tutorial to share with you. A couple of weeks ago I shared a Mermaid’s Garden Shaker Card using this lovely mermaid from the Reneabouquets By the Sea Collection. It was so popular, I decided to create another project around it for Throwback Thursday. This time I dug deep into the Closet of Inspiration and Delight where I found this 2015 French Riviera collection from Prima Marketing. Talk about a perfect color match!

Next, I went through my stack of abandoned card bases and flip folios. Sometimes, just for fun, I create a stack of fancy fold card bases or a little flip folio base. Then I decide to do something else. These treasures get stored away until fresh inspiration strikes. I found this lovely little 6×6 flip folio and decided to put it to good use. Now the fun gets started!

Sea Beauty Step by Step

First, cover the folio with 6×6 panels of French Riviera wood grain cardstock.

Then, tear scraps of patterned paper into random shapes.
Next, smoosh Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet. Spritz with a mister bottle of water until little beads form.
Now tap and swipe the papers through the inky puddle to create a distressed paper layer over the woodgrain layer.
Finally, tap the Reneabouquets tag in the tiny dots of ink to add a little extra texture to the surface.
Now you can adhere the torn paper to both the folio cover and the blank portions of the tag.
Then arrange the mermaid, tiny fish, seahorses and trinkets. This is always the most fun part for me.
Finish off with some real shells, Sea Glass Beauty Beads, flowers and ribbon.

A Peek Inside

We’ll go over the construction of the folio base and page mechanisms in the video tutorial below.

If one pocket is good, then a double pocket is doubly good! Fill the flap page with bitty Beautiful Board Tags, mini folios and journaling cards.

Don’t be fooled by the petite size of this folio! There is a ton of room for photos and journaling, thanks to all the little flips, flaps and hidden pockets.

I’ve used Reneabouquets beach goodies throughout this album. You can find them all in the linked supply list below this post.

Don’t you just love the vintage patina and images in this collection?

This is such a fun project to make. I hope you’ll give it a try. Even if you don’t have this collection in your stash, you can use the design and measurements with another collection.

Sea Beauty Flip Folio Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to get the measurements and details for making the folio, please enjoy this Throwback Thursday Tutorial.

Thanks so much for stopping by my friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

SUPPLY LIST

Prima French Riviera Paper Collection (Retired) **Note…I did a quick search and found a few odd pieces can still be found on E-bay and Amazon)
- A4 Pad
- 6×6 Pad
- Chipboard
Reneabouquets By the Sea Collection
Reneabouquets Small Mermaid Dreams Set
Mermaids Welcome Small Sign
Queen Ann’s Lace Tags
Little Birdie Flowers
- Arctic Ice Embossed Daisies (Out of stock, but you could substitute Tania Song of the Sea)
- Song of the Sea Tulips (out of stock but you could substitute Song of the Sea Berries)
Ombre Organza Ribbon (out of stock)
Gold Metallic String

Frilly Funkie By the Sea Challenge

Hello, Friends! It’s time for another challenge over on the Frilly & Funkie Blog, and this go round, I get to be the hostess. Hooray! Since I’ve not had time to take a real vacation this year, I keep taking little virtual getaways by creating beach themed projects. It’s like the old long distance commercials from so many years ago: it’s the next best thing to being there! So I’ve created this By the Sea Altered ATC box that is loaded with vintage goodness and a beachy color palette. But before I share it with you, here’s the details on this By the Sea Challenge:

It’s summertime, and our minds turn toward the shore where we find sparkling sands, delicate shells and refreshing breezes. Let’s take a virtual beach trip by creating any kind of vintage or shabby chic project that features a nautical or beach theme and color palette.

By the Sea with Prima French Riviera and Graphic 45

Ooh la la! I love these beachy blues! The box base is a Graphic 45 ATC Box. After texturing the Prima French Riviera papers with a woodgrain embossing folder, I glued them onto the sides of the box. Next, I coated them with Distress Vintage Vintage Collage Medium and smudged them with Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Paint. All the edges were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I distressed a Graphic 45 Staples Shabby Chic Door Plate to add to the front of the box. And, you’ll see one of the Graphic 45 Ornate Keys as well. Then I tied all those shades of blue together with some gorgeous Petaloo Penny Lane flowers.

I added a bunch of pretty charms from the Funkie Junkie Boutique to custom dyed seam binding ribbon. You can get a good look at the texture in this photo.

I used more of the woodgrain paper inside the box along with chipboard and ephemera pieces from the collection.

There is an ATC tag mini album tucked behind the focal image on the right. The back of each tag has a flip out photo mount, so you could store 3 photos on each tag, and add one larger photo tot he back of the box, if desired.

By the Sea on YouTube

Rather than load a ton of pictures into the post, I’ve prepared a very short, 2 minute YouTube video so you can see all the fun details. I hope you enjoy!

I hope you’ll join in on this fun challenge by linking up your own By the Sea themed vintage or shabby chic project over at the Frilly & Funkie BLOG. The design team will ask the designer of their favorite project to take a Guest Designer spot on the Frilly & Funkie Blog. Three other designers will be awarded badges to display on their blogs and everyone who follows the challenge guidelines will be entered into a draw for a $25 shopping spree at the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

To get inspired, why not hop on over to the Frilly Funkie BLOG to see what the rest of the Frilly team have prepared for you. And next week, the Funkie side of the team will share their take on the theme as well.

You have until midnight on Tuesday, August 9th to play along. I can’t wait to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Products from the Funkie Junkie Boutique

Prima Marketing French Riviera Wood Variety	Prima Marketing French Riviera Ephemera	Prima Marketing French Riviera Chipboard	Prima Marketing French Riviera 6×6 Collection Kit	Prima Marketing French Riviera A4 Collection Kit (March Pre-order)
Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Sizzix® Paper Punch – Circle, Small by Tim Holtz®	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Tumbled Glass	PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Stormy Sky
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Vintage TDAK47940 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	Petaloo Textured Elements Mini Burlap Flowers – Antique Blue	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades – Bricked and Woodgrain Set
Charm Pendant Antique Bronze Seahorse Key	Graphic 45 Book Box Kraft	Set of 4 Antique Copper Starfish Charms	Seaside Charm Set – Antiqued Bronze Charms for Jewelry Making, Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Rayon Seam Binding