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Heartfelt Creations October 2022 Alumni Hop: Candlelit Christmas Folio with Video Tour

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations October 2022 Alumni Hop! The hop starts here and continues until 11:55PM on Monday, October 31st. You can find a complete list of all the blogs in the hop at the bottom of the post.

You have a chance to win one of TWO $25 gift cards to Heartfelt Creations just by visiting each blog in the hop and leaving a sweet comment on the post. Winners will be randomly selected and announced on the Heartfelt Creations Facebook page and Blog on Wednesday, November 2nd. If you are one of the happy winners, please email socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us within 72 hours to claim your prize. Please write “Winner of the October Alumni Blog Hop” in the subject line of your email.

Please remember to leave your first and last name in the comment so we can be sure to award the prize to the correct winner. Now that we have all the information about the hop taken care of, let’s get our craft on!

Candlelit Christmas Folio with Holiday Star and Christmas Poinsettia

Do you have a favorite Heartfelt Creations Christmas collection? I think that Candlelit Christmas is mine. All the deep shades of blue mixed with the wintry trees and deer make me shiver with delight. This month, I used up most of my remaining papers from the collection to make this 6 1/2″ x 8″ flip folio. It’s always fun to mix old with new, so I added some of the new Holiday Star images and lots of beautiful Christmas poinsettias. to my project.

Most of you know that I am a huge fan of ribbon! So I added a Red Plaid Ribbon closure and bows to my project. My ribbon comes from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and I’ll link to it in the supply list at the bottom of this post.

A Peek Inside

There is so much to see inside this interactive folio. You’ll find pockets and pull out pages with lots of room for photos and journaling.

TIP: Score 1/2″ flaps on 6×6 images from the paper collection. Then adhere the flaps behind your patterned paper to create pretty tip in pages.

This gives you room for lots of great holiday photos!

A waterfall mechanism is one of the best ways to add lots of photos to a project. Once again, I’ve used the 6×6 panels from the paper collection for this purpose. The little pocket filled with tags is a great spot to add memories. And there is room for photos here, too!

Hidden pockets are so much fun to add to a folio. This lovely deer image is the front cover of a generously sized folio. The back side of the folio is tucked behind the base page in a hidden pocket.

Add a photo mat, a small pocket and journaling tags to the base page for even more fun.

The front slash pocket is filled with lots of little folios and photo mats. You can see all the folio features in the video tour below.

Candlelit Christmas Folio Tour on YouTube

I share lots of tips and ideas in this short video tour.

On With the Hop!

Now hop on down the list to see what the other amazing Heartfelt Creations Alumni Designers have cooked up to inspire you. Be sure to leave a comment on each blog so that you can enter the giveaway!

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