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Prima Plant Department Pocket and Flap Folio Tutorial with Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends! It’s Make and Take Tuesday, and I hope you’re ready to get your craft on because we’re going to have a crafty adventure with this Prima Plant Department Pocket and Flap Folio Tutorial. If you like quick and easy folio designs, then this tutorial should make you happy, happy, happy!

Good things come in small packages, right? Well, this 4 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ pocket and flap folio is just as cute as it can be. It’s pretty pages are just loaded with style, too.

Shabby chic embellishments set the tone for this very feminine folio. Vintage Rose Tuck Ins, beaded flowers, vintage stick pins, mini keys….I’ve scattered paper pretties liberally throughtout my garden!

Not a Shaker Frame

By now, y’all know I’m a sucker for shaker elements. But this altered Beautiful Board Frame is not a shaker! I changed things up a bit by adding a Reneabouquets Lissie Pink butterfly and Beautiful Beads to the center of this delicate Victorian Scroll Frame.

Tan Satin Ribbon provides a beautiful contrast to the pastel shades of this paper collection. The dangle element on the spine features a bird nest, key, and sentiment disk.

A Peek Inside

You’ll learn my sneaky trick that makes assembling this folio a snap in the video tutorial. I have a feeling that many of you will be making lots of these fun folios for friends and family.

Why is this called a pocket and flap folio? Because alternating page are either a pocket page filled with a small tag, ephemera piece and photo mat, or an easy to make flap page with room for photos.

This paper collection is absolutely dream to work with. I love the garden images, shabby chic patterns and beautiful color palette. How about you?

Plant Department Pocket and Flap Folio Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to see just how easy it is to assemble this sweet little folio? Then please enjoy this video tutorial on my YouTube channel.

Are your crafty little fingers itching with the desire to dig into your paper stash and create something beautiful? Oh, good! Then I’m doing my job!

You’ll find a linked supply list below this post for your convenience.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Fairy Garden Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial with Reneabouquets & Prima Plant Department

Hello, Friends! It’s Make & Take Tuesday and I have a delightful Fairy Garden Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial to share with you. Last month, I created this Peter Cottontail Treat Tag using this same design template. Many of you requested that I create a tutorial so you could make these for your friends and family members. With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I thought this might be a good time to honor that request.

Tree of Life in the Fairy Garden

The base of this Fairy Garden Tea Party in a Tag is made with (2) Graphic 45 Square tags, papers from the Prima Plant Department paper collection and some gorgeous goodies from Reneabouquets. This flower fairy is a great match for the paper collection, and I could not resist adding a splendid dragonfly to my Tree of Life ATC tag shaker frame.

First, paint the Tree of Life ATC tag with Gold Paint.
Next, cut a piece of acetate (clear cardstock) to fit the back side of the frame and glue in place with Dries Clear Adhesive.
Now, place 3 layers of 1/8″ foam strips around the outside edge of the frame.
After you paint the edges of the ATC tag with gold paint, apply one of the rub on images to the surface.
Then fill the center of the tag with your shaker mix and press the Tree of Life Frame in place.
Adhere the dragonfly in one corner and the Flower Fairy in the other.
Paint a bit of Ivy Beautiful Board and a leaf with gold paint. Scatter Prills to add a pop of color and texture to the ivy and the leaf.
Tie charms through the top of the shaker frame.

Fairy Garden Wind Chimes?

No fairy garden is complete without a little bit of charm, don’t you agree? So I created this pretty dangle charm embellishment on the 1 1/2″ spine. There’s a fancy key, feather, dragonfly, butterfly, and mushroom on it, and when it moves, it makes me think of wind chimes.

A Peek Inside

You will learn how to add this fun flip flap page inside the Fairy Garden. It’s a quick and easy feature to make, but adds a great interactive element to the design.

Tea Party in a Tag

Here’s a peek at the tea party that’s tucked inside the box pocket. I used the G45 Policy Envelope Die to cut a little pouch for my tea bag and chocolate. An ivory ATC tag is dressed up with papers and die cuts from the collection. Wrap packaged cookies with paper scraps to add a touch of class to the ensemble. And of course, one must have a honey stick and a spoon!

Fairy Garden Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial on YouTube

The tutorial I’ve prepared for you today will show you how to build the tag book base, the flap element and the box pocket. If you’d like to follow along, please enjoy this video on my YouTube channel.