With not having blogged much last year my folders of unpublished cards and makes are somewhat bulging at the seams. My issues with the internet seam to be resolved now that they have finished upgrading the nearby base station /transmitter mast to 4G and beyond. I can now log on using my Ipad again and use my computer without it losing the internet every couple of minutes. Fingers however are another problem. Most days I have one white hand and one pink hand so typing is still a bit haphazard and spelling mistakes will occur so please bear with.
What I want to show you today is a Folio Wallet that I made early last year and went to it's recipient in New Zealand.
This is a " Folding Folio" Journal from 'My Porch Prints' and you can purchase the digital printout and instructions from their Etsy shop. I printed it out in black on printer paper which I then glued onto thick card and cut out the templates to draw around. You can print straight onto digital design paper if prefered,. The embellishments are my design. I used Heartfelt Creations 'Classic Rose' and 'Leafy Accents' stamps to create the flowers on the front of the folio. I don't have the matching dies so I had to fussy cut them out which took me a couple of days to do. The centers were made using Prims with a liberal coating of glossy accents over the top. Papers used were all from my stash. Butterflies and flower ( for the catches) are made with punches.
Entering into the following challenges:
Everybody Art #527 Anything goes.
Creative Knockouts #485 Anything goes.
Creative Creases #48 Anything goes with a fun fold.
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #197 Anything goes.
Ally's Angels#66 Anything goes.
Crafts Galore Encore # Anything goes.
Love To Craft #72 Anything goes.
Through The Purple Haze #200 Anything goes.
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29 comments:
A beautiful project, the flowers are lovely too
A beautiful folio and I'm sure the recipient loved receiving it.
Lorraine
Gorgeous folding folio with beautiful details!
xxx Margreet
Hello Valery, this is a gorgeous folio, what an amount of work to it. Beautiful papers and design, I'm sure the recipient loved it.
Pleased your internet issues are resolved, but sorry to hear that your hands are still sore. Take care, hugs Kate x
What a beautiful project, and what a great idea to fill it with craft 'stuff'- a fabulous gift for a very lucky someone!
xx
What a beautiful folio ValeryAnne, this was quite a job... looks a bit like your beautiful creation that I received from you...
Nice to read you again! Love, Wilma xx
Wow! I absolutely love this folio, ValeryAnne! The flowers on the front are gorgeous! The details once opened are so wonderful, as well. Love it!! Thank you for playing at Creative Creases Challenge and hope you can join in again soon.
Debbie DT
Secrets To Stamping
Your folio is absolutely adorable, love the papers you used with the fresh yellow! The Heartfelt roses with leaves look gorgeous! Cutting all them without the matching dies has been a work of love for sure! The design of the pockets and inserts is beautiful and so inspiring. Thanks for sharing! The recipient will be surely very happy to receive your gift!
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What a super creation and in lovely fresh Spring colours.
We're still waiting for the upgrade connection here, they put new wires in place months ago (still overhead here in the Fens) then it all came to a standstill and our guess is there's not a lot more to do beyond connecting all the bits together.
B x
A lovely project to send to a crafty friend who must have had fun investigating the various pockets.
What a gorgeous project, I'm sure that it was well received.
Sue xx
Wow, this is amazing. What a nice project in beautiful colors!
Lia xx
This is stunning, great colors and design! I also noticed the crafty contents, great gift!
This looks fabulous and I love the fresh citrus colours and those pretty flowers. A great gift for your friend.
Avril xx
Fabulous folio love the citrus colours and pretty papers
Carol x
Wonderful project! I really love your embellishments--gorgeous roses & leaves!
Great! Your folio wallet is really beautiful. I love the understated papers decorated with these flowers and leaves. And I admire the colors. It's matching shades and I really love it. And the wallet itself has so much room for photos, a few words or whatever you want. I think the recipient was very happy about it.
Thank you for presenting your project in the Everybody Art Challenge.
Hug Uschi
very pretty folio photo
congrats Valery , have a great day :) hugs
What a wonderful surprise to send someone. This is just stunning and such a work of art. Lots of fussy cutting! I hope your hands are better soon.
Life is so much easier when the internets at its full working order nothing more annoying when its breaking down so pleased you have it working better for you and your creation is just stunning l love the papers used so pretty beautiful matching colours too, enjoy your day x
What a fabulous project for sending little gifts. I love your colour choice. xx
Your folio is so cool...love the bright and cheerful yellow
Cheers, Dr Sonia
How fun to have a card-pen-pal in NZ, ValeryAnne! Your beautiful wallet must have been such a surprise for your NZ friend to receive, especially with the butterfly die inside! It's a wonderful design. Thanks for saving it to share when the internet was more cooperative. VERY happy your ISP problems seem to have resolved! hugs, de
Pleased to hear you should be back on-line again. Loving the folio and I bet someone was excited to receive it. Look forward to seeing what you get up to next. Happy creative week, Angela xXx
Wow, Mrs A! What a project! I have seen these folio designs a few times but have never tried to make one myself. You have done a magnificent job and I love your choices of coordinating design papers and embellishment accents. I'm sorry I am a bad blog visitor. I do see you come by mine occasionally and it's always lovely to see you. I notice there is a craft fair in Sandown next weekend. I wonder if your Faye might be there with Tracy from D2D4? Will you go?
Happy New Year, hugs, Lesley
ooops I was also supposed to thank you for playing along with us at Everybody Art Challenge. xoxo
What a lovely gift! And even better with crafting goodies inside!
Amazing project. I love it. Thank you for participating in Through the Purple Haze Challenges
Danka
Twórcze pasje Danki{My Blog}
Gorgeous Folio Wallet ValeryAnne. Love the colour.
Thanks so much for joining us for our Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #197 sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps.
We hope to see you again soon,
Lou DT xo
JemLou Productions
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