How to Create a Flower Garden Notecard Folio

To Celebrate Spring and all things Flowers, I decided to make a Notecard Folio using paper from

Carta Bella’s Flower Garden Collection and Eileen Hull’s New Folio Journal Die from Sizzix*.  

     

Materials Used:         (*Affiliate Links)

• Eileen Hull’s New Folio Journal Die from Sizzix*
• Little Sizzles 6″ x 13″Matboard*
• Big Shot Die Cutting Machine*
• Xyron Creative Station*
• Xyron Tape Runner*
• Paper Cutter*
• CBGA130003 Carta Bella Flower Garden:  3″ x 4″ Journaling Cards*
• CBGA130002 Carta Bella Flower Garden:  Lovely Floral*
• CBGA130004 Carta Bella Flower Garden:  Love You Tags*
• Carta Bella Farmhouse Market Collections Stickers*
• Imagine’s Tear It! Double Sided Crafter’s Tape*
• OLFA 6″x8″ Cutting Mat*
• X-Acto Craft Knife*
• Crop-A-Dile Power Punch*

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Album Details:

• The album pieces are die-cut using Sizzix White Matboard Sheets*, which is the perfect size for cutting long pieces.  (You will need to cut the album pieces twice.)
• There is a smaller rectangle die-cut piece that comes with the die. (cut two)  You will use the piece to create a pocket with the outer flap.  
• Align and adhere both ends of the spine together using Tear It! Double-Sided Crafter’s Tape*.
• Cover the front and inside of the album with decorative scrapbook paper.  (see album making tip below)
• Album Making Tip:  I use my Xyron Creative Station* to add adhesive to my paper before sticking it onto the matboard.  It adds a complete adhesive layer without puckering or wrinkles.
• Using a craft knife and cutting mat, I cut both ends of the flaps down to create 2 1/2″ pockets.  Adhere the “pocket pieces” (the small scored pieces that come with the die) to finish the bottom of the pockets.
• I used Carta Bella Farmhouse Market Collections Stickers* to embellish the pocket fronts.

• Create simple 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″  layered cards using the Carta Bella Flower Garden:  3″ x 4″ Journaling Cards*.
• After using one of the Journaling Cards for my front and back cover and another section for my green spine, I was able to create 8 small notecards to fill my notecard folio.  

• The ribbon was added around the album before adding the front and back cover.
• I created a small chipboard tag for the spine and punched the holes using a Crop-A-Dile Power Punch*.  
• On the inside center binding, I hung a pen on the loop of ribbon that was added for the tag.

Wouldn’t this make a nice Birthday or Mother’s gift for someone special?