File Folder Book Tutorial

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a good Easter. We have had rainy and stormy weather almost the entire Easter, but apart from that, it has been good.

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This week we have a Not A Card theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific company / designer and this week it is Tim Holtz. You can find Tim's large range of products here. 

We also have a new guest designer. During April Thom Santilla will be joining us. Don't miss checking out his fantastic project on his Instagram account.

I made a mini book this week, using file folders as my base, die cut from bright papers and stamped with sentiments, images and texture stamps. There are photos in the pocket. I used Tim Holtz Vault Noteworthy to die cut the folders and a whole lot of Tim's stamps from the stamping.

Start by die cutting file folders with Tim's Vault Noteworthy from inky papers.     

Color the inside with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

Stamp with various Tim Holtz sentiment stamps.

Add smaller sentiments on the back of each folder.

Stamp with butterflies and flowers. Mist the stamp with water after inking. I stamped with Distress Ink.

Stamp dots with Distress Ink, using a stamp from Tim's Tiny Textures. Mist with water before stamping. Stamp more texture with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background and Tim Holtz School Desk alphabet.

Pierce three holes and thread with embroidery floss. 

Stitch the sides with a sewing machine.

Tie all the threads together at the spine and string glass beads to make the spine prettier.

 I matted small photos on cream cardstock and tucked into the pockets. The sentiment is from Tim's Warehouse District and the butterfly is from Flutter.

You can also make a separate cover, but I wanted one of the file folders to be the front of the mini book.

I used some of my favorite sentiments in this book, such as from Nature's Wonder and Creative Muse.

These butterflies are from Tim's Attic Treasures set.

I stamped words from Tim's Tiny Text on the flaps.

Using a mix of colors and bright, inky background makes for a cheerful look.

I used a mix of childhood photos to fill the pockets.

The flower was stamped with Tim's Nature's Moments.

More butterflies and a dragonfly. 

This dragonfly is from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals. There is also some Distress Spritz in the background, misted through Tim's Sparkle Fade stencil.

Look for sentiments and words that will fit right only the folders, such as 'photographs'.

The butterfly was stamped with Wilted Violet Distress Ink.

The back of the little book, stamped with flowers from Tim's Winter Watercolor 2.

Join us this week in our Not a Card challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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