February Planner (Altered Mini Binder)
Happy February Crafty Friends! Jeanne here today to share with you my first project using the amazingly beautiful Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie. I absolutely love the collections from 3 Quarter Designs so this time I decided I would alter a Mini Binder from the Dollar Tree that I've been wanting to alter. So this month's kit really got me inspired to it.
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This project did not take too much time to create at all! I began by creating the cover first. I originally had chosen a different paper for my cover, I had already adhered it onto the binder cover, but I came to find out real quick to not drink cherry kool-aid while crafting lol . I knocked over my glass and it got on my cover. Anyhow so I chose another paper, adhered it , I then took the resin frame from the kit and went over it with Finnabair Heavy Gesso first, I mixed up some Finnabair Snow White Impasto Paint with Finnabair Color Fluid Medium and used a sponge brush to go over the frame then set aside to dry.
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While the frame dried I measured and cut the papers for the inside cover pockets. I also cut the papers for the dividers. I do need to add the paper for the pages of my planner but I will do this later because I was out of printer paper which i was going to use on it. I then used a tab thin die for the dividers. I decided to use some pink glitter paper for these. I also cut the piece for the spine.
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Once the resin frame was dried I adhered it on the cover. Then began adding the beautiful Prima Marketing flowers from the kit I also took some of the paper flowers from the ephemera sheets from this beautiful paper collection. I used some foam dots to adhere some of those flowers. Also I added the butterfly from one of the flower packs. I then cut one of the sentiments from the sentiment sheet and adhered it onto the cover. I then added a piece of lace to the edge of the spine.
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Next I finished the inside and added lace on the pockets using double sided tape. On the pages I cut and adhered some of the sentiments onto the dividers.
I finished this binder buy mixing some of the Finnabair MIca powders with water and using my splatter brush I splattered it onto the cover and some of the inside dividers as well.
I did not add a paper to the back only because I didn't feel it needed it.
I do hope that you enjoyed my first project for this month using this kit. I will be back next week to share another project. Till then, please enjoy the rest of the talented ladies from the design team and their amazing projects! I'll be back!!
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I hope you will join in this month's Mood Board challenge. Here is the details for that.
This month's twist is " Shabby Love Fest"
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Here are the rules:
*You can create any type of project for the challenge.
*You MUST say what you were inspired by.
*You MUST include the twist in your design.
*We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 of Tres Jolie’s products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
It MUST be a ne
Place your entries in the February 2023 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Cafe Facebook page. This challenge ends on February 31st 2023 at 11:59 pm CST. All entries must be in this folder to be eligible for the prize (to have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months).