Indigo Bloom Square Flip Folio Album and Bonus Layout
Hello Craft Friends!
So happy you're here! Can you believe it's already August? Summer is going by so quickly. But good thing we can Craft all year long!
Today I'm excited to share my 1st August project featuring Uniquely Creative "Indigo Bloom" collection that's included in our Tres Jolie August Cards Tags and More kit! The papers have gorgeous florals, Square Flip Folio Album is included! There are journal cards, fussycut elements, You'll receive an full color instruction book and learn how to create this fun Flip Folio album and mini book. Plus a layout sample to inspire you! But there's more! A pack of Matching Creative Cuts plus a set of Adhesive Vellum Creative Cuts, Prima Marketing Flowers and beautiful crystals! There's a Tres Jolie chipboard Frame Here's a photo of this month's Card kit:
Be sure to order your kit early because they do sell out quickly!
I will be assemble the album as instructed however, I will be designing mine a bit differently to give you more ideas to hopefully inspire you!
From my stash, I will use glue, scoring board, stapler, foam dots and tape, White ink, Sparkle embossing powder.
To start take out the Square Flip Folio Album and mark all your base pages with a pencil. Then crease with a bone folder. Here's how your album will look once folded.
Set album aside for now. Cut all your papers and extra cut apart pieces as per instructions. See photo of cut apart sheet.
Cut all 4 square panels as instructed.
Continue to cut the Hydrangea paper and bluebell paper as shown in instruction sheet. I am inking all my papers using Distress Ink Gathered Twigs before I glued them down onto my base pages.
Follow the instruction sheet and with the corresponding numbers, glue all your base papers in place.
To create your pocket, you can scan the barcode inside your instruction sheet and fold to make a folded pocket. Here's some photos of both pockets:
Set both pockets aside. We can start decorating our album now. This is my favorite part of this project! I am decorating my album a bit differently to give you another idea on how you can decorate your album. But you can choose to follow Tracey Schulz examples if you prefer.
Front Flap: I chose a Vellum Creative Cuts floral piece and glued on the left side. These vellum Creative Cuts are adhesive backed so it makes it easy to adhere on your pages, and I think they are so pretty! I tucked the small Bingo card behind my vellum flowers and glued the "Perfect Day" Creative Cuts sentiment across the top at an angle. I glued a cluster of flowers and leaf on the bottom right corner. Then finished with some of the beautiful crystals in the kit! Here's a photo:
Panel 2: I trimmed down one of the photo mats to fit my small photo. I also chose of the Creative Cut Teacup and from a border strip I cut the "Indigo Bloom " sentiment, and vellum flower. See photo:
I glued my photo on the leftside, and adhered the blue vellum flower on the top corner on my photo. I glued my border strip sentiment below my photo and with foam dots I adhered my Creative Cuts teacup!
Panel 3: I glued a 3x4 inch photo mat and photo at an angle on the leftside. I tucked a eye chart Creative cut behind my photo. I stapled one of the Creative Cut tickets on the right side, added the blue heart and "Shine Bright" Creative Cuts sentiment with foam tape to add dimension. Here's some photos:
Close up of Panel 2:
Panel 2 and 3:
Panel 4: Open your album up and decorate Panel on the far left. Take your pink folded pocket and glue onto the center of your page. I glued a few Creative Cuts flowers on my pocket flap. I glued a sentiment along the bottom edge. Tucked inside my pocket, I added a set of Creative Cuts tickets, vellum Hydrangea flower, and inside the back pocket a photo mat. Here's a finished photo:
Panel 5: I left blank as pictured in instruction sheet.
Panel 6: I took the Tres Jolie chipboard frame from your kit (save the inside chipboard piece)and I applied some White ink all around the frame edge. Then sprinkled some Sparkle embossing powder and heat embossed this. See photos:
Take the center chipboard piece from your frame, and cut out one of the journal cards from one of the papers in this kit. I traced and cut out my floral image. I glued onto my chipboard piece. Then trimmed away any excess paper using my x-acto knife from my stash. I distressed any rough edges using a Distress tool in my stash.
Then glue your image inside your chipboard frame. I glued some of the Blueberry crystals in the kit around the edges on my chipboard frame. Here's a photo:
Glue your chipboard frame onto your page. (Panel 6) with foam dots I added a Creative Cuts heart at the top right corner. I adhered a vellum flower piece at the bottom. Here's a photo and closeup!
Panel 7: I decorated mine with a Creative Cuts butterfly, pink bow and Dream sentiment. See photo:
Panel 8: I glued a 3x4 photo mat and photo on the center of my page. I added a vellum flower and 2 Creative Cuts (flower and leaf) overlapping each other at the top left corner. I added a Creative Cuts sentiment above my photo.
Panel 9: I created a pocket with the pink striped paper. On the pocket front I glued a strip of 3 Creative Cuts tickets. Inside my pocket, I tucked a photo mat, small Bingo card and Creative Cuts flower! Here's a photo of both pages:
Panel 10: I used the backside of my paper. Glued a small photo mat, purple heart Creative Cuts. See photo:
Panel 11: I decidedl to decorate my page adding 2- 2x3 photo mats, and some Creative Cuts flowers and leaf. Here's a photo:
To create the bellyband, follow the instructions inside your instruction sheet. I did use 2 different paper scraps though but I cut them as instructed. See photo:
Glue both pieces together. Be sure not to glue too tightly so you are able to slip your Bellyband on and off easily. I decorated my bellyband with some Prima flowers, Creative Cuts and crystals from the kit. Here's some photos:
Mini book: i cut as instructed, 4 squares 4 & 1/2 x 4 & 1/2 inches, but I cut 2 pieces using different scrap papers. Glue all 4 panels onto your flip book we cut previously per instructions at the beginning.
I cut out 4 different journal cards and scored 1/2inch at the top of each. Then I adhered onto each panel as a flip up page. You could add a photo underneath each flip page.
Set your mini book aside along with your other pocket we created earlier.
Bonus Layout idea:
I chose to use are leftover 12x12 paper to create a layout. I will be using the other pocket and mini book on my layout. Here's the paper I chose for my layout:
I cut out 3 diamond shapes from another 12x12 paper. See photo:
Glue your diamond shapes onto your layout base paper in scattered places. I chose 3 small 2x3 photo mats and arranged onto my layout. Behind my diamond shapes, I added some Creative Cuts Vellum flowers and a Creative Cuts sentiment "Dream" I glued across the top diamond shape on my page. The bottom diamond shape i glued 3 Prima Marketing Flowers along the bottom edge. See photo:
Take your pocket and glue on the bottom left corner, I added a few small Creative Cuts flowers on my front pocket flap! I tucked Creative Cuts tickets, sentiment piece and Bingo card inside my first pocket flap. Fold your mini book inside your other pocket flap. I added some crystals and a Creative Cuts heart to finish my layout! Here's some finished photos and closeups!
Now we are all finished with our projects! I hope you had as much fun as I did today. I hope you'll order a kit today and get creating yours! Thank you for visiting our Tres Jolie blog! Be sure to order your kit early because they do sell out fast.
I will be back next week to share more crafty inspiration with you! Have a great week!
Happy Scrapbooking!
Dana
August 2025 Mood Board Challenge
This month’s Mood Board Challenge is here to inspire! Use it as your creative starting point, share your project with us on social media using #CreateWithTresjoliekits, and you could be featured — and win a surprise prize pack!
Here are the rules.
1. This challenge is still open to everyone.
2. You can create any type of project for the challenge.
3. You MUST say what you were inspired by.
4. You MUST include the twist in your design. This month's theme is
ONE FOR THE BOOKS.
5. 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.
6. It MUST be a new project.
7.To have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months.
Here's our Monthly Mood Board:
Good luck Everyone!
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