Design Team Projects for Tres Jolie for the month of August

Hello crafty friends! I can't believe how quickly this month of August has gone by. Seems like this whole year is going by fast actually! Today I wanted to share with you the projects that I created for Tres Jolie Kits this month. 

The first project I created was this beautiful ringed album using the August Cards, Tags & More Kit 

I absolutely loved how this turned out. I must admit that I am not much for the color purple but after this, the color purple is definitely growing on me! 

I made a pretty short video sharing the album in it's entirety! I hope u like it!

The second project for this month is a layout I created using the August Scrapbook Kit which included these beautiful papers from AB Studios "Diva" collection!

Here is my layout I created with this collection!

Isn't this collection just stunning! I love it! This was a gorgeous collection for sure, very well put together kit. 

Lastly my last project for this month was these super cute mini tag books I created using the August Cards, Tags, & More Kit again. I had a couple of sheets left over of some beautiful tags and decided they would be cute for some mini books, I also had fussy cut a few of the ephemera from the ephemera sheets too! Propped them up on foam dots and added some beautiful seam binding from the kit and made these!

I hope that you all like what I created for this month for Tres Jolie Kits! Tomorrow will be the reveal for the month of September so I hope u will come back tomorrow at 10:30 am MST for that reveal here on my blog and also on the Tres Jolie blog. See Ya tomorrow!! 

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Whoooo!!!

I did it!! I finally caught up! Just in time because I just finished another project!! But have yet to take photos of it ! First I'm excited to share another mini album from my montly kit! Its so hard to say which is my favorite because I say that about them all so I guess I'll add this one to my long list of favorites!! All the way from the paper to the flowers and resin pieces from Prima, this mini turned out beautifully!!  I hope that you like what I made!! Thank you again for checking out my blog! I do apologize to those who subscibe to my blog for all the notification you might have received every little while. xoxo, Jeanne

Vintage Keepsake Book Box & Tag Mini Album

Whhewwww! I'm finally getting there! Almost caught up! I'm so excited to share this project with you all!! This is another GDT project for Shabby Papers Hub, Craftycity & Secret Garden. I had purchsed a couple of paper mache book boxes from Michaels craft store. I originally had thought of making a book stack but then changed my mind . I got the idea to make a tag mini album to go on the inside. 

I first went over the edges with gesso, I picked out the paper that Archana sent me. Its a beautiful vintage paper collection. I measured and then ahered the paper to the box using FabriTac . I distressed the edges using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink. I also stamped randomly using a brick wall stamp from Prima Marketing. 

I had a frame in my stash from Michaels $1 spot, Its original color was silver. I painted a couple of layers of white gesso on it then used both Tim Holtz Distress Paints that I purchased at Tuesday morning and Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I then added some beautiful black ruffle trim I had bought from  MsGardengrove on Etsy. I used black chinese braided trim on the back part.  Then used some beautiful flower buds I had recieved in a kit from FlairByMe. On the inside I had this gorgeous tissue paper that I had in my stash that someone had sent me. I can't recall who sent it though. I decoupaged it onto the inside of the box. Then went over the edges with the same distress ink as I used on the outside.

 I had previously seen a tutorial on YouTube that Ginger Ropp who is My Sisters Scrapper on YT had done. It was so easy to follow and then I just added my special embellishing. I had used kraft colored cardstock as my base. I used my We R Memories Keeper corner rounder for the paper and photo mats as well. Used some Distress Ink in Tea Stain color around the edges. I added laces to some of the pages from MsGardengrove . I embellished it with some metal filagrees on the edge of the pages, accented with a flatback pearl, among other embellishments. I added some of the same black ruffle trim to the spine of the album on top of the faux leather paper from Prima. Lastly I used a beautfiul vintage image for the cover. A chipboard sentiment that I only went over with distress ink on the edges & used a Petaloo black burlap flower . 

Winter Series Mini Albums (Nov-Jan)

I am very excited to share the current mini albums that I finished recently. Instead of making and posting each month , I have saved them up and am sharing them with you all. I enjoy being in this montly kit club.  If  you are just a beginner just like me and would like to get an idea of what making a mini consists of and whatnot, this is a great way to start because the kit includes everything you need with the exception of the adhesive, paints, any kind of tool you might need and so on. It even includes the sturdy chipboard album that you paint and then adhere the paper to it. Very simple and full directions on how to make it!! Here is my Nov. , Dec., & Jan. Kits!
                                            
                                            NOVEMBER 2016

 Even if you already know how to make mini albums, this is a great way to making a quick gift maybe and you can make it how you like. That is how I like to make mine. They go on sale on the 1st day of every month. Here is the Link to these kits and I hope you will try even just one, they are addicting!! 

                                        DECEMBER 2016

I did forget to mention also that usually before these 3 months past, Frank Garcia a designer for Prima Marketing and who these kits are supplied by. He had been sending Prima products then he asked our group on facebook if we would like for him to use other products to see how we like them! I must say while I loved using different products, I will always love Prima collections . I'm thinking I like them because they all somehow to me , all are compatible in colors , designs, in one way or another. This is my opinion, I don't know how others feel but that's what I like. Anyhow on to my last one for this post!

                                             January 2017