The Pregnancy Folio - The journey of Nine Months

hello everyone
Today I have my very first folio to share with you all. I have made this 4 fold folio for my client who is expecting her first child. So her requirement was to journal as well as ad pictures of her journey from 1st to the 9th month. So, I have made it in such a way that a journal, a pen as well as picture mats are accommodated in this Pregnancy Folio.

This folio is made using Pebbles - Garden party paper stack. The paperpack, cardstock, chipboard and the embellishments are from the ItsyBitsy store. The front is decorated with gold heat embossed chipboard embellishments and some cute flowers. The lady in hand painted and in finished with a red heart on the bump. The back had a magnetic pocket to hold the journal. The journal is custom made by me and has 20 pages.

 This folio is 8 1/4" by 6 1/4" by 1 3/4" in size. The folio opens to reveal 2 identical sides which have 3 pockets on either sides to hold photomats of varying sizes. The spine holds a pen on the inside....to make journalling easy.

The left side has a accordion pocket on the inside flap which holds 4 envelopes. These envelopes have 3 mats in each which are ideal to hold some secret messages or pictures.....whatever fancies her. The accordion pocket is held by a brad closure and twine and is adorned with some beautiful quotes. in total this side holds 22 mats in varying sizes.

The right side of the folio holds 5 small pockets which holds 4 photobooklets and 2 small photomats. There 2 pocket pages on the spine which holds 4 photobooklets in all. In total, this sides has 20 photomats.

This folio can hold 40 to 50 pictures and has lot of journalling space. The pockets are deep and can hold more ephemeras, pictures and messages....here is a youtube video showing you a flip of the book.
I am putting my project up for the following blog challenges:-

1. Allsorts challenge blog Week 457 - Ladies only
2. Butterfly Challenge #96 - Spin with Letter N - I have used butterfly papers along with some greens and yellows. There is no stamping in my project and all the quotes are printed on my computer. Also, I have used numbers 1, 2, 3 and 9 in my project and the folio is rectangular and not square in shape. Its a shame, I could not accommodate navy somewhere. Hoping this project will be considered.
3. Mini album makers March Challenge
4. Creates and Makes Challenge #19 - Anything Goes

So thats, the end of my post..... I hope you all will like this project...Thank you for stopping by and have a fun day ahead.

Birthday Journal / Album

Hello all you wonderful people out there
I am back today with yet another project. Its a Birthday journal/ album that I made for a dear friend whose birthday is today. Its ideally made from scrap cardboard pieces we get our couriers delivered in or inside our shirts....those thick corrugated cardboard pieces are used to make this album.

This album is 8" by 6.5" in size and has 3.5" broad spine. Unlike most albums, it doesn't have a hidden gusset binding system or a spiral binding system...This album is stitched page by page to a piece of canvas and then attached to the spine....like our notebooks or a journal. I have done this first time and it was fun experience.....

I started by folding the cardboard pieces I have to make flip pages. Then to every page, I added pattern paper and a magnetic closure. Made 6 such pages and decorated them. Then stitched them onto the canvas cloth. Once this part was ready, I added the front and back cover to the canvas and then attached them to the spine of the book.

The stitching part was fun. I never stitched books before and I had much fun doing that. Covered the entire album with handmade paper from Itsybitsy as its very sturdy. Decorated the front with floral cutouts from Eno Greetings paper pack...I used the same collection to do the pages.

For the album closure, I added a metal clasp with chain and some charms dangling to it.
Overall, I loved this album and had much fun making this. Will make one soon but this time might add actual pages instead of cardboard pages. I hope you all liked this album and thank you for visiting me.