Mini Hybrid Journal ~ Step 9 Making a Beaded Charm, Flip Thru & Gift Bag Reveal

November 10, 2026October 23, 2026Leave a comment

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Well, I have come to the end of this journal – I have absolutely adored every stage of the journey – exploring ideas and creating lots of things that are new to me. I hope you have enjoyed following along with me – if you have perhaps you will put a comment to this post and let me know your thoughts 🙂 I can share with you now that my friend was delighted with the journal when I gifted it to her – in the customized and coordinated giftbag and tag I share in the video.

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Funky Folds Hop ! ~ November 2026

November 7, 2026October 23, 20268 Comments

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Welcome to the Funky Folds Hop ~ a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” so hang onto your hats and see what the talented artisans have to offer 🙂

We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!! Today I am featuring a Sliding Easel style card with a shabby~chic theme.

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Mini Hybrid Journal ~ Step 8 Shaker Front Cover and Elegant Closure

October 30, 2026October 23, 2026Leave a comment

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I thought long and hard about how I wanted the cover of this journal to look, as it is quite small I thought too much of the cover would be a little overwhelming so chose to go with a shaker card for the wow factor and a simple elegant closure, both of which I share in today’s video. If you are not into journal making you could still use this technique to create a greeting card with a shaker front.

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Mini Hybrid Journal ~ Step 7 Assembly of Signature, Folios and Corners

October 23, 2026October 20, 2026Leave a comment

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Things are really starting to come together with the Mini Journal! After working thru the Midori centre on the cover last week I am now going to be taking the single signature and the 2 mini folios and bringing them altogether!

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Hither & Yon Studio Design Team ~ 4 Envelope Folio

October 20, 2026October 17, 2026Leave a comment

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Welcome to this month’s Design Team Project, the first for me and the team as a whole. Over the coming days there will be lots more projects which I hope you will go check out!

I have kicked off my first design with a mini folio using envelopes, this is a theme I have been doing over the last couple of months having done a folio using 1 , 2 and 3 envelopes, today’s project uses 4 envelopes and I was so thrilled to be using some beautiful papers from the Hither and Yon Studio (I put a link below) Check out the video and let me know what you think!

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Mini Hybrid Journal ~ Step 6 Single String Medori Style Centre

October 16, 2026October 16, 2026Leave a comment

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Now the folios have been constructed and decorated it is time to return to the cover to continue the construction ready to add a signature and the folios. In this post and video I am working thru the assembly of a single string medori style centre ready for the final assembly and adding a policy closure to folio #2……….. excited that this is now taking shape 🙂

By the way – this is my 2000th post here on my blog – it has taken me just over 13 years to get to this point!!!!!

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Mini Hybrid Journal, Step 4 ~ Decorating Folio # 2

October 9, 2026October 8, 2026Leave a comment

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We have reached Step 4 in the creation of this mini hybrid journal. Taking the basic folio created in step 3 I share how I decorated it, working thru ideas on choosing the papers, measuring, cutting and creating a couple of pretty tucks. You can check out how I made the folio right here

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Funky Folds Hop ! ~ October 2026

October 7, 2026October 6, 20264 Comments

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We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!! I chose a simple ‘rocker’ card and decorated it for a teen grand-daughter!

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2026 Flip Over Desk Calendar Super Cute Halloween

October 2, 2026September 27, 2026Leave a comment

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For the last 5 – 6 years I have designed and enjoyed making my flip over desk calendar for the ladies who came to my classes. As I have done for the last few years I am going to be sharing one at the start of each month. Like last year, I recognize not everyone is into making 3D items so have created a card for each month, using elements from the calendar for that month and included a video to show how I went about making the card.

So today I share, the cutest witchy boots and pumpkins!

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Mini Hybrid Journal Part 4 ~ Construction of Mini Folio # 2

September 25, 2026September 25, 2026Leave a comment

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Hello, wonderful readers! This is the 4th video in the series and today I am taking the next step in creating the Mini Hybrid Journal by constructing the second of the 2 folios that will make up the ‘hybrid’ part of the journal. I have put a link to the first folio below as well as a downloadable recipe containing all the measurements and scoring for each piece of the folio.

What is a Hybrid Journal – that basically means it has a couple of folios and then some regular pages in the middle. I am also making my first Medori-style feature to hold those middle pages together! There will be a total of 9 posts and videos – I hope that you will follow along with me as I work my way thru!

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