Exciting News and A Brand New Project.. Ephemoire

Hi all,

I have some exciting news, I have been selected to be on the design team for Ephemoire which is a digital art group.. link here:  Ephemoire  

I am totally stoked to be working along side the talented group Traci has designing for her..

For my first project I am using the Printable Journal Kit - St Patrick's Day Shamrocks - 5x7 Papers - Irish Eyes - Journal Insert - Collage - Journaling - Scrap - Junk Journal .. This kit really has a lot of elements and I hope I can do it justice with my projects..

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... An Irish Folder ...

For steps 1,2 & 3 I printed the kit, fussy cut the elements and trimmed the papers then inked around the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink..
I also decided why not make this folder into a Irish Proverbs and Sayings Book..

The cover of the folder.. I adore this piece of paper and wanted to make it the main feature of the cover..I added a shaker card with the name of the collection Irish Eyes.. 

I love making shaker cards and this was so easy with the gorgeous fussy cut flower from the kit..

I also used the paper to make a shamrock but couldn't help myself I had to put a gold pearl in the middle..

The folder closed and tied with some dyed seam binding..

The front of  the folder opens to an easel card..

I have added little bits of glitter and dimensional magic to the elements on all of the pages 

to give them an extra little pop. 

Under the front cover of the easel card, what a wonderful toast...

Back of the easel card. I think this circle embellishment is gorgeous and covered it in dimensional magic to make it really pop..

The opened folder which opens to a concertina style looks so effective in real life..

The concertina section opened on the front with the easel card sitting up..

Card still opened with the easel card laying down.

The full folder opened on the front with the easel card laying face down...

Back of the folder opened with the easel card closed..

The cover of the folder..

Inside the easel card with the cover opened.. 

 Lots of shine and gloss on this page.. 

I wanted the papers to really shine but still felt it still needed minimal embellishments as in the case of a little piece of lace and ribbon..The flowers have dimensional magic on them and there is a little glitter on the tag which holds the card up..

Page one with the folder cover opened.. As this is such a gorgeous page I only added a little embellishments to highlight it.. Isn't that butterfly wonderful..

Page two inside from the front . I placed the heart with 3D foam tape on top of the paper ribbon to give it some dimension.. The lady in the frame I covered with glossy accents to give 

the illusion of glass.. 

Inside front page three .. I turned the flower to the back and using a flower ball tool shaped the flowers and then placed 3D foam tape under it to make it stand out.

Page four inside front and how gorgeous is this piece of paper!  I created the shamrock and placed it over a feather to match her hat..

Inside front page five. I actually love this page. 

The tags and pockets are in the kit for you to fussy cut and how brilliant do they look.. 

I fussy cut the stars and Irish Eyes from the name of the paper for the tags..

Turning over the folder is page one from the back which has a pocket for tags, I thought blarney was perfect for the cover of this pocket.

Tags from the pocket.

Back of the tags..

Page Two of the back.. (love this page).. I coated her hair band and buttons in dimensional magic. I added pearls to her hair band and glitter to her buttons.. 

Page seven on the back.. I placed 3D foam tape under the heart to give it a little height then sprinkled a tiny amount of glitter over glossy accents on the shamrock..

Back of the folder, I kept this simple as this is the back of the folder and will have lots of use..

Top view of the folder..

I really do hope you like this folder and that I have done justice to the papers..

I hope I have inspired you

to create glorious things..

Hugs 

Donna xx