Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft- Winter themed Ephemera Storage Folder

By Creating With Wendy -
Ephemera Storage Folder

Where I live in Australia, we really don't have the full effect of the cold cold winter, that others experience around our beautiful country. We have cool and cooler days and slightly cooler nights. So, I have always found it rather hard to relate to making winter crafts or painting scenes. To me when someone mentions winter, I think of the winter of Christmas from overseas. I would love to experience that snowy Christmas one day.

Anyway, with the theme of winter staying in the forefront of my mind, I decided to make an easy Ephemera Storage Folder. Somewhere to keep all your little bits'n'piece and something to fill with ephemera and send it as a gift to a crafty friend. 

Above: Ephemera Storage Folders


Here is what I used to make the folders:
* One 12x12 piece of Authentique Solitude Six paper
* Authentique Solitude Elements sheet for decorating
* 6 pieces of A4 125gsm grey shade paper and/or coffee dyed paper
* Aunty Vera washi- Silver Lights
* Snowflake Brads
* Scoreboard
* PVA craft and hobby glue
* Jute Twine
* Small snowflake Die from Kaisercraft Snow Crystal Die Set
* an awl
* White Embossing powder by Ranger


Okay, so let's get started.....

Starting with making the cover of the folder. I used the 'Solitude Six' piece of 12x12 and cut it down to 11 inches by 8 1/2 inches. Then with the long side at the top of my scoreboard I scored at 4 1/4; 4 1/2; 8 3/4 and then at 9 1/4.


I then placed that to the side for a moment and grabbed the A4 sheets of paper. I cut them to 8 1/4 inches. I really only had to cut the length from them because that was there width already. I just made sure they were square in shape. I folded each individual sheet in half, which is going to give me my inside pockets.



Once I cut my six inside papers down to square and folded them in half, I then used Aunty Vera's Washi, Silver Lights to tape up the sides of each folded piece of paper. Thus, giving me my completed pocket.

When I had all my pockets made by using the washi at bothe sides, I glued down the center of each pocket and adhered each pocket together. So they are joined at the center and not the ends. They look like the picture below when opened out.


Then going back to the folder cover. I glued down one side of the pockets, with the opening to the top flap of the cover. Making sure I didn't glue over the scored lines.

Then going to the front outside of the cover, I marked and made a hole with my awl, where I wanted to put my closure. The closure is a punch 1 inch circle with the snowflake brad pushed through it. I tied a length of jute twine on the backside of the brad stems and put a dab of glue on it so it doesn't come apart. Then just placed the completed brad closure through the hole I marked on the fron outside of the cover. I placed a smal strip of the Silver Lights washi over the metal parts of the brads. Just so they wouldn't mark the side of the first pocket.


I then put glue on the first pocket and folded over the front of the cover, making sure not to get glue on the small spine part of the cover.


When I finished putting the storage folder together. I decorated the front of each folder using the Solitude Elements, the small snowflake die from Kaisercraft and also handmaking an 'Ephermera' sign for my folders.


I pre-cut some snowflakes out of pale blue cardboard from my supplies but wanted them white. So, I used the Ranger White Embossing Powder on them and they turned out so well. Really looks like piles of snow on them.
My handwritten 'Ephemera" sign written with Aunty Veras' Pen.

You may like to watch the video of my process here:




I really enjoyed making my first 'Winter' themed project for Aunty Vera's Creative Team this much, so much so, I made an extra two and these two will be given away to two lucky winners that have left a comment down on Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft blog post. The lucky winners will each recieve one of my Ephemera Storage Folders which will have a few bits'n'pieces added in the pockets throughtout the month. Winners will be drawn at the end of July 2019. So leave a comment on Aunty Vera's Blog to enter.






Thank you all!...and have a good day!

Comments

  1. Jo Dana Dean8 July 2019 at 12:35

    Hi Wendy, Tfs your process. Please enter me into your draw.

    ReplyDelete

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