Christmas Pocket Planner

I have seen some planners made with file folders..but had not had a chance to attempt one of my own...until now. I am not sure who is the original person who came up with the idea to alter a file folder into a planner, but if you know who and let me know I will edit this post to include appropriate credit. Here is what I came up with. I used a legal sized folder but perhaps a regular sized one would work as well, since I cut a portion off one end.

This is what it looks like all closed up. There is SU silver elastic cording keeping it closed. I added a binding so it is more like a book.
Here is a peek at the inside. I am offering this as a class as well...but I will be using the current DS Christmas paper instead of Dashing DS paper shown here. I may also use a current stamp set to increase sales.
the rest of the inside...
Above is the envelope I made for keeping tract of receipts. Below is the wish list...cause we all like an idea of what to get people we love and having a place to mark ideas down is perfect!
Thanks again for looking,

My Next Class...A Heritage Book!

Here is the next class project I will be teaching in early September. There is a total of six pages and there are several interative sections.

Here is a sample of what's inside...this is one of the interactive pages...part of the page opens up to reveal.....guess you will have to wait and see. I will post all the pages images after the class is completed.

Thanks, and have a great day!

Finally a New Post!

Hi Everyone,

It has been a long summer with my children home. I love them, but being a single mom sure has it's challenges. Anyways, here is a long overdue post...

I promised more pictures from my last class project so here you go...

This was the original picture I shared of the cover... both front and back covers are covered chipboard and the pages are cardstock. Not sure you get this...but this represents the beach line with the bluee as the water, the white as the waves hitting the shore and the beige as the sand.

All the shells are embossed and on dimensionals. The cord is Silver elastic cord. I think the rest is self explanatory. I sponge all my edges as a general rule. I love the look it gives to all projects.

Here is the first page which has a section that flips out to reveal more space for journaling...


The photo space on page 1 will hold a 4 x 6 picture without any cropping.

Page 2 was first embossed with white embossing powder using the Cheesecloth background stamp. I then used a piece of real cheesecloth to add dimension and give a place to tuck some sea shells.



Page three has a removable tag. I used a dimensional on the top corner of the tag pocket to make insertion and removal easier since the tag is embellished. There is also a double row of piercing along the pocket's top edge.


The tag shells are popped out on the top edge but taped along bottom edge, so tag does not catch on the pocket when inserting it, but has dimension added.

Page 4 is pretty basic..I tried to include a place for journalling on each page.



Here is page 5...This entire project has 30 heat embossed shells all cut out by hand. I ran this class twice with 7 in one class and 8 in the other. That is a lot of shells to cut out!

This page has the main shell embossed and cut out and popped up on dimensionals,

I used the jumbo eyelets here and threaded some twine to catch the shells in.


This last page has torn paper to add dimension and the illusion of sea shells buried in the sand.

Hope you enjoyed this project as much as my classes did. It was a huge project. It took me three times as long to prepare compared to my other classes, and took an hour longer at class, four hours each night. It did not seem to matter how much advance preparation I did, because the second class I did more advance prep and it still took four hours. I need to remember to keep my projects small, even though I am having fun designing.

Thanks,