Compendium of Curiosities 23 - Collection Folio

When I saw the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge was the Collection Folio, I knew it was the perfect time to make a start on my Mother-in-Law's alternative birthday card, she is 80 in September. The idea behind my folio is to build on it as the year progresses, adding more pieces each month to make this an alternative card to cherish. Inspiration Emporium are kindly sponsoring this challenge and offering a fabulous prize for the winner.

I will avoid going into too much detail as this post is very picture heavy to show all the details. The folio has been covered with the beautiful Wallflower Paper Stash and machine stitched into place, I love adding stitching to this kind of project. The focal image is that of my Mother-in-Law with my husband and two children. I have also included three die cut hearts, cut from mountboard using the new Heartfelt die and covered with Wendy Vecchi embossing powders, adding rusty hearts around the outside edge for a further texture. 13 represents the date of my Mother-in-Law's birthday and I love the Chitchat stickers they fit perfectly. Family and Cherish were die cut from white card using Tim Holtz thinlits dies.

My Mother-in-Law loves her garden and the birds they attract so the Wallflower paper seemed perfect.

Natural twine and embellishments add further interest.

I love these hearts and the rusty hearts to echo the shape.

Flashcards add a further layer of interest to my design.

I don't use papers very often so this was a nice change adding layers using papers and embellishments. I also added touches of stencilling here and there along with Remnant Rubs and wooden birds.

80 has been added using Alpha Parts, covered with Tree Branch embossing powder.

I have die cut tags from kraft card using Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplate die and added them as layers to the folio and I will add more personal pictures of my Mother-in-Law over the coming months.

I highlighted September and 13 on this pocket card my Mother-in-Law's birthday.

Chitchat stickers have been added throughout.

I love the alphabet background on this group of tags, perfect as my Mother-in-Law was a teacher.

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you like what I have created. Tracy x x x