A Great LIttle Journal Folder

Hi Crafters 

I hope you are all keeping well and finding enough to do.
Today I have a simple  Journal Folder for you.
It is simple to make but a lovely addition to a Journal or Memory Book.

It uses one sheet of 12 x 12 for the basic folder and then some of your scraps and card stock to add Photo mats tags etc.

Take a sheet of 12 x 12 or any size large enough that when quartered the size is reasonable enough to hold a photo mat
I used a couple of sheets from Craft Consortiums  "Gypsy Gypsy". These pads have 40 sheets of really beautiful papers all double sided with sheets of tags for your projects in the pack.
Fold the sheet in half softly and pinch the ends to get a mark for the centre
Then fold the ends to the centre and with your bonefolder make a good fold top and bottom 
Next fold all four corners in 

You now have a pocket either side to add your photomats and tags etc
Glue down the corner flaps with a fine line of glue on the outer edge and then little notes can be slipped inside
I have added double tag holders to the centre as well
In order to have a closing flap cut another piece and little narrower than the width and about eight inches long , this you will slide into the right hand flap leaving a good 3 to 3.5" to fold over and use as a closure

I have added some wide lace to the front flap and back panel for some added interest and used cotton lace to wrap around the folder and tie, as I wanted a slight shabby chic look to match the papers.

I then palced some tags and more of the plain matching papers for photo mats, you could add several photo mats on each side 
Here are all the items included in my Folder

You can glue these into Journals or give as a pretty individual folder 
Lovely gift for Nan, with some pictures of the family, or why not add recipes.
You could also add notelets and a pad for Teachers gifts.

Happy Crafting
Dee