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Friday, November 21, 2025

Hey Santa Mini Album for Tres Jolie

Hi everyone,

I have a fun project for you today using the 2025 November Card, Tag and More Kit along with the 2025 September Card, Tag and More Kit which has the Graphic 45 Mini Album. I hope you enjoy this tutorial that has tons of inspiration for your Christmas Mini Albums and Folios. ***I did use two 2025 Nov. Card Kits *** I have the step by step tutorial below and the video tutorial as well. All links are down below for your convenience. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving with your family and friends. I will see you all next week.

2025 November Card, Tag and More Kit 2025 September Card, Tag and More Kit

To start our Christmas Mini Album Cut 2 pieces of pattern paper 5 1/2 inches x 6 inches. One will be to cover the front and one for covering the back of the mini album.

For the front lay one of the pattern papers underneath the window opening of the box. Take a pencil and draw around the square opening. **That is what I am doing in the photo below***

Next take the xacto knife and cut an "X" from one corner to the other inside the box you just drew on top of your pattern paper. **as shown below**

Next fit the little flaps inside the window area and you can adhere down the top and bottom of the papers. Be sure to glue down the flaps to inside of the window area.

Here is what your box should look like when it's all done.

Cover your mini album front, back and spine. I used the pretty red music note papers. I inked all my paper edges using Memento Rhubarb ink.

Next cut all the pattern papers for your mini album pages and adhere down. You can decorate these how every you'd like or leave blank for your photos. **to view mine you can view the Video Tutorial***

For the inside front and back cover use the pattern paper with the pattern collage. Cut these at 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Next place double back tape around the edges on the backside of the pattern paper.

Next use your xacto knife, make sure to start cutting about 1/4 inch below the top edge of the paper and to cut a slit following along the left side of the green line for both pattern papers.

Now you should have an opening like the photo below.

For the inside front cover place the glue on the side of your slit. And for the back cover place the glue to right side of the slit.

Place down and adhere.

Once you have adhered and burnished down you can place your cut apart tags inside.

****For more details please View Video Tutorial***********

Cover inside of box.

Below are a few photos of the finished Mini Album and Tags and other items I did within the video.

****For more details please View Video Tutorial***********

The page below is the inside cover of the mini album. I used the pretty button on top of the Santa tag and used some trim from my stash.

Below I have one of the pocket pages I covered with the tag I decorated used the a tag backed up with some red pattern paper and some of the some ephemera pieces with silver button and bow from one of the glitter wreaths.

Here is one of the pages I used the word ephemera pieces on as tuck spots and placed a small little journal card inside.

Here are a few of the tags I decorated using the ephemera pieces, glitter wreath and buttons from the Card Kit along with various trims from my stash.

A close up of one of the pocket pages and tags .

Here is an opened area of the mini album sharing the pages and pocket page. The tag I decorated using large poinsettias I fussy cut from one of the pattern papers from the Card Kit and I used one of the cut aparts to cover the left page.

Here are the little booklets I did using the cut aparts folded in half for small photos to fit inside the side pockets within the mini album. I also hot glued the buttons on to use as a pull tab.

*****Please View Video Tutorial for more details*********

I hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial and Please check out the video tutorial for more details. I hope you found some inspiration to use the 2025 November Card, Tag and More Kit along with using the 2025 September Card Kit (still available). I just love how this "Hey Santa" mini album turned out, super cute and so fun to place some photos inside.

Thanks for joining me.

I invite you to please stop by our page to see what new items our design team has created using our monthly kits.

You can always post your projects on Tres Jolie FB page - Tres Jolie Club Cafe.

Don't forget to post your project on our Facebook Group Page, link is down below.

We would love to see what you create.

For more details you can always view the video tutorial process, which is at the top of the page.

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Merry & Bright Christmas Cards for Tres Jolie Kit Club

Welcome Back everyone,

Are you getting ready for Christmas and creating those Christmas Cards? Well today we are going to create some unique and fun Christmas cards, you can give out for Christmas. These cards are so fun and easy to create using the 2025 November Card Making Kit along with the Mixed Media Kit. I hope you enjoy todays step by step tutorial and as always I have the video tutorial for you as well. I have links below for your convenience.

2025 November Card, Tag and More Kit 2025 November Mixed Media Kit

*******For Cards #1 and Card #2 cut your card to a A2 size card and mats for layering. ********

Card #1

To start card #1 take the lip balm holder (from my stash) place down on the backside of your top card mat, trace around the sticker, then cut around the traced area. *****View video for more details*****

Next place the mat over the lip balm holder, to make sure it fits.

To adhere this top card mat only add adhesive to the top portion of the mat. *****View video for more details*****

Lay down the top portion on your mat and slip the lip balm holder underneath to make sure it lines up well with the cut out. Next adhere down the lip balm holder and adhere down the remaining portion of the top mat.

Burnish down really well.

Next decorate the card with the 2025 November Card Kit embellishments.

Card #2

Again this card is a standard A2 size card and I cut out all mats about an 1/8th inch down for layering on top of one another. I adhered all layers on top and then adhered the lip balm holder to the top layer.

Here is what the top of the card should look like after placing the lip balm holder down on top.

Next I used my hot glue to adhere trim around the lip balm holder.

Then I decorated with the Card Kit embellishments and used a stamp from my stash.

Card #3

For card #3 I used a distress crayon to color in the filagree images on the collage paper. I did use my fingers to blend out the red in some areas.

After coloring I chose a pattern paper and added some collage medium on top to glue down the collage paper we just colored.

Once you adhere down the collage paper onto the pattern paper cut excess pattern paper off.

Then get a small paint brush and use the collage medium to go around the white areas of the collage paper to adhere down and to bring the background out a bit from the pattern paper.

Next I added some of this Diamond Shimmer Dust received from a Tres Jolie Kit last year. You can use glitter or stickels. I added this shimmer dust to some of the filagree areas for extra sparkle.

I let the glitter dry for a bit and then decorated the card with the embellishments from the Card Kit.

Card #4

With this last card, Card #4, cut a piece of cardstock at 11x6inches; Score at 3 and 6, then cut a 1 inch off the bottom of the card.

Next grab some of your scraps and lay them and adhere them down to the front and middle panel of the card. Cover the back with scraps or you can cut out a pattern paper from the the Simple Stories paper pad.

Next brush on some the collage medium and adhere a piece of the collage paper to the end of the back panel of the card. ****View video tutorial for more details**********

Next brush the collage medium over the collage paper to adhere on. Cut excess paper off.

Next take the white strip that you cut, which is the 1 inch from the bottom of the card. Cover the strip with collage medium first place on you collage papers, seal with the collage medium and use Distress Mica Stain Sprays to color the strip. If needed blot the excess spray, spray again, blot and continue to do this process until you reach your desired color. ******View video tutorial for more details***

Next take the longer end the adhere to the bottom of the front panel.

Adhere the smaller end to the bottom of the back penal. (as shown below)

Here is what the card should look like once you are done, and its decorated.

To decorate my card I fussy cut out the door from a cut apart card and used foam tape for lifting and adhered the glitter wreath. I then used on the decorative bells for the middle panel and the large ephemera piece for the back panel. On the strip I placed little items that are from the ephemera pack and that I fussy cut out from tags and cards.

I hope you enjoyed today's step by step tutorial and Please check out the video tutorial for more details. I hope you found some inspiration to use the 2025 November Card, Tag and More Kit along with the Mixed Media Kit. I love sharing the fun techniques you can do to create unique one of kind cards for Christmas while learning how to use your mixed media kits.