DYI Folio Nature's Gallery: How to Create a Nature Themed Folio

Turn Your Nature Photos into a Vintage Film Strip Masterpiece!

In today's tutorial, we'll be using the 2026 February Card Kit with some amazing chipboard pieces from the Tres Jolie Shop. I'm showing you how to create this beautiful, nature-inspired 4 1/2 x 10 inch Folio to capture you favorite photos using chipboard filmstrips. Whether your a seasoned scrapbooker or just looking for a creative way to display your wildlife or nature photos, this project is perfect for preserving those outdoor memories. You will learn how to design a custom film strip layout, assembly tips for a professional keepsake finish and a how to create a cohesive "story" look, and using layering techniques. 

2026 February Card Kit

To begin we are going to create a slimline folio.
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Cut 1 piece card stock @ 7x12

Cut 1 piece of card stock @ 6 1/2x12, adhere the edges together.

Cut 2 piece of chipboard @ 4 1/2x 10 3/4 inches

Cut 1 piece of chipboard @ 2 x 10 3/4 inches

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Glue chipboard pieces in the center of the cardstock and fold and adhere flaps over the chipboard pieces. Use bonefolder to crease in between the spine gaps so your folio will close easily without any breakage in the paper. 

Next take one of the beautiful patter papers from the February Card Kit. Use these pieces for the inside cover and then cut pieces for the outside cover.

Cut 2 pieces at 4 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches

You will have 1 piece at 3 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Use some ribbon or lace for the closer. Cut 2 piece at 5-6 inches and adhere one end to the back of the folio and one to the front of the folio.

4 Pages are cut @ 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, score 1/2 inch on the left hand side.

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Fold back flaps on the pages that are scored and adhere them down inside the spine area, placing one down on the left side and then following behind by adhering down the second page and so on.

Once your pages are in you can paper the pages using the beautiful vintage floral papers from the Card Kit and then adhere down the long plastic photo inserts. 

On two of the pages I used scraps to create a belly 

band for extra photo mats or you can create a little book to hold more photos. 

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Next I used a die to create photo strips and I also used chipboard film strips from the shop to create places to show off my nature walk photos. These are long tags that fit perfects into the photo inserts.

Cut 5 @ 3 1/8 x 91/2 inches

Here are more photos below to show you I used chipboard film strips from the shop and incorporated then into the folio along with using a die from my stash. 

Here is the front of the folio 

A closer look at the large tags I placed inside the large plastic photo inserts from the February Card Kit. 

Large Chipboard Film Strip on the left side and the large tag inside the plastic photo insert. 

Belly Band pages below. I used chipboard pieces from the large chipboard film strip to adhere photo down and then adhered them to the belly band.

Below is the plastic inside on the left side and on the right side I used the remaining large chipboard film strip cut from the bottom to add a photo inside. I also used some chipboard stamps from the Tres Jolie Shop to add some smaller/mini photos on.

I hope you found some inspiration from today's project. I loved putting this folio together to show of the large photo inserts and to provide you with additional inspiration on how to use them for keeping your special photos in your folios or mini albums or scrapbook layouts. 

I invite you to check out the 2026 February Kits over at Tres Jolie Kit Club. These kits are amazing and will get your creativity flowing. 

Thanks for joining me and Happy Crafting!

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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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