Thank you so much, Frances, this comment means a lot to me, more than I can probably express to you. I struggled a few different times getting through this folio, and I’m still not even sure if it’s even done 😂🤣. I am so glad I did this challenge, though. I would have passed on this folio over and over again, but making it really stretched my creativity and I’m so glad to have done it. I don’t know why I chose such a “difficult” paper collection to work with. It’s not really meant to be used on its own. I originally bought it because, every once in awhile, I need a neutral when I scrapbook, but once the thought to use it popped into my head, I couldn’t unsee what my book could look like. I was thinking, though, that I’d be using tons of different colors, but when I started mostly just using orange, I couldn’t make other colors look pleasing to my eye. I’m so grateful for your vision to start sharing your tutorials and for starting this group. I love being here, seeing everyone’s ideas and sharing my own. I love this community, thank you so much!!

Thank you, Shayne! I’m so glad you love my folio, 🥰 especially with the minimal embellishments and small pops of orange in there. I love the color orange and I really love how it looks in my folio.

This is the back of my folio. I thought I wanted to add a few pops of color to it but decided it would just take away from the overall effect.

Lee Ann Zenko, this is absolutely adorable!!! I love the paper you used!! How clever using that cute tag to cover up a forgotten step! I love how working with paper allows us to cover up things that others will never know about, and what an adorable cover up 😊!

Amanda Neaves, she’s definitely not a mom that minds sharing her kids on social, but like you already mentioned, he’s all shiny and new 🥰🩷. I love the pickle jar idea, I’m sure she’s had some good stuff from the oldest one, he’s 5, almost 6. I’m not sure if I can post the oldest one helping with laundry here. It might be too long, but it’s hilarious. He was inside the washer, with his boots on 🤣, getting the clean laundry, throwing it on the floor, getting out, and then putting it in the dryer. My son and dil are older parents and that kind of stuff just rolls off, I would have had a merry cow if my son would have done that 😂🤣. They’re great about letting him help with almost everything. So many cute photos of him “helping” 🥰.

Amanda Neaves, I saw your comment and then I had to go look through Christine’s photos again, lol. It DOES look like a baby dragon 😂🤣

Francės, thanks for the tag!

Hey there, girls!! I should have mentioned the paper collection in the post. It’s Echo Park - Special Delivery: Baby Boy

I love your folio, Michael! I love that you made it the way you wanted to. It’s a perfect example of when Frances says for us to make it our own way. I LOVE your bigger photo booklets, those are fabulous! Such a great way to add more photos to the folio. I loved watching your video, it really made it easier to see how you did everything.

I’m loving your folio, Frances!! So bright and cheerful!! I love all of the little additions you added, like the little photo booklets, the floral corners, the sprinkles of dots in the corners. So much fun!!!