Got file folders? Let’s have some fun!

[@katherinehazard7580]

Hello! I love snow! The world seems to catch its breath and relax as the snow falls!!

[@rkug777]

I love this project. I’ve hoarded pretty tissue papers in French toile prints etc from Tuesday morning, Homegoods etc when they used to sell for $2.99 for a dozen sheets! Time to use. I also scored some very pretty file folders in ocean theme this week for $1.09 but now I’ll hunt for kraft colored ones 😊. Or I could use my big stash of kraft cardstock to make file folders. I like that you use scissors to make tabs, no special gadget needed. I use existing folder as a template and do the same. Tfs!!!

[@caroltadden7824]

Love love love! So enjoyed your video now I know what to do with my hundred file folders!! Brilliant have subscribed xx

[@dianemellott5278]

Love your videos Michelle and your joy of creating (and how you are not too 'precious'). Now tell me where you get those Artex gel pens in Canada?

[@thecreativecove6898]

They were sent to me from the company for a product review. You can purchase them on Amazon 😊

[@mommcaden6897]

Those are SO CUTE! LOVE IT! Years of schoolteachers in the family left me with LOADS of folders! YAY!! Thanks, Michele!!

[@thecreativecove6898]

That’s awesome. Have fun with all those goodies 😊

[@margotbigelow5683]

"Start the car moment" made me chuckle. Love your little file folders. Thanks!

[@thecreativecove6898]

Hehe. Thank you 😊

[@elib7311]

Do you know how many times I’ve ran to my husband and barked this? Yes, barked. He and the kids learned to take off running for the car. OMG-you brought back memories and many hysterical laughing moments as we were more like the 3 Stooges, getting to the car.😂😂😂😂😂

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Yay...another Michele video! What a find on your file folders. Love the tissue paper idea. Thanks for sharing, Michele.

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you. I got lucky with the folders😊

[@susietruelove3657]

These are great

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you 😊

[@suebrown7882]

Lovely folders! I have the printed tissue too and it can be glued to fabric for covers and to glass jars for candle lanterns with PVA or decoupage glue. Also, hand sanitiser gel is good for cleaning up inks from stamps (and hands..) - cheap too!

[@thecreativecove6898]

Great tip! Thank you 😊

[@rkug777]

Cheap rubbing alcohol (hydrogen peroxide) or running hair dryer over the old glue helps to get rid of it easily too 😊

[@evelynrauseo467]

I did so enjoy today! It is always such a treat to watch you create. TFS ❤

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you so much!😊

[@cindyberghuis4474]

Love your style. My motto is, Embrace the Imperfection.

[@thecreativecove6898]

Yes! Thank you!😊

[@carolsledgewalker6903]

I like the way you roll. I also have a bunch of folders that I need to chop. I recently repurposed a barbie into a witch. Sewing was required. So challenged I was. lol Liked the painting of her face best.

[@sherelynwhite4130]

Love your videos Michelle. You are so lucky to have the seasons.🍂🍁🍂🍁 I love fall and miss it terribly, from my childhood days😢 I have lived in the tropics now for almost 50 years. Yes, it's beautiful, but the endless days of summer year round are most unbearable!🥵 thanks for keeping me company this morning while I work on my journals.🌺🙋‍♀️ Your little folders are beautiful!!👏👏And, NO....there is no such thing as TOO much grunge!!😂😂 Oh...I've been using Scorched Timber shade of Distress Ink/Oxide when I want a black or very dark edge. I'm hooked on the color. It looks like the paper has been scorched around the edges!😂

[@thecreativecove6898]

lol I agree. Thank you. I really like the messy dark colours. Not sure I could handle the heat all year round I do love the seasons 😊

[@JudithSamolis]

I love this idea. I am curious, one lady said in the comments “there’s no such things in Germany”. What things? Tissue paper? File folders? I guess we take for granted, the “things” that are available to us. I really would like to know.

[@onemorevintagedesign9577]

Hi michele, thank xou for all your nice tutorials you are my Favorit chanel🎉🎉🎉

[@cindyberghuis4474]

I would loce to see some Christmas sketches like tress, holly and berries, mistletoe, ect.

[@thecreativecove6898]

Ok thank you for the suggestion 😊

[@louloufabrique]

Great way to start the week. Merci 😊

[@thecreativecove6898]

Merci 😊

[@j.j.9902]

I really enjoy watching your videos. I have a Type A personality, so seeing how free you are with crafting is so inspiring to me. It has really helped me to let go of "perfection" and just have fun. 😊

[@thecreativecove6898]

That’s awesome!!! 😊

[@rkug777]

Ha, I used to be a perfectionist but at least in my artsy side of life, I’ve let go and am enjoying the feeling of liberation 😅.

[@paulinestewart8188]

Love these recycled file folders - will certainly look for some next time I'm out thrifting. Thanks Michele for another great inspirational video.

[@thecreativecove6898]

You are so welcome! Thank you😊

[@sharonclarke596]

Beautiful creations!!! Thanks for the inspiration... ❤

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you! 😊

[@SandysArt-cx5ek]

Great way to make those little folders. Never thought to cover them with tissue paper. I used to live in western New York and now live in Virginia...I can’t say I miss those winters with several feet of snow. We hardly ever get over a few inches here if any...yay. Being older it is hard to deal with deep snow.😁😍

[@thecreativecove6898]

I hear ya. I love the snow but I sure need the exercise shovelling 😊

[@rkug777]

Haha I lived in Canada and then MI for a long time. Moved south 4 yrs ago and love the “winters” with no snow (or an inch for an hour and melt”) once in a few yrs. Keeps me more active in winter as I can walk or be outside more. We still have 4 seasons but much shorter winters with no snow.

[@crazycardlady]

Bring on the Christmas! 🎄🎄❤❤❤

[@thecreativecove6898]

Yahooooo!!!! 😊

[@annlane1358]

These are fabulous! Love it! Thank you so much for the inspiration and for sharing, take care x

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thanks so much 😊

[@leahwolfe8999]

Thanks for such a fun video! Keep that StazOn ink covered! It dries out quite quickly...ask me how I know!

[@thecreativecove6898]

Haha. Thank you. I’ll do my best 😊

[@purplejanew]

This is great inspiration! FYI, Stazon takes a while to dry so be careful!!

[@thecreativecove6898]

I have found it dries quite quickly. Perhaps what I stamp on absorbs it fast but I do love the product 😊

[@oldhaggys]

Whenever I see a crafter with long white sleeves, I admire your courage!! 😮 any white clothes, or clothes with white on them (that isn't gesso, pethair and paint) will never stay white. I just look at my craftroom, and I'm a mess.

[@thecreativecove6898]

lol. So true. I love my white sweaters. Most of them have paint on them 😊

[@theresapalmer7892]

How can you say you're boring with Halloween when you made all those beautiful art pieces .

[@thecreativecove6898]

Aww thank you. 😊. Sometime I guess the mood just hits haha

[@lindakernot2455]

Ooohhh! I have a mountain of file folders too, so off to get a cup of tea now and watch what you come up with for yours…which I know will be brilliant!!

[@thecreativecove6898]

Hope you enjoy it! Thank you😊

[@lindakernot2455]

Love, love, love it!!

[@bethatlikeness5458]

Love it~ thanks

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you 😊

[@fairweee8058]

These are just so darn pretty!❤ also love your great OpShop finds you manage to buy, we don’t see much of crafty paper goodies in Oz.

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thanks so much! 😊. It is a hit and miss for paper goods but everyone once in a while I scare some goodies

[@jennharts1]

Love this!!!! Thank you!!

[@thecreativecove6898]

You are so welcome!😊

[@carriecorbin1502]

Love them❤

[@thecreativecove6898]

Thank you 😊

[@mauricepowers3804]

The print on your tissue paper is called Toile in it originated in the mid-18th century in Ireland and later picked up by the French.

[@thecreativecove6898]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@megcross3229]

What was the description of the fabric and bubble wrap? That’s a marvelous texture! it sounded like you applied the glue to bubble wrap, then fabric then, did you peel the bubble wrap off?

[@thecreativecove6898]

I saturated the fabric in glue and played it on bubble wrap so I could let it dry and peel it off. 😊

[@erikahatcher5492]

This is so beautiful! May I ask where you bought the file folders? I’ve never seen this style before.

[@thecreativecove6898]

I got them from the thrift shop. First time I have seen this colour. 😊

[@inspirationscrappy]

OMG...why I don't live in the USA🤔 Theres no such wonderful things in Germany🙄

[@oldhaggys]

Was thinking the same, Swedish here. Offices use the different types of ringbinders to store papers. 🫤

[@inspirationscrappy]

@@oldhaggys Yes, no File Folders and no Thrift store with such wonderful things here😟

[@dianemellott5278]

Michelle lives in Canada. Also a bit of a trick getting a variety of art supplies here, but some wonderful thrift stores for sure!

[@wollbullit1632]

Dir stimme ich zu. Es ist wirklich schwer und auch teilweise teuer an gute Dinge zu kommen. Hat man von irgendwas mal was bekommen, sieht man das nächste und muss wieder hinterher jagen.

[@inspirationscrappy]

@@wollbullit1632 Das stimmt allerdings😅