Digi Choosday Project | Gratitude Journaling Folio with Polkadoodles Autumn Fall Fox

Digi Choosday Project | Gratitude Journaling Folio with Polkadoodles Autumn Fall Fox 

This week’s Digi Choosday prompt is Halloween / Autumn, and while I initially planned on making just one Halloween project, I couldn’t help but want to do an Autumn-inspired one too. So… here’s my second project: a Gratitude Journaling Folio featuring the adorable Autumn Fall Foxes from Polkadoodles! 

This folio is actually a one-page wonder design, but I saw the perfect patterned papers in the Boo Halloween Paper Digital Bundle and Enfys Jetsetting Digital Stamp Bundle—so I ended up layering extra panels inside. If you’re recreating this, feel free to stick with a single 12x12 patterned paper, or go wild like I did! 

The cover is a mixed media combo of a paper doily, trims, flowers, one of the Autumn Fox digi stamps, and the word “Grateful.” Inside, I added more sweet words like “Thankful” and “Blessed.”

All digi stamps were colored with Ohuhu Alcohol Markers, and I’m also sharing a peek at my swatch card (which apart from my Ohuhu set swatch card, I always make when picking colors to use) — along with a bonus guest: my cat, who decided to nap right on my desk while I crafted. 

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Materials Used:

• 12x12 solid cardstock

• Sentiments:
• Grateful - Sentiment 
• Thankful - Sentiment 

• Pattern papers from:

  • Boo Halloween Printable Background Paper Digital Bundle

  • Enfys Jetsetting Digital Stamp Bundle

• Digi stamps:

  • Pumpkin Autumn Fall Fox

  • Winter Latte Coffee Autumn Fall Fox

  • Hot Chocolate Cup Macaron Coffee Autumn Fall Fox

• Ohuhu Alcohol Markers (YR4, YR7, YR5, G120, G340, PB10, R120, R4, R5, RV030, RV280, GY4, GY5, BR2)

• Surebonder Glue Gun

• Cutterpillar Pro Paper Trimmer

• Cutterpillar Crease Score Board

• Bearly Art Precision Glue

• Ribbons and trims (scraps)

• Wooden dots

• American Crafts Thickers – Splendid

• Hip Kit Puffy Alphas – Good Vibes and The Good Life

• Sunflower embellishment

• White cardstock

• Sticky notes

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How to Make the Folio:

1. Score your 12x12 cardstock at 6 inches. Rotate and score at 4 and 8 inches.

   
   
   
   

2. Cut vertically along the 6-inch line on the left and middle panels, stopping at the fold. Leave the last panel uncut.

   
   
   
   

3. Fold the cut panels to the center. Cut a triangle off the corners of these folds to create pocket openings.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Glue each triangle flap to the base, leaving the slanted side open as a pocket.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

5. Fold the entire piece in half to close the folio.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

6. Punch a thumb notch on the center panel (second page).

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

7. Apply glue to the outer edge and bottom of this panel to form another pocket.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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Decorating with Patterned Paper:

If you’re adding patterned paper like I did:

• Cut 2 pcs of Pattern Paper 1 (Boo Halloween) to 3¾” x 5¾”

  
  
  
  

• Cut 4 pcs of Pattern Paper 2 (Enfys Jetsetting) to 3¾” x 5¾”

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Trim two Pattern Paper 2 pieces diagonally to line the inside pockets.

  
  
  

  
  

• Punch a thumb notch in one piece for the center pocket.

Use Pattern Paper 1 for the front and back covers, and Pattern Paper 2 for the inside panels and pockets.

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🎨 Embellishments & Layout:

Front Cover:

• Digi stamp: Hot Chocolate Cup Macaron Coffee Autumn Fall Fox

• Layered with:

  • Paper doily

    
    
    
    

  • Orange ribbon + brown trim

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

  • Sunflower embellishment

    
    
    
    

  • Wooden dots

    
    
    
    

  • “Grateful” alpha stickers

Inside Pages:

• Pocket Cards:

  • 3 pcs of Pattern Paper 1 (3½” x 5½”)

  • Layered with white cardstock (3¼” x 5¼”)

  • Embellished with Polkadoodles sentiments: Grateful, Thankful

• First Page:

  • 2¼” square patterned paper

  • 2” square Post-It pad

    
    
    
    

• Second Page:

  • Mini pocket from paper scraps

  • Digi stamp: Pumpkin Autumn Fall Fox

  • Puffy alpha word: THANKFUL

  • Bonus bookmark tucked into pocket!

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

• Third Page:

  • Torn strip of patterned paper

  • 3x3 Post-It note stack

  • Puffy alpha word: BLESSED

    
    
    
    

• Last Page / Pocket:

  • Digi stamp: Winter Latte Coffee Autumn Fall Fox

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A Full Circle Moment

This folio was inspired by a Creative Gratitude Journaling Workshop I joined back in November 2021, right before we moved to Saudi Arabia. While making this, I went looking for the original project—and when I found it, I knew I could now recreate it with all the skills and stash I’ve gained since then.

I wrote more about that sentimental moment in this blog post here.

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A Reminder to Make Gratitude a Habit

Gratitude doesn’t need to wait for Thanksgiving. Try journaling regularly, even if it’s just a few sticky notes each week tucked into a folio like this. One day, you’ll look back and remember all the small blessings you might’ve forgotten.

Use the Post-Its or pocket cards to jot down:

• Things you’re thankful for

• Prayers and answered prayers

• A person who made your day

• A moment you want to remember

Or… make one and gift it to someone special.

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