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Read more about the article Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – The Fifth Folio
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – The Fifth Folio

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - THE FIFTH FOLIO The fifth folio of this recycled album has a botanical theme. Choosing papers A few days ago, I die-cut a lot of leaves and coloured them with Distress Spray Stains, and made different backgrounds, negative spaces and stencilled pieces in the process. These two backgrounds…

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31st July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – Leaves for the Final Two Folios

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - LEAVES FOR THE FINAL TWO FOLIOS The final two folios of this album will be based on botanicals and trees. I had pretty much run out of ready-to-use leaves so it was high time I made some more. I do always have a number of uncoloured die cuts…

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27th July 2023
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A Grand Day Out – The Norman Lockyer Observatory

A GRAND DAY OUT - THE NORMAN LOCKYER OBSERVATORY A couple of months ago I celebrated my seventieth birthday (eeek...) and my hubby suggested a special outing to mark the occasion. He had recently gone with a party to the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth and knew I would enjoy it, so he…

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26th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – The Fourth Folio

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - THE FOURTH FOLIO Today I completed the fourth folio of this recycled album, with a theme of entomology. Lots of bugs! Before we begin, I downloaded some gorgeous freebies from VectoriaDesigns. Tinne is very generous with her free downloads, some of which are just backgrounds and elements, and…

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24th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – Digital Elements and Specimen Slides

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - DIGITAL ELEMENTS AND SPECIMEN SLIDES An update on the third folio Looking at the front page, I noticed that the pointing finger at the top of the page wasn't really standing out, so I added some shading around it, and this has improved things. Also, the tag with…

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20th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bag Album – Completing the Third Folio

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - COMPLETING THE THIRD FOLIO The third folio of this recycled album is now completed, with its steampunk theme. So far I think this is my favourite. The front page Most of the images are from the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site, but many of the papers are my…

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17th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bags Album – Beginning the Third Folio

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAGS ALBUM - BEGINNING THE THIRD FOLIO Now that the first two folios of this recycled album are completed, it is time to begin on the third folio. I have decided on a steampunk theme for this one. Organising my recent dies I got some new dies recently from Ali Express…

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16th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bags Album – Completing the Second Folio, and Finishing my Labels

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAGS ALBUM - COMPLETING THE SECOND FOLIO, AND FINISHING MY LABELS Finishing the centrefold This is where I left the centrefold of the second folio of this recycled bag album. I was mulling over what else to add to this page, and remembered that I had seen a video recently where…

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13th July 2023
Read more about the article Scrap Busting – Coffee-Dyed Stamped Card Strips, and a Conjoined Twin Strawberry
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Scrap Busting – Coffee-Dyed Stamped Card Strips, and a Conjoined Twin Strawberry

SCRAP BUSTING - COFFEE-DYE STAMPED CARD STRIPS, AND A CONJOINED TWIN STRAWBERRY While I decide how to embellish the centrefold of the current folio of my recycled paper-glassine bag album, I thought I'd do a mini-project with a dual aim - to reduce my scrap stash and to create some useful elements. The…

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9th July 2023
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Recycled Paper-Glassine Bags Album – Working on the Second Folio

RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAGS ALBUM - WORKING ON THE SECOND FOLIO Both the front and back pages of the second folio (made from a single bag) of this recycled paper bag album are now complete. I have begun work on the centrefold but so far only the background is done. As a reminder, here…

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8th July 2023
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