RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAGS ALBUM - COMPLETION OF THE FIRST FOLIO I have now completed the first folio, made from the first bag, of this recycled bag album. This has been a lot of fun. Completion of the centrefold In my previous post about this album, I showed the photos of the centrefold, pretty…
MORE ON EPHEMERA Yesterday I spent some time trawling through my downloaded Graphics Fairy Premium Membership bundles and selected various images and pdf printables in order to create some more ephemera. Working as usual with my desktop publishing software I was able to convert the US paper sized pieces to A4 and to…
FUSSY CTTING DIGITAL PEOPLE, STUDIO ORGANISING AND THE EPHEMERA DILEMMA Fussy cutting Digital People I have long been intrigued by Tim Holtz's Paper Dolls and have toyed with the idea of buying them, but when I signed up to the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site, I discovered that they had a bundle called…
ORIENTAL-STYLE ALBUM - PUZZLE PAGE Out there in YouTube land, I found a wonderful interactive album on an Alice theme by Rosa Kelly, and she included a puzzle page with flaps that could be lifted to reveal a second picture hidden underneath, a bit like an Advent calendar. I loved this idea and…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM - IRIS SHUTTER PAGE It's been over a month since I did any work on this project. I have been mulling over doing an iris shutter interactive element and kept putting it off as it involved getting myself organised, tidying the studio and making room for my downstairs laptop so…
IRIS SHUTTERS AND VOLVELLES I love 3-D paper projects, pop-ups and mechanicals. I finally got around to cutting some pieces to make iris shutters for my Oriental-style album, and making a cutting file for a volvelle. Iris Shutters Some time ago I came across a cutting die to make iris shutters but it…
GRAPHICS FAIRY LABELS, A LARGE WINDOW ELEMENT, ANKLE WOES, AND THE TIME IS TICKING! Bits of this and that today. Graphics Fairy Labels Some time ago, when I got my new colour laser printer, I printed out a lot of material from the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site, including sheets of blank labels.…
A PINK PAGE IN MY ORIENTAL-THEMED ALBUM Having made a large collection of elements ready to create embellishments for my 8 x 8-in Oriental-themed album, I was keen to start working on the pages. I decided to leave the second spread for now and work on the next one which has a pink…
PREPARING EMBELLISHMENTS FOR THE 8 X 8-IN ORIENTAL ALBUM, AND A NEW CUTTING BLADE Before making the various pockets and interactive elements for this album, I thought I would prepare some embellishments. Once these are done, I will be able to determine the size of the various elements. New paper cutting knife I…
CURIOUS CABINETS MINI-ALBUM A little while ago I came across a wonderful YouTube video showing how to make a "one-page wonder" mini-album from a single sheet of 12 x 12 inch card, which you score and cut, and then fold and glue. This results in a 3 x 3 inch mini-album with alternating…
