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First Project 2018 Jan 2, 2018 22:13:55 GMT Yorko and EarlyBird like this

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Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 2, 2018 22:13:55 GMT

I suppose technically it is the second as I made a card for FP Minor’s MIL’s birthday yesterday.
Anyway had a great time today covering the front and back of my 2018 Journal. I decoupaged the boards with three Craft Consortium papers, watercolour hearts, airmail and corrugated texture board using the cosmic shimmer matt decoupage glue then for added texture used cosmic shimmer glue to stick some lovely lace from The Craft Box on to the decoupage. It is wiro bound so using some split metal key rings and open jump rings to make a dangler with charms from my Craft Box stash- when it has thoroughly dried I will photo it.

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lily Full Member Posts: 17,371	First Project 2018 Jan 2, 2018 22:15:37 GMT Yorko, Frazz, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Jan 2, 2018 22:15:37 GMT FP has gone cosmic ..

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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,059 Mood: FP Swim	First Project 2018 Jan 2, 2018 23:07:12 GMT Yorko, lily, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 2, 2018 23:07:12 GMT Wait till you see it @lewis!
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,059 Mood: FP Swim	First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 15:38:56 GMT Yorko, Nellie, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 3, 2018 15:38:56 GMT The start of the journal.
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Deleted Posts: 0	First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 17:05:47 GMT Yorko and Berry McPaper-cuts like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 17:05:47 GMT I'm delighted that you've enclosed a pic FP, it looks lovely. Well done. Otherwise you had lost me after ".............back of my 2018 journal". Doh!
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cassandra Full Member Posts: 8,070	First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 19:17:49 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cassandra on Jan 3, 2018 19:17:49 GMT That’s really decorative, FP. Lots of pretties.
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Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,276	First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 21:10:31 GMT Yorko and Nellie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Jan 3, 2018 21:10:31 GMT That post affected my brainwaves (what's left of them) in the same way as when you try to explain grammar to me FP? Lovely picture.

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First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 23:02:24 GMT Yorko and Frazz like this

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Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 3, 2018 23:02:24 GMT

You will have to watch one of the more informative craft shows Frazz, where the real artists make. There is a lady called Louise who demonstrates for Royal Talens on Hochanda and she is fabulous , so talented and knowledgeable yet down to earth. The things she produces are just wow! The Indigo Blue shows are good too. I like what they call mixed media which Louise explains is doing two different crafty things in your project like stamping and colouring so my mixed media cover was cutting, sticking ,glueing and adding texture paste. A lot of the shows on both channels are meh but some catch your imagination. I’m not aiming for perfection in anything I do , just to get some satisfaction from having a go. It helps that I can combine my digital crafting with my stash. The hardest part is parting with any of my lovely papers and embellishments as I am like Smaug and want to hoard them.

And there in a wood a piggywig stood...

Nellie Full Member Posts: 31,053	First Project 2018 Jan 3, 2018 23:37:06 GMT Yorko likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on Jan 3, 2018 23:37:06 GMT Jan 3, 2018 23:02:24 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts said: The hardest part is parting with any of my lovely papers and embellishments as I am like Smaug and want to hoard them. I'd be like that too, FP - summer babies must be part magpie.
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First Project 2018 Jan 4, 2018 7:31:49 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts and EarlyBird like this

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Post by cassandra on Jan 4, 2018 7:31:49 GMT

I think it applies to nearly all crafters. We fall in love with our 'stash'.There is so much amazing material out there now. I remember when I first got the crafting bug and there was only really coloured paper, felt, corrugated paper, glitter, and glue. I used to incorporate bits of lace and buttons because I had come to it through collage which used lots of different textures.
I really miss the QVC shows, not so much for the crafty guests but for the wonderful paper and card TSVs and because, since moving here, their postage costs are really cheap compared to other places. I know that is hard to believe as people always moan about their postage but the minimum postage charge from most sites is 13-18 pounds, 4.95 from QVC. If an item has the offer of free P&P, I get charged a nominal pound, which I can hardly complain about.

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That is a hefty price cassandra. My buys are steered by p&p costs too so Craftstash has free UK p&p over £15 which means I buy from them regularly . With Hochanda if I know I want several things from shows that month I get membership for the month (£7) and with C&C I have membership so it’s sometimes free p&p otherwise I work out desire to have versus too much p&p. I have gold membership with Crafters Companion so that’s 15% discount plus free p&p so that’s cheaper than buying from Hochanda.

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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,059 Mood: FP Swim	First Project 2018 Jan 4, 2018 16:00:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 4, 2018 16:00:27 GMT , cassandra, someone ( you know who! ) has just posted that there are new Anna Griffin products in at Le Q.
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cassandra Full Member Posts: 8,070	First Project 2018 Jan 4, 2018 17:04:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cassandra on Jan 4, 2018 17:04:24 GMT Oooh, thanks, I have had a look, she does do some lovely, covetable stuff.
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Post by EarlyBird on Jan 5, 2018 6:37:27 GMT

I understood what you were saying, FP!! It looks lovely. I have a notebook that I am in the process of 'gussying up' as it were but I can't decide which way to go yet! The postage is what always gives me grief as I usually only want to spend a few pounds so with p&p it often almost doubles it! I have dropped back down to Bronze with CC which is a bugger. Country View Crafts is one of my favourites - free postage regardless of order size (starts at £7-50 for Europe, Cass). They do a lot of the Finnabair stuff which I love and is perfect for mixed media. (If you haven't found her yet she is on FB and has a blog - tworzysko.blogspot.co.uk/)

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