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  • Nutcracker folio: By Louise Crosbie
    October 25, 2024 louise crosbie

    Nutcracker folio: By Louise Crosbie

    Hello again. I’m sharing some ideas for the beautiful Stamperia Nutcracker collection. I’ve made this trifold folio style book by using three Kraft coloured envelopes. I stuck them together in a way that kept them open and left room for tucking...

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  • Magical Discs: by Louise Crosbie
    August 24, 2024 louise crosbie

    Magical Discs: by Louise Crosbie

      Hi there. Today I am sharing a project I made that was inspired by a challenge Nuneka Box set a while ago. It was to do a composition on a circle measuring 13cm and to use Lindy’s products. It’s not...

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  • Fortune Card and Tag: By Louise Crosbie
    July 26, 2024 louise crosbie

    Fortune Card and Tag: By Louise Crosbie

      I’ve fallen in love with the new Fortune range by Stamperia. I sort of feel like I’m getting two themes for the price of one. While it’s all technically a mysterious fortune theme, half of it is all crystal balls,...

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  • Fortune Folio: By Louise Crosbie
    July 10, 2024 louise crosbie

    Fortune Folio: By Louise Crosbie

    At June’s Craft Club, we all made folios inspired by the tutorial by Paco Nuñez from Stamperia. We each chose our own papers and I decided to use the main paper set from the Fortune collection. And I chose to...

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  • Craft Club Folio inspiration: by Louise Crosbie
    June 7, 2024 louise crosbie

    Craft Club Folio inspiration: by Louise Crosbie

    Hello again. Im back with another Paco Nuñez inspired folio to show you. It’s just one more example of what you could do with the folios we’re going to be making at craft club in June. The folio will change...

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  • Folio by Louise Crosbie.
    May 17, 2024 louise crosbie

    Folio by Louise Crosbie.

    Hello again.  In a very ‘out of character’ move, I’ve been making and decorating folios this week. Who would have thunk it? 😂 Originally inspired by a folio made by Paco Nuñez, who designs for Stamperia, I decided to give...

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  • Steampunk altered Tin by LOUISE CROSBIE
    November 30, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Steampunk altered Tin by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Today’s project is another altered tin.  This one has more of a steampunk vibe and uses mostly metallique waxes (with the obligatory rust paste of course)  The tin I used is a vintage ‘Harrogate Toffee’ tin. I’ve simply glued on...

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  • Christmas Star by LOUISE CROSBIE
    October 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Star by LOUISE CROSBIE

    I’m thinking ahead to winter, Yule, Christmas etc and planning what class I could run at The Mad Scrapper for November/December.  And I’ve come up with this decorative little star decoration.  It’s a nice size. Not too huge so it...

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