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That unfinished project ....

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... the one I was trying to finish when I had a bad day? I decided that I should complete one of the file folder albums I had started a little while back. Here are the photos; As you can see I had actually started two different sizes. The papers were left over from a larger project I had completed - so thought they would be good to be used up on this one. Nice little pocket on the inside cover with a tag & a side pocket on the first page. Next two pages each with side pockets. Last page with side pocket & inside back cover with pocket & tag. After taking the photos I started to think about how I would decorate it a little more.   Then - disaster. Those little pockets on the inside front & back covers?  The book was upside down! I hadn't double checked as I stuck the pockets in as to whether I had the book the right way up. This also meant that the large photo tabs that were in the top loading pockets were c...

Sometimes things don't .............

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.............. quite work out as you want them to. I promise not to continue the theme of the last post - when I basically moaned about my day.  But the day before that I had decided to finish the mixed media topper - or rather start it - from the evening with the Mold II ladies last week.  On last Sundays post when I showed the Mold II photos of their mixed media cards I mentioned I hadn't had time to do mine during the evening & that also I would do mine in pale colours rather than the black finish for a change. So! I laid out my pieces; The colours you can see on it are the actual colours of the pieces I used. My next step was to cover it all with white Gesso; Things going quite well at the moment. I then spent a little time thinking about the next stage.  What pale colours was I going to use & what medium would they be in. For some strange reason I decided on an overall cover of a shade of pink.  Which I arrived at by mixing ...