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Choose similar coloured materials for collage background

Create your collage background

Choose papers and cut out shapes for layering onto the background

Experiment with placing the other elements on the background

When you're happy with the result fix the shapes onto the background

Tricky items like wire shapes can be sewn onto the background

The stitching adds interest to the collage too

Remember to frame your finished collage

Close up of our fish themed colllage

Mixed media collage

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Garden, flowers, plants

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Childhood, toys, school

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Butterfly mosaic

Mosaic in Spinal Unit courtyard

Underwater themed mosaic dome by Rachel Silver, Sarum entrance

Underwater theme mosaic by Rachel Silver, Sarum entrance

Pembroke courtyard

mosaic on a flower pot

mosaic flower pot

Make a mosaic

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Inflate the disposable glove and tie the end

Stick strands of coloured paper around the middle

The finished jellyfish

Make a jellyfish

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Make a flicker book

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Round nose pliers

Long nose pliers

Spring or claw clasp

Make jewellery 1

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Squeeze a crimp onto end of tiger tail

Thread beads onto the tiger tail

Add another crimp and thread tiger tail back through final bead

Squeeze the crimp

A finished bead drop using tiger tail

Three tiger tail bead drops on a split ring

Make jewellery 2

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Make a u turn in the wire

Cross the short end of wire over the long end

Continue wrapping the short end tightly

Wrap the short end several times to make a neat loop

Thread some beads onto the wire

Make a u turn in the other end of the wire

Wrap the wire tightly around to make a neat loop

A finished bead drop using wire

Join several wire bead drops together on a split ring

Make jewellery 3

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Thread a crimp, bead, crimp and claw clasp on the tiger tail

Thread the tiger tail back through the crimp, bead and crimp

Squeeze the crimps

The clasp end of the necklace

Thread beads onto the tiger tail

Thread a crimp bead crimp and split ring onto the end

Thread the tiger tail back through and squeeze the crimps

Squeeze any crimps on the necklace to keep beads in place

The finished necklace

Make jewellery 4

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A bead drop using a large heart shape bead at the bottom

close up of bead spacing using a crimp

a simple necklace

Cluster of bead drops on wire

Clusters of tiger tail bead drops

Clusters of bead drops

A finished tiger tail necklace with bead drops

Make jewellery 5

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Fold the card in half again

Refold length ways and make a cut

Decorate the tree inside

Decorate the front of the card

The finished card

Make a pop-up card

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Cut out your tree shape

Colour in your tree card

Make a tree card

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Cut out the snowman outline

Unfold and decorate

Make a snowman card

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Trim the corners of the cover on the diagonal for a neat edge

Glue decorative paper on the inside covers

Glue the decorative spine cover in place

Glue the covers to the spine and clamp

Make four holes in the spine with a bradawl

Sewing the spine

Make a book

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