Download e-book for kindle: The Claws of Evil (The Battles of Ben Kingdom Series, Book by Andrew Beasley

By Andrew Beasley

The 12 months is 1891 and London is at struggle. excessive up at the rooftops lives a ragtag band of orphans and spies – the Watchers – protectors of town. yet under the cobbled streets lurks the Legion, a ruthless gang of cut-throats and thieves, plotting to unharness the darkest forces of Hell. while a mysterious coin falls into his arms, cocky road urchin, Ben country, is flung into the midst of this old conflict. The destiny of the area rests with Ben, yet which part will he opt for? a military of angels... or the Claws of Evil?

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29 A scrapbook journal is a book that uses photos, drawings and other clips, and memorabilia to illustrate the written entries. Vintage-Look Scrapbook Journal Here is what you need: spiral notebook of lined paper old flowery hat old jewelry white craft glue old embroidered hand or dish towel scissors pretty trims, ribbons, and small artificial flowers Here is what you do: 1. To give your scrapbook journal a vintage look, you will need to look for an inexpensive flowery hat, embroidered hand or dish towel, or old broken jewelry at garage sales, flea markets, and rummage sales.

3. Tie a piece of the ribbon in a bow and glue it onto the lid of the box. Cut strips of construction paper as tall as the box and as long as the paper will allow. You will need enough strips to make at least ten sections in your scrapbook when the strips are attached and folded back and forth like a fan. 34 old gift wrap 4. 5. Use the cellophane tape to attach the strips of paper together to make one long strip. Fold one end of the paper strip so that it exactly fits in the bottom of the box. 6.

Continue weaving ribbon across the page until the page is full of ribbon strips. 6. Trim the edges of the ribbon so that they are even with the ends of the page. Glue the ends of the ribbons in place to secure them. 7. Slip the corners of cards and photos between the woven ribbon and the page to hold them in the scrapbook. Net-Covered Page 1. To make a different kind of tuck-in page, stretch the net bag over a page of the scrapbook. 2. 3. 4. Staple the net in place around the page. Trim off the excess netting.

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