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  • Holly Jolly Day by ELAINE KING
    December 6, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Holly Jolly Day by ELAINE KING

    Draw a crescent shape on the Diamond white card stock. Using the Festive Berries Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink, use the packaging technique, as demonstrated in my video,  and dab around the crescent shape. When dried, choose where you want the photo to sit then...

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  • Scrapaholix December Kits - Winter and Christmas
    December 2, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix December Kits - Winter and Christmas

    Every December we produce 2 kits, as not everyone's in to Christmas, and sometimes it's nice to have a choice. This year we have 2 lovely kits, the Christmas kit is from Australian company Uniquely Creative - their A Christmas...

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  • Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used the ‘Coastal’ cardstock as my background and a 4x6 photo. First of all I cut out the rope circle from the Paper Crane patterned paper and distressed the edges.  I used the piece that I had cut from...

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  • Happiest by KAREN MOSS
    October 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happiest by KAREN MOSS

    I always ask for way too many embellishments when I am designing with a collection. I know my layouts are usually very embellishment heavy but then I have so many left over. The embellishments in the 49 and Market Sunburst...

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  • Bee Happy by KAREN MOSS
    October 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Bee Happy by KAREN MOSS

    This layout is an unusual one for me as I started with the photo and also it is very yellow, which is my least favourite colour! When I normally make a scrapbook page I choose a photo that compliments my...

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  • Ballet Recital by KERRY MCINALLY
    October 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Ballet Recital by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used 7, 3 x 2 photos documenting my daughters ballet recital.  I decided to use the Coconut Swirl cardstock as my background and began by creating two lines of distress oxide ink in Spun Sugar and Dusty Concord, from...

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  • Perfect Day by SUE CREASE
    September 28, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Perfect Day by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing another layout for The Mad Scrapper Blog and this time it is of my sister and her hubby on a recent visit to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in Rome. On this particular day they visited the...

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  • Sunshine by KAREN MOSS
    September 21, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Sunshine by KAREN MOSS

    YouTube link https://youtu.be/F5gLDULk5x0 Process video here I have been dithering about getting an Ultimate Page Kit from 49 and Market for a while and when I saw the Sunburst one knew I had to have it. Initially, it was the...

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  • December Joy Star by SUE CREASE
    September 13, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    December Joy Star by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a project I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and I will be gifting it to my sister who is the manager of her Community Centre in Westmoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She loves Christmas and most of...

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