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  • Here We Are by KAREN MOSS
    June 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Here We Are by KAREN MOSS

    On a recent trip to Paris, my daughter and I really wanted to go to EuroDisney, We had been as a family when she was 11 and thought it was a fitting way to celebrate her 30th Birthday. We decided...

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  • Happy Day by ELAINE KING
    May 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Day by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill Yukon Gold card and use it as your base. Cut 6” strips of the Little Love, Fly Away and Spring Fling papers and tear strips around 1-2” deep. Layer these in alternating patterns down the centre of the Yukon card. ...

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  • Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS
    May 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS

    Each year, in March, Gracia and I try to have a little holiday away, just the two of us. This year we went to Paris - somewhere she had been but I hadn't. We were blown away by the small...

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  • Oh Yes! by ELAINE KING
    May 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh Yes! by ELAINE KING

    Take the Cocoa Vanilla, Storyteller Fly Away sheet and gut the centre leaving a 1” frame.  Cut the Bazzill Quartz card to 11” square and gut the centre to leave a 1” frame too.  Layer the two together.  Then cut the...

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  • Hero by KAREN MOSS
    May 4, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Hero by KAREN MOSS

    This is a photo of my older brother, looking deceptively angelic. I can say, without a shadow of doubt, that in fact he was the naughtiest child I have ever known. So inventive with his ideas and got me into...

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  • Reign of Grace Mini Album by LOUISE CROSBIE
    April 21, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Reign of Grace Mini Album by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Todays project is not really complete. If I waited on me finishing it before sharing, it could be a year or more lol.  I like paper crafting but only in short bursts as a break from mixed media. But I’ve...

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  • True Love by KAREN MOSS
    April 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    True Love by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter got married in May 2022 - how can that year have gone so quickly, and I knew that wedding photos would be perfect for using with the Toast collection. My intention was to use a filter to make...

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  • Tranquility Mini Album by KAREN MOSS
    April 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Tranquility Mini Album by KAREN MOSS

    I have a video showing the pages of this album here. I am going to Paris at the end of March, with my daughter and wanted to make a mini-album to add my photos to. Whilst browsing for inspiration on...

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  • Loved by KAREN MOSS
    March 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Loved by KAREN MOSS

    I have to say that 49 and Market are my favourite manufacturers at the moment and their products are always so beautifully packaged. I felt that some of this packaging was too nice to throw away so decided to use...

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