The Mad Scrapper Blog

Since moving to the seaside, last year, our grandson spends time, almost every day, at the beach.  He loves to splash in the rock pools and play on the sand with his diggers and dumpers! I started by trimming 1/2"...

Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout using the June 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around the Memoir range from Maja Design. The blog post walking you through the contents of both the main and add-on kits can...

For this layout, I have used a very old photo of my husband.  Before he retired, he owned a garage and so many of the pieces from the 49 and Market Rust & Revs 2.0 Die-Cut Ephemera pack were 'garage...

First take the sheet of white cardstock and two stencils of your choice. I used a ‘blob’ and a dot stencil from my stash.  Using two different Inks, in my case Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Oxides, ink two...

Hello, Today you find me sharing a new layout for The Mad Scrapper Blog using photos of my husband doing his favourite thing: Remote Control Sailing. Are you like me and love the idea of joining in with the challenges on...

I absolutely love this photo of our Grandson, taken by our daughter, and it seemed perfect for the grungy blues, oranges and browns of the 49 and Market Rust and Revs 2 range. I felt this layout needed a large...

April was a very busy month with a couple of trips to Newcastle, several walks in the local bluebell woods and a few days looking after Little E whilst his parents went away. I started this double page by gutting...

Our daughter has had a really rough time with her pregnancy and I wanted to document how she has, hopefully, overcome the worse and is now feeling and looking much better. For this layout I wanted to use 49 and...

Hello, Today you find me sharing a memory from back in 1998 over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog . I have had this layout design in my head for years but have been waiting for the right paper to come...