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  • A letter to Santa by CHARLEEN WALES
    December 31, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    A letter to Santa by CHARLEEN WALES

    I have an album for both my children and then a family album which is for me, so I scrap my children's memories separately for them so that they both have memories of events etc in their albums. I try to...

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  • Happy Times by ELAINE KING
    December 19, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Times by ELAINE KING

    Use the Bazzill White Avalanche card stock as your background.  Use  Silver Fox Shimmerz to paint a large distressed circle in the background. When dry use Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Unchartered Mariner, to make a second layer of circles. Splatter both mediums onto the...

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  • Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    December 7, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    Here is my first December layout…method below. First I took the sheet of Bazzill Stonewash cardstock as my base. I tore two strips of the Echo Park Frosted Flowers paper measuring approximately 2-3” wide.  I also tore two strips of the same...

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  • December 2022 Scrapaholix kits
    December 2, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    December 2022 Scrapaholix kits

    Our lovely December kits are here, and as usual I have put together 2 kits as not everyone scraps Christmas. So first up there is the Christmas kit, which features papers and products from Carta Bella's Letters to Santa range. As...

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  • Cozy Moment by ELAINE KING
    November 28, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Cozy Moment by ELAINE KING

    Using a piece of white card stock from my own supplies I took three Tim Holtz Inks, Salvaged Patina, Iced Spruce and Frayed Burlap and used the packaging technique and splattering all over the page.  I then took Ha Pi Boho Spirit no...

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  • Forever Moments by CHARLEEN WALES
    November 21, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Forever Moments by CHARLEEN WALES

    This page has my heart. The November Boho Spirit Kit is just so perfect for my photo.  I love this photo of my daughter, so I decided to go with a much bigger photo size than I would normally have and...

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  • Best Life by ELAINE KING
    November 16, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Best Life by ELAINE KING

    Take a piece of Bazzill Twill cardstock and splatter three different Distress inks: Frayed Burlap, Peeled Paint and Salvaged Patina using the packaging technique and lots of splatters from watered down inks.   Tear a small piece of the card on the top left...

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  • Happy Together by ELAINE KING
    November 11, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Together by ELAINE KING

    Take a page of Coconut Swirl Bazzill smooth card stock and cut it to 11 in.² Take the Boho Spirit 01 paper and gut a 11” square from it to use on a future project.  Mat the Coconut Swirl on...

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