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  • Oh Happy Days by SUE CREASE
    July 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh Happy Days by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you can find me on The Mad Scrapper Blog with this lovely family holiday snap taken a just a couple of weeks ago. It is my sister and her family on holiday in Portugal. So as always I start by...

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  • Explore by ELAINE KING
    July 6, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Explore by ELAINE KING

    First take the cream card from your kit to use this as the base.  Fussy cut a floral panel from the wood grain paper. Raise this on foam pads and place on the left hand side of the card. Fussy...

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  • Love Those Paws by ELAINE KING
    June 17, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love Those Paws by ELAINE KING

    Today I’m scrapping two photos of my much loved dog, Digby, who we lost last week. 😢 So, first take the Memoir - Story, patterned paper and use as your background.  Using a stencil from your stash, use Distress Inks...

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  • The Great Outdoors by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    June 12, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    The Great Outdoors by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    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...

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  • June Scrapaholix Kits - Memoir
    June 1, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    June Scrapaholix Kits - Memoir

    Summer's finally here, and with it comes our lovely June Kits! These kits feature the Memoir range from Maja Design, in beautiful shades of coral, teal, cream and brown. Also included in the main kit are some Vicki Boutin Irresitible...

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  • The Noculars by KAREN MOSS
    May 1, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    The Noculars by KAREN MOSS

    Our little Ezzy is totally obsessed with the binoculars I bought him recently.  He calls them 'The Noculars' and takes them with him at every opportunity.  I wanted to document some of the photos we have of him and decided...

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  • Cool by ELAINE KING
    April 20, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Cool by ELAINE KING

    First I used a piece of my own Bazzill Avalanche card stock as the base and cut several strips of the patterned paper. I cut some at 2” and several at 1.5” and cut them to 8” or 9” long. I...

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  • Hooray! BY ELAINE KING
    April 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Hooray! BY ELAINE KING

    I wanted to scrap these two photos for a while now so I printed them in a smaller format to make them work with my layout. These days with my granddaughter are precious as she grows. I guess it won’t...

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  • February Month in Five by KAREN MOSS
    March 30, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    February Month in Five by KAREN MOSS

    For my second in this year long project, I have used Uniquely Creative's Whispers of Wisdom range. Four of the five photos I have chosen are from a couple of weekends we had away earlier in February, along side a...

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