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  • Always Us by SUE CREASE
    February 19, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Always Us by SUE CREASE

    Hello! I am up today on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this holiday layout from summer 2023. I have used beautiful papers from Maja Design along with some 49 and Market embellishments. To start with I took a sheet of blue...

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  • Give Thanks by KAREN MOSS
    January 12, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Give Thanks by KAREN MOSS

    YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AerCUvjq6AI&t=15s When I first saw the 49 and Market Spice collection I was in two minds as to whether I would have the photos to use it and held off buying any. Then I started to receive autumnal...

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  • Scrapaholix January 2024 Kits - Discover + Create
    January 8, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix January 2024 Kits - Discover + Create

    A very Happy New Year to you all! To start of the new year we have absolutely fabulous kits on offer for you! These kits feature papers and products from Vicki Boutin's newly released Discover + Create range. Here is the...

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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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  • Hello Baby Boy by KAREN MOSS
    November 23, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Hello Baby Boy by KAREN MOSS

    Hello Baby Boy We were very fortunate to welcome our first grandchild in September and in anticipation I asked for some Echo Park 'Our Baby Boy' products. I thought that these would pair beautifully with the new Cocoa Vanilla 'Heart...

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  • Special Day by ELAINE KING
    November 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Day by ELAINE KING

    Cut the branding strip from the Coastal card and use Tim Holtz Weathered Wood to distress a diagonal section as per the photo. To do this place, some of the Weathered Wood ink onto a craft mat and spray lightly with a mist of...

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  • Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used a 4x5 photo.  I began by gutting the Fig Swirl cardstock and mounting a trimmed, 11.5 x 11.5, piece of the Bark cardstock onto it.  I used the left over piece of Fig Swirl cardstock...

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  • Special Moments by ELAINE KING
    November 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the Tradition paper and fussy cut the central rope circle from the middle of the paper and put to one side. Next take the Special Day paper and cut to 8.5” x 11.5” to create an A4 sheet. Then stick a...

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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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