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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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  • A day at the Zoo BY SUE CREASE
    March 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A day at the Zoo BY SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this layout of my son on a recent trip to the zoo. I've used papers and embellishments from 49 and Market and chipboards from Dusty Attic. A full list can be...

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  • Happy by ELAINE KING
    March 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of the  Gold Bazzill Card and gut a 10” square from the centre.  Then take the sheet of Touch of Pink Bazzill Card and cut to  11” square. Mount this on the ‘frame’ of the gold cardstock.  Using the Vicki Boutin...

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  • Right here, right now! by SUE CREASE
    March 1, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Right here, right now! by SUE CREASE

    Hello, I'm here today to share yet another layout made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and today it showcases a couple of photos of my husband's second love, radio controlled sailing. I am pleased to say I'm his first ha-ha. I...

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  • A Moment in Time by ELAINE KING
    February 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Moment in Time by ELAINE KING

    Take the Dreamers in love paper and use this as your base.  Tear a 12” strip of the Forget me not paper (ensuring you leave the larger cluster on the reverse side intact). Stick this to the left hand side. Cut the centre stripy...

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  • Precious Moments by ELAINE KING
    February 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Precious Moments by ELAINE KING

    Take the Forget Me Not sheet and fussy cut the bottom semi circle of flowers. Put to one side. Take the Bazzill Coconut Swirl card stock and use Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Broken China and use the packaging technique to create...

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  • BELIEVE by KAREN MOSS
    February 13, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    BELIEVE by KAREN MOSS

    This year was the first year for our daughter and her husband as a married couple and we were lucky enough to spend it with them and his family in an AirBNB in the Lake District. I wanted to scrap...

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  • Memory by SUE CREASE
    January 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Memory by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'd like to share a layout I have made to join in with the January 49 and Market Challenge. Yes it's back again and there are 2 parts to it, the first is a sketch and the second...

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  • I Am Here For The Good Times by KAREN MOSS
    December 16, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    I Am Here For The Good Times by KAREN MOSS

    We have had dogs for over 30 years with our first three were Golden Retrievers but we now have a Cockerpoo - Darcey. She is such a character and we got her the December before the first lockdown so is...

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