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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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  • 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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  • Love This Story BY KAREN MOSS
    November 18, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Love This Story BY KAREN MOSS

    I absolutely love that our daughter's dog, who plays such a big part in her life, also got the chance to play a part in her wedding. Our dog, Darcey and her dog, Isla, were 'Flower Dogs' at the wedding...

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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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