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  • Winter Weather by ELAINE KING
    December 31, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Winter Weather by ELAINE KING

    First cut the white card to 11” square and mount on the green cardstock, having gutted the centre for future use.  Cut a large triangle, measuring 16cm high by 8cm wide. Then cut another from a second piece. Cut each...

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  • Sparkle by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    December 24, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Sparkle by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my second layout from the December 2025 Scrapaholix Christmas Kits - I'm using the kits based around Uniquely Creative's Home for Christmas collection. In December, there's also a winter-themed set (main and add-on kits) based...

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  • Snuggle Season by ELAINE KING
    December 16, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Snuggle Season by ELAINE KING

    First take the Navy Blue card and gut the centre to leave a 1” frame.  Cut the Coastal Cardstock to 11” and mount your photo on the bottom of the right hand corner. Cut this out and mount the remaining Coastal...

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  • Scrapaholix December 2025 kits
    December 1, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix December 2025 kits

    It's December already, and today I'm here to show you our December kits. In December we produce 2 kits as not everyone likes to scrap their Christmas, so we like to give our subscribers a choice! The Christmas Kit features...

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  • Snowflake Kisses by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 3, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowflake Kisses by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used two 3x4 photos of my daughter many years ago in her Christmas nativity where she played a snowflake.  I backed the photos using the Stonehenge card stock and then some scraps left over from the...

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  • Chill by KERRY MCINALLY
    December 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Chill by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting a 4x6 photo with the Lagoon cardstock  and some scraps of Winter Blues and the Journal Elements patterned paper. I then cut two banner pieces one measuring 10.5 by 2.5 inches, and another measuring 8 inches...

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  • Christmas Banner Layout by ELAINE KING
    December 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Banner Layout by ELAINE KING

    Using the December 23 kit, cut down the buff coloured card to 11” square and mount it onto the red coloured background card leaving a half inch border  (after having first gutted the centre). Fussy cut the gnomes/gonks and banners from...

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  • Frosty at Chatsworth House by KERRY MCINALLY
    December 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Frosty at Chatsworth House by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used 3, 3x4 photos for this layout and began by matting them with the Lagoon cardstock. I then tore a diagonal piece from the Winter Blues, 3x4 elements, and Journal elements papers and distressed the edges.  I layered these...

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