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  • April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS
    May 22, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS

    April was a very busy month with a couple of trips to Newcastle, several walks in the local bluebell woods and a few days looking after Little E whilst his parents went away. I started this double page by gutting...

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  • G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS
    May 18, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter has had a really rough time with her pregnancy and I wanted to document how she has, hopefully, overcome the worse and is now feeling and looking much better. For this layout I wanted to use 49 and...

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  • Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS
    May 11, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS

    For this project I have used a photo that is probably 10 years or more old.  I have used it many times before but really love it and when I saw the autumnal ephemera, in the packs of Creative Cuts...

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  • May Scrapaholix kits - Colorful Story
    May 4, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    May Scrapaholix kits - Colorful Story

    Hello lovely crafters, Welcome to our gorgeous May Kits! This month our kits feature papers and products from BoBunny's Colorful Story range, I am in love with the colours in these kits, all my favourites together! We hope you enjoy...

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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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  • Life is Better with Extra Toppings by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    April 29, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Life is Better with Extra Toppings by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my next layout from the April 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Shimelle's Live The Dream collection with American Crafts. The blog post walking you through the contents of both the main and add-on...

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  • March in Five by KAREN MOSS
    April 17, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    March in Five by KAREN MOSS

    Well we are on to March's favourite photos already!  In March we discovered that the grandbaby, due in August, is going to be a girl!  I also spent some time in Newcastle with Gracia and her family and we took...

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  • Life Is Sweet by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    April 15, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Life Is Sweet by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout from the April 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Shimelle's Live The Dream collection with We R Makers. The blog post walking you through the contents of both the main and...

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  • Grateful by KAREN MOSS
    April 13, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Grateful by KAREN MOSS

    My husband and I (I sound like the Queen :0)  ), were very fortunate to be gifted a night's stay in a windmill as a 40th wedding anniversary present from our Daughter and her family. I wanted to document the...

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