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  • Happiest by KAREN MOSS
    October 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happiest by KAREN MOSS

    I always ask for way too many embellishments when I am designing with a collection. I know my layouts are usually very embellishment heavy but then I have so many left over. The embellishments in the 49 and Market Sunburst...

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  • There is Magic in You by Kerry Mcinally
    October 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    There is Magic in You by Kerry Mcinally

    I began this layout by cutting a 10 inch circle from the Blue Skies paper. I mounted this in the centre of the Stonewash cardstock.  Next I trimmed the One of a Kind paper to 11.5 inches square and cut...

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  • Enjoy This Moment by ELAINE KING
    October 23, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Enjoy This Moment by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill Coconut Swirl cardstock and trim the branding. Use a Vicki Boutin stencil of your choice and use three coloured inks. I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in Fossilised Amber, Broken China, and Worn Lipstick. Create a large area at the bottom and a smaller...

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  • Bee Happy by KAREN MOSS
    October 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Bee Happy by KAREN MOSS

    This layout is an unusual one for me as I started with the photo and also it is very yellow, which is my least favourite colour! When I normally make a scrapbook page I choose a photo that compliments my...

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  • Ballet Recital by KERRY MCINALLY
    October 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Ballet Recital by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used 7, 3 x 2 photos documenting my daughters ballet recital.  I decided to use the Coconut Swirl cardstock as my background and began by creating two lines of distress oxide ink in Spun Sugar and Dusty Concord, from...

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  • Love This Life by ELAINE KING
    October 6, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Love This Life by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Yukon Gold card stock and gut the centre, leaving a 1” border. Cut the sunflower paper to 11 in.² and mount on the Yukon Gold frame. Mount the photo on a piece of white card from your own stash, measuring...

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  • Perfect Day by SUE CREASE
    September 28, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Perfect Day by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing another layout for The Mad Scrapper Blog and this time it is of my sister and her hubby on a recent visit to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in Rome. On this particular day they visited the...

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  • Beautiful Tag by ELAINE KING
    September 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Tag by ELAINE KING

    I took a Dina Wakely mixed media tag and used a Vicky Boutin stencil with Ranger texture paste and left to dry. (The stencil I used is now on longer in stock, but there are several other Vicki Boutin stencils that would work...

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  • December Joy Star by SUE CREASE
    September 13, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    December Joy Star by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a project I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and I will be gifting it to my sister who is the manager of her Community Centre in Westmoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She loves Christmas and most of...

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