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  • Sunny Days by Elaine King
    June 5, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Sunny Days by Elaine King

    Cut a large triangle from the camera sheet. To do this measure down 5” from the top and cut this strip off. Measure the centre point and make a small mark. Draw a line. Cut from the top corner to...

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  • Be Free by Elaine King
    May 29, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Be Free by Elaine King

    First take the sheet of Touch of Pink card then cut a 6” x 8” piece of the All The Things paper ensuring you leave the tags intact.  Cut each of the tags from the same paper and ink the...

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  • May Layout 2 by ELAINE KING
    May 20, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    May Layout 2 by ELAINE KING

    First I took a sheet of white card from my own stash (having used the sheet I got in my kit in my first layout). I then took the Pinkfresh Happy List paper and cut the bottom pink rainbow from it,...

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  • Ray of Sunshine by KERRY MCINALLY
    May 15, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Ray of Sunshine by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by using the same ‘Happy List’ paper which I used in my first layout, this time using the yellow, orange and coral rainbow sections. I cut these out and distressed the edges.  I tore a two inch strip...

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  • Everyday Wonders by ELAINE KING
    May 10, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Everyday Wonders by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Coconut Swirl card and add some mixed media to the base. I used a hexagon stencil with a Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo. I used a stencil from my own stash but there is a similar...

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  • Let’s Celebrate: By Sue Crease.
    May 8, 2024 louise crosbie

    Let’s Celebrate: By Sue Crease.

    Hello, Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this layout of my son on his birthday last year. I have chosen to use a few papers from the ‘Heart and Home’ collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio  I have also...

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  • Explore by ELAINE KING
    May 3, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Explore by ELAINE KING

    Gut the pale blue cardstock leaving a 2” border around the edge.  Use white card to create a 10” square. Use a stencil with horizontal lines, linked below, and stencil a large panel on the left and a small panel on the...

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  • Memories by ELAINE KING
    April 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Memories by ELAINE KING

    Gut the Pear cardstock leaving a 1” border.  Cut the white card into an 11” square and mount onto the Pear frame.  Mat the 6” x 4” photo on the gutted Pear cardstock.  Use a floral stencil using two different...

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  • Believe by KERRY MCINALLY
    April 24, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Believe by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by framing a white piece of cardstock with the Pear cardstock.  I had previously cut into this so rather than placing the frame entirely on the back, part is on the back and part on the front.  I...

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