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  • Love That Smile by KERRY MCINALLY
    March 13, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Love That Smile by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by cutting a centimetre from two sides of the white card stock and then gutting the pale blue card-stock to give a very narrow border.  I then found the mid point on the white card stock and using...

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  • Happy Life! by SUE CREASE
    March 11, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Life! by SUE CREASE

     Hi, Today I am sharing this layout of my niece and her daughter for The Mad Scrapper Blog using beautiful papers and flowers available in store. I started by gutting the black to give a quarter inch border all around, then after...

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  • Hey Friend by ELAINE KING
    February 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Hey Friend by ELAINE KING

    First take a piece of white card from your own stash and stencil rows with Tim Holtz inks. You can choose from a section of stencils below if you don’t have this exact stencil.  I used Unchartered Mariner, Fossilised Amber and...

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  • Happy Moments by ELAINE KING
    January 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the piece of coconut swirl cardstock and either stencil or doodle two straight lines down the middle using Fossilised Amber Distress Ink. Add random stencil or doodles spots around the page making sure you keep it light and don’t...

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  • Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 15, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting a 4 x 6 portrait photo on the craft card stock and distressing the edges. Next I used three of the 4x6 journalling cards - I cut out the ruler, pencil, bulldog clip and book page,...

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  • A Great Day BY SUE CREASE
    December 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Great Day BY SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you can find me over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this layout of myself celebrating my 60th birthday with my best friend Julia having  afternoon tea. We had a lovely time. For this layout I have used 2...

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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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  • Special Moments by ELAINE KING
    November 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the Tradition paper and fussy cut the central rope circle from the middle of the paper and put to one side. Next take the Special Day paper and cut to 8.5” x 11.5” to create an A4 sheet. Then stick a...

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