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  • Card by Louise Crosbie
    February 5, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Card by Louise Crosbie

    Hello everyone.  Today I am sharing a simple card with you. This blog post has two inspirations.  The first was the purpose for the card itself. One of my friends, who lives alone, has been struggling with lockdown after dark....

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  • Altered Round Box project by LOUISE CROSBIE
    January 12, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Altered Round Box project by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Today I am sharing a very quick and easy project with you to demonstrate how effective some simple texture additions can be.  I have decorated a little buff coloured papier-mâché box. It didn’t take long.  I simply painted it inside...

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  • Steampunk Yule by LOUISE CROSBIE
    December 12, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Steampunk Yule by LOUISE CROSBIE

    A little while ago,I shared a layout and said it was reversible. Well here is the flip side.  I am a steampunk and every Christmas/Yule, we are invited to take part in the winter festival parade in Glasgow. (That’s me...

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  • Two Christmas Themed Exploding boxes by Liz Marsden
    December 10, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Two Christmas Themed Exploding boxes by Liz Marsden

    Hi guys, I thought I'd show you two exploding boxes created the same way but with different papers and colours.  The first one is using the fabulous papers by Carta Bella from the Farmhouse Christmas collection, I've created this for...

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  • Tranquility by Liz Marsden
    September 10, 2020 The Mad Scrapper Admin

    Tranquility by Liz Marsden

    Hi, I'm so happy to be here today with my first post as a design team member for The Mad Scrapper As you may know Janine has a online shop as well as a bricks and mortar shop too, I...

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  • Spell Binding Notebook. By Louise Crosbie.
    September 6, 2020 The Mad Scrapper Admin

    Spell Binding Notebook. By Louise Crosbie.

    Hi there folks. My first project for the new design team is an altered notebook for a friend. She is really into wiccan and witchy stuff and makes her own spells. She leaves bit of paper lying around with her...

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  • Ranger Texture Paste - Transparent Matte
    September 6, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Ranger Texture Paste - Transparent Matte

    Following on from last month's post on Opaque Matte texture paste, this time we are taking a look at Ranger's Transparent Matte texture paste. What's the difference? Well, a few things.The first thing you will notice, is that it is...

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