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  • Crazy Hair Day by KERRY MCINALLY
    June 10, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Crazy Hair Day by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting my 2 3x4 photos with scraps of white and black card.  Next I fussy cut two journaling cards from the journaling cards paper to use as embellishments. I used the left over scraps from the journalling...

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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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  • June 2024 kits - Telling Our Story
    June 3, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    June 2024 kits - Telling Our Story

    Gosh, can't believe it's June already and I am showing you June's kits! Our lovely kits this month feature papers and products from Echo Park's recently released Telling Our Story range. I am also loving the canvas alphabet that is...

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  • Baby Boy Card by SUE CREASE
    May 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Baby Boy Card by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm back on The Mad Scrapper Blog  sharing this cute different type of card to welcome a new baby and in this case for a boy. It turned out to be bigger than I planned but to be honest I'm...

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  • Baby Boy Exploding Box by SUE CREASE
    April 13, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Baby Boy Exploding Box by SUE CREASE

    Hello,   Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog with his Exploding Box which I have made using the adorable 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park ( a full list can be found below) along with a few other items...

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  • Snow Beautiful by CHARLEEN WALES
    January 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Snow Beautiful by CHARLEEN WALES

    This is my 2nd page using the December Winter kit. I absolutely love this kit and had to force myself to cut into it. I was very adventurous with this page... I started by choosing my background page, the Winter...

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  • Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING
    December 29, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING

    Take a sheet of white cardstock and use Iced Spruce Distress Ink to make splatters and use the distressing technique to create a mixed media background.  Using the large scraps from the Echo Park Winter Snow paper: Cut a rectangle...

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  • Happy Times by ELAINE KING
    December 19, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Times by ELAINE KING

    Use the Bazzill White Avalanche card stock as your background.  Use  Silver Fox Shimmerz to paint a large distressed circle in the background. When dry use Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Unchartered Mariner, to make a second layer of circles. Splatter both mediums onto the...

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