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  • Bliss by ELAINE KING
    October 21, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Bliss by ELAINE KING

    First take the Beautiful Life sheet of paper. Then tear a strip of the Meadow card stock and a 3” strip of the reverse of the Elements Sheet and layer them on the right hand side.  When tearing the stripy...

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  • Memories (New Kit) by ELAINE KING
    October 7, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Memories (New Kit) by ELAINE KING

    First take the black cardstock and then cut a 9” x 7” rectangle of the Meadow (sage coloured card), ink the edge with black ink, then adhere it in the centre of  the black card.  Next cut the a 5.5” x 7.5”...

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  • Oh So Lovely by ELAINE KING
    September 25, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh So Lovely by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of white card from your kit and cut it to 11” square. Take a border punch and chomp one section from each edge. Next take the fuschia card and gut the centre leaving a 2” border. Stick the white card...

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  • We are Family by ELAINE KING
    August 26, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    We are Family by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of Cloud coloured card. Take the Peacock Feathers  Distress Oxide and smoosh the pad on a craft mat. Dilute with water from a mister spray and use some packaging to add delicate marks around the entire page. ...

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  • Today by ELAINE KING
    August 12, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Today by ELAINE KING

    First take the MT-FAM-02 paper and carefully fussy cut the centre of each of the three embroidery hoop circles, leaving the flowers that overlap the hoops in place.  Add three circular photos behind the cut outs. Add fussy cut elements...

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  • Memories by ELAINE KING
    July 22, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Memories by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Bazill White card as your base.  Cut several 2” squares from the patterned papers in the kit, including the leafy acetate. Distress the edges of the papers and arrange in a grid pattern.  I used Nuvo...

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  • Explore by ELAINE KING
    July 6, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Explore by ELAINE KING

    First take the cream card from your kit to use this as the base.  Fussy cut a floral panel from the wood grain paper. Raise this on foam pads and place on the left hand side of the card. Fussy...

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  • Love Those Paws by ELAINE KING
    June 17, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love Those Paws by ELAINE KING

    Today I’m scrapping two photos of my much loved dog, Digby, who we lost last week. 😢 So, first take the Memoir - Story, patterned paper and use as your background.  Using a stencil from your stash, use Distress Inks...

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