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  • Happy Family by ELAINE KING
    May 21, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Family by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of white card stock and draw a dotted 10” square line around the edge in black pen.  Using a stencil of your choice, ink the bottom left of the dotted square using Stormy Sky and Villainous...

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  • Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    May 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of black cardstock from the kit and cut three circles from the patterned papers as shown. Cut one of them larger than the other two and layer them beneath where the photo will sit.  Mount the...

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  • Cool by ELAINE KING
    April 20, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Cool by ELAINE KING

    First I used a piece of my own Bazzill Avalanche card stock as the base and cut several strips of the patterned paper. I cut some at 2” and several at 1.5” and cut them to 8” or 9” long. I...

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  • Hooray! BY ELAINE KING
    April 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Hooray! BY ELAINE KING

    I wanted to scrap these two photos for a while now so I printed them in a smaller format to make them work with my layout. These days with my granddaughter are precious as she grows. I guess it won’t...

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  • Love by ELAINE KING
    March 20, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love by ELAINE KING

    First take the Journaling Through Time Layout paper and use this as your background.  Next cut a 5” strip of the Wild Flowers paper and add it to the right hand side leaving the left edge free to slide a...

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  • Perfect Day by ELAINE KING
    March 9, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Perfect Day by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Whirlpool card and cut the centre leaving a 1” frame.  Next cut your white cardstock down to 11” square. Adhere to the frame. Next cut four 3.5” squares from the Grenadine card and stick them to...

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  • Sweet Memories by ELAINE KING
    February 27, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Sweet Memories by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet with the large rectangular panels and fussy cut each of the rectangles leaving a border around the edge. I used a trimmer for this but a craft knife and ruler would work too.  Next take two...

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  • Little Moments by ELAINE KING
    February 20, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Little Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the beautiful butterfly paper from the kit. Use a 5” square photo and mat it on the Evening Light cardstock. Cut a 5” circle from the same card and position it beneath the butterfly to the right hand...

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  • Brave by ELAINE KING
    January 26, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Brave by ELAINE KING

    I used a piece of my own white card as my base and cut four 2.5” pieces of patterned paper as shown. I then matted them on the Pineapple Bliss and the Whirlpool card stock leaving a tiny border on...

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