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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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  • Beautiful by ELAINE KING
    June 5, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of white cardstock and two stencils of your choice. I used a ‘blob’ and a dot stencil from my stash.  Using two different Inks, in my case Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Oxides, ink two...

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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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