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  • Believe In Your Dreams by ELAINE KING
    October 22, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Believe In Your Dreams by ELAINE KING

    Take the Lush patterned paper and cut it in half. Then cut a 7” piece of the Whirlpool card and stick the two together overlapping by 1” Cut a 6” hexagon and a 5.5” hexagon from the Fresh paper. You...

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  • Treasured Memories by ELAINE KING
    October 10, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Treasured Memories by ELAINE KING

    First take the Botanical Buzz Delicate paper and cut in half. Then cut from the Vibrant paper a 6.5” piece from the right hand side.  Stick both pieces of paper together, leaving a half inch overlap at the rear.  Cut...

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  • Let's Go Shopping by ELAINE KING
    September 26, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Let's Go Shopping by ELAINE KING

    First I cut a large star from the Fabulous Floral paper and used the reverse green side. My remaining paper from the first layout I created  wasn’t quite big enough to cut the entire star but the missing point wasn’t going to show so...

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  • Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    September 8, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First I took the Glam Girl Blue Dotty paper and used Peeled Paint Distress oxide and Uniquely Creative Uniqlo Pearl pigment powder and used the packaging technique to the right hand side of centre to create a background.  I then...

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  • Joy by ELAINE KING
    August 20, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Joy by ELAINE KING

    First cut a 1" frame from the navy blue Firefly paper.  Cut the white cardstock down to 11.5”. Cut several circles from each of the papers. Use both sides of each of them. If you don’t have a Die-cut machine,...

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  • Smile by ELAINE KING
    August 4, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Smile by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of white card. Squidge Unchartered Mariner Distress Oxide ink down on to a craft mat and spritz with a little water from a mister. Use a paintbrush to collect some of the inky puddle and tap...

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  • July Kit Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    July 4, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    July Kit Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of Fig Swirl card stock and cut two strips measuring 1” x 12” of the teal swirly paper. Ink the edges with Iced Spruce Distress Oxide.  Adhere one of these at both the top and the bottom. Cut...

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  • Life is Sweet by ELAINE KING
    June 14, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Life is Sweet by ELAINE KING

    First take your white cardstock and using the Vicki Boutin Print Shop stencil, make two clusters to the top right and bottom left of the card. I used Fossilised Amber Distress Oxide and a LIGHT brushing of Black Soot Distress...

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  • So Pretty by ELAINE KING
    May 7, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    So Pretty by ELAINE KING

    First take the black cardstock and remove the branding strip. Next take the Dina Wakley Acrylic paint in white and, using a brayer, thinly spread a layer of white paint in the central section. Next spray some of the Uniquely...

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