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  • Easter Face Painting by KERRY MCINALLY
    June 27, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Easter Face Painting by KERRY MCINALLY

    First of all I cut a 6x8 piece of the floral patterned paper, followed by a 4x6 piece of the pale blue patterned paper and a 9x4 piece of the Snapshot paper, the green side.  I distressed the edges of...

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  • Layouts 3 & 4 by ELAINE KING
    June 24, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Layouts 3 & 4 by ELAINE KING

    For something different this month I’m setting you a challenge to use all your scraps from the gorgeous June kit. As you will have seen, I have already created two layouts for you this month so I’ve created scraplifts for you...

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  • It’s Pumpkin Time. By Sue Crease
    May 22, 2024 louise crosbie

    It’s Pumpkin Time. By Sue Crease

    Hello there,   Today I'm up on blog with this adorable layout of my niece's daughter attending her first Pumpkin Patch Pick. She did go the year before but she was still only a baby and unable to choose her own....

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  • Memories by ELAINE KING
    April 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Memories by ELAINE KING

    Gut the Pear cardstock leaving a 1” border.  Cut the white card into an 11” square and mount onto the Pear frame.  Mat the 6” x 4” photo on the gutted Pear cardstock.  Use a floral stencil using two different...

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  • Evidence of Love by ELAINE KING
    March 18, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Evidence of Love by ELAINE KING

    First take the striped sheet of paper and cut a large banner from the Fine Day paper using the reverse terrazzo side. Cut a slightly smaller banner from a large scrap from the kit.  I bought an additional fussy cutting sheet with...

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  • Happy Life! by SUE CREASE
    March 11, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Life! by SUE CREASE

     Hi, Today I am sharing this layout of my niece and her daughter for The Mad Scrapper Blog using beautiful papers and flowers available in store. I started by gutting the black to give a quarter inch border all around, then after...

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  • Choose Happy by ELAINE KING
    February 21, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Choose Happy by ELAINE KING

    First take the black sheet of card and trim the branding strip.  Next cut several elements from the Radiant Reflections sheet from your kit. Then take your photos, (I used 3 but of course you could use more or less). I then matted...

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  • Always Us by SUE CREASE
    February 19, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Always Us by SUE CREASE

    Hello! I am up today on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this holiday layout from summer 2023. I have used beautiful papers from Maja Design along with some 49 and Market embellishments. To start with I took a sheet of blue...

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  • You & Me by ELAINE KING
    February 5, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    You & Me by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Passionate card stock and liberally splatter paint over the central section. I used Dina Wakley Acrylic paint for this. I squeezed a small amount onto a craft mat, sprayed water onto it to dilute it then used a...

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