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  • A Great Day BY SUE CREASE
    December 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Great Day BY SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you can find me over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this layout of myself celebrating my 60th birthday with my best friend Julia having  afternoon tea. We had a lovely time. For this layout I have used 2...

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  • Scrapaholix December Kits - Winter and Christmas
    December 2, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix December Kits - Winter and Christmas

    Every December we produce 2 kits, as not everyone's in to Christmas, and sometimes it's nice to have a choice. This year we have 2 lovely kits, the Christmas kit is from Australian company Uniquely Creative - their A Christmas...

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  • Love Forever by ELAINE KING
    November 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Love Forever by ELAINE KING

    First, I took the sheet of Coconut Swirl card  and divided it into 3 inch segments, and then stitched a grid, using taupe coloured thread from my stash.  I then used scraps from the Grateful and Tradition paper in the kit and cut as...

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  • Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used a 4x5 photo.  I began by gutting the Fig Swirl cardstock and mounting a trimmed, 11.5 x 11.5, piece of the Bark cardstock onto it.  I used the left over piece of Fig Swirl cardstock...

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  • November Scrapaholix kits - Moon Bunny Dream
    November 2, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    November Scrapaholix kits - Moon Bunny Dream

    The beautiful November kits are now available, these kits feature papers from Asuka Studio, and embellishments from chipboard company Scrapaholics and flowers from Little Birdie Designs. Here is the main kit: The main kit contains: 1 x Moon Bunny Dream...

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  • Beautiful Tag by ELAINE KING
    September 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Tag by ELAINE KING

    I took a Dina Wakely mixed media tag and used a Vicky Boutin stencil with Ranger texture paste and left to dry. (The stencil I used is now on longer in stock, but there are several other Vicki Boutin stencils that would work...

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  • September Layout 2 by ELAINE KING
    September 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    September Layout 2 by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill card, Coconut Swirl, and use water colours to create runs and splashes, making sure the water colour is very diluted in order to make the colour run. Tap the painty brush over the edge of your fingers to create the splashes. ...

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  • December Joy Star by SUE CREASE
    September 13, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    December Joy Star by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a project I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and I will be gifting it to my sister who is the manager of her Community Centre in Westmoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She loves Christmas and most of...

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  • Sweet Photo Shoot by SUE CREASE
    August 21, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Sweet Photo Shoot by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a layout on  The Mad Scrapper Blog using the lovely collection recently released by Simple Stories who were working with My Minds Eye on this Wildflower collection still available in  The Mad Scrapper   store. I will tell...

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