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  • Celebrate by ELAINE KING
    August 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Celebrate by ELAINE KING

    I used the Stonehenge Bazzill card as my base and used a stencil (of your choosing) to add two stencilled areas using Tim Holtz distress Ink in Black Soot. I placed these top left and bottom right to create two largish...

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  • Noted by KERRY MCINALLY
    July 26, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Noted by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by backed 2 portrait 3x4 photos with scraps of white card stock. I then tore a 12 x 6 inch strip of the hydrangea paper diagonally across the long end, which I distressed, and adhered the two pieces...

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  • Besties by ELAINE KING
    July 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Besties by ELAINE KING

    First cut the branding strip of the Memoir paper to use the reverse side. Put to one side until later.  Arrange a selection of the ephemera from the kit in a horizontal line around 3” from the top of the...

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  • Beautiful by SUE CREASE
    July 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a layout I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog using beautiful papers from Maja Design. A full list can be found at the bottom of this post. This layout will be a gift to my dearest friend...

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  • Happy Day by ELAINE KING
    May 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Day by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill Yukon Gold card and use it as your base. Cut 6” strips of the Little Love, Fly Away and Spring Fling papers and tear strips around 1-2” deep. Layer these in alternating patterns down the centre of the Yukon card. ...

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  • Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS
    May 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS

    Each year, in March, Gracia and I try to have a little holiday away, just the two of us. This year we went to Paris - somewhere she had been but I hadn't. We were blown away by the small...

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  • May kit, layout no2 BY KERRY MCINALLY
    May 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    May kit, layout no2 BY KERRY MCINALLY

    I began my second layout using the May kit by fussy cutting flowers and leaves from the spring fling paper. I then chose some distress oxides from my stash which I thought would compliment the colours from the Storyteller collection....

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  • 40th Birthday Card by SUE CREASE
    April 26, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    40th Birthday Card by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'd like to share with you all a card I recently made for The Mad Scrapper Blog using pretty papers from Maja Design  along with flowers from the store and a few stash items. I started by making a shaped...

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  • True Love by KAREN MOSS
    April 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    True Love by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter got married in May 2022 - how can that year have gone so quickly, and I knew that wedding photos would be perfect for using with the Toast collection. My intention was to use a filter to make...

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