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  • Happy Times by SUE CREASE
    April 23, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Times by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I am sharing a layout I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog using products purchased from Janine over the last year. You may still have some of these goodies within your stash or similar items. I know...

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  • Moments to Remember: Layout by Karen Moss
    August 5, 2024 louise crosbie

    Moments to Remember: Layout by Karen Moss

    For today’s project, I’m using Wisteria Lane from Uniquely Creative and Lavender from 49 and Market again, to document our daughter getting ready on her wedding day. This range is perfect for feminine layouts featuring perfume bottles and beautiful portraits. Instructions.Trim...

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  • All Our Favs by ELAINE KING
    January 10, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    All Our Favs by ELAINE KING

    First take the Discover sheet and cut down to a 10” square. Heavily distress the edges and adhere it slightly at an angle on the Pale pink card stock.  Mat 2 rectangular photos and mount on foam pads, angling them...

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  • Scrapaholix January 2024 Kits - Discover + Create
    January 8, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix January 2024 Kits - Discover + Create

    A very Happy New Year to you all! To start of the new year we have absolutely fabulous kits on offer for you! These kits feature papers and products from Vicki Boutin's newly released Discover + Create range. Here is the...

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  • Chill by KERRY MCINALLY
    December 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Chill by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting a 4x6 photo with the Lagoon cardstock  and some scraps of Winter Blues and the Journal Elements patterned paper. I then cut two banner pieces one measuring 10.5 by 2.5 inches, and another measuring 8 inches...

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  • Night Night Little One by KAREN MOSS
    December 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Night Night Little One by KAREN MOSS

    Once they knew that their baby would be a little boy our daughter and her husband decided to have a Peter Rabbit theme for his nursery. When I visited them just before his birth I was so impressed with how...

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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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  • A Collection of Happy Memories by ELAINE KING
    July 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Collection of Happy Memories by ELAINE KING

    First, take the piece of paper with the shadow flower cluster in the bottom, right hand corner and cut down to 11 inches. Mat onto the Raven black card, gutting the centre for later. Put a strip of black card stock approximately 3 1/2 inches...

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  • The Places We'll Go Mini-Album by KAREN MOSS
    June 30, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    The Places We'll Go Mini-Album by KAREN MOSS

      I think the 49 and Market Everywhere collection is my favourite travel themed range so far this year. There are so many embellishments to choose and the potential is endless.     For this project I have used two...

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