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  • G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS
    May 18, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter has had a really rough time with her pregnancy and I wanted to document how she has, hopefully, overcome the worse and is now feeling and looking much better. For this layout I wanted to use 49 and...

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  • Summer Gite by SUE CREASE
    May 15, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Summer Gite by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you find me sharing a memory from back in 1998 over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog . I have had this layout design in my head for years but have been waiting for the right paper to come...

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  • Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    May 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of black cardstock from the kit and cut three circles from the patterned papers as shown. Cut one of them larger than the other two and layer them beneath where the photo will sit.  Mount the...

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  • Mother's Day 2025 by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    March 16, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Mother's Day 2025 by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout from the March 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Graphic 45's Journaling Through Time collection. The blog post walking you through the contents of both the main and add-on kits can...

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  • Brave by ELAINE KING
    January 26, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Brave by ELAINE KING

    I used a piece of my own white card as my base and cut four 2.5” pieces of patterned paper as shown. I then matted them on the Pineapple Bliss and the Whirlpool card stock leaving a tiny border on...

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  • Shine Bright, My Super Star by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    January 12, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Shine Bright, My Super Star by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout of the New Year from the January 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Uniquely Creative's Written In The Stars collection. The blog post walking through what you get in the main...

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  • Wonderful by ELAINE KING
    January 7, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Wonderful by ELAINE KING

    First adhere the large star to the piece of white card in your kit ensuring you leave approximately a third overhanging the page. Cut the overhang off and stick the remaining third of on the other side of the white...

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  • The Merriest BY KAREN MOSS
    December 29, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    The Merriest BY KAREN MOSS

    The Merriest Although this project only used two sheets of paper it did take quite a while to prepare as I started by cutting all the stars from a sheet of star paper which can be found in the 12...

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  • Love by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    December 5, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Love by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout from the December 2025 Scrapaholix Christmas Kits - you may have seen on the previous blog post that there are 2 different options for the Scrapaholix kits this month - a Christmas-themed...

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