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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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  • Best Life by ELAINE KING
    January 19, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Best Life by ELAINE KING

    First take the large Needlework embroidery hoop paper and trim the branding strip.  Mount a square photo on foam pads and adhere it to the bottom right of the hoop. Fussy cut the feather arrangement from the 4 x 6 paper...

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  • Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 15, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting a 4 x 6 portrait photo on the craft card stock and distressing the edges. Next I used three of the 4x6 journalling cards - I cut out the ruler, pencil, bulldog clip and book page,...

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  • Christmas Banner Layout by ELAINE KING
    December 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Banner Layout by ELAINE KING

    Using the December 23 kit, cut down the buff coloured card to 11” square and mount it onto the red coloured background card leaving a half inch border  (after having first gutted the centre). Fussy cut the gnomes/gonks and banners from...

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  • Holly Jolly Day by ELAINE KING
    December 6, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Holly Jolly Day by ELAINE KING

    Draw a crescent shape on the Diamond white card stock. Using the Festive Berries Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink, use the packaging technique, as demonstrated in my video,  and dab around the crescent shape. When dried, choose where you want the photo to sit then...

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  • Let's Celebrate by KAREN MOSS
    December 4, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Let's Celebrate by KAREN MOSS

    To be invited to our daughter's Baby Shower was such a privilege, getting to meet some of her 'Newcastle Friends' was lovely and the only dampener on the day was that the dreaded Covid had hit three of her best...

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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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  • Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used the ‘Coastal’ cardstock as my background and a 4x6 photo. First of all I cut out the rope circle from the Paper Crane patterned paper and distressed the edges.  I used the piece that I had cut from...

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