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  • May - Month in Five BY KAREN MOSS
    June 22, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    May - Month in Five BY KAREN MOSS

    This month I have used 49 and Market's From the Garden range for my five favourite photos from May. I started with two pieces of Queen Anne paper.  I cut a 1 1/2" frame from each and flipped the middle...

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  • Check it Out BY KAREN MOSS
    June 19, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Check it Out BY KAREN MOSS

    This scrapbook layout is made using 49 and Market's From the Garden, which was ideal for the photos of Little E playing outside in the dark. For this layout, I started with a piece of Bazzill Lagoon cardstock and to...

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  • Everyday Moment BY KAREN MOSS
    June 15, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Everyday Moment BY KAREN MOSS

    Since moving to the seaside, last year, our grandson spends time, almost every day, at the beach.  He loves to splash in the rock pools and play on the sand with his diggers and dumpers! I started by trimming 1/2"...

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  • Love This BY KAREN MOSS
    June 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love This BY KAREN MOSS

    For this layout, I have used a very old photo of my husband.  Before he retired, he owned a garage and so many of the pieces from the 49 and Market Rust & Revs 2.0 Die-Cut Ephemera pack were 'garage...

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  • Love you to the Moon BY KAREN MOSS
    May 25, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love you to the Moon BY KAREN MOSS

    I absolutely love this photo of our Grandson, taken by our daughter, and it seemed perfect for the grungy blues, oranges and browns of the 49 and Market Rust and Revs 2 range. I felt this layout needed a large...

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  • April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS
    May 22, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS

    April was a very busy month with a couple of trips to Newcastle, several walks in the local bluebell woods and a few days looking after Little E whilst his parents went away. I started this double page by gutting...

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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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  • Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS
    May 11, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS

    For this project I have used a photo that is probably 10 years or more old.  I have used it many times before but really love it and when I saw the autumnal ephemera, in the packs of Creative Cuts...

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  • The Noculars by KAREN MOSS
    May 1, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    The Noculars by KAREN MOSS

    Our little Ezzy is totally obsessed with the binoculars I bought him recently.  He calls them 'The Noculars' and takes them with him at every opportunity.  I wanted to document some of the photos we have of him and decided...

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