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  • Sweater Weather: Layout by Karen Moss
    March 18, 2025 louise crosbie

    Sweater Weather: Layout by Karen Moss

    Like many of us, I indulge in many crafts.  I rediscovered knitting when our grandson was on the way and love spending winter evenings cosy and warm, listen to an audio book and knitting away.  This is the second Nordic...

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  • Make a Wish: Mini Album by Karen Moss
    February 26, 2025 louise crosbie

    Make a Wish: Mini Album by Karen Moss

    When our little grandson was a year old Gracia took him for a 'Cake Smash' photo shoot.  This didn't go to plan as he had been taught not to play with his food and was very reluctant to 'smash' the...

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  • Mr One-derful: layout by Karen Moss.
    December 27, 2024 louise crosbie

    Mr One-derful: layout by Karen Moss.

    Our daughter had some professional photographs taken of little Ezra when he turned one.  It didn't really go to plan as our usually boisterous little man wasn't keen on smashing the cake and getting it everywhere.  Despite this, he looked...

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  • Captured Christmas: by Karen Moss
    December 11, 2024 louise crosbie

    Captured Christmas: by Karen Moss

    Another photo from little Ezra's photo shoot this time with his beautiful muma.  I am so lucky that Gracia always shares photos with me and that they always look so good together. This page came together really quickly using the...

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  • Winter wonderland: Layout By Karen Moss
    November 25, 2024 louise crosbie

    Winter wonderland: Layout By Karen Moss

      This is another old but much loved photo that I have scrapped several times before - do you scrap as an art form and use the same photo on different projects or do you scrap to record the moment...

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  • Christmas Wishes: by Karen Moss
    November 22, 2024 louise crosbie

    Christmas Wishes: by Karen Moss

    Before our daughter had our Grandson, we would have a few days away together - just the two of us, every March.  When Covid struck, we were unable to go away in March but were able to spend a fabulous...

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  • Brrrr: Layout by Karen Moss
    November 18, 2024 louise crosbie

    Brrrr: Layout by Karen Moss

    When I saw the Little Birdie Joy of Winter paper crafting kit I absolutely loved the colours and unusual papers.  I decided to use a black and white photo, from almost seven years ago, for my first layout and absolutely...

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  • Dare to be different. A layout by Karen Moss.
    November 4, 2024 louise crosbie

    Dare to be different. A layout by Karen Moss.

    I knew I would be using this photo of our daughter, dressed as a punk for a fancy dress party, from 16 years ago, when I saw the Steampunk Graffiti range.  The biggest task was to find the photo as...

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  • Words Have Power: By Karen Moss
    October 28, 2024 louise crosbie

    Words Have Power: By Karen Moss

    When I saw Uniquely Creative's Steampunk Graffiti range I knew I had to have it, in fact I had to have all of it :0)  Even before it had arrived from Janine I had my photos printed out in preparation....

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