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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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  • Snowflake Kisses by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 3, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowflake Kisses by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used two 3x4 photos of my daughter many years ago in her Christmas nativity where she played a snowflake.  I backed the photos using the Stonehenge card stock and then some scraps left over from 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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  • 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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  • Special Day by ELAINE KING
    November 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Day by ELAINE KING

    Cut the branding strip from the Coastal card and use Tim Holtz Weathered Wood to distress a diagonal section as per the photo. To do this place, some of the Weathered Wood ink onto a craft mat and spray lightly with a mist of...

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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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  • Special Moments by ELAINE KING
    November 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the Tradition paper and fussy cut the central rope circle from the middle of the paper and put to one side. Next take the Special Day paper and cut to 8.5” x 11.5” to create an A4 sheet. Then stick a...

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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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