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  • Scrapaholix February Kits - Aquarelle Dreams
    February 2, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix February Kits - Aquarelle Dreams

    The beautiful February Kits are here, and they feature papers and products from Prima Marketing's newly released Aquarelle Dreams range. Don't you just love the soft romantic colours in these kits? I hope you all enjoy using your kits when...

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  • January Layout 3 by ELAINE KING
    January 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    January Layout 3 by ELAINE KING

    I used my own sheet of White A4 card as the base.  I used scraps from the Chill Out patterned paper and cut two strips measuring 1 “ wide. I then cut this into rectangles measuring 1.5” long. I then...

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  • January Layout 2 by ELAINE KING
    January 16, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    January Layout 2 by ELAINE KING

    I used the Bazzill Coconut Swirl as my base and matted my photo on the Bazzill Coastal Cardstock.  I used Tim Holtz Unchartered Mariner Distress ink and my own stencil and created a large panel across the lower half of...

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  • Scrapaholix January 2023 kits - Simply the Best
    January 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix January 2023 kits - Simply the Best

    The New Year is here and with it comes the fabulous January kits! These kits feature papers and products from Pink Fresh Studio's Simply the Best range. I love these kits, the colours suit so many things - masculine projects,...

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  • Snow Beautiful by CHARLEEN WALES
    January 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Snow Beautiful by CHARLEEN WALES

    This is my 2nd page using the December Winter kit. I absolutely love this kit and had to force myself to cut into it. I was very adventurous with this page... I started by choosing my background page, the Winter...

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  • Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING
    December 29, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING

    Take a sheet of white cardstock and use Iced Spruce Distress Ink to make splatters and use the distressing technique to create a mixed media background.  Using the large scraps from the Echo Park Winter Snow paper: Cut a rectangle...

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  • Happy Times by ELAINE KING
    December 19, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Times by ELAINE KING

    Use the Bazzill White Avalanche card stock as your background.  Use  Silver Fox Shimmerz to paint a large distressed circle in the background. When dry use Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Unchartered Mariner, to make a second layer of circles. Splatter both mediums onto the...

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  • Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    December 7, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    Here is my first December layout…method below. First I took the sheet of Bazzill Stonewash cardstock as my base. I tore two strips of the Echo Park Frosted Flowers paper measuring approximately 2-3” wide.  I also tore two strips of the same...

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  • December 2022 Scrapaholix kits
    December 2, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    December 2022 Scrapaholix kits

    Our lovely December kits are here, and as usual I have put together 2 kits as not everyone scraps Christmas. So first up there is the Christmas kit, which features papers and products from Carta Bella's Letters to Santa range. As...

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