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  • Hot Chocolate: Layout by Karen Moss
    April 21, 2025 louise crosbie

    Hot Chocolate: Layout by Karen Moss

    I don't very often deviate from my usual cup of tea when I go to Café Nero but once a year, when Christmas Shopping, I like to sample one of their special Christmas hot chocolates. I started this page by...

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  • JANUARY! Roundup Layout: By Karen Moss
    April 18, 2025 louise crosbie

    JANUARY! Roundup Layout: By Karen Moss

    This year, I thought it would be interesting to have a monthly scrapbook layout featuring all the things I make each month. I like to knit, sew, scrapbook, make cards at Christmas and also hybrid scrapbook which is making pages...

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  • Big Smiles: Layout By Karen Moss
    April 3, 2025 louise crosbie

    Big Smiles: Layout By Karen Moss

    Our daughter and son-in-law decided to treat themselves to a 'proper' camera for Christmas and when I saw the image of the girl with a camera I sent it to Gracia to replicate it.  As the daughter of a long...

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  • Bunny Love: layout by Sue Crease
    March 25, 2025 louise crosbie

    Bunny Love: layout by Sue Crease

    Hello, Today I’m on the Blog sharing this fun Valentines layout using a photograph I found online. I thought I'd make a new layout for my February calendar page but didn't have a suitable photograph so I searched Pinterest and...

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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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  • Rat Pack Fun: Layout by Sue Crease.
    March 5, 2025 louise crosbie

    Rat Pack Fun: Layout by Sue Crease.

    Hello again, Today I am sharing another layout made for the Design Team blog. Its a happy memory from my holiday to visit family in Washington State last year . We visited Seattle and there is an indoor amusement stop...

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  • February Kit: Second layout by Elaine King
    February 24, 2025 louise crosbie

    February Kit: Second layout by Elaine King

    First cut the piece of Coconut Swirl Cardstock to 11” and mount it onto the Mysterious Teal cardstock having gutted the centre to leave a 1” frame.  Next cut a heart from Paper 5 and very lightly draw around it...

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  • February’s kit: Layout by Elaine King
    February 12, 2025 louise crosbie

    February’s kit: Layout by Elaine King

    Here’s the first project using this months wonderful kit. First take the Paper 8 and trim to an 11” square. Trim the branding strip from the Heidi cardstock and gut a centre panel leaving a frame.  Mount the smaller piece...

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  • Little Pieces of Me by JANINE O'ROURKE
    January 13, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Little Pieces of Me by JANINE O'ROURKE

    I absolutely adore this range from Uniquely Creative, it is absolutely stunning, and oh so romantic! This layout I recently taught as a class at a retreat I had the shop at - there were 3 layouts in the class,...

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