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  • A Smile Looks Good on You by ELAINE KING
    November 10, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    A Smile Looks Good on You by ELAINE KING

    First I took the Hello paper and used the striped side to cut a 10” circle. I then cut it into strips (each measuring three stripes wide) and distressed each edge.  I then trimmed the white card to 11” square...

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  • Thankful by KAREN MOSS
    October 13, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Thankful by KAREN MOSS

    Last month, we had a family break, at Centre Parcs, and in anticipation of the many photos that we took asked to have Uniquely Creative's Field Trip and 49 and Market's Vintage Orchard as my DT kit for this month....

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  • August by KAREN MOSS
    October 3, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    August by KAREN MOSS

    In August, I didn't have the time to scrap/knit as much as I would normally as 'Life' got in the way a bit but I did manage nine layouts - five scrapped traditionally and three hybrid pages. For this layout...

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  • The Simple Life by SUE CREASE
    September 22, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    The Simple Life by SUE CREASE

    Hello there, Today you find me over at The Mad Scrapper Blog with another holiday layout. This time it is my son when we were on the hotel's private yacht day cruise back in 2015. Of course it had to be...

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  • Live in the Moment by KAREN MOSS
    September 17, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Live in the Moment by KAREN MOSS

    Our, almost two years old, little grandson is totally obsessed with vehicles and tractors in particular.  As an early birthday present, when we visited last month, we bought him a ride on tractor.  Although he hasn't quite mastered peddling it,...

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  • Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    September 8, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First I took the Glam Girl Blue Dotty paper and used Peeled Paint Distress oxide and Uniquely Creative Uniqlo Pearl pigment powder and used the packaging technique to the right hand side of centre to create a background.  I then...

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  • Beached by SUE CREASE
    September 5, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Beached by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you can find me over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this layout of my son and husband on a family holiday in Oludeniz Turkey back in 2015. We came here 3 times and stayed in the same...

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  • July by KAREN MOSS
    August 29, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    July by KAREN MOSS

    In July, I joined in with ScrapSquads Twelve Days of Summer Scraplifts and managed to complete all twelve pages (after finishing this layout I realised that I had missed one off so in fact I made 17 layouts in July)....

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