The Mad Scrapper Blog

One of the places we went to, on our recent adventures, was Chirk Castle.  This was a beautiful National Trust castle and grounds and the perfect place for the dogs and a toddler to run around.  Whilst we were in...

Earlier in the month there were two big events in our household, our 40th wedding anniversary and my 70th birthday (how did that happen?)  As I actually got married on my birthday, we celebrated both with a weekend away, with...

Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my next layout from the February 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Stamperia's Quiet Days collection.  This layout is quite different to my last one from these kits, and all the vintage brown tones...

First take the sheet with the large rectangular panels and fussy cut each of the rectangles leaving a border around the edge. I used a trimmer for this but a craft knife and ruler would work too.  Next take two...

Hello, Today you find me over on The Mad Scrapper Blog sharing this fun layout inspired by Kirei Baldwin on YouTube recently. I had this collection of photographs taken on my last visit with family in America and I thought they worked...

And so we reach December - the final layout for the year of documenting my monthly makes. Although I may be tempted to make a final page with all twelve layouts on. I started this layout using my Silhouette to...

First take the beautiful butterfly paper from the kit. Use a 5” square photo and mat it on the Evening Light cardstock. Cut a 5” circle from the same card and position it beneath the butterfly to the right hand...

This scrapbook layout is about how over the festive period Ezzy experienced his first proper milkshake.  Admittedly, it was far larger than we had anticipated but he made a jolly good attempt at finishing it. For this layout I have...

Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout from the February 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Stamperia's Quiet Days collection.  I used the purple woodgrain paper (the reverse of the Butterfly sheet) from the add-on kit for my...