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  • Love you to the Moon BY KAREN MOSS
    May 25, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Love you to the Moon BY KAREN MOSS

    I absolutely love this photo of our Grandson, taken by our daughter, and it seemed perfect for the grungy blues, oranges and browns of the 49 and Market Rust and Revs 2 range. I felt this layout needed a large...

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  • G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS
    May 18, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter has had a really rough time with her pregnancy and I wanted to document how she has, hopefully, overcome the worse and is now feeling and looking much better. For this layout I wanted to use 49 and...

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  • Remember by ELAINE KING
    August 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Remember by ELAINE KING

    Use the Raven cardstock as your base. Cut a strip of the Simple Stories Vintage Essentials, Authentic paper, using the rulers.  Cut two triangles from the piece remaining of the Authentic paper. The first triangle should be measured 3” wide x 4” deep and the second triangle is...

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  • Scrapaholix August kits
    August 3, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix August kits

    This month our kits feature papers and products from Simple Stories' recently released Simple Vintage Essentials range. I'm loving the neutrality of these kits - perfect for base layers, ready for you to add your own splash of colour to...

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  • Altered Tin by LOUISE CROSBIE
    July 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Altered Tin by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there.  I’ve altered this little tin as my first project for July.  It’s about 5 inches tall and it was originally a 1940s (?) cigarette tin I picked up at a bric-à-brac stall for £4.  It had a nice...

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  • Grimoire /spell book class by LOUISE CROSBIE
    May 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Grimoire /spell book class by LOUISE CROSBIE

    If you know my work or follow any of my social media then this book may well look somewhat familiar. You’d be right. I did a slightly larger version of this last year for another shop but since displaying it...

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  • Using Finnabair Rub ons by LOUISE CROSBIE
    February 3, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Using Finnabair Rub ons by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi again.  I’m still playing with my Finnabair Studio rubon transfers. This time, I’ve started making a little accordion style tag book.  I discovered I could paint over them if I was careful and I’ve used liquid acrylics because they...

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