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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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  • 40th Birthday Card by SUE CREASE
    April 26, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    40th Birthday Card by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'd like to share with you all a card I recently made for The Mad Scrapper Blog using pretty papers from Maja Design  along with flowers from the store and a few stash items. I started by making a shaped...

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  • Spring blossom notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE
    April 12, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Spring blossom notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE

    A bit of a different colour palette from me this week. I’m not usually a soft pastel sort of person but this look was achieved using quite strong colours and it’s the dry brushing in white afterwords that achieves the...

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  • Spring Box by LOUISE CROSBIE
    March 29, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Spring Box by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Spring is here. Well so they tell me. Other than having a crazy little bird attack my window every morning at the crack of dawn I’m not seeing much sign of it. (I’m told birds attack their reflections in windows...

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  • Magical Plaque by LOUISE CROSBIE
    March 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Magical Plaque by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Today I’m sharing this large round 12 inch plaque with you. The plaque is made of laser cut wood but you can do something similar on an old scratched LP record. Just be careful how you use the heat gun...

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  • Folio Mini Album by LOUISE CROSBIE
    February 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Folio Mini Album by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hello there folks. I wanted to use one of the 49 and Market folio sets to make a mini album for today’s project. Mostly because I’m really awful at making albums from scratch and if I buy a ready made...

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  • Santa Paws by KAREN MOSS
    February 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Santa Paws by KAREN MOSS

    I love this photo of our little Darcey Doodle in her Santa Suit. We are lucky that she is such a sweetheart and is happy to be dressed up for Christmas. I started with a piece of Prima Christmas Sparkle...

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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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