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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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  • Record by ELAINE KING
    April 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Record by ELAINE KING

    Take the kit's piece of Kraft cardstock and using papers from the kit, cut a sheet into 11” square then cut diagonally in half to form a large triangle.  Using other papers cut two 5.5” squares and also cut them diagonally...

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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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  • A Moment in Time by ELAINE KING
    February 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Moment in Time by ELAINE KING

    Take the Dreamers in love paper and use this as your base.  Tear a 12” strip of the Forget me not paper (ensuring you leave the larger cluster on the reverse side intact). Stick this to the left hand side. Cut the centre stripy...

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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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  • Dream - Fly - Love by CHARLEEN WALES
    February 22, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Dream - Fly - Love by CHARLEEN WALES

    I am still so in love with this kit - Aquarelle Dreams, as I mentioned in my previous post, I have been holding onto these baby photos waiting for the perfect collection and the Aquarelle Dreams kit couldn't be more beautiful....

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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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  • Precious Moments by ELAINE KING
    February 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Precious Moments by ELAINE KING

    Take the Forget Me Not sheet and fussy cut the bottom semi circle of flowers. Put to one side. Take the Bazzill Coconut Swirl card stock and use Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Broken China and use the packaging technique to create...

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