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I was recently at a Halloween weekend retreat and there were lots of Halloween themed items.  One of them was this cute ghost napkin and I used that as the start of my layout, using Prima Bewitched. The first thing...

When I looked through photographs on my phone for suitable Halloween ones, I found these Snap Chat ones and thought that they would be perfect for using with the Prima Bewitched range. I started with the paper that had the...

Last month, Gracia and I took Ezra to a Pumpkin Patch at a farm park.  He wasn't really interested in a lot of the things there, only if they were vehicle related, although he did enjoy feeding the animals.  We...

  Hi there.I’ve been giving one of my art journals a bit of a makeover. It somehow feels more inspiring to work in if it’s a bit magical on the outside instead of simply ‘Kraft brown’ coloured.  I used some...

You may (or may not) know that we are starting an art journal club at The Mad Scrapper. A place for those who have never done art journaling and for seasoned art journalists to come together with their journals and...

Hello, Today you can find me over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this layout of myself celebrating my 60th birthday with my best friend Julia having  afternoon tea. We had a lovely time. For this layout I have used 2...

Today’s project is another altered tin.  This one has more of a steampunk vibe and uses mostly metallique waxes (with the obligatory rust paste of course)  The tin I used is a vintage ‘Harrogate Toffee’ tin. I’ve simply glued on...

Hi there.  Today’s project inspiration came by request in a way. There’s been interest in doing a class with a “moon notebook”. Originally inspired by the notebook I made last year around this time.  As Janine has some of these...

Hi there.  I’m back with another project using my new house mould. However, since making this and the star from my last project, I’ve discovered the lovely mould has been discontinued. 😱 I’d like to point out a cool substitute...