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  • Makes Me Smile by ELAINE KING
    March 22, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Makes Me Smile by ELAINE KING

    First take the blue card and gut the centre leaving a 1” frame. Cut the Coconut Swirl card down to 11” and mount on the blue frame.  Using Dina Wakley Acrylic pain in Night I splatted two diagonal large area...

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  • Santa Excitement layout by SUE CREASE
    March 20, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Santa Excitement layout by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm up The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this Ready to take photos layout. Did you buy some of these beautiful papers by Uniquely Creative and are still waiting to use them? Well why not make up a layout ready...

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  • Love That Smile by KERRY MCINALLY
    March 13, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Love That Smile by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by cutting a centimetre from two sides of the white card stock and then gutting the pale blue card-stock to give a very narrow border.  I then found the mid point on the white card stock and using...

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  • Happy Moments by ELAINE KING
    January 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the piece of coconut swirl cardstock and either stencil or doodle two straight lines down the middle using Fossilised Amber Distress Ink. Add random stencil or doodles spots around the page making sure you keep it light and don’t...

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  • Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 15, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Discover + Create by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by matting a 4 x 6 portrait photo on the craft card stock and distressing the edges. Next I used three of the 4x6 journalling cards - I cut out the ruler, pencil, bulldog clip and book page,...

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  • A Great Day BY SUE CREASE
    December 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    A Great Day BY SUE CREASE

    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...

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  • Halloween Tombstone by LOUISE CROSBIE
    October 25, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Halloween Tombstone by LOUISE CROSBIE

    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...

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  • Enjoy This Moment by ELAINE KING
    October 23, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Enjoy This Moment by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill Coconut Swirl cardstock and trim the branding. Use a Vicki Boutin stencil of your choice and use three coloured inks. I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in Fossilised Amber, Broken China, and Worn Lipstick. Create a large area at the bottom and a smaller...

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