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  • Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING
    December 29, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING

    Take a sheet of white cardstock and use Iced Spruce Distress Ink to make splatters and use the distressing technique to create a mixed media background.  Using the large scraps from the Echo Park Winter Snow paper: Cut a rectangle...

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  • Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    December 7, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Winter Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    Here is my first December layout…method below. First I took the sheet of Bazzill Stonewash cardstock as my base. I tore two strips of the Echo Park Frosted Flowers paper measuring approximately 2-3” wide.  I also tore two strips of the same...

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  • December 2022 Scrapaholix kits
    December 2, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    December 2022 Scrapaholix kits

    Our lovely December kits are here, and as usual I have put together 2 kits as not everyone scraps Christmas. So first up there is the Christmas kit, which features papers and products from Carta Bella's Letters to Santa range. As...

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  • Welcome Winter by LOUISE CROSBIE
    January 31, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Welcome Winter by LOUISE CROSBIE

    I'm here with my third project using this years December kit.  It’s a layout using up some of the coloured card and some strips off of one of the sheets of scrapbook paper. I’ve also utilised the cut off strip...

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  • Beautiful Winter by CHARLEEN WALES
    January 10, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Winter by CHARLEEN WALES

    I love it when I see a paper from a collection and I know exactly what I want to do with it. As you might already know another love of mine is fussy cutting and the pattern paper Winter Farmhouse...

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  • Snow happy by CHARLEEN WALES
    December 29, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Snow happy by CHARLEEN WALES

    I love using shapes on my layout, I little while ago I created a very simple layout with circles, rectangles, triangles and it’s one of my favourites. So seeing this gorgeous winter kit and the fussy cutting possibilities I decided...

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  • Card and Vignette by Louise Crosbie
    December 17, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Card and Vignette by Louise Crosbie

    I’m here with my last Yule/Christmas season projects for this year.  A card and a little holly elf vignette.  Both are made by using scrapbook papers and a bit of fussy cutting and layering. The only additions are a ton...

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  • Scrapaholix December Kits
    December 12, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix December Kits

    As usual in December, we have 2 kits on offer - a Christmas Kit and a winter kit. Both the kits this month are really lovely, I hope you like what you see below! First of all, the Christmas kits:...

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  • Christmas Cards by LOUISE CROSBIE
    December 10, 2021 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Cards by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there. I’ve been using this months kit to make a few last minute Christmas cards.  There’s not a lot of good daylight so I’m sorry about the weird colours. The green is not that bright in real life and...

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