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  • April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS
    May 22, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    April (Month in Five) by KAREN MOSS

    April was a very busy month with a couple of trips to Newcastle, several walks in the local bluebell woods and a few days looking after Little E whilst his parents went away. I started this double page by gutting...

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  • Happy Family by ELAINE KING
    May 21, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Family by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of white card stock and draw a dotted 10” square line around the edge in black pen.  Using a stencil of your choice, ink the bottom left of the dotted square using Stormy Sky and Villainous...

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  • G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS
    May 18, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    G is for Gracia by KAREN MOSS

    Our daughter has had a really rough time with her pregnancy and I wanted to document how she has, hopefully, overcome the worse and is now feeling and looking much better. For this layout I wanted to use 49 and...

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  • Summer Gite by SUE CREASE
    May 15, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Summer Gite by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you find me sharing a memory from back in 1998 over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog . I have had this layout design in my head for years but have been waiting for the right paper to come...

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  • Today I Am Feeling Good by NICOLA CAMPBELL
    May 13, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Today I Am Feeling Good by NICOLA CAMPBELL

    Hi everyone, Nicola here sharing my first layout using the May 2026 Scrapaholix Kits, which are based around Bo Bunny's Colorful Story collection. The blog post walking you through the contents of both the main and add-on kits can be...

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  • Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS
    May 11, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Beautiful Day by KAREN MOSS

    For this project I have used a photo that is probably 10 years or more old.  I have used it many times before but really love it and when I saw the autumnal ephemera, in the packs of Creative Cuts...

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  • Layout 1 by ELAINE KING
    May 8, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by ELAINE KING

    First take the sheet of black cardstock from the kit and cut three circles from the patterned papers as shown. Cut one of them larger than the other two and layer them beneath where the photo will sit.  Mount the...

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  • You + Me BY SUE CREASE
    May 6, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    You + Me BY SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today you find me sharing a layout on The Mad Scrapper Blog using a photograph taken 40 years ago. It is of my husband and I on our wedding day. I thought I would use these lovely spring floral papers...

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  • May Scrapaholix kits - Colorful Story
    May 4, 2026 Janine O'Rourke

    May Scrapaholix kits - Colorful Story

    Hello lovely crafters, Welcome to our gorgeous May Kits! This month our kits feature papers and products from BoBunny's Colorful Story range, I am in love with the colours in these kits, all my favourites together! We hope you enjoy...

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