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  • It’s Pumpkin Time. By Sue Crease
    May 22, 2024 louise crosbie

    It’s Pumpkin Time. By Sue Crease

    Hello there,   Today I'm up on blog with this adorable layout of my niece's daughter attending her first Pumpkin Patch Pick. She did go the year before but she was still only a baby and unable to choose her own....

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  • May Layout 2 by ELAINE KING
    May 20, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    May Layout 2 by ELAINE KING

    First I took a sheet of white card from my own stash (having used the sheet I got in my kit in my first layout). I then took the Pinkfresh Happy List paper and cut the bottom pink rainbow from it,...

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  • Folio by Louise Crosbie.
    May 17, 2024 louise crosbie

    Folio by Louise Crosbie.

    Hello again.  In a very ‘out of character’ move, I’ve been making and decorating folios this week. Who would have thunk it? 😂 Originally inspired by a folio made by Paco Nuñez, who designs for Stamperia, I decided to give...

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  • Ray of Sunshine by KERRY MCINALLY
    May 15, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Ray of Sunshine by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by using the same ‘Happy List’ paper which I used in my first layout, this time using the yellow, orange and coral rainbow sections. I cut these out and distressed the edges.  I tore a two inch strip...

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  • Happiest Moments: Layout by Karen Moss
    May 13, 2024 louise crosbie

    Happiest Moments: Layout by Karen Moss

     This was one of those photos that I instantly scrapped.  Our daughter, son-in-law and grandson were in Crete on holiday and she sent me this photo. It was scrapped on the day I received it as they all looked so...

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  • Everyday Wonders by ELAINE KING
    May 10, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Everyday Wonders by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Coconut Swirl card and add some mixed media to the base. I used a hexagon stencil with a Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo. I used a stencil from my own stash but there is a similar...

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  • Let’s Celebrate: By Sue Crease.
    May 8, 2024 louise crosbie

    Let’s Celebrate: By Sue Crease.

    Hello, Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this layout of my son on his birthday last year. I have chosen to use a few papers from the ‘Heart and Home’ collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio  I have also...

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  • Fun at Dunham Massey by Kerry Mcinally
    May 6, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Fun at Dunham Massey by Kerry Mcinally

    I really liked the colours in this kit, so much so that I bought the ephemera which accompanies the collection. First of all I cut roughly a centimetre from two sides of the white cardstock and then gutted the Pink...

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  • Explore by ELAINE KING
    May 3, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Explore by ELAINE KING

    Gut the pale blue cardstock leaving a 2” border around the edge.  Use white card to create a 10” square. Use a stencil with horizontal lines, linked below, and stencil a large panel on the left and a small panel on the...

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