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  • Winter woodland night light by LOUISE CROSBIE
    November 23, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Winter woodland night light by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Today I have a snowy winter shadow box to share with you.  The main feature is a single sheet of scrapbook paper and some dusty attic snowflakes and trees.  And to add some extra interest, I drilled a hole in...

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  • Christmas Advent book by Liling Payne
    November 20, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Advent book by Liling Payne

    Hello everyone, I made some advent calendars last year for my family using my Cricut Explore and this year decided to research a different style that could be made without a cutting machine that most paper crafters could make with...

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  • Hi Foxy by AMANDA KING
    November 15, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Hi Foxy by AMANDA KING

    Hello Mad Scrappers! Amanda here again, and this month I’m working with Amy Tangerine’s Late Afternoon collection. The colours in this collection are rich and autumnal so I stayed with that theme for my first page which features a leaf...

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  • Alchemy: Mini tag book by LOUISE CROSBIE
    November 1, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Alchemy: Mini tag book by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there folks. With all the days stuck at home this year, I have found that getting out a set of beautiful scrapbook papers and just making a simple little tag mini book helps me enormously to while away some...

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  • Seahorse Wonder by Liz Marsden
    October 27, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    Seahorse Wonder by Liz Marsden

    Hi everyone, Today I thought I'd show you how I decorated a MDF Seahorse I have in my stash, using mixed media I got from The Mad Scrapper I love Seahorses and used stencils, paints, metal embellishments and Dusty Attic chipboard...

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  • LOCKDOWN by Amanda King
    October 19, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    LOCKDOWN by Amanda King

    Hello Mad Scrappers! Amanda here with a new scrapbook page to share with you. I’ve used papers from Photoplay’s Living the Quarantine Life collection to document the run-up to Lockdown in March. I used a sheet of navy cardstock from...

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  • IMAGINATION by Louise Crosbie
    October 17, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    IMAGINATION by Louise Crosbie

    Good dreaming is what leads to good photographs — Wayne Miller I am not a scrapbooker. In fact, in the 17 years I have been interested in mixed media crafting, I have done fewer layouts than I have fingers. And those I...

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  • WONDERS OF THE SEA by Liz Marsden
    October 14, 2020 Janine O'Rourke

    WONDERS OF THE SEA by Liz Marsden

    Hi, I'm here today with a project which I've loved creating. I love under the sea projects and Seahorses are one of my favourites, so I've used a few Finnabair mixed media and Dusty Attic chipboard products on a reverse...

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