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  • Family Life by KAREN MOSS
    February 7, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Family Life by KAREN MOSS

    I have to admit that I have gone from someone who didn't think they wanted any 49 and Market Spice to someone who can't get enough of it. The change has come about from my daughter sending lots of autumn/pumpkin...

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  • You & Me by ELAINE KING
    February 5, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    You & Me by ELAINE KING

    Take the sheet of Passionate card stock and liberally splatter paint over the central section. I used Dina Wakley Acrylic paint for this. I squeezed a small amount onto a craft mat, sprayed water onto it to dilute it then used a...

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  • Scrapaholix February 2024 Kits - April & Ivy
    February 1, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Scrapaholix February 2024 Kits - April & Ivy

     Good morning! Welcome to February (already), and with it comes the info about the lovely February Scrapaholix kits! Our kits this month feature papers and products from American Crafts' recently released April and Ivy range. We have some lovely strong...

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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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  • Love Your Smile by KERRY MCINALLY
    January 24, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Love Your Smile by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used the needlework paper, apricot card stock, a 4x6 journalling card and a few things from my own stash. I began by cutting a couple of mm from each side of the Needlework paper as I...

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  • Photo Op by KAREN MOSS
    January 22, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Photo Op by KAREN MOSS

    The main focus of this layout was the 49 and Market Spice Cluster kit. This was perfect as I had several 'pumpkin' photos of our grandson to scrap. The lovely photo on this layout is not our grandson, as we...

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  • Best Life by ELAINE KING
    January 19, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Best Life by ELAINE KING

    First take the large Needlework embroidery hoop paper and trim the branding strip.  Mount a square photo on foam pads and adhere it to the bottom right of the hoop. Fussy cut the feather arrangement from the 4 x 6 paper...

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  • Thankful Layout by SUE CREASE
    January 17, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Thankful Layout by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I am up on The Mad Scrapper Blog with this Pumpkin Patch layout. I started by taking a sheet of coconut swirl and then 3 sheets of Cocoa Vanilla Heart & Home paper. I cut 4 by 10x1 strips...

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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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