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  • Special Day by ELAINE KING
    November 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Day by ELAINE KING

    Cut the branding strip from the Coastal card and use Tim Holtz Weathered Wood to distress a diagonal section as per the photo. To do this place, some of the Weathered Wood ink onto a craft mat and spray lightly with a mist of...

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  • Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Time Spent With You by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used a 4x5 photo.  I began by gutting the Fig Swirl cardstock and mounting a trimmed, 11.5 x 11.5, piece of the Bark cardstock onto it.  I used the left over piece of Fig Swirl cardstock...

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  • Moon Notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE
    November 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Moon Notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there.  Today’s project inspiration came by request in a way. There’s been interest in doing a class with a “moon notebook”. Originally inspired by the notebook I made last year around this time.  As Janine has some of these...

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  • Special Moments by ELAINE KING
    November 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Special Moments by ELAINE KING

    First take the Tradition paper and fussy cut the central rope circle from the middle of the paper and put to one side. Next take the Special Day paper and cut to 8.5” x 11.5” to create an A4 sheet. Then stick a...

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  • Christmas Memory Book by SUE CREASE
    November 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Christmas Memory Book by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm up on The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this festive Beyond the Page Christmas memory book.  I have to say straight away that I've had this MDF book for quite a few years and I know Janine has not got...

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  • Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY
    November 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Paddle Boarding by KERRY MCINALLY

    I used the ‘Coastal’ cardstock as my background and a 4x6 photo. First of all I cut out the rope circle from the Paper Crane patterned paper and distressed the edges.  I used the piece that I had cut from...

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  • November Scrapaholix kits - Moon Bunny Dream
    November 2, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    November Scrapaholix kits - Moon Bunny Dream

    The beautiful November kits are now available, these kits feature papers from Asuka Studio, and embellishments from chipboard company Scrapaholics and flowers from Little Birdie Designs. Here is the main kit: The main kit contains: 1 x Moon Bunny Dream...

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  • Happiest by KAREN MOSS
    October 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happiest by KAREN MOSS

    I always ask for way too many embellishments when I am designing with a collection. I know my layouts are usually very embellishment heavy but then I have so many left over. The embellishments in the 49 and Market Sunburst...

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  • There is Magic in You by Kerry Mcinally
    October 27, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    There is Magic in You by Kerry Mcinally

    I began this layout by cutting a 10 inch circle from the Blue Skies paper. I mounted this in the centre of the Stonewash cardstock.  Next I trimmed the One of a Kind paper to 11.5 inches square and cut...

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