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  • Together by ELAINE KING
    September 11, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Together by ELAINE KING

    First take the piece of Rain card and gut it to leave a 1” border. Cut the coconut swirl card to 11” and mat on the Rain border piece.  Next take three Distress Oxides: Salvaged Patina, Worn Lipstick and Fossilised Amber. Press...

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  • It's A Dog's Life by KAREN MOSS
    September 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    It's A Dog's Life by KAREN MOSS

    I have to confess I do call our Cockerpoo 'my baby' and fuss her a lot but when we were out walking and I saw her pick something up, upon saying 'Show me what you have' I wasn't expecting to...

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  • Layout 1 by KERRY MCINALLY
    September 7, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 1 by KERRY MCINALLY

    This kit is so bright and colourful, lots of lovely cut a parts and papers which lend themselves to fussy cutting.I began with a 4 x 4 photo which I backed onto some scrap white card stock, I then cut...

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  • September Scrapaholix Kits
    September 4, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    September Scrapaholix Kits

    September is here and with it comes our bright and beautiful September Scrapaholix kits. These kits feature papers and products form Cocoa Vanilla Studio's Happy Days collection, and included in the main kit this month is a Crafter's Companion Glue...

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  • Accordion Mini Book by Louise Crosbie
    August 31, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Accordion Mini Book by Louise Crosbie

    After making two layouts from the kit, I still had quite a lot of card and paper left over.  I really liked the idea of using the bingo cards as a little booklet of some sort and little books and...

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  • Wild West! by LOUISE CROSBIE
    August 25, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Wild West! by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Another layout using the August Scrapaholix kit. And an excuse for me to get more rub-ons 😂 I kept it simple this time. I’ve used the rub-ons to surround my focal point and the numbers from the sticker sheet that...

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  • Magic Forest Journal by LOUISE CROSBIE
    August 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Magic Forest Journal by LOUISE CROSBIE

    I went a little crazy last week and actually opened my precious “Magic Forest” 8x8 papers. I bought the main papers and the extra background papers. They are so pretty. I had that dilemma of “which side will I show” ...

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  • Layout 3 by KERRY MCINALLY
    August 23, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Layout 3 by KERRY MCINALLY

    For this layout I used a 4x6 photo of my daughter which had been printed to give an aged look.  I mounted the photo on some scraps of white and then black card. I cut 1 inch from two sides...

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  • Sweet Photo Shoot by SUE CREASE
    August 21, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Sweet Photo Shoot by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a layout on  The Mad Scrapper Blog using the lovely collection recently released by Simple Stories who were working with My Minds Eye on this Wildflower collection still available in  The Mad Scrapper   store. I will tell...

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