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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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  • Memories by LOUISE CROSBIE
    August 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Memories by LOUISE CROSBIE

    I’m not a regular part of the Scrapaholix design team anymore as I had too many craft commitments, but, Janine suggested I might be the resident guest designer when the monthly kit really appealed to me and was too much...

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  • Remember by ELAINE KING
    August 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Remember by ELAINE KING

    Use the Raven cardstock as your base. Cut a strip of the Simple Stories Vintage Essentials, Authentic paper, using the rulers.  Cut two triangles from the piece remaining of the Authentic paper. The first triangle should be measured 3” wide x 4” deep and the second triangle is...

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  • Happy Holiday by KAREN MOSS
    August 16, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Holiday by KAREN MOSS

    Happy Holidays Mini-Album As soon as I saw the Where To Next - Place Tag paper I knew it would be perfect to make a little mini-album to document my summer adventures. I have a process video here. I used...

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