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  • Choose Happy by SUE CREASE
    June 26, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Choose Happy by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm here to share another project made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and I am using the new paper collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio (full detail below). It's a lovely bright set of papers and embellishments as well as cut...

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  • Happy Memories by ELAINE KING
    June 23, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Memories by ELAINE KING

    Take a sheet of white card stock and wet the lower half of the sheet with clean water.  Use watercolour paints to create a soft drizzling effect by dabbing colours across top of the water line and letting it run...

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  • Fly High by KAREN MOSS
    June 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Fly High by KAREN MOSS

    I absolutely love the 49 and Market Everywhere collection and was so pleased I got my hands on some to use for this month's projects. For this layout I have used a not-so-recent photo of our daughter and wanted to...

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  • Tell the Story by ELAINE KING
    June 16, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Tell the Story by ELAINE KING

    Use the Simple Stories Green Gingham sheet as the background.  Cut out an irregular shape of the green Grasshopper cardstock and then layer the white card stock on top, cutting slightly smaller to leave a green border. Faux stitch all around two edges of the...

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  • Hello Sunshine! by SUE CREASE
    June 14, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Hello Sunshine! by SUE CREASE

     Hello, Here I am again sharing another layout made using the fun collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studios for The Mad Scrapper Blog full details available below. I started by taking the Juicy Fruit paper and adding the sunray along the centre line...

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  • Craft club layout and cards by LOUISE CROSBIE
    June 12, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Craft club layout and cards by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there.  We are starting a new, once a month, Wednesday afternoon craft club here at The Mad Scrapper. A new project to try on the second Wednesday of every month.  Hopefully we will have a nice variety to suit...

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  • Here We Are by KAREN MOSS
    June 9, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Here We Are by KAREN MOSS

    On a recent trip to Paris, my daughter and I really wanted to go to EuroDisney, We had been as a family when she was 11 and thought it was a fitting way to celebrate her 30th Birthday. We decided...

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  • Life is Beautiful by KERRY MCINALLY
    June 7, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Life is Beautiful by KERRY MCINALLY

    I began by cutting out the flowers from both corners of the ‘Dream On’ paper, I also cut the three white butterflies from this. I cut half an inch from each side of the white cardstock and adhered this to...

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