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  • Rock 'N' Roll '23 by ELAINE KING
    May 26, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Rock 'N' Roll '23 by ELAINE KING

    First I took a sheet of white A4 card from my own stash but you could cut from your 12” x 12” card from the kit. Then I used Tim Holtz Candied Apple Distress ink to create little circles (using the end...

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  • Baby Boy Card by SUE CREASE
    May 24, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Baby Boy Card by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm back on The Mad Scrapper Blog  sharing this cute different type of card to welcome a new baby and in this case for a boy. It turned out to be bigger than I planned but to be honest I'm...

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  • Golden Girl by KERRY MCINALLY
    May 22, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Golden Girl by KERRY MCINALLY

    My third layout features a photo of my daughter, aged 3, receiving a gold award from nursery.  As soon as I saw the Little Love paper I knew it would be ideal as the pattern matches her little leggings. First...

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  • Happy Day by ELAINE KING
    May 19, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Day by ELAINE KING

    Take the Bazzill Yukon Gold card and use it as your base. Cut 6” strips of the Little Love, Fly Away and Spring Fling papers and tear strips around 1-2” deep. Layer these in alternating patterns down the centre of the Yukon card. ...

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  • Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS
    May 17, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh-La-La by KAREN MOSS

    Each year, in March, Gracia and I try to have a little holiday away, just the two of us. This year we went to Paris - somewhere she had been but I hadn't. We were blown away by the small...

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  • May kit, layout no2 BY KERRY MCINALLY
    May 15, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    May kit, layout no2 BY KERRY MCINALLY

    I began my second layout using the May kit by fussy cutting flowers and leaves from the spring fling paper. I then chose some distress oxides from my stash which I thought would compliment the colours from the Storyteller collection....

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  • We Belong Together by SUE CREASE
    May 12, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    We Belong Together by SUE CREASE

     Hello, Today I am sharing a beautiful layout of my late parents for the The Mad Scrapper Blog using fabulous papers and ephemera from Simple Stories available in the store at the time of writing this post. Simple Stories have...

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  • Oh Yes! by ELAINE KING
    May 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Oh Yes! by ELAINE KING

    Take the Cocoa Vanilla, Storyteller Fly Away sheet and gut the centre leaving a 1” frame.  Cut the Bazzill Quartz card to 11” square and gut the centre to leave a 1” frame too.  Layer the two together.  Then cut the...

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  • Magic Forest Book Nook by LOUISE CROSBIE
    May 8, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Magic Forest Book Nook by LOUISE CROSBIE

    This week, I decided to try and make a book nook. It was inspired by the beautiful new Stamperia “Magic Forest” collection designed by Antonis Tzanidakis.  I’ve used some of the woodland patterned papers on the sides and a brick...

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