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  • Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING
    December 29, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Snowy Fun by ELAINE KING

    Take a sheet of white cardstock and use Iced Spruce Distress Ink to make splatters and use the distressing technique to create a mixed media background.  Using the large scraps from the Echo Park Winter Snow paper: Cut a rectangle...

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  • Cool Crisp Autumn Days by KAREN MOSS
    December 27, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Cool Crisp Autumn Days by KAREN MOSS

    I have used one of my favourite photographs for this page - one of our daughter and our retriever, Kiera. Although, this was taken in 2017and Kiera is no longer with us, I still manage to scrap this photo almost...

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  • Moon Notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE
    December 21, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Moon Notebook by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi.  Sometimes, when I ask friends what they'd like for Christmas (usually stocking filler cost), they say “make me something”.  That’s daunting lol.  But a bit of a safe bet is a notebook.  The notebooks in The Mad Scrapper shop...

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  • Happy Times by ELAINE KING
    December 19, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Happy Times by ELAINE KING

    Use the Bazzill White Avalanche card stock as your background.  Use  Silver Fox Shimmerz to paint a large distressed circle in the background. When dry use Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Unchartered Mariner, to make a second layer of circles. Splatter both mediums onto the...

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  • I Am Here For The Good Times by KAREN MOSS
    December 16, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    I Am Here For The Good Times by KAREN MOSS

    We have had dogs for over 30 years with our first three were Golden Retrievers but we now have a Cockerpoo - Darcey. She is such a character and we got her the December before the first lockdown so is...

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  • O Christmas Tree by SUE CREASE
    December 14, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    O Christmas Tree by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Here I am today with another post for The Mad Scrapper Blog and this time I have used a MDF Christmas Tree shape which I have had in a draw for a couple of years just waiting for its time to...

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  • Dear Santa by CHARLEEN WALES
    December 12, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Dear Santa by CHARLEEN WALES

    Hello Scrappy friends and happy December.  The festive season has started off with a bang in my house. The Christmas tree and decorations are up. We've gone to our local Christmas fair already and this week is filled with Christmas...

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  • We are Explorers by KAREN MOSS
    December 9, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    We are Explorers by KAREN MOSS

    Although, I don't like the dark nights I absolutely love Autumn and all the colours it brings and I think that the Vicki Boutin Print Shop range, paired with a little 49 and Market ephemera is the perfect combination to...

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