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  • Explore Nature by LOUISE CROSBIE
    May 11, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Explore Nature by LOUISE CROSBIE

    Hi there.  This is my last month of designing for the Scrapaholix monthly kit.  And for my first project I decided I’d like to use up some of my 49 and Market ephemera and embellishments.  So these all come from...

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  • Spring! BY SUE CREASE
    May 9, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Spring! BY SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I am sharing this hanger I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog.  Are you like me and pick up things and think "I could do something with this" buy it and put it to one side only to...

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  • Playing with Waxes Canvas by LORI WOODS
    May 6, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Playing with Waxes Canvas by LORI WOODS

    Hello creative friends! I recently had a colour palette idea in my head of blues and purples but I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with it. I started to assemble some different bits and pieces together and...

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  • Art Journal cover by LOUSIE CROSBIE
    May 4, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Art Journal cover by LOUSIE CROSBIE

    The project I’m sharing today is yet another art journal cover.  I have to hold my hands up and say the photos are far brighter than the real life object and that’s because there are metallique paints and waxes involved...

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  • A Day to Remember by SUE CREASE
    May 2, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    A Day to Remember by SUE CREASE

    Hello, Today I'm sharing a layout over at The Mad Scrapper Blog that  I have made of my late Dad taken sometime in the 1980's. I just love the photo as it shows how thrilled he was to collect his winnings from...

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  • May 2022 Scrapaholix kits - Plurielles + Wax Seals
    May 1, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    May 2022 Scrapaholix kits - Plurielles + Wax Seals

    Our gorgeous, gorgeous May kits are here, and these certainly will not disappoint! Such a pretty, soft, feminine colour palette this month, I am loving the combination of vintage pink, soft grey, rich brown and white. And we have a...

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  • Home Tags by SHARON NETTLESHIP
    April 29, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Home Tags by SHARON NETTLESHIP

    April's kit and add on kit are stunning this month and I've made two home tags with them to hang in my home.  My first step was to die cut two tags using a mixed media card. I then watercoloured...

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  • Our Happy Place by CHARLEEN WALES
    April 28, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Our Happy Place by CHARLEEN WALES

    Some of the best memories are made at home If I have photos from the same day / same occasion I like to use the same collections to document that experience or occasion. I don't make double pages, although I like...

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  • Envelope Folio Album by SHARON NETTLESHIP
    April 25, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

    Envelope Folio Album by SHARON NETTLESHIP

    This month's kit by Carta Bella is stunning with beautiful papers. I thought this Folio album would really show them off .  I started off with one of the folios from a 49 & Market kit, the 4x6 envelope folio...

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