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  • JANUARY! Roundup Layout: By Karen Moss
    April 18, 2025 louise crosbie

    JANUARY! Roundup Layout: By Karen Moss

    This year, I thought it would be interesting to have a monthly scrapbook layout featuring all the things I make each month. I like to knit, sew, scrapbook, make cards at Christmas and also hybrid scrapbook which is making pages...

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  • Big Smiles: Layout By Karen Moss
    April 3, 2025 louise crosbie

    Big Smiles: Layout By Karen Moss

    Our daughter and son-in-law decided to treat themselves to a 'proper' camera for Christmas and when I saw the image of the girl with a camera I sent it to Gracia to replicate it.  As the daughter of a long...

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  • Sweater Weather: Layout by Karen Moss
    March 18, 2025 louise crosbie

    Sweater Weather: Layout by Karen Moss

    Like many of us, I indulge in many crafts.  I rediscovered knitting when our grandson was on the way and love spending winter evenings cosy and warm, listen to an audio book and knitting away.  This is the second Nordic...

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  • Nutcracker folio: By Louise Crosbie
    October 25, 2024 louise crosbie

    Nutcracker folio: By Louise Crosbie

    Hello again. I’m sharing some ideas for the beautiful Stamperia Nutcracker collection. I’ve made this trifold folio style book by using three Kraft coloured envelopes. I stuck them together in a way that kept them open and left room for tucking...

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  • Magical Discs: by Louise Crosbie
    August 24, 2024 louise crosbie

    Magical Discs: by Louise Crosbie

      Hi there. Today I am sharing a project I made that was inspired by a challenge Nuneka Box set a while ago. It was to do a composition on a circle measuring 13cm and to use Lindy’s products. It’s not...

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  • Fortune Card and Tag: By Louise Crosbie
    July 26, 2024 louise crosbie

    Fortune Card and Tag: By Louise Crosbie

      I’ve fallen in love with the new Fortune range by Stamperia. I sort of feel like I’m getting two themes for the price of one. While it’s all technically a mysterious fortune theme, half of it is all crystal balls,...

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  • Fortune Folio: By Louise Crosbie
    July 10, 2024 louise crosbie

    Fortune Folio: By Louise Crosbie

    At June’s Craft Club, we all made folios inspired by the tutorial by Paco Nuñez from Stamperia. We each chose our own papers and I decided to use the main paper set from the Fortune collection. And I chose to...

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  • Craft Club Folio inspiration: by Louise Crosbie
    June 7, 2024 louise crosbie

    Craft Club Folio inspiration: by Louise Crosbie

    Hello again. Im back with another Paco Nuñez inspired folio to show you. It’s just one more example of what you could do with the folios we’re going to be making at craft club in June. The folio will change...

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  • Folio by Louise Crosbie.
    May 17, 2024 louise crosbie

    Folio by Louise Crosbie.

    Hello again.  In a very ‘out of character’ move, I’ve been making and decorating folios this week. Who would have thunk it? 😂 Originally inspired by a folio made by Paco Nuñez, who designs for Stamperia, I decided to give...

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