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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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  • Love You To The Moon by KAREN MOSS
    January 28, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

    Love You To The Moon by KAREN MOSS

    When I was having a recent major clear out of my craft room I came across lots of 5" x 7" photos of our daughter's wedding, in May 2022.  I knew these would go so well with my January kit,...

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  • Wonderful Generations: Layout by Karen Moss
    September 17, 2024 louise crosbie

    Wonderful Generations: Layout by Karen Moss

    I love this photo of our daughter, grandson and myself on a train to York.  It was truly a meeting of generations as we were on our way to introduce him to my mother (who is 95) and Ezzy was...

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  • Wanderlust by KAREN MOSS
    April 26, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Wanderlust by KAREN MOSS

    Wanderlust I taught a class, recently, where the focus was on using different sized photographs.  I had forgotten how much I love large photos being the focal point of a layout and so ordered several more A4 photos to scrap....

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  • Discover by KAREN MOSS
    April 8, 2024 Janine O'Rourke

    Discover by KAREN MOSS

    Gracie and I like to take a little break each year, without the men!  In 2019 we visited Barcelona for a few days and it was such a cultural experience.  We loved the Goudi architecture and all the interesting little...

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  • Tranquility Mini Album by KAREN MOSS
    April 10, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Tranquility Mini Album by KAREN MOSS

    I have a video showing the pages of this album here. I am going to Paris at the end of March, with my daughter and wanted to make a mini-album to add my photos to. Whilst browsing for inspiration on...

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  • Together by KAREN MOSS
    March 20, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

    Together by KAREN MOSS

    I was recently at a retreat and one of the challenges was to use a Gabarits, which are plastic 12 x 12 templates which are intended to be drawn around and hand cut to produce apertures to back with photos...

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