July Challenge - Summer Breeze!

Hello, and Happy Sunday to you. We are a few days later than usual, we are in summer holidays mode! Hope the start of your July is going well. Happy 4th of July to all our American followers for tomorrow.

Thank you for all the beautiful entries for our June Masculine challenge. It was very difficult to choose a top 3, but with great difficulty we chose
1st : #7 Kama
2nd : #35 Kevin
3rd : #5 Susan Kennedy
Please take the badge at the side, and display it proudly!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our new challenge for July, is "Summer Breeze". You can interpret the theme anyway you like.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is Geraldine's beautiful card for our theme -

Suchi's beautiful card to suit the theme -

Eithne was inspired by colours for summer breeze, and crocheted a baby blanket-

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Sunday 31st July 2016. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

This is Suchi's last month on our Guest Design Team, for Craft for the Craic. I would like to thank her for all her hard work, dedication and commitment and wish her all the best in the future. We will miss you!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations,

Have a great Sunday!

Eithne

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April's Anything but a Card!

Hello! Happy April Fools Day! Hope you haven't gotten caught out yet ;) hope you have all recovered from the over indulgence of Easter Eggs!! Delightful Easter Eggs, yum!

Thank you for all the beautiful March entries. We really enjoyed looking at all projects relating to our theme, Luck of the Irish. As our challenge only ended last night at midnight, our DT have not had a chance to look at all entries. Please check back over the weekend to see our top 3!

For April our challenge is "Anything but a card". As usual you can interpret the theme any way you like!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is the beautiful DT's inspiration: -

Geraldine made some beautiful shaker bookmarks!

Suchi did a mixed media project

Pixie made some tasty treats, they're making me hungry!

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Saturday 30th April 2016.  Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations,

Have a great Friday!

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Luck of the Irish! Happy St. Patrick's Day :)

Hello! Wow, it’s March already! We are having little glimpses of Spring, here in Ireland, and it is so nice to see all the Spring flowers blooming. It gives such a glimmer of hope for a lovely summer ahead.

This year, March is a busy month - this Sunday is Mother's Day, so wishing all Mammy's out there, a lovely Mothering Sunday!! In the middle of March, we celebrate our Patron Saint's feast day - St. Patrick. Wherever you are, I hope you enjoy St. Patrick's Day (or Paddy's Day, but *NOT* Patty's Day ;)  ) In the words of my kiddies favourite film (Flight of the Doves)

"You don't have to be Irish to be Irish"!!

And then near the end of March it's Easter. Phew, busy month!

Thank you for all the beautiful February entries. We really enjoyed looking at everything that makes YOU smile. Our DT chose
1st - 65 Angelique
2nd - 58 Paperesse
3rd - 39 Sweet Kobylkin

  

St. Parick is the patron saint of Ireland, on we celebrate this day on March 17^th. Inspired by this day, our theme for March is “The Luck of the Irish”. You can interpret this theme any way you wish!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is the beautiful DT's inspiration: -

Suchi

 Eithne

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Thursday 31st March 2016.  Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations,

Have a great Friday!

Lá Fhéile Phádraig,

Eithne & Michelle :)

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February 2nd Birthday Challenge!

Hello! Phew, we all survived January! ;) Hope wherever you are you are enjoying the beginning of Spring.  February marks the 2nd Birthday for Craft for the Craic. I would like to thank all of the Design Team for their continuous hard work and wonderful inspiration. Without them we would not be able to continue to hold challenges and to keep the blog alive. We would also like to sincerely thank each and every one of our participants over the past 2 years, without whom the challenge would not have been as enjoyable or exciting. We will be having a Birthday Giveaway later in the month as a thank you, so be sure to check back in with us!

Thank you so much for all the beautiful January Blues entries. We really enjoyed looking at all the talented and beautiful projects. It was very hard to choose a top 3!

1st - #35 Grá O'Neill

2nd - #20 Paper Profusion

3rd - #26 Deborah Deruyck

Thank you so much, as always, for entering our challenge. We love to see all the entries, and they inspire us so much. Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar.

Pixie chose this months challenge, and she chose "Something to make you Smile". You can interpret this anyway you wish!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here are the beautiful DT's inspiration: -

Suchi

Geraldine

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Once again, thank you to each and everyone of our wonderful entrants over the past 2 years. We look forward to another year of challenges and great entrants.

Our challenge is open until midnight Monday 29th Febraury 2016. (It’s a leap year!!) Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations,

Have a great Friday!

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Happy New Year - January Blues!!

Wow! Where did Christmas go?!!! Not sure about you, but I'm still in Christmas mode. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and managed to relax and unwind with family and friends :)

Thank you so much for entering December’s challenge. We had great difficulty choosing a top 3, but with a great deal of effort our DT chose:

1st - #61 Julie Lavalette

2nd - #86 Create with Joyce

3rd - #68 Srebrnolistka

Thank you so much, as always, for entering our challenge. We love to see all the entries, and they inspire us so much. Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar.

This months challenge is "January Blues". You can interpret whichever way you like!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is the beautiful DT's inspiration, be sure to check their blogs out for how they interpreted the theme: -

Geraldine

Suchi

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Sunday 31st January 2016.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous New Year!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations!

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Christmas Cheer!!!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Can you believe it’s December, not long now until the big day!! Hope you are enjoying the build up to Christmas. It is indeed, my most favourite time of the year!

Thank you so much for entering November’s challenge. We had great difficulty choosing a top 3, but with a great deal of effort our DT chose:

1st - #75 Paper Profusion

2nd - #80 Samra

3rd - #6 Carrie

Thank you so much, as always, for entering our challenge. We love to see all the entries, and they inspire us so much. Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar.

This months challenge is "Christmas Cheer".

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is the beautiful DT's inspiration: -

Suchi

Manuela

 

Geraldine

Joanna

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Saturday 2^nd January 2016. Please note, because it is Christmas time, we may not be able to comment on all blogs, but we will endeavour to do our best!!

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Wishing you and your family a very happy and peaceful Christmas, and wish you a prosperous New Year!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, and our new January challenge will go live on January 8th 2016.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Something Glittery for November!!

Hello! Hope your Friday morning is going well. Thank you so much for dropping by. Today is the first day of our challenge for November. Is it just me, or is Christmas earlier each year?!! In my town there are Christmas windows decorated already (well actually they were decorated before Halloween!) Crazy!

Anyway, thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for October. It was difficult, but our DT chose the Top 3 as follows:
1st - #7 Susanne
2nd - #24 Ciara Griffin Lee
3rd - #12 Dewi

Well done everyone and please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Thanks again to all who took part!

This months challenge is "Something Glittery".

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is the beautiful DT's inspiration: -

Manuela

 

Suchi

 

Pixie / Margaret

Geraldine

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Monday 30th November 2015.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy your Sunday.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Mid month Inspiration :)

Hello! Hope your Friday is going well. Thank you for such beautiful entries so far.

Today we have some beautiful mid month inspiration to share with you.

Suchi

Geraldine made a beautiful summer birthday card -

Joanna made a beautiful card -

Henryka

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Monday August 31st.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Hope you enjoy the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

August Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Hello, and happy Friday to you! Hope the summer where you are is better than the Irish one, it has been a bit of a wash out so far. Here's hoping the remainder of the month improves.

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our July's challenge. We were thrilled to see so many beautiful creations. With a lot of effort and decisions our DT came up with -
1st - #3 Paper Profusion
2nd - #42 Ela17
3rd - #2 Samra

Well done everyone and please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Thanks again to all who took part!

This months challenge is a photo inspiration challenge.

It is my (Eithne's) garden, which is the wild side of the garden! I discovered a bees nest under the flower bed in against the wall, so it was abandoned this summer! Despite the lack of attention, the beautiful green ferns against the purple wall always lifts the garden, even on the wet day, of which this summer we have a lot! You can interpret the picture any way you like - a garden, the colours, the flowers, the wildness etc etc. but you will be disqualified if you look for the weeds! (only kidding ;) )

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

 Yvonne

Manuela

Pixie

Suchi.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Monday 31st August.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy your Friday.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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July Challenge - Summer Time!

 Hello! Hope your Sunday morning is going well :) Yes we are two days later with our new challenge this month, we were all too busy holidaying ;)

Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for June's challenge. It was very hard to choose a top 3 from 55 beautiful projects! With great deliberation, our DT chose:
1st - #35 Little K Smith
2nd - #29 Grá O'Neill
3rd - #18 Sharon

Well done everyone and please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Thanks again to all who took part!

This months challenge is "Summer Time" (whatever you associate with summer )

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

For the next 6 months, we have 2 Guest Design Team members :) Please welcome Manuela and Suchi.

Manuela 

My name is Manuela, I am 29 years old and I am from Austria. I am stamping since a few years now and it's a wonderful hobby beside my job as a teacher. I love different styles, at the moment I am a fan of the Clean & Simple style. I am a paperhoarder, I love each single sheet ;) Silhouette and Cuttlebug are good friends of mine, Sequins are my actual love. If there's enough time left I really like to do minialbums and scrapbooking layouts. They are a gorgeous way to keep memories!

I am blogging at http://butterkipferl.blogspot.com and I am so happy to be your guestdesigner :D

Here is Manuela's beautiful card for July's Challenge -

Suchi  

Hi Sweet Crafters! I am Suchi and I have been married to a wonderful guy since past 2yrs. I am working as a software tester by day and a crafter by night! I have been painting and crafting most of my life but I am relatively new to the blogging world. I love versatility - playing with papers, stamps, stencils, mixed media , canvases, scrapbooking; can't get enough of them! :) Blogging has made me connect with the world and I made a lot of friends out there. I have never looked back since then. Thanks Eithne and Michelle for giving me this wonderful chance! I am looking forward to work with all the talented DT members! My blog over suchizcardstock awaits your dear presence! :)

Here is Suchi's beautiful card for the challenge - 

Please join us in welcoming our GDT :)

This month for the new challenge, Geraldine made a beautiful sunny card! More details at her blog.

Yvonne made this beautiful Afternoon Tea card. Check out her blog to see more details.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Friday 31st July.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy your Sunday.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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