Tutorial by Yvonne

Hello and happy Friday to you!

Today Yvonne has a lovely tutorial of paper weaving. Check out her blog for the details.

This month's challenge at Craft for the Craic is "Must include a Triangle Shape"

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 2nd September 2017. Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!


Best wishes,
Happy crafting,
Eithne and Michelle

Exploding Box Tutorial

Hello! Hope your month of May is going well for you. We are having a glorious week of sunshine, summer definitely has come in Ireland!!


Today Yvonne has an amazing tutorial to show us, it's of an exploding box card. Check out the link here to see all the fab details and how to make one. Don't forget to leave some love for Yvonne!

This is a picture of when the box card is open. Amazing!

For our May theme, we have "Anything Goes"!

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!

Our challenge is open until midnight Wednesday 31st May 2017. Hope you have a wonderful Monday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Happy weekend!
Eithne

Foamiran Tutorial with Yvonne

Hello,
Hope you enjoyed a lovely Easter break. Our April's challenge is "Easter - Anything but a card". You can enter our challenge here.

For today's mid month inspiration, we have a lovely tutorial. Here in Ireland, Foamiran has become very popular, and there are often classes locally to attend. If you are not able to find a class local to you, don't worry! Yvonne has a beautiful tutorial of flowers to show with Foamiran. Check out her tutorial here.

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 30th April 2017. Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Happy Crafting!
Eithne and Michelle :)

Septembers Challenge :)

Hello and happy Friday to you!! Wow, September already. Where is the year going to!

Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for August's photo inspiration challenge. With great difficulty we choose the top 3:
1st - # Julie
2nd - # Tofa
3rd - # Hildenkraft

This month's challenge the theme is: Anything but a square or rectangle. (No squares or rectangles!!)

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!

Check out the beautiful projects for the challenge theme from our DT:

Manuela

 Yvonne

Pixie

Geraldine

Henryka

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 Wednesday 30th September.

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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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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Mid Month Inspiration :)

 Hello! We are back again with some beautiful mid-month inspiration :) The theme for June is:

"The Big Occasion" (Wedding, Anniversary, Graduation etc - you can interpret it whichever way you choose!)

Today Yvonne is showing her beautiful Seaside card. Check out her blog to get all the details!

If you are crafting this weekend, why not give the challenge a go?! If you are interested in joining our DT or as a Guest Designer, check out here.

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 Tuesday June 30th.

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

We will be back next week with more mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

New challenge for May :)

Hello! Hope your Friday, the first in May is going well. It is the Irish May Bank holiday this weekend, and the beginning of "summer"!! We have had hail stones almost every day this week, but here's hoping the Summer is on the way! ;)

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our April's challenge . With great deliberation, the DT choose -

#1 - 76 Paper Profusion
#2 - 9 Ira's Crea Corner
#3 - 7 Nanda

Please take the badge and display it proudly, thanks again to all who took part.

For May's challenge, the theme is:

"Wings" (you can interpret it whichever way you choose!)

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 what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme -

Geraldine

 Joanna

 Yvonne

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 May 31st.

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 the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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April's Challenge - Die-ing for Spring or an Easter theme.

Hello! Easter is only a few days away, where is the year going?! Hope this Good Friday finds you well :)

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our March's challenge. With great difficulty our design team chose :

#1 -  112 Zubmomi

#2 -  125 Norma

Tied #3 - 61 Liftowanie and 41 Paper Profusion

Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Well done to our top 3 and to everyone who took part.

For April's challenge, Geraldine chose the theme. It is:

"Die-ing for Spring (use a die cut) or an Easter theme"

Thank you 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!

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme -

Geraldine

Yvonne

Sylvie

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 April 30th.

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 a very happy Easter to you and yours. Enjoy the chocolate buzz ;)

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Challenge #14 - BINGO!

Hello! Hope your March has started off well :) We had snow here in Ireland a few days last week, so much for Spring weather ;)

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our February challenge, our 1st Birthday for Craft for the Craic. Where has that year gone?!  Thank you for all the lovely, kind comments also, very thoughtful. It was so hard to choose a top three, but with much deliberation our Design Team chose:
#1 - Paper Profusion
#2 - Paper Primrose
#3 - Sweet and Coloured

Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Well done to our top 3 and to everyone who took part.

For March's challenge, Henryka chose the theme. It is:

"Bingo" (You can use one line either diagonally, vertical or horizontal!)

Please make sure to mention what three elements you use!!

Thank you 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!

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme -

Henryka

Yvonne

Sylvie

Be sure to check out the blogs to see which way the Bingo was used!

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 live open until midnight Tuesday March 31st.

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, happy crafting,

Eithne & Michelle :)

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