Deireadh Fomhair Challenge #9 - Something suitable for a child

Hello! Today is the first Friday of 'Deireadh Fomhair' (Irish for October), and November is Samhain in Irish which is also the name for 'Hallowe'en' in Irish. It is believed that the old Irish ritual Samhain (October 31st) is where celebrating Hallowe'en originated. This is the one night that the spirits had easier access to this world, hence why all the scary customs and rituals (for example "Trick or Treat") began, as all the spirits were crossing between the afterlife and this life and able to trick and scare people!

Thank you so much for all your beautiful entries. As usual, we found it very difficult to choose a top 3. Our wonderful DT choose

1st #73 Norma

2nd #14 Nela

Tied 3rd#61 Chris and #15 Cheremane

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For October's (Deireadh Fomhair) challenge, the theme is:

"Something suitable for a child or has a childish theme"

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!

This month we would like to welcome our new DT members to Craft for the Craic.

Yvonne

My name is Yvonne, I’m originally from Co Dublin, but have lived in Co Wicklow for the past 18 years.  I am married with 2 lovely boys,

and I’ve been card making for the past 10 years, I was a florist for nearly 25 years. and bring this to my card making, to add extra little touches.

As a child I was very crafty, and had my own craft shop in the Cotswolds for 3 years in the early 90s

everything I sold I made myself, or hand finished it. I got into card making, when I learned Quilling and Decoupage at the local WI group, and sold very simple card in my shop.

I took up the hobby up again 10 years ago, as I was a stay at home Mum, and was looking for something to do.

The greatest pleasure I get from my hobby is sharing something new, with my craft group in Kilcoole.

it’s a passion, and some would say and addiction, it can be a very expensive hobby, so I try to teach, simple but pretty cards, and nearly always come up with a new fold or design for each class. And I get great inspiration for other crafty blogs, so hope you enjoy the cards I share. You can find me at Card Art Kilcoole, and please get in touch if you need any help.

Joanna

My name is Joanna. I was born and raised in Poland but 8 years I have moved to Ireland.
I have a  husband Luke and crazy cat Phoebe.
I have startedmy crafts with decoupage around 10 years ago; I tried cross-stitching, felting, iris folding.
I love all types of crafts, now mostly card making. It's my hobby and takes all my free time.
I'm also addicted of buying new supplies :) My craft room is getting bigger and bigger.

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you:

Henryka

Yvonne

Joanna

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 live open until midnight Friday October 31st.

October's theme is:

For the month of October (Deireadh Fomhair), we are running a giveaway! Mixed Media Place have very kindly sponsored the prize - "Early Fall" kit. Look at that fabulous kit. You can enter here to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize.

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

Happy Crafting,

Michelle and Eithne :)

Mid month Inspiration

Hello and I hope your Thursday is going well :) Here in Ireland we are having a wonderful "Indian Summer". It is so warm and sunny, really 'easing' us into Autumn!

Today we have some more inspiration for our current challenge - Something with Circles on it.

Henryka created this beautiful card :) Check out her blog for more details.

Pixie knitted these beautiful flowers, and you can check out her blog here for more details.

Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries to date. If you are crafting why not give the challenge a go? Challenge is open until 30th September. 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!

Thanks for stopping by,

Michelle and Eithne :)

September Challenge #8 - Something with Circles on it

Hello! Happy Friday to you :) Hope your September is going well. In Ireland September is usually the beginning of a new school year, and we are usually guaranteed hot weather! In typical fashion, we are experiencing an 'Indian' summer with beautiful, warm, sunny days.

Thank you all for joining in our August challenge. We had a great response, and as usual found it very difficult to decide on only 3. Our tied top 3, in no particular order are

Geraldine #6, Liz #81, ScrappEllen #111

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The new challenge for September is:

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 three of our Design Team members have to show you:

Sylwia

Sylvie

Katya 

For this month challenge I have made a birthday card for my colleague who is soccer mad. I used Prima All Star papers, some paper scraps, die cuts, brads, stamping and crackle paint. 

Next week we will do another reveal so be sure to come back then :)

To see more photos and details on each of the projects, just visit the blogs! Why not give the challenge a go? 

We would love for you to join in our challenge, remember anything that encourages, motivates or promotes your creativity, if it has circles on it, we would LOVE to see it ;) Our challenges start the first Friday of the month, and end the last day of the month (so this month's deadline is Tuesday 30th September)

We are pretty easy going about rules, but if you'd like, read this page.

Marleen has stepped down from Craft for the Craic DT. :( We will all miss her, but wish her well in her adventure ahead. If you would like to join out DT, we have a DT call at the minute. You can read more here or else email me at the address on the left.

Thanks for popping by, don't forget to come back next week for more inspiration!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Crafting,

Michelle & Eithne :)

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August Challenge Inspiration

Good morning and hope your Sunday is going well :) Today we have some beautiful August inspiration from Henryka - 

Henryka for the August challenge made a beautiful Photo Album for a Christening gift. 

Henryka never used her new set of punches from Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page™ Set, Cherish.

Check out Henryka's blog for more photos and close ups of this beautiful gift.

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!

August's theme is:

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

Happy Crafting,

Michelle and Eithne :)

Mid month Inspiration :)

Hello, and hope your August is going well. Today we have some inspiration to tie in with our monthly challenge - a craft item you have never used.

Check out the beautiful DT projects

Pixie

Check out Pixie's blog to see what is inside!

Marleen

Why not give the challenge a go? Thanks for popping by, hope you have a crafty Saturday!

Happy Crafting,

Michelle and Eithne :)

August Challenge #7 - A Craft Item you have never used before

Hello! Hope you are having a lovely Friday. This is the beginning of our Irish August Bank Holiday. We are having a beautifully warm Summer, unusual for Irish weather ;)

Thank you so much for joining in our challenge last month. With great difficulty we choose our winners, there was a 4 way tie this month, so our 4 joint winners are as follows :-)

Joint 1st - # Lidya

            Joint 1st - # Jenyoung808

        Joint 1st - # Deonna B 
 Joint 1st - # Gail L

Thanks again to all who played along with Craft for the Craic, and congratulations to our Top 4!

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For August, the theme is "A Craft item you have never used before". Maybe it is the pack of paper that has been too pretty to open, or the roll of washi tape that wandered under the desk! Whatever it is, we would like to see something that has never been used before. Please be sure to mention what the item is! 

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 our Design Team have to show you:

First up This Month we would like to introduce You to our newest team Member

Sylwia

Hello Arty Souls!!!

This is my first post as I have joined this wonderfully creative DT recently:)

I wanted to show you something FUN today- my altered brush!!! This is huge brush, which I never used. It was sitting in my craft room forever and I decided to use it first time but as a surface to paint on:) Its really fun project and you can use your imagination and alter it with scraps of paper, flowers, beads etc. Check out Sylwia's blog post HERE

Sylvie

This month Sylvie has been crafting with Tin Foil :-)

Check out her VIDEO to see how she made this lovely card.

Katya

Hi everyone. This month challenge was a hard one =)  I dont tend to buy something and not use it straight away. So I was frantically searching through my stash and found a pearl dabber! I have used it all over flowers and add some sparkle. 

Michelle

This month Michelle has made a Mini Album, using a paper collection she has had in her stash for at least a couple of years :-) check out her post HERE

 

Angela

My version of the unused craft item.

This is a T-shirt with a 'bleach dyed'  skull pattern using a cut-out skull shape and stamped with a selection of stamps from my stash. Simples.

A second attempt same technique, but stamping over the bleached areas using inks suitable for fabric. ColorBox / StazOn.

Eithne

I made a card with a lot of papers and embellishments that I never used before - The pink paper at the left side, the black irridescent board and the beautiful felt flowers.

So that's our Design Team's beautiful inspiration :) 

To see more photos and details on each of the projects, just visit our blogs! Why not give the challenge a go? 

We would love for you to join in our challenge, remember anything that encourages, motivates or promotes your creativity, if it has something you have never used, we would LOVE to see it ;) Our challenges start the first Friday of the month, and end the last day of the month (so this month's deadline is Sunday 31st August)

We are pretty easy going about rules, but if you'd like, read this page.

Thanks for popping by, don't forget to come back mid month for more inspiration!

Hope you have a wonderful bank holiday weekend.

Happy Crafting,

Michelle & Eithne :)

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Design Team Call

Hello and happy Tuesday to you. Here in Ireland, the weather is fabulous - sunny and warm :)

We are having a Design Team call! We are looking for Irish or crafters living in Ireland for the DT, who can commit to 1 or 2 projects per month, commenting on entries, voting and promoting the challenge blog on your social medias. We would love crafters of all levels, ability and talent to join the team to encourage the many different crafts popular in Ireland today. Please email us at the address to the left with photos or links to two of your favourite projects, to get the ball rolling! We would love to hear from you.

Remember if you are crafting this month, and your project meets the theme of "favourite colours" please be sure to join in the fun!

Have a wonderful Tuesday and happy crafting to you,

Michelle and Eithne :)