Friday, 20 February 2015

Mid Month Inspiration

Hello! Here in Ireland this week it is the school's midterms. Having lazy days are wonderful for reviving the soul!! Today we have some beautiful mid month inspiration from Henryka. February's challenge, the theme is:
"Birthdays or Anniversary" (You can interpret this whichever way you like!)



Today for our mid month inspiration Henryka has this beautiful project, a Best Wishes card:

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 Saturday February 28th.

February's theme is:


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

Eithne & Michelle :)

Friday, 6 February 2015

Happy 1st Birthday!

Hello and Happy Friday :) This month marks Craft for the Craic's first Birthday! One year ago, we set up the Irish challenge blog to promote and encourage crafting for a bit of craic (fun), and would like to thank each and everyone of you for taking part in some or all of the past 12 challenges. Here's to many more challenges to come!

Thank you to all of our beautiful entrants last month. We found it difficult to choose, but our design team chose
#1 14 Tofa
#2 12 Srebrnolistka
#3 16 Nancy Brown


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

For February's challenge, the theme is:
"Birthdays or Anniversary" (You can interpret this whichever way 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 what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge 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!

Our challenge is live open until midnight Saturday February 28th.


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 :)

Friday, 23 January 2015

Mid month inspiration

Hello! Hope your new year is starting well and you are enjoying your Friday :) This months challenge theme is a project incorporating "your favourite word" and we have this amazing project from Katya.







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 Saturday January 31st.

January's theme is:


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

Eithne & Michelle :)

Friday, 9 January 2015

Mid month inspiration

Hello! Hope your new year is starting well and you are enjoying your Friday :) This months challenge theme is a project incorporating "your favourite word" and we have beautiful journal page from Sylwia.



 Sylwia's favourite word is 'Love". Make sure to check out Sylwia's blog and the video tutorial.

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 Saturday January 31st.

January's theme is:


Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!
We will be back with more mid-month inspirations next week. Until then happy crafting!

Eithne & Michelle :)


Friday, 2 January 2015

Happy New Year!

Hello, and a very happy new year! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with love, joy, peace and happiness :) Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries for our December challenge. As usual we found it very difficult to decide on a top 3 from all the fabulous creations, but with much deliberation we chose:
Tied first - #1 Annettes Stapylton and #81 Grá O'Neill
Second #23 Amelia B
Third #34 Karien


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

For January's challenge, our 12th challenge, the theme is:
Your "Favourite Word" (You can interpret this whichever way 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 what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme - Favourite Word:








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 Saturday January 31st.

January's theme is:


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, but we would all like to wish you and your family a very happy, peaceful and crafty New Year :)


Happy Crafting,
Eithne & Michelle :)


Friday, 12 December 2014

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Hello! Wow, can you believe Christmas is just around the corner!! Hope your December is going well :)

Today we have beautiful inspiration from Geraldine, for December's challenge


Do pop over to her blog to check out the Christmas cards she made.




If you are crafting this weekend, why not head over and enter the challenge.
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 New Years Eve, December 31st.

If you are doing any crafting, why not give the challenge a go?

Hope you are keeping warm and enjoying your December!
Happy Crafting :)
Eithne and Michelle

Friday, 5 December 2014

Mí na Nollaig (December's) Challenge - Favourite Christmas Colours

Woohoo! It is December. Can't believe it is only a few weeks until Christmas. Have you been crafting much for Christmas lately? We are having very cold weather with freezing fog here, so the perfect excuse to sit in and craft!! This month the theme of the challenge is your 'Favourite Christmas Colours'.
Before we see the DT's beautiful creations, Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for November. It was so hard to choose a top 3, but our DT chose-
Tied 1st Macarena #55 and Papersniffer #16
2nd Stamping with Meighan #36
3rd Lalky Girl #47


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

For December (Mí na Nollaig) challenge, the theme is:
Your "Favourite Christmas Colours" (You can interpret this whichever way 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 what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you:












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 New Years Eve, Wednesday December 31st.

December's theme is:


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, but we would all like to wish you and your family a very happy, peaceful and crafty Christmas and New Year :)
Nollaig Shona Duit :)

Happy Crafting,
Michelle and Eithne :)