Friday, 12 June 2015

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 :)

Friday, 5 June 2015

June Challenge - the Big Occasion!


Hello! Hope your Friday is going well :) This week in Ireland was the start of the state exams - Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate. In typical fashion, we had beautiful sunny days once the exams started! Best wishes to all studying!
Thank you so much for all our 185 entries! We were overwhelmed with such a wonderful response. With extreme difficulty we chose the top three.
1st - Ellapu #56
2nd - 8kidsandstilltimetocraft (phew that alone should get a prize! ;) ) #106
3rd - Shery #48
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 "The Big Occasion" (eg Wedding, anniversary, graduation, exams, etc )
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!

Today we have beautiful inspiration from Henryka and Joanna. Be sure to check out their blogs for more details.
Henryka made a beautiful card for a first birthday.


Joanna made a beautiful Wedding 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 open until midnight Tuesday 30th June.

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 :)


Friday, 15 May 2015

Friday mid-month inspiration :)

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


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



Today Sylwia is showing her last project for Craft for the Craic's DT. We will all miss her :'(
Check out Sylwia's beautiful journal page.


Today Sylvie is showing a beautiful one layer fairy card - that fairy dust looks so real!

Eithne's Best Wishes card


If you are crafting this weekend, why not give the challenge a go?! If you are interested in joining our DT, 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 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 next week with more mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy the weekend.
Eithne & Michelle :)

Friday, 8 May 2015

May's mid-month inspiration :)


Hello! We are back today with some beautiful mid-month inspiration :)
Henryka has made a beautiful baby card -


Pixie has made a card with a surprise!


(be sure to check out Pixie's blog to see what is inside - here is a sneak peek!)



The theme for May 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!
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 more mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy the weekend.
Eithne & Michelle :)

Friday, 1 May 2015

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 -
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 :)

Friday, 17 April 2015

Mid month inspiration!

Hello! And happy Friday to you :) Hope you are having a wonderful day, in Ireland this week we are having some beautiful sunny days.

Today we have some mid month inspiration from our design team.

 Sylwia's beautiful card, using die cuts.
 


 Henryka made this beautiful treasure box:


 Pixie's beautiful card -

 Eithne made a birthday card using different die cuts




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 crafting, why not give the challenge a go?
Happy crafting,
Eithne and Michelle

Friday, 3 April 2015

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


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


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 :)