March Challenge!

Hello and happy March to you 😀 Hope wherever you are, your day is going well and enjoying the beginning of March. In Ireland, March is the month of our patron saint, Patrick (or the colloquial way, Paddy!) We wish you all a very happy, healthy and safe St. Patrick's day 🇮🇪🇮🇪

Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for our February challenge. With great difficulty, our top 3 are-

1st - SewPaperPaint #23

2nd - Dewi #53

3rd -  Gerda #26

Please take the badge at the side, and display it proudly!

For our March theme, to incorporate our Irish saints day, St. Patrick the theme is "Green and Glittery". You can interpret the theme any which way you wish!

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!

This month Leslie made a card that is sure to lift your spirits with a good old chuckle!

Geraldine made this beautiful card with watercolour powder, full of glitter!

  

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

Have a great Friday!

Eithne and Michelle

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Mid Month Inspiration!

Hello and happy Friday to you! Today we are back with some mid month inspiration from Geraldine.

For our February challenge, as it's Craft For The Craic's 2nd anniversary/birthday the theme is "something with two on it". It can be the figure two, two mediums, two colours etc. However you wish to interpret it!

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!

This week we have beautiful inspiration from Geraldine. A lovely take on the theme - using two colours for the card!

If you are doing some crafting today, why not pop 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 open until midnight Tuesday 28th February 2017. 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 and Michelle

Our 2nd Birthday!

Hello and welcome to February!! This month, is our second year anniversary/birthday. Woohoo! Two years. Thank you for all your lovely entries, comments and encouragement over the past two years. Looking forward to many more challenges and entries!

Thank you for all the wonderful entries for our January challenge. It was so lovely and inspiring to see all the pick me up entries! Our top 3 are-

1st - CG

2nd - Caroline KISS

3rd - Gerda

Please take the badge at the side, and display it proudly!

For our February challenge, as it's Craft For The Craic's 2nd anniversary/birthday the theme is "something with two on it". It can be the figure two, two mediums, two colours etc. However you wish to interpret it!

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!

This month Leslie has an amazing clutch purse! Leslie made a gift card holder with double sided paper, interpreting our 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 Tuesday 28th February 2017. 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 and Michelle

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Mid Month Inspiration

Hello and happy Friday to you! Hope you are enjoying the new year, and 2017 is starting off to be a great year for you.

This month our theme is "Pick Me Up", whatever way you wish to interpret it and you can enter our challenge here.

This week we have beautiful inspiration from Geraldine. What a lovely card for a pick me up!

If you are doing some crafting today, why not pop 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 open until midnight Tuesday 31st January 2017. 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 and Michelle

Happy New Year - Pick Me Up!

Hello and Happy New Year! Hope your Christmas was filled with joy, happiness and health. Today is the last day of Christmas :( My children are so sad to see our Christmas tree, decorations and light get put away. The new year always brings great hopes and intentions for me. Have you started any new resolutions?

Thank you for all the wonderful entries for our December challenge. It was so lovely and inspiring to see all the entries. We are slowly getting out of holiday mode! Our top 5 in numerical order (it was too difficult to narrow it down to a top 3!!)
#5 Asha
#6 Cartaí
#27 Lena Loken
#36 Lorraine A
#39 Paper Profusion
Please take the badge at the side, and display it proudly!

For our January challenge, our theme is "Pick Me Up". However you wish to interpret it!
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!

This month Leslie has the most amazing gift bag!! A beautiful, pretty bouquet of flowers on a gift bag, a great interpretation of the 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 Tuesday 31st January 2017. 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 and Michelle

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Ho Ho Ho! Happy 1st Friday of Advent :)

Ho Ho Ho! Happy 1st Friday of Advent :) Wow, can you believe it's December already? Where has that year gone to? We are experiencing a few weeks of cold, foggy weather in Ireland, and it's looking sooooo Christmassy!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our November challenge. It was wonderful to see all the beautiful projects. Because the deadline was very close to the new challenge, we will have the results in on Sunday morning.

This month our challenge is " Christmas - Anything but a Christmas Card". We are looking forward to seeing all your beautiful Christmas projects.
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!

This month Leslie has the most beautiful Onesies cards!! Perfect for baby's first Christmas! 

Leslie made this beautiful set:

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 3rd January 2017, just to give you a bit of extra crafting time over the season!. 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 and Michelle

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October Top 3

Hello! Happy Sunday to you. Today I'm bringing the Top 3 for our October Challenge.
With great deliberation, our DT chose
1st - #7 Lizzies Crafting Retreat
2nd - #17 Indy
3rd - #20 Toni

Thanks again to everyone who took part in our October challenge. We look forward to looking at all your beautiful entries for November.

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 November 2016. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations,

Have a great Sunday!

Eithne and Michelle