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

Anything goes for May Challenge :)

Hello! Hope your May is treating you well wherever you are.  In Ireland we are having fabulous sunshine. It is so glorious having such fine weather, we are nearly afraid to get used to it! ;)

Thank you so much for all the lovely entries for April's challenge.
As usual it was difficult to choose a top 3, but after some decisions the top 3 are:

1st - #4 Suzi Mac

2nd - #9 Lou Sims

3rd -  #1 Caro Art

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

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!

This month Geraldine made a beautiful card.

Leslie made a Christmas card in non traditional colours.

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?!!

Have a great Monday!

Eithne and Michelle

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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 :)

Happy April to you :)

Hello! Happy Friday to you!I Hope your March went well. Here in Ireland, the saying “March of many weathers” certainly held true for us! We had snow (a rare sight in Ireland) and 18 degree (Celsius, another rare thing in Ireland ;) ) all in the one week.

Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for March. It was a difficult job, but with great deliberation we narrowed it down to our top 3. Our top 3 are:

1st - #2 Cartai

2nd - #14 Light Whimsy

3rd -  #17 Ike

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

For our April theme, to incorporate Easter, it's "Easter - Anything but a card". 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 beautiful shabby chic gift bag!

Eithne, with help from her children, made these two gift bags for their teacher's Easter gifts!

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 April2017. 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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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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