Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Mid Month Inspiration :)

Hello and good morning :)

Hope your July is going well. Today we have beautiful inspiration from Geraldine for our July theme - "Project must have Handmade Flowers (not a card)".

Check out Geraldine's blog for more details on this beautiful tag.





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!


July's challenge is open until midnight Monday 31st July 2017. Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Have a great Wednesday!
Eithne and Michelle

Friday, 7 July 2017

July Challenge

Hello and Happy July to you! Hope your June was filled with wonderful summer times. In Ireland all schools are on holidays, which is joyous. In usual fashion, we had a heat wave the last few weeks of school, and now that the holidays are here, the weather is a little, how would I put it, wetter!! 

Thank you so much for all the lovely entries for June's challenge - "Fathers Day - Something masculine, not a card"
We received some beautiful entries and we choose a top 3.
1st - #9  Lorraine A
2nd - #3 Lynne Geib

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

This month's challenge is "Project must have Handmade Flowers (not a card)"

 --PLEASE NOTE--

The challenge is for a project that is NOT A CARD. All projects that are a card will not be considered for the Top 3.

Please also 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!

Leslie made a perpetual calendar, look at those beautiful handmade flowers. Check out her blog for more details.









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 Monday 31st July 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


Friday, 2 June 2017

Father's Day around the corner!

Hello! Hope your Friday is going well. This is our bank holiday weekend in Ireland. I'm looking forward to a few days off to relax!

Thank you so much for all the lovely entries for May's Anything Goes challenge.
We had a huge response, and it was very difficult to choose a top 3. After some decisions the top 3 are:


2nd - #33 Harriet
3rd -  #87 Lou Sims

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

Father's Day in Ireland, is Sunday June 18th. Incorporating the, for June our theme is "Something Masculine, not a Card"


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!

Leslie made a brilliant 3 pocket desk caddy. Check out her blog for more details.








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 30th June 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

Thursday, 25 May 2017

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

Monday, 8 May 2017

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


Tuesday, 18 April 2017

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 :)

Friday, 7 April 2017

Happy April to you :)

Hello! Happy Friday to you!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