Another Forever Friend.

Forever Friends

Bought my first Forever Friends stamps today , I have always loved the forever friends range so had to have them and am pleased to say I am happy with the results =0) I make a lot of Baby cards so this one will come in handy I can add a baby's name on the left if I need to.

Daring Cardmakers challenge.

The Daring Cardmakers challenge this week was to use this verse somewhere on your card in whatever way you choose.It is a favourite of mine so had to take up the challenge. I used blue awning papers and a chipboard sizzix diecut.

Theme Thursday " Altered playing cards"

The Theme Thursday challenge this week is " altered playing cards. I painted a playing card with white and brown acrylic paints layered with a digital image and edged one corner with Heather mix flowersoft.

TMTA " Dancing"

The theme for the TMTA Challenge this week is " Dancing " For this challenge I kept it very simple with a digital image , stamped quote, embossed flourish images and edges with gold utee and added some tiny ballet shoes charms.

Halloween Megascrap 1st Nov 08.

Annamarie (The scrapbook store) and Elaine have organised a fantastic Halloween Megascrap promising a great full day of crafting on Saturday 1st Nov 2008 with Donna Downey and Anita Mundt...For all information click this link

HALLOWEEN MEGASCRAP 2008.

Wednesday Stamper " Transparent Art"

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The Wednesday Stamper theme this week is " Transparent Art " I used a girl with flowers image I bought in The stamp pad years ago and have always loved, I double stamped the image with stazon on glossy card then acetate and coloured the image with gel pens , when dry I cut out and layered the two layered images on Blue and ivory paper held together with eyelets and finished off with a ribbon holder and Ivory Velvet ribbon.

Hybrid Alien aka " Elisa "

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I was so impressed with Elisa's photos on her Blog that I decided to give it a go myself ...this is my very first attempt and to be honest I used the first photo and pattern I found but I am pleased with the result and am going to play around more with it , Thanks Elisa =0)

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I have been givin this award by Joanne

Thanks Joanne, it will help to get the mojo going again -0)

Gothic Arches " B&W with a splash of red.

The Gothic Arches theme this week is black and white with a splash of red, I love using those three colours together so couldnt resist the challenge.

Make a moo or Two " Flowers"

Make a Moo or two

The theme this week is set by Sija and is " Flowers".

I embossed the background papers with an embossing folder I then sanded and inked the raised embossing put uttee on the edges added images a charm and then added Heather flowersoft to the corners for some extra texture.

Birthday blog challenge

Birthday blog challenge

The challenge is to use one of the monday morning freebie vintage photos on Reins blog, This was my favourite photo, I stamped the textured background and embossed with Antique gold ink then added metal wings and some ribbon.

Sunday postcard art " Children "

Sunday postcard art

The theme for the Sunday postcard art challenge this week is " Children " for this challenge I used one of my favourite images layered on 4 x 6 paper from the scrapbook store and stamped with various stamps a chipboard accent and clip art butterfly then edged with gold utee.

Happy 70th Birthday

This is my contribution to an 8x6 journal for a very special Lady who celebrated her 70th birthday recently ( her photo is blurred because she is also very modest) She is an inspiration to us all in every way and if something can be done believe me she will give it a go with her own twist on it even if it means inventing the tools and materials =0)

I stamped grey marbled paper with a flourish image and gold embossed, I then added two chipboard decorative accents to the corners which I inked and embossed with utee.

Mini Album and Card classes in Galway.

An Siopa Bui , Galway.

There are some more photos I took between the showers in Galway over on my PHOTO BLOG.

(Click the highlighted words or the link in the side bar )

Sizzix cards...

These are a few of the sample cards and album covers I made for the classes I taught in Galway this weekend, the first class was a mini accordion album demonstrating how to make up the album and decorate the panels with tags, pockets, photos, stamped images, ribbons etc and the second class showed different techniques to achieve with sizzix dies layering, chalking, inking, doodling and even icing a birthday cake in the flavour of your choice =0) .....I really enjoyed the classes , it was great to meet up with new like minded people and despite the terrible weather I had a great weekend in Galway.

Gothic Arch " Shades of White "

Gothic Arch Challenge...

The Theme for Gothic Arches this week is " Shades of White" This was more difficult than I first thought, I love using white but to only use it with little or no other colours was strange because no matter how many layers and embellishments I used it still looked bare.I painted the background with acrylic paint then layered textured papers, flowers, buttons, ribbon and some metal charms around this woman image which I love.

Tilda and Co Challenge.

Tilda and Co Challenge

The Tilda and Co challenge this week was to follow a sketch. I drew the cake and added doodles a butterfly and pink beads, then added diamond glaze to finish.

Style stone

I received a lovely surprise pressie fromKiki last week which included four Celtic designed " style stones" , today I attacked one of them with alcohol inks and continued to make a neck piece with contrasting beads, here is the finished piece. ( Thanks again kiki )

Lynda's Salt Dough Challenge

I love a crafty challenge and when Lynda gave a step by step salt dough tutorial on her blog I

had to give it a go, mine is not as perfect as the ones on Lynda's blog but it is my first

attempt=0) Thanks for the challenge.

Sizzix

I am teaching two card making classes with An Siopa Bui soon and one of the classes is using Sizzix dies, these three cards are among the sample cards I have made showing how to build up, add colour and achieve different looks from the same die cuts.

( There are more cards made with sizzix dies along the side bar under Labels.)

I have been given this award again by Dianne I nominated seven people a few posts down from this one....Thanks Dianne.

Innovative stamp creations #7

Innovative stamp creations

challenge us to make some Moos using their rubber stamp images, I stamped the images and embossed with black detail ep, coloured with marvey markers ,blended and finished off with gold utee.

TMTA " Colourful"

TMTA ...Colourful

I didnt use a lot of colours for this challenge but instead used some of my favourite bright colours I love the pinks,blues and purple colours combined with the gold utee.

Make a moo " Black & White"

The theme for Make a moo or two this week is B&W I used the little boy sailor stamp from Inka for this challenge.

Digital background and Tilda stamp.

This is a digital background and my latest Tilda image .

Brilliante Weblog Premio 2008

I have been given this award by Jasmin Thank you Jasmin.

I have to nominate 7 other bloggers whose blogs I admire and visit frequently.

Each award winner must show the award and link seven nominated people from their own blog then post a message on the seven chosen blogs.

Nellie, Kiki, Joanne W, Carol, Elisa Kate , Deb

( I tried to choose seven blogs I hadnt nominated with awards before )

Wednesday stamper " Newspaper"

Wednesday stamper " Newspaper.

This photo was taken on the Titanic ,I made the frame by covering hard board with newspaper clippings about the Titanic, I inked the torn newspaper with butterscotch ink and stamped the whole frame with a crackle stamp to give an aged effect, I finished the frame with layers of PVA glue to give it a glaze.

Midsummer Megascrap class 2 ...

I finished my second project at last...This was the Mini pop up album we made in the Lance Anderson class at the Midsummer Megascrap. We finished the pop up ball and some of the pages on the day and finished the rest of the book at home. I love this book because there is so much detail with tags , bows and flaps making it even more interesting and an album to play with.

Donna's Class at the Midsummer MegaScrap

This is my album from Donna's Class at the Midsummer MegaScrap here in Dublin..It was a fantastic day and I loved both classes. I kept my album plain and simple with clean edges because I was using photos of my son I didn't want it too flowery or fussy. There are eight pages altogether making a sixteen page album full of photos and embellishments so it feels really full and crammed packed even though I kept mine simple but you could let your imagination go wild with this one.