Fun fold Birthday card

Front

Back

I have 5 fun fold cards to make for a customer, this is the second one.

So I thought I would have a go at a block card.

This is my first one and it physically hurt my brain to work out the measurements

for the size of card I needed lol. But once I got my head around it

I really enjoyed decorating it up.

The front is covered in daisies using Daisy Lane stamp set and punch.

The leaves are die cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies and coloured with ink.

I have added some card candi to the centres.

The papers are from a freebie during Sale-a-bration set last year.

Inside I have cut some butterflies using Brilliant Wings dies.

The little ladybirds are from Nitwits.

I would like to enter this into

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

We Love Stamping - anything goes option wings

Unicorn Challenge - lots of layers

Little Red Wagon - make it open

 

Shutter Fold Card

Second post today!!

This is my midway project for Stamping Sensations

where the challenge is

anything goes stamping (option add some diecuts)

Just remember to STAMP, STAMP, STAMP!

We are sponsored by Oakwood Archer  this month

and they will be sending our lucky winner a £25 prize package of crafting goodies.

I decided to go with a fun fold card and lots of stamped

and die cut foilage!

The card itself uses a shutter fold die from Tattered Lace.

The papers are a retired Stampin' Up! set, card is rich razzleberry and

I have used Forever Fern stamps and Forever Flourishing dies

in Rich Razzleberry and Evening Evergreen colours.

The daisy is from Daisy Lane and has been stamped,

punched, layered and finished with a pearl.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & fun=Creativity - anything goes

Through the purple haze - anything goes

Cut it up - anything goes with a die cut

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

I hope you get time to join us HERE.

 

All for baby!

It's the second week of Wendy's theme of

use some fabric over at

Tag Tuesday

I decided to go with a new baby tag and made

some little rolled flowers using pink felt.

The oval shape was cut from some retired papers and

I stamped the little stars in the background

using All For Baby stamp set.

The sentiment was stamped then punched using

my oval punch.

The flowers were glued in place with

some punched out leaves added.

I finished it off with a bow in stitched pink ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - add some fabric

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

River of Creativity - anything goes

My Time to Craft - floral

Get Creative - anything goes

Our little Grandson Sean has tested positive again

for Covid! Thankfully he is not showing symptoms.

Will we ever get used to living with this!!

 

Birthday gift set

I had made this set for my daughter-in-law Baiba

for her birthday during December.

The card was made using Dressed to Impress

stamp set from Stampin' Up!.

The gable box comes ready made so I just stamped one of

the flowers from the Dressed to Impress set and coloured them

using daffodil delight blends.

The sentiment on the box is from Pink & Main.

I would like to enter this into

A Place to start - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - pick patterned papers

Aud Sentiments - anything + a sentiment

The Corrosive challenge - anything goes

613 Avenue - anything goes

 

Fabric at Tag Tuesday

Our new challenge at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by the lovely Wendy and she wants to see us use

some fabric on our tags.

I had a hunt then realised my fabric scraps are all out

in the garden house, probably buried under a mountain

of furniture and bags that my daughter has been storing

before she moves into her new house.

So I found some little organza bags and thought

they would do the job.

I used some retired papers for the tag,

mounted onto some kraft paper.

I stamped the sentiment and around the edges using

Sweet Ice Cream stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I stuck the back using double sided tape.

I made a loose band with sentiment to

go across the back and finished with some linen thread.

Perfect tag for added some birthday money to.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - use some fabric

River of Creativity - anything goes

Kreativtanten - anything but a card

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

International Art & Soul - anything but a card

 

Birthday cake funfold

Back into crafting again now that things are settled I have

a bit more time on my hands.

So I had a variety of cards to make for one of my customers

for Birthdays and Mother's Day and this is one of them.

I have used a Tattered Lace Die for the card shape,

layered up with some retired papers from Stampin' Up!

The flowers have been stamped, punched and coloured using

Flowers of Friendship stamp and punch set.

The little banner was stamped using a set called

Banner Alpha from Pink & Main in calypso coral colours.

I added silver gems to the flowers and finished with some

silver ribbon and a cake cut from same paper pack.

The little candles behind the cake are from

Approaching Perfection stamp set from a Stampin' Up!

sale-a-bration freebie last year.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - stamp act

Creative Knockouts - celebrations

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Moving Along with the Times - lady/girl

So we headed to Dublin airport at 6.30 yesterday, in the snow!

All went well but Charlie's first flight was delayed which

caused a knock on effect for her connecting flight in Chicago,

which she missed.😓 Her luggage went missing and she had to get

another flight booked for 6 hours later that evening.

So she spent a long evening keeping in touch and keeping

everything crossed that she would reach her next destination.

And she did, finally, in the early hours of this morning, she landed

in Kansas where her friend was waiting for her.

AND her luggage turned up! Apparently it didn't miss the

connecting flight, go figure!!

But she is safe and happy and we can now relax again!

 

Tick tock!

I have another tag for Michele's challenge over at

Tag Tuesday

where the theme is clocks/time.

After much searching I am realising that I only have one clock stamp!

So out came that set called Chronology

and and this time I used three different ink colours to stamp the clock.

I punched a few ovals using my oval punch and

stamped the sentiment with some cogs and added some ribbon behind.

I thought the whole tag lacked a bit of texture so

I added some 3d paint through a stencil.

I finished it off with an eyelet.

I hope you get time to join us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - clocks/time

International Art & Soul - anything but a card

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We have been hibernating for about a week or so now

as our daughter is heading to USA on Friday and we

are afraid of carrying covid into the house.

We are all vaccinated but we just don't want to take any chances,

and ruin her trip.

She will be away for two weeks and I will be counting the days

till she gets back, hopefully COVID free!!

 

Happy New Year

Well we made it to 2022 and so our January challenge begins at

Stamping Sensations

and the theme is

anything goes stamping with the option of  adding dies.

We have a great prize up for grabs!

Prize is a £25 prize package from Oakwood Archer.

So hope you can get your stamps out and have a go.

My card was really me just having fun with my inks lol.

Forgive the photo, I will try and get a better one.

I used a Hot off the press stamp called Feathers.

Stamped in memento. I added some little stars from the same

set and a few corners which I added some doodling to.

I highlighted some parts of the feathers with a silver pen

and finished with a silver twine bow.

The background was made using shades of orange,

yellow and red inks from Stampin' Up!

I would like to enter this into

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

613 Avenue - Anything goes

Krafty Chicks - anything goes

We Love Stamping - anything stamped option wings

Welcome to my newest follower ANKE!

So lovely to have you join my wee blog.

 

Time has a wonderful way.......

The theme at TAG TUESDAY this time was chosen by

Michele and she wants to see clocks/time.

I have used a die cut circle, stamped some clocks

and cogs in memento from a stamp set called

Chronology from Papermania.

The sentiment has been printed, torn and inked using

balmy blue ink.

I inked round the edges of the circle and finished with

a stapled ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - clocks/time

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

Ours was really good! We had a Christmas Eve get together

in my son's house then we had them all (14 in total) for

Christmas breakfast then a nice relaxed afternoon

just the three of us.

Gearing up now for a New Year's Day get together

in our house again.

We were all very careful, taking a test before we got together

and we will do the same again on New Year's Day!

Better safe than sorry, but so nice to have the family all together again.

 

Rockin' with Santa

OK so there is always one card short, right??

I needed one for my Son next door but don't tell him lol.

I used that lovely Papermania Santa stamp again and went with a

rocker style card which was totally inspired by my lovely friend

Chrissy who makes the most amazing rocker cards ever!!

The largest circle dies I have are these wavy ones from Tattered Lace.

I cut two layers for the base (one in white and one in poppy red), and stamped snowflakes from

Snowman Season in StazOn pigment snowflake ink.

I then cut two circles and gutted one to form a frame.

I added some retired paper to the inside of the frame then

stamped and coloured my Santa.

The sentiment is computer generated, cut and stuck

in place.

I would like to enter this into

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - colours of Christmas

Passion for Markers - anything goes

Creative Moments - anything goes

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything goes option add a flower

Creative Knockouts - Tis the season

CRAFT - Christmas the last stretch

Christmas Kickstart - if it's Christmassy, link it up

See you on the other side!! Have a good one

and be careful out there!

 

Merry Christmas Tag

It's the second week of my 'anything Christmas' theme at

Tag Tuesday

and for this tag I just had a play with some masking,

stencilling and stamping!

Very quick, easy and fun and perfect for batch making

at this late stage!!

I used Basic Pattern Decorative Masks,

Penguin Place stamp set for trees and stars,

Sentiment is from Snowman Season stamp set.

The background was created using my blending brushes

and balmy blue ink pad.

I hope you get time to join us.

I would like to enter this into

We Love  Stamping - December anything stamped option CAS

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything option blue Christmas

Double D - lots of white

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Allsorts - winter

Another busy week in the O'Hagan household.

My daughter had her offer accepted on a house

and the mortgage and valuation have all gone through too!

That will be 3 new home moves for 3 of my kids this year!

And between minding Grandkids, shopping, crafting,

decorating and entertaining I'm ready to lie down in a dark

room with some chocolate and a Christmas movie lol.

In case I don't get any blogging done between now and Christmas

I hope you all have a lovely one!

 

New Home

Today I am sharing my midway post for

Stamping Sensations

where the challenge is

'choose your theme and stamp it'.

I had a new home card to make for my Son and family

so decided to go with a fun fold die from Tattered Lace and a bit of paper piecing.

The stamp sets I used are from Stampin' Up! called

Coming Home, Signs of Santa, Enjoy Life, Nature's Beauty

and the dies for the trees are In The Woods Framelits.

The little birds were stamped too but very fiddly to cut out!

The papers are called Ice Cream Corner.

I hope you get time during this busy season to join us as

we have a lovely prize up for grabs

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Gem of a craft challenge - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty friends - anything goes

International art & soul - use dies or punches

 

Anything Christmas at Tag Tuesday

It's my turn to choose the theme at

TAG TUESDAY

and as it's so close to Christmas now,

I thought I would go with anything Christmas.

This tag was made for my youngest Grandson Finbar's

Christmas gift.

I was lucky enough to win a prize recently,

and inside the package was this gorgeous Santa stamp

from Papermania.

I cracked him open right away and had a lovely relaxing time

colouring him up.

The papers are retired ones from Stampin' Up! and they have

been matted onto some coastal cabana card.

I hope you get time to join in my theme this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Fourseasons - winter mood board

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - NBUS

Crafty Gals corner - merry and bright

The Sisterhood of Crafters - holiday gift tags

Sweet Stampers - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower Robin Perry!

It always makes my day to get a new follower on my blog, thank you!!

 

P is for Poinsettia!

I have another tag beginning with P today

for our challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

where Sandie wants us to make something

beginning with the first letter of our name!

This time I have gone with P for Poinsettias!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - first letter of your name

Aud Sentiments - Christmas/winter/new year + sentiment

Creative Moments - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Hope you get time to join us!

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