Celebrate

I had a few cards to make for a Religious ceremony last week

and this is one of them.

I used Lisa Horton Multi Layer Garden Rose

for this one.

The background has been embossed using a

rose embossing board and I added

the wording from SU and a cross

from Spellbinders.

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - all occasions

Cardz 4 Galz - think pink

Simon Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Cut it up - rain and/or flowers

Alphabet challenge - B for blooms

The last birthday of the month was my

daughter's 29th yesterday.

House is back in order, peace reigns,

well for at least a few weeks

so I should get lots of time to play.

 

Get well wishes!

 

I wanted to have a play with my stencils, stamps and dies

from Lisa Horton so went in search of a sketch

to motivate me.

I came across this one at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

which worked perfectly for my big  yellow flower.

I have used yellows and greys for the flower,

shades of green for the leaves

and stamped the tag in grey ink and the

main sentiment in black, inked up with my blending brushes.

The stitching around the edges if from a set called

Stitchery from SU.

I finished with a yellow bow.

I would like to enter this into

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - sketch 552

Get Creative - Springtime colours

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Alphabet challenge - B is for blooms

Crafty Catz - anything option add ribbon/twine

Allsorts - something beginning with B (blooms & bow)

Off to deliver some cupcakes to the birthday girl!

Heehaw!

It's the second week of Sandie's theme

Animals - wild or tame

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This week I have gone with donkeys!

I punched three holes in my white card,

inked it up with some daffodil delight ink

and stamped over it with bermuda bay ink and a tiny stamp

from the Darling Donkeys stamp set (SU).

I then stamped the donkeys separately,

coloured them up with blends and promarkers and

cut them out.

I used part of the images and stuck to back of my tag.

It was then all mounted on to some Oh So Ombre paper.

I punched a hole and added an eyelet and stamped

the sentiment in centre circle using bermuda bay ink.

The circles are 1 1/2" in diameter.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - animals wild/tame

Fab 'n' Funky - feature a creature

Papercraft Challenges - animals on the farm

Cardz 4 Guyz - tag you're it

Unicorn Challenge - include an animal

Crafty Animals - feature an animal

Final birthday of the month tomorrow.

The baby of the house turns 29!

Then we have a wee break until the 21st May when we have

my daughter-in-law's 40th and Grandson Sean's

First Holy Communion.

Gift envelope using scraps

I needed to make something to give my Son

his 40th birthday money so I did a quick video

showing how I made these little packs using

card and scraps of paper.

I wanted to match it to his birthday card but

only had scraps left.

Measurements used:

Card - 9" x 3"

Score at 3" on left and right

Paper - two pieces at 3 1/2" x 2 7/8"

Score at 1/2"

Centre piece of card - 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"

Items used

Card, paper and two circle punches

along with the stamp set

HELLO LADYBUG.

You can watch my quick video here

I would like to enter this into

Stamps & Fun = CREATIVITY - the best gift

Off to my Son's 40th party this evening.

 

Animals, wild or tame!

The theme at

TAG TUESDAY

this week has been chosen by Sandie

and she wants to see animals, wild/tame.

I have gone with a bird using the

Happy Hedgehogs stamp set (SU).

It has been coloured up using blends and promarkers

and the sky has been inked using my brushes.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - animals wild/tame 

Unicorn Challenge - include an animal

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafty Animals - anything including an animal

Pearly Sparkles - no cards allowed

Critter Crazy - anything with a critter

More of what I love....

I made this card for my midway post over at

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is I Love....

My love was shaped cards so I have gone with a

multi tiered pop up card!

and it folds flat for posting!

Remember we have a few prizes up for grabs this time

so get your stamps out and come and join us!

For my card I have used lots of stamp sets again!

A Good Man, Broadway Birthday, Family Party, Enjoy Life,

Do the Impossible (all Stampin' Up!) and

Slimline Sayings 1 from Pink & Main.

Inks - bumblebee, coastal cabana + memento.

Card - black and white plus retired papers.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - masculine

Aud Sentiments - birthday sentiment

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - 3 of something (balloons)

Simon Wednesday challenge - interactive

Creative Creases - anything with a fun fold

Our weekend celebrations went well.

Sunday was very wet so umbrellas up to get us

in and out of the chapel and our Grandson

just loved the acoustics and let everyone know he was there 😂

So we have our son's 40th this week and my

daughter's birthday next week.

I am totally exhausted and ready to run away from home lol. 

 

Easter celebrations

I made this card for my Mother-in-law

for Easter.

I went with pool party card which I embossed

with a rose embossing folder.

The centre papers are from a retired set which

I matted onto some white card and used some

fancy edge scissors to trim it.

I hand cut the cross from some matching paper

and then layered it onto white card.

I wrapped a piece of white ribbon around the cross

then stamped a flower from Painted Seasons stamp set,

in pool party ink and layered it up.

I finished with a stamped sentiment from

Fable Friends stamp set and a pearl.

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - pastel shades

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

CRAFT - Spring/Easter

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Sweet Stampers - Easter or Spring

I hope you all have a very enjoyable

Easter Sunday with lots of chocolate!!

Hopefully Monday will see me getting a rest

and some time to catch up on you lovely bloggers!

Easter Greetings

I stole a bit of time to make some Easter cards

for my Grandkids.

The cards are exactly the same other than the first one is

coloured using blends and promarkers,

and this one has been coloured with pencils.

Which do you like best?

I used an old embossing folder on the kraft card bases,

used the Ornate Layers Dies for the image (Digi Stamp Boutique)

 and finished with some matching ribbon.

The sentiment is stamped in bumblebee ink and is from

the Fable Friends stamp set.

I would like to enter these into

Kreativtanten - animals and Easter

critter crazy challenge - feature a creature

Do-Al(l) creative - embossing folders

The Cutie Pie challenge - bunnies and blooms

crafty Gals corner - Spring/Easter

Fab 'n' Funky - feature a creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Back to my desk as I have a few more cards to get done

before Saturday!

 

My new toy!

I made this card for my friend who recently

lost her Mum and as it's coming up to her Month's Mind

I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her.

I used a brand new toy to create this card.

It is from Lisa Horton Crafts and I really splurged!!

Honestly the stress of the wedding etc just got the better of me 😂

So I bought the four pack of layering stencils, dies, stamps

and of course the Ultimate Multitool board.

If you haven't checked it out you should.

I am totally addicted to this system!

It has little pins at the top of the board that allow you

to position the stencills perfectly each time, pure genius!!

I used  Multi Layer Blossoming Lily

(stencil, stamp and dies)

Peel Paint Distress ink, old olive (SU) ink,

Purple posy, fresh fig, fresh freesia and gorgeous grape inks (SU)

Blending brushes and metallic pearls.

I have since added a scored line around the outside of the card

to give it some definition.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option april showers

NBUS - new stamps, stencils and dies

We Love Stamping - favourite stamps (definitely my new fav)

Art Divas - anything goes

Try it on Tuesday - Spring colours

 

All stitched up!

It's the second week of Valerie's challenge

BLUE/GREEN

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I have used a stamp set called Stitchery from Stampin' Up!

along with a sentiment from Happy Hedgehogs.

I stamped the stitched lines in coastal cabana and granny apple green.

The papers are from a retired pack and the sentiment

has been stamped onto a punched out oval.

The little butterfly is from the Happy Hedgehogs set

and coloured with my blends.

I finished with a bit of matching ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - blue and/or green

Use your stuff - tags

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

My Time to Craft - springtime insects

Simply Create Too - make your own background

entered via instagram

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Our daughter's Civil Ceremony was beautiful and

it was so lovely to have our little family gathered together

along with Mal's parents all the way from America.

We had a really busy week bringing them to places

of interest as it was their first time in Ireland.

This weekend will be busy again!

Minding the Grandsons on Thursday,

special Mass for my daughter in law and Grandson Oliver on Saturday

and our youngest Grandson Finbar gets Christened on Easter Sunday

which is also our Grandson Tom's birthday!

Here is a quick photo of the happy couple!

Our daughter is one on right.

One with me and hubby.

And this is the whole family.

We now have family from Enniskillen, Latvia, Wales and America!

Exactly how the world should be!!

 

Colour challenge at Tag Tuesday

Our new challenge at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by Valerie

and it's a colour challenge.

She wants to see you use blue and green in your tag.

I dug out some old papers called

Berry Delightful and cut at an angle, attaching it to my tag

with some blue ribbon.

I added some embossing to the top part of the tag.

The leaves and berries have been stamped using

Berry Blessings stamp set and some

granny apple green and pacific point inks.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the tag

and it finished by stapling some of the same

ribbon to the top.

I hope you get time to join in the fun this fortnight.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - blue and green

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Dream Valley - anything goes

Use Your Stuff - tags

Do-Al(l) Creative - embossing folder

 

I love .....

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

 is all about WHAT YOU LOVE!

Just grab your stamps and show us what floats your boat!

We have 3 great prizes up for grabs too!

So WHAT I LOVE is a shaped card!

I love creating shaped cards for special occasions.

This one was made for my daughter and her partner

moving into their first home.

I have used a Christina Griffiths die set called

6" x 6" flower box and card set.

The card colours are flirty flamingo and coastal cabana.

I stamped the little houses directly onto the card, then

stamped more onto white card and added colour.

I cut them out and 3d'd them.

The trees and flowers were stamped, coloured and added to the layers.

The sentiment is from two different stamp sets.

I added matching ribbon and bow.

The back has been stamped as well using a few different sets

which I will list below.

The front has also had some clouds inked up.

Stamp sets used:

Quite Curvy, Barn Door, One Happy Family,

Coming Home, Beauty of Friendship and At Home with You.

I hope you get time to join us!

Thanks to those of you who asked how I was.

Getting over covid took longer than I had patience for lol.

But we are all doing very well now, energy levels back

and only a small amount of congestion.

We have been busy moving my daughter into her home

and getting ready for her partner and family arriving from

USA today. We have the wedding on Thursday and the visitors

return on Sunday so hopefully things will get a bit more normal around here.

I would like to enter this into

Creative Creases - funfold

Crafty Calendar - anything but square

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything option fun fold

Papercraft Challenges - interactive cards

Crafty Catz - anything option lots of layers