#36 Team A - New Folding Technique

Good morning! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and your Monday is going well. This week over at Through the Purple Haze Challenges the new challenge this week is to try a new Folding Technique. This week I am on Team A, but normally I'm Team B :)

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Hougie Crafts

I made a double gate fold (if that is even the correct name!! I am not sure of the fold name as I never did it before)

When the card is closed it looks like Rapunzel is peeping out!! 

This is the inside of the card, with the beautiful Stitchy Bear image -

I paper pierced the dress and stamped onto the dress, and then heat embossed it with kaleidoscope embossing powder. No matter how hard I tried I could not get the embossed dress to show. :(

I used some water colour crayons to colour in the rest of the image.

Thanks for stopping by, why not pop over and enter in the challenge?

Have a wonderful Monday :)

Eithne 

CFTC - Something for Easter or Spring

Hello, and happy Friday!! :) Can you believe it is April already? Where are the weeks going. Here in Ireland we have been enjoying snippets of spring/summer weather. It is such a tease, but a great way to ease us into a nice (hopefully) summer!!

This month's challenge over at Craft for the Craic, is Something for Easter or Spring. As usual, the themes are very broad to allow for a range of crafts to enter. Why not give it a go?

This month I made a card, with some Spring colours and floral papers which remind me of Spring.

I used some distress ink, and a stencil to ink up the background. Then used a combination of handmade papers, printed papers, washi tape, greyboard and some embellishments to finish off the card.

I left the card with no sentiment, as I'm between minds what occasion it is for. 

Why not pop over and join in in the challenge?

I am entering this card into the

Simon says challenge blog - birthday challenge http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-happy-birthday/

Thanks for stopping by,

Eithne :)

CFTC Headband

Hello, and hope you are enjoying this changeable Saturday :) we are having beautiful sunny spells, that are quickly taken over by hailstones! This months challenge over at Craft for the Craic is something that includes green. This is the second project I made for this month.

Today I am showing a headband I made for each of my daughters. I crocheted it and sewed a button on.

The photo above was taken whilst one of the beautiful sunny spell!! :)

Why not head over to Craft for the Craic and join in the challenge? Any crafty project that includes green can be entered for this months challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Eithne

Lá Fhéile Pádraig gach duine :)

Lá Fhéile Pádraig! Happy St. Patrick's Day :) Hope you get to enjoy the day, wherever you are ;) 

This week over at Through the Purple Haze Challenges, the challenge is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Bling it Up. We are sponsored by Digital Delights and Time for Tea Designs.

There is a random prize if we hit 100 entries! What a nice surprise :)

Here is my card -

I used some printed paper, washi tape, a spellbinders die and a rub on for the sentiment. Then I couldn't resist the bling!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

Thanks for popping over,

Eithne :)

Third Birthday Card

Hello, and I hope you are having a wonderful Monday. This week over at Through the Purple Haze Challenges, the theme is digital elements.

We are sponsored by two sponsors this week, Crafts U Print and Milk Coffee Stamps.

Why not check out both stores for some beautiful digi's.

This is the card I made for my nieces 3rd Birthday:

To see all the elements, you nearly need to hold it, but I will try and give you an idea with photos!

I got this beautiful digi, and coloured her with watercolour crayons and pencil. I then cut her out and stuck her to a heat embossed background. Of course once I had the heat embossing going, I couldn't stop with just one area - I also did the toppings on the cupcake and her hair and wings. (You can see I'm kind of addicted, right?!!)

Then some 'dry' embossing and layering, some washi tape, buttons and gems thrown in and a few outline stickers and voila - it was made.

Thanks for stopping by, and why not head over and join in the challenge?

Have a great Monday,

Eithne :)

Craft for the Craic Challenge #2

Hello, thank Crunchie it's Friday :D :D :D Today the new challenge over at Craft for the Craic begins. This month, in honour of St. Patrick, our Irish patron saint, the theme is:

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, baking, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

I made a folder as a gift for a friend. (they have yet to receive it as I'm making cards to fit inside!)

This started out as a rather large sheet of SRA3 card (450mm x 320mm) which I then folded and cut down to the final size of 260mm x 150mm.

Here are some side profile pictures.

I round cornered the edges, and corner punched some green card for the front. I die cut a doily from a Sizzix Bigz die.

I then proceeded to embellish - 

I embossed a tag, and used a wooden word 'live' to it. I undid the twine on the tag and threaded through a flower and button.

I used a strip of the left over base card for the punched border in the background.  I punched and die cut some flowers of different shapes and designs, layered them and used either flat backed pearls, buttons or swirls as the centre piece.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Why not visit the rest of the design teams projects -

Michelle - Emily - Katya - Geraldine - Pixie/Margaret - Sylvie

or give the challenge a go?

Have a wonderful Friday and a fantastic weekend :)

Happy crafting,

Eithne :)

Craft for the Craic

Hello! Hope you are enjoying your Thursday! Just to let you know the second challenge for Craft for the Craic starts tomorrow :) Be sure to stop by and check out last months winners and the new challenge theme for March.

See you tomorrow :)
Eithne