Birthday for a Lady :)

Good morning! Wow the beginning of September. I can't believe it!! September always reminds me of school, and would have been the most depressing month, only for my birthday at the end of it!! Since having children, between both sides of our families we have 8 birthdays within 6 weeks. Needless to say it is the busiest 'season' in our house!

I chose the theme over at Eclectic Ellapu this week for the purple team. I am not an organised person, but I do try, so thought if I chose the theme I would be one card up!!

I made this card for a lady - I will have a choice of three birthdays to use it for. Only 7 more cards to go!! I used a combo of dies on silver card and on vellum. The black and white colour combo is complemented with the splash of red.

I heat embossed with some kaleidoscope embossing powder, I love the stuff! It is so unpredictable to use. I also used my old reliable washi tape. If you haven't guessed by now from my previous creations, I have a slight weakness for washi tape. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the stuff!! ;) Enough of my ramblings, have to get my eldest ready for her first Monday in primary school! 

Hope you have a great Monday and pop over and check out the new monthly challenge.
Have a great day,
Happy Crafting,
Eithne :)

Sketch over at Eclectic Ellapu

 Hello, and hope you are enjoying your weekend :) This time over at Eclectic Ellapu you have a choice of challenges. The Pink Team have 'Spring' and the Purple team have a sketch. As I am on the purple team, I did the sketch.

So I used the sketch, as is, for a card for my nephew's birthday.

I used a combination of papers - from memory I think they are Paper Capsule and some blank navy and cyan blue card. I used washi tape also, to create the bunting and I layered some white and navy card for the sentiment - Happy Birthday, which I used outline stickers for.

Thank you for stopping by, why not pop over and join in the fun at Eclectic Ellapu?

Have a great day,  happy crafting!

Eithne :)

Purple Team for Birthdays

Hello and hope you have a wonderful Sunday. This week over at Eclectic Ellapu, the purple theme is 'Birthdays' and the pink theme is 'feeling fruity'. As I am on the purple team, I made an A5 birthday card. This was for my daughters friend, who turned four yesterday.

I used some printed vellum paper, and used a punch to cut it into a circle. The layered up some papers, punched the black sheet and used some outline stickers for the sentiment. I stamped the image of the cupcake and roughly coloured it. I used some gems and washi tape to add to the card.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you can join in the challenge.

Happy crafting ;)

Eithne

Recipe Card

Hello, I'm back with a card I made for this weeks challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu. This week it is a recipe challenge:
1 Stamped Image/Digi Image.
2 Embellishments (ribbon, buttons, flowers, charms etc)
3 Papers
and 2 Die Cuts.

I used a Happy Birthday embossing folder to give a bit of texture to the card.

Some close ups:

 For the two embellishments I used a crown brad and some silver cord ribbon.

I used three different pink papers for the strips on the front, the hanging flower and the circle in the background.

For my two die cuts, I cut out the aperture and the hanging flower.

I also couldn't help doodling a little on the front and around the circle of deep pink paper in the background, with a silver pen. I also used some ink to highlight some of the embossed card.

Why not give the challenge a go?

Thanks for stopping by :)

Eithne

Sibling Limelight!

Hello! What a beautiful sunny Saturday it was in Ireland :D

This week is the Purple Design Team's week over at Eclectic Ellapu. This weeks challenge is self made (anhydrous) flowers. This is the design team project I crocheted - a hairband and a bag. I am working on a pattern for both items, but like everything, it is a matter of time ;-)

This headband is modeled by my cute (I am biased of course!) youngest daughter, Hannah. While getting my eldest daughter's (the intended model) shoes on, Hannah grabbed the bag and made off outside with it. I didn't realise she had it, until I went outside, camera in hand, and heard "eeese" (baby talk for cheese) Hannah was in the garden, posing with the bag! I'm still laughing at her audacity, stealing her sister's limelight!

This is Hannah's "eeese" look!

Have a great day :D

Eithne