Sisterly love!

Hello everyone from a beautiful and sunny east Ireland :) hope the sun is shining wherever you are.

In the past two months I have been lucky enough to catch up with my two older sisters. Both live far away, but we still managed to get more than a few snippets of conversations in while they were "home"! It is truly wonderful to reconnect and catch up with sisters after some time of being away.

My sister Emily's birthday was the end of April but I didn't get to see her until the weekend. This is the card I made for her.

I used vellum paper, beautiful glittery cupcake paper, pink embossed board, buttons, washi tape, Tim Holtz Bigz label die, flowers, outline stickers.

I only had a white oval shape, but needed it to fit in with the cream or colours. I used a blue ink pad to ink it up, to match in with the rest of the card. I LOVE the effect and colour!

I LOVE all the summer, fresh colours :D  I have looked at these papers (the printed vellum and the glittery cupcake paper) for months, and never got around to using them! I was so glad to combine all the different papers and boards to complement each other.

I hope you are having a great day! Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment! :)

I am going to enter these challenges-
Lots of Layers Cutie Pie Challenge
Colour challenge Stamp and Create blog
For a special lady Whoopsie Daisy Challenge
Anything Goes, 2 patterned papers Clear it Out challenge
Summer is Coming LEJ designs challenge
Mothers Day or Pink Shopping our Stash

Eithne

Design Team Member :D

Hello, hope you are recovering from a lovely sunny bank holiday!!

This is just a quick post to let you all know, that I have joined the Eclectic Ellapu Design Team! I am delighted and can't wait to get creative. :-)   Check out the latest challenge, Anything Goes.

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by.

Eithne

Those who wander...

Hello everyone!

Hope you are enjoying the Spring weather :D I am thoroughly enjoying the bright, long days. Long may they last!!

This is the card I made for my brother and his girlfriend, they emigrated to Canada during the week.

I used the "My Mind's Eye" 6x6 paper pack, "Follow your Heart". This was the only printed paper I had, that had any relevance to the theme of card needed. (Thankfully I haven't had to make many cards for people leaving, as I would be a constant emotional mess!!)

I cut a strip of teal board to the width of the A5 card front (210mm wide) and then cut a piece of tan coloured board to fit the printed piece of paper. I embossed this with my most loved embossing folder, the Honeycomb! I used a few strips of printed paper for a bit of height.

I had some chipboard honeycomb (that I would dearly love to know where I buy more from!!) that I stuck down on top of some canvas that was folded accordion style and died with an ink pad. I then used the frayed parts of the canvas as a tie for the charm.

I used a mask and ink pad to colour up the edges of the card. With an ink blending tool, I inked up a canvas flower to tone in with the card, and stuck a button on top. 

I used some beautiful polka dotted washi tape also, cutting the bottom to tie in with the "flags" on the printed paper.

I then used the ink blending tool to ink up the edges of the card also.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge #16 - Polkadots

DRS Designs - Challenge 67 Pastels

Happy Campers - Challenge No. 15

My Heart Pieces - Embossing

Southern Girls Challenge - Button Up or Show some Flair

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a wonderful Spring day also!

Eithne

Bon voyage.

Hello, hope you are having a great day. I am just about to wind down for the night, it was an eventful day!
For the afternoon, I was at a first birthday party for my nephew. The sun shone all day, and all kiddies had a blast :)
We came home from one party and straight into another! My younger brother is moving to Canada on Tuesday :( so tonight we had a "going away" party for him. These are some buns (cupcakes) I made for the occasion....

Although it took some longer than others to realise the decoration! ;)

With red roll out icing, I used a leaf cutter as a maple leaf, to represent part of the Canadian flag. I used my standard bun recipe, I will post it later in the week.


I also made some chocolate fudge brownie, and had to test several pieces as I went along. I am still waiting for the over indulgence to digest ;) ......

What is your favourite cake to bake? Mine is chocolate fudge brownie, if I do it right, it tastes deliciously moist, fudge and divine!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
Eithne

Missing in action!

Hello everyone! Gosh has it been so long since last posting?! It has been very, very busy this end. Not as busy with crafting as I would like, but slowly getting back into it!!

I am a crafter who usually requires a lot of thinking time before doing anything. I find it hard to just follow an example, hence why I find it practically impossible to mass produce! Each item is nearly always different from the previous. So in the evenings lately, when I get to sit down, my head is usually too frazzled to start being creative. I veg in front of the tv crocheting. I find it so relaxing letting the hook and yarn take over! I recently got a beautiful, generous gift of some fabulous coloured yarns, so I have decided to pass on the goodness with gifts to as many people possible. It will take a long time, but I will get there!!  Anyway, enough of my ramblings! Here are some photos of what I have been working on....

This is a cardigan I made for my friends little baby. I love the colour, haven't made anything blue in a while. I'm used to princess colours lately!

This is a handbag I made for a little friend of my daughters. I am in the process of making a matching hairband, after all every girl needs a bag and hairband, right? I am also planning on making one for every little girl in my life. :D

This was my first time to crochet a flower, and despite the many patterns I tried follow, I couldn't get the hang of it. So this I did by experimenting. I made the starting ring, particularly large and loose so that the cylindrical button could act as the clasp (??! Is that what it's called?!) and be pulled through to close it.

I hope where ever you are today, you are enjoying your day. Thanks for stopping by :)
Eithne

Birthday Wishes

Hello! Today in Ireland we are having a beautiful Spring day. Long may it last! Seeing the daffodil shoots and the buds on the trees, gives such hope and anticipation for Spring and Summer!

During the week my Dad celebrated his birthday. We decided to have a surprise gathering, NOT a party, for him. After much deliberation, I eventually got a card made that I was happy with. I always find making cards for men, SO difficult.

I used my honeycomb embossing folder (again) and worked with brown and cream tones. I had it in my head, I would use my Joanna Sheen marbled paper.

I also cut out a tag, and cut by hand a smaller version of the tag to create a layered effect. I stamped the sentiment onto an oval, and found some buttons and brads that were a similar tone.

At a workshop last September, I got some honeycombed cut out. I have never seen this since or used it since, but would LOVE to get more. It fits the exact size of the embossing folder, so I inked it with a goldy-brown ink and placed it on top of the embossed brown board.

Hope you a having a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
Eithne

Boy's Birthday card

Hello! Can you believe tomorrow is Pancake Tuesday? I love pancakes :D yum yum!! What will you be putting on your pancake?

A while back I made this card for my cousin's 1st birthday.

I used a DL white card. With some light blue paper, I embossed it with the honeycomb folder. I used a strip of patterned paper and a lovely wooden framed embellishment.

Outlined stickers did the trick for the sentiment.

I just downloaded the blogger app, so this my first "go" at it. I found it impossible to blog on an iPad with blogger, so this might be a great way to blog more often. (If of course I can convince my girls it's MAMMY's turn on the iPad!!)
Hope you are having a great Monday.
Thanks for stopping by :)
Eithne