9th birthday

Just about managed to snap a photo of this before my youngest boy ran off to a party!

Hero Arts Cloud Stamp background
Circles punched from Crate Paper Toy Box 6 x 6 pack
Letters stamped with Personal Impressions alphabet set, coloured with Promarkers and covered in Glossy Accents for shine.

Should have cut the basket of the hot air balloon out of a different colour paper because it's lost against that paper but there wasn't time to change it!

Thanks for visiting

Ger x.

Mini Book - favourite page

Still having fun with my mini book.  This is my favourite page of the book and I think a huge part of the fun of these books is clever page construction and finding pages that open in different ways to reveal little tabs and surprises. 

Tim Holtz Crowded Attic papers, Martha Stewart edge punch, Tim Holtz trim dyed with Evergreen Bough distress ink, Tim Holtz on the edge Butterflies die, seam binding also dyed lightly with Evergreen Bough, Prima tab and flowers, pearl.

Thanks for visiting.

Ger x.

2nd Exam Card

Here's the second card.  I followed the colours in the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

Papers: Hero Arts Earth and Blush
Sizzix/Hero Arts Stamp and Die Set - Floral
Inks: Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass
Button, Pearls
Sentiment: Computer Generated

I'd like to enter this into:

Hero Arts Colour Me Hero - use the colours in the logo

Thanks for visiting!

Ger x.

Exam Stress

My daughter and her friend are starting their Leaving Cert exam on Wednesday.  Here's the first card.

Paper: Tim Holtz Crowded Attic
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Flourish: Hero Arts/Sizzix Stamp and Die set - Floral
Ranger Archival Ink: Plum
Prima Flowers
Button, twine

The card wanted to roll over because of the embellishments on one side so I had to cut a straight(ish) line across the bottom.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, Use Twine

Thanks for visiting

Ger x.

21st

Image : Ladybug Crafts Ink coloured with watercolours.
Papers: Bo Bunny Enchanted and Echo Park Victoria Gardens
Papermania Ribbon, outline stickers, pearls, Hunky Dory glitter.
Spellbinders Labels 18

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

thanks for visiting

Ger x.

Stick Pins

 Morning! I never did get around to showing you the two projects I made for Issue 8 of Crafting Ireland magazine so here they are.  The first one was a Stick Pin tutorial and for the completed card I used Echo Park Victoria Gardens papers, Sizzix 3-d flower die, a little distressing with Shabby Shutters and some seam binding.

The other project was a quick gift bag tutorial.  The paper is from Papermania.

 

The tutorials can be found here, and the latest issue of Crafting Ireland is here.

Thanks for visiting.

Ger x.

Tim Holtz mini bag

Kate Walsh demo'd the Tim Holtz In the Bag die on Saturday and this was my creation LOL.  The paper is Graphic 45 I think, heart cut with a Tim Holtz die and I added a couple of Prima flowers, a button and some stickles. The ribbon was coloured with a Promarker because I only brought 4 Distress Inks with me and none of them were the shade I wanted.  The hardest bit about going out of the house to craft is deciding what to leave behind!

I have to do a 21st card so hopefully I'll be back later to share.

Thanks for visiting.

Ger x.