Spring Challenge at Craft for the Craic

This month at Craft for the Craic the challenge theme is something for Easter or Spring.

Spring makes me think of bright colours and I was inspired by this colourful paper pad from My Mind's Eye called Remarkable to die cut some butterflies.

I cut strips of the paper and layered them up, glueing some down and popping others up on 3D foam.  I just love the vivid colours!  I white embossed a Hero Arts sentiment on one of the strips.

Check out the rest of the Design Team's Spring creations and upload your own at Craft for the Craic - looking forward to visiting your blogs! 

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Ger x

Transparent Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Over at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Blog the challenge is to use transparent item(s) on your card.  The Design Team have some absolutely stunning creations using all sorts of transparent things!

I took a sheet of acetate and folded it into a card before embossing, then die cut shapes from My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 Remarkable.  I stamped the Simon Says Stamp sentiment with Hero Arts ink and used butterfly punches and an EK Success border punch.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Transparent Layers

Supplies:
Acetate 
Cuttlebug Lattice embossing folder
Memory Box dies: Fuschia Sprig and Marshmallow Clouds
X-Cut Butterfly Punch
docrafts palm punch
EK Success Border Punch
My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 paper pad Remarkable
Simon Says Stamp sentiment
Hero Arts Bubblegum Shadow Ink

Another Male Birthday

Needed another male birthday card this week and the muted colours in Basic Grey's Carte Postale paper pad seemed just right.  I also used Tim Holtz Gadget Gears die and a Hero Arts sentiment, white embossed.

See you soon with another card!

Ger x

Set of 6

Deciding what to take to the Wednesday evening craft club is always a problem.  Most of the lovely ladies there are knitting and don't take up much space on the table but even so, us cardmakers tend to hog a lot of space.

Also, there's only so much a girl can carry.  So I decided to limit myself to one paper pad, some punches, Neenah Kraft and White card and some pearls.

The results were a set of six cards, all following the same basic sketch but switching the orientation around.

I think I should limit myself like this more often! Oh I also brought along a Hero Arts Sentiment stamp set

See you soon with another card. Ger x

90 Minute Scramble at Hero Arts

The Hero Arts 90 minute scramble was hosted last night by the lovely Debbie and her challenge was to use a colour combination of Navy and Mint.  I used Chipped Sapphire and Evergreen Bough to ink up a Hero Arts Butterfly and used the die from the same set to cut them out, adding a Hero Arts sentiment and some sequins.  The paper is My Mind's Eye Remarkable.

It always amazes me how many gorgeous cards are created during these hour and a half scrambles - you should check them out here

Enjoy your Sunday!

Ger x

March Challenge at Crafty Bloggers Network

There's still time to enter your cards at Crafty Bloggers Network where the theme this month is Nature.

Our sponsor this month is Imagine That and I used this cute image, also using one of their sentiments and some digital papers.  I used some of the papers to create the bunting and the image was coloured with Copics and Promarkers.

Have a great St Patrick's Day, and see you tomorrow with another card!

Ger x

Another Something Green at Craft for the Craic

Morning! Time for another little Something Green at Craft for the Craic.  This month our challenge is to have something green in your project (and we love to see all kinds of crafts!).

For my second project I decided to make a necklace.  As soon as I saw these teal green beads I fell in love with them.  I wanted some silver chain to match with them but had none left so I popped down to Penneys and bought a cheap as chips necklace and cut the chain into suitable lengths.

I always put all my beads onto eye pins before starting, makes life so much easier then to make up the necklace as you have only to open each eye pin and attach lengths of chain, finishing with a little lobster clasp.

I teamed the beads with 6mm and 10mm Hematite beads to bring out the greys in those gorgeous flat beads:

Why not join us this month for the craic, we'd love to see your projects!

Ger x