Snow over Christmas

Hi Everyone, just though I would show you the fabulous snow we got over Christmas,
I have only lived in Ireland for a little more then 5 yrs and we only get a little bit of snow
in January/February. This year we got a ton of snow 2 weeks before Christmas and a good bit

more over Christmas. It is amazing, I just love it!

Thank you for looking.

Some project i have been working on

This is a Love Story book for my lovely mother in law for some of her family photos.
She loves scrapbooking so I left a few places open so she could ass a bit of her own style and ideas.
The cover is not completely done but we'll get there

Please feel free to leave a comment and some advise.

Check out the Candy ladies

Stacy has a faboulus Tim holz give away, any girls dream, go have a look.

http://scrapwithstacy.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-tim-holtz-blog-candy-giveaway.html

October Around the World Fiber and lace swap (Closed)

Hey Guys

I just want to let you know that the September lace swap was just amazing the lace that I saw from all over the world, all I can say is WOW, and thank you so much for everyone that took part, Ladies you did an fantastic job.
I did my first video I'll put the link up tonight, I'm still new to all of that so its super long, but have a look anyway.

I enjoyed doing this so much so I think I'll do it again. So here we go, I think I will add a few little bits to it just to make it more fun, so read carefully.

1. Send in three sets of Lace or Fiber or Ribbon of 1yard each for each of the members in your team. You can send in just one type or send in a mix. (There will be 4 in a team.)

2. Include a dangle charm to match you lace.

3. Include your name and YT or blog so we can make more friends.


POSTING: All items should be in my hand by: 15 October 2010.
(Its fast and easy)

Place your gorgeous lace in a plastic zipper type bag to prevent possible damage, include a self addressed envelope.
(People in Ireland - the same amount of postage it cost you to mail your package to me PLUS 2 extra stamps in case the things I send back weigh a little more. ***extra stamps returned if not needed***)
Outside Ireland swap buddies I will sent you a paypal invoice for the postage.

Please send in nice quality items as you will be getting nice quality sent back to you. Ribbon needs to be at least 1/4" wide.


Any questions please give me a shout.

TO JOIN SIGN ON HERE:

Happy happy ladies.



Group 1 (CLOSED)
- Belinda Akers (RECEIVED)
- Magi (RECEIVED)
- Eve louw (RECEIVED)
- Caoimhe (RECEIVED)

Group 2 (CLOSED)
- Angelic Covarrubia (RECEIVED)
- loandri (RECEIVED)
- Reve van Eeden(RECEIVED)
-Divine (heyisdivine) (RECEIVED)

Group 3 (CLOSED)

- Lyla New (RECEIVED)
- Keva(RECEIVED)
- Nicole Bruno (RECEIVED)
- Julia Grieger (RECEIVED)

Group 4 (CLOSED)

- Ciara dunne(RECEIVED)
- Lori Danieski-Bellotti (RECEIVED)
- Heather (RECEIVED)
- Lisa Eagan (RECEIVED)

Group 5 (CLOSED)
- Katie Hunter
- Eve louw(RECEIVED)
- michelle merrit (RECEIVED)
- Bev Alliare

Making flowers

Hi Ladies
I was part of Lylas' September flower swap at the 'beach' and had such a fun time playing. Here are my finished product. The swap was to make 11 flowers and the colour scheme was ivory, off white, pearl, winter white. (Sorry I forgot to take pictures of them before I packaged them so there is a little bit of a reflection)

If you would like me to show how I made them please leave a comment and I will do a Video.

Hope the girls like them.
:D

Charms Time

I love making charms, this is my creations for Cindys swap on cindys scrapping corner.
You can find her at : http://cindyscroppingcorner.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave a comment :D

STAMPED TAG SWAP DETAILS (CLOSED)

This is how it works:

1. You have to send in 20 tags.
(Pick two of your favourite stamps.)
Stamp 10 tags with one image
and stamp another 10 with second image.

2. What size tags: Use tags not smaller than 2"x4", bigger would be fine.

3. Ink to use: please use stazon, Archival ink or Memento black ink. Aslong as it is water proof.

DUE DATE : Should be in my hands no later than 30 September.

Ship your tags in a plastic zipper bag. Include a self addressed stamped envelope. (People in Ireland - the same amount of postage it cost you to mail your package to me PLUS 1 extra stamps in case the things I send back weighs a little more. ***extra stamps returned if not needed***)International swap buddies I will sent you a paypal invoice for the postage.

If you are unable to complete the swap, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible.

This swap is Easy peasy and loads of fun so enjoy.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING
:D
Big Hugs

Stamped Image Swap OPEN

Hi ladies I was thinking and contemplating to host this swap as it was not my original idea, but i got so many requests and this is such an fun and easy swap to do. So here we go.

This is how it works:

1. You have to send in 20 tags.
(Pick two of your favourite stamps.)
Stamp 10 tags with one image
and stamp another 10 with second image.

2. What size tags: Use tags not smaller than 2"x4", bigger would be fine.

3. Ink to use: please use stazon, Archival ink or Memento black ink. Aslong as it is water proof.

DUE DATE : Should be in my hands no later than 30 September.

Ship your tags in a plastic zipper bag. Include a self addressed stamped envelope. (People in Ireland - the same amount of postage it cost you to mail your package to me PLUS 1 extra stamps in case the things I send back weighs a little more. ***extra stamps returned if not needed***)International swap buddies I will sent you a paypal invoice for the postage.

If you are unable to complete the swap, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible.

To join in please leave a comment here or on my blog.
This swap is Easy peasy and loads of fun so enjoy.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING :D
:D

Some Candy Ladies!

Go and check out
http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.com
This is an gorgeous give away and they also have a fantastic shop.

Around the World Fiber and Lace swap (CLOSED)

Hi all my love ladies,

I got this idea to swap lace and fiber and ribbon from all around the world.
I'll call it AROUND THE WORLD ribbon, lace, and fiber swap. This is a simple swap with a quick turn around. Something to jump start those creative juices with something you normally cant get.

Send in three sets of Lace or Fiber or Ribbon of 1yard each for each of the members in your team. You can send in just one type or send in a mix. There will be 4 in a team.

Please send in nice quality items as you will be getting nice quality sent back to you. Ribbon needs to be at least 1/4" wide.

Please sent them out by the 13th of September

Place your items in a mailing envelope and include a self addressed sticky return label, a new mailer if yours can't be reused. Place your gorgeous lace in a plastic zipper type bag to prevent possible damage.
(People in Ireland - the same amount of postage it cost you to mail your package to me PLUS 2 extra stamps in case the things I send back weigh a little more. ***extra stamps returned if not needed***)
International swap buddies I will sent you a paypal invoice for the postage, but since lace are so light postage will be cheap.

If you are unable to complete the swap, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible.

Please leave a comment or sent me an email to be part of the swap, I will sent you a confirmation email that you are in.
Thank you all for participating. Have fun picking your favourite! I'm extremely excited!

Group 1 (closed)

- Michelle Merritt (UK) RECEIVED
- Reve (South Africa) RECEIVED
- Louise Roberts (Ireland) RECEIVED

- Irene Ioannou (Greece) RECEIVED

Group 2 (closed)

-Timi (ireland) RECEIVED
-Mariana B (Australia) RECEIVED
-Eve (ireland) RECEIVED
-Belinda Akers (USA) RECEIVED

Group 3 (closed)

-magda (south africa) RECEIVED
-Louise - Loumooredub's (ireland) RECEIVED

- Michelle Roman (USA)

- Ivi (poland) RECEIVED

August charm swap

Hi Everyone

I just finished my charms for Cindy's august charm swap, you can get her at
http://cindyscroppingcorner.blogspot.com/
This was a 7+1 swap, I'll will get one back.

• Each Charm should include a swivel clasp, garment pin or something to attach it to a tag or mini.
• A charm, either handmade or store bought (attached to the garment pin or swivel clasp)
• A bead or button.

This was my first time so I hope you Lady's like it.

Feedback are always welcome :)

Graphic 45 Playtime Past.

Hi there everybody here is another fantastic swap with Bona at http://keeponscrappin.blogspot.com/
This was so fun as I did my best to make it as boy-ish as possible.
Here is the details of the swap by Bona:

*Shape~ Square and Size 4" x 4"
* Challenge~ Boy Mini~ Distress (Ink,Powder, etc.)
* Please be sure to incorporate both sides of the design papers on each page.
* At least one embellishment on each page (ribbon, charm, etc.)
* One page will need to include a pocket with a tag for journaling
* Please leave at least an 1/2" space on the left side for binding
* Use medium weight chipboard
* Place your name somewhere on the page so we all know who's work it is.
* Anything goes as long as you use both sides of the design paper.

This is my cover

I left a good bit of space for a photo, I kept the colors very simple.

I love the little metal corners and thought it suited this page quite well.

I wanted to page to be very playful so a put a 'boy flower' a lace flower and a fan.

The back with a pocket and tag.

This was my tag - I wanted to it to be very dirty and messy (just as boys are) with loads of textures, I used Glimmer mist, ranger crackle paint, acrylic paint and distress inks.

I hope all you ladies like your pages and
please feel free to give some feedback or leave a comment.

June Mini Page Swap

Hay
This is my pages for the June Mini Page swap hosted by Bona from Keep on Scrappin. It was such a fun and hard challenge, but I'm pleased with the way it turned out. The challenge was to use Graphic 45 paper and make a 4"x4" mini page, we were to use lace and Roses. My page design was Sweetheart of Mine.


This is the front page, I used gold acrylic paint on the edges, Glimmer mist a doily with tea rose, made the rose 'Tim Holz' style, well I try ed, I love pearls and jewelry so I made a mini pearl necklace. It was definitely inspired by the paper, its so vintage girly.




This is the back. I made some pockets for tags, and crackled on the side. I used two types of lace layered over each other. This paper had so many gorgeous images.




This my tag, I stamped it with a stamp that says 'hope' and the pained metallic gold over the whole tag, it dried a bit and then wiped some if it of with a wet wipe. Just a little experiment.


Lastly my rabbit Stewi wanted to be part of the challenge so he ate a good bit of one of my gorgeous pages, here is the evidence. He loves paper.


Thanks for stopping by, hope you feel inspired and please leave a comment.

June Tag Swap

Hi Everyone my June tag swap that I did with Arlene http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/ is done and I had such a great time

doing them.

I made a vintage kind of post card, I used a bit of crackle paint (my favourite at the moment I try to crackle every project) and distress the edges. I love this vintage Woman it just feels like she is saying 'Bonne Journee'.
There is a little Eiffel Tower charm at the top of the pearl string.

This is the back I've put in a pocket for a tag.

This is my attempt of Marion's Lace flower, she did a tutorial on her show A Piece Of Craft.

This is the link to her show, http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5841747. Mine needs a bit of practise still.
I dyed them a bit in rooibos tea (a south African Tea) so give them a bit of a red tea dye look, and the glimmer mist them to give a bit of sparkle.
Thanks for stopping by.

My First Mini Album

This mini will be about me and childhood sweetheart. We grew up together and lived across the road from each other. He is still my best friend, and now also my husband.

I still have to put a few images and journaling.

Translation: Ons storie - Our Story

Translation: Lag - Laugh

Translation: My lief ding - My love

I'll be back with more, Please feel free to leave a comment.