creative Mango juices

what we made

2011-09-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

Hi scrappers, I taught a class over the weekend at the studio and had such a fun time, just thought i would share my album here.

Till next time :D

12x12 layouts

2011-09-02T11:14:00.001-07:00

Paper used: echo park little girl

Paper used: crate paper toy box

I inked all my edges and used some pop dots to give dimension.

some exciting news

2011-08-28T10:10:00.001-07:00

I will be teaching a Mini Album Class at the GBCE in Athlone YEEEEEK, how cool it that. Its going be a really amazing album, even if I say so myself. I have been working hard to get a FANTASTIC JAM PACKED kit together for you lovely crafters. More info on time and date will be on their blog soon.

Here is just a Ity bity sneak peak of what we will be working with.

There will be something special instore for all Crafty Queens regulars.

Watch this space.

12x12 Double page layout

2011-08-24T11:58:00.001-07:00

This is a double 12x12 layout for my godchilds scrapbook album. He is such a cuti pie.

Paper used: Crate Paper

Graphic 45 Canvas mini album

2011-07-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

Mini albums i created with the July Crafty queens mini album kit.

BLOG CANDY

2011-06-20T06:03:00.000-07:00

Hi Ladies just sharing some blog candy.

Have a look at our new irish kit club,

http://scrap.imagehouse.ie/

Cigar Box for Xylvie

2011-06-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

I swapped Cigar boxes with an amazing artist Xylvie in Singapore.
Check her out http://andthereweretwobears.blogspot.com/

I had such a fun time creating this for her. Hope she likes it :D

A little pop up frame.( just pull at the tag)

I left the book plate blank so she can put the name in that she would like.

We had a Blast

2011-06-03T13:33:00.000-07:00

We had our first Crop and kit get together last saterday and we had so much fun, it was fab to get to know a few more ladies and craft together.

My Layout have been Published

2011-05-16T09:15:00.000-07:00

Some exciting News, One of my layouts have been published in a fab online magazine.

Go and check them out.

craftingireland

12x12 Layout

2011-05-09T13:13:00.000-07:00

This is a double 12x12 layout for Julia my beautiful niece.

Scrap Yap Extravaganza : 28 May 2011

2011-05-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

This is an Introductory Class with a kit packed with goodies to create a complete mini album. We will be working together to inspire each others creativity and quite possibly challenge you to dream bigger about your creative possibilities.

When: 28 May 2011

Where : Ashbourne Co.meath

Time : 6pm-10pm

Only 12 spots will be available so book your kit and spot now.

For all the info go to: http://scrap.imagehouse.ie/

Hope to see u all there :D

A little box

2011-04-12T10:23:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys

I created with for one of my Aunts in SA, with photies of her granddaughter.

Was just a little fun mini.

Thanks for visiting and please come again :D

Fun 12x12

2011-04-01T09:28:00.000-07:00

Just a quick layout of my godson , Armin, he has the most gorgeous blue eyes ever !!!!!

Scrappy happiness Challange

2011-03-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

Hi guys

Drew from www.scrappyhappiness.com set this challenge: "All you have to do is make a piece of jewelry or charm for your project from scratch (scratch - made by you using you own stuff)"
Using some of the tips and technique he showed on his prima show
this is what I came up with.

I can see myself wearing this all week. Love it.

Products used:
Tim Holtz swivel clasp
Extra chain
Glass Beads
Spacers beads
Tiny locket
Charms
Vintage Lace

Scrapbeach Challenge 1

2011-03-07T08:59:00.000-08:00

I was scrapping along with Kathryn and the Scrapbeach ladies this weekend, it was a ton of fun. Here is my version of the 'White Space' Challenge Kathryn gave us.

I used the October Afternoon 'thrift shop' paper.
It MUST have photos AND journaling to be considered complete.

Smoke

2011-02-26T14:19:00.000-08:00

This is my version of the pencil lines sketch.

I made the charm from an old key ( well i hope its an old key)
I used some metal charms that i colour with alcohol inks, and
some paper flowers.
Stitching the lace and paper(lace) was just for
a bit of fun.

The gorgeous lady in the pin had been enhanced with glossy and crackle accents
just for a bit of shine.
I misted the tag with paper artsy glimmer.

Stapled the one corner down and some
'monkey love letters'

Shabby chic mini page

2011-02-25T11:42:00.001-08:00

Aideen hosted a swap on her blog , http://www.piecesbyaideen.com/
go check out het blog she has some gorgeous minis
The theme was 4x4 mini page shabby chic, lace, pearls, fairies, butterflies.

The Front I wanted it to look like an old corcet dress, very girly.

A charm holding the extra page closed

Just a little bit of lace

The Back of my page, a tag and a pocket.

I used old music paper and tea dyed it, and painted over the paper with some oil paint, just to create the vintage feel.

I created a stick pin for each pocket, it makes me think of shabby chic.

This is my tag, I stamped the music notes and painted with some glimmer mist, I also painted the lace. Once the brushes comes out there is not stopping me :D

Me and the love of my life

2011-02-22T13:09:00.000-08:00

We had a white Christmas this year and it was just amazing. This is

just a quick layout using Graphic 45 paper and my favourite winter photo.

Please feel free to give me some feedback.

Mardi Gras charm swap

2011-02-20T06:47:00.000-08:00

This is my charms for the Charm swap hosted by JoAnn at the beach, http://www.paperpiazza.blogspot.com/

The theme I picked was Mardi Gras.

The traditional colours of Mardi Gras are purple (symbolic of justice),

Green (symbolic of faith)

and Gold (symbolic of power).

Swivel Charm swap

2011-01-21T11:39:00.000-08:00

Hi ladies
I had the most fun making this Tim swivel charm.
The Theme is Vintage Valentine and the challenge
was to use Lace some where on the charm.
I was Partners with Michelle all the way in Australia,
how cool is that.

I picked the Colours Red and a tiny bit of Purple. I love those two colours together.

I used a Little bit of lace behind this charm and some crackle accent on an old image.

I used a Tim Holtz pin with a few 'crystal' beads.

Hope she likes it.

Pay it forward 2011

2011-01-15T14:44:00.000-08:00

Joanne from paper drama posted a this on her blog and I thought it was the best idea, It reads like this:
"Pay it Forward in 2011: I promise to send an original creation to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. They must, in turn, post this and send something they make to the first 5 people who comment on their status. The rules are that it must be handmade by you, and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011."

How cool is that!
I'm going to start creating right now and will post photos soon of what the 5 lucky ladies will be getting.

Happy scrapping ladies

Playing with charms

2011-01-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

I have been hooked by Cindys charm swap that she hosts on her blog
http://cindyscroppingcorner.blogspot.com
I love my grungy and vintage art and have been playing around with
steam punk.
Here are a few of my charms.

These are for my swap,

I made these guys for some of my scrapbook buddies, hope they like them.

This charm I made for a steampunk album I'm doing.

please give me some feed back.

Snow over Christmas

2010-12-29T16:16:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

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

2010-10-01T16:16:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-09-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-15T11:18:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-08-31T04:55:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-30T03:40:00.001-07:00

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:

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

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!

2010-08-24T15:19:00.001-07:00

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)

2010-08-19T11:14:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-02T02:50:00.000-07:00

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.

2010-07-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-18T12:18:00.001-07:00

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

2010-06-11T07:34:00.000-07:00

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.