Septembers Challenge :)

Hello and happy Friday to you!! Wow, September already. Where is the year going to!

Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for August's photo inspiration challenge. With great difficulty we choose the top 3:
1st - # Julie
2nd - # Tofa
3rd - # Hildenkraft

This month's challenge the theme is: Anything but a square or rectangle. (No squares or rectangles!!)

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Check out the beautiful projects for the challenge theme from our DT:

Manuela

 Yvonne

Pixie

Geraldine

Henryka

Suchi

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Wednesday 30th September.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy your Friday.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Mid month Inspiration :)

Hello! Hope your Friday is going well. Thank you for such beautiful entries so far.

Today we have some beautiful mid month inspiration to share with you.

Suchi

Geraldine made a beautiful summer birthday card -

Joanna made a beautiful card -

Henryka

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Monday August 31st.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Hope you enjoy the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

June Challenge - the Big Occasion!

Hello! Hope your Friday is going well :) This week in Ireland was the start of the state exams - Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate. In typical fashion, we had beautiful sunny days once the exams started! Best wishes to all studying!

Thank you so much for all our 185 entries! We were overwhelmed with such a wonderful response. With extreme difficulty we chose the top three.
1st - Ellapu #56
2nd - 8kidsandstilltimetocraft (phew that alone should get a prize! ;) ) #106
3rd - Shery #48

Well done everyone and please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Thanks again to all who took part!

This months challenge is "The Big Occasion" (eg Wedding, anniversary, graduation, exams, etc )

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries. Please note some blogs we are unable to comment on, as we don't have a subscription/membership.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Today we have beautiful inspiration from Henryka and Joanna. Be sure to check out their blogs for more details.

Henryka made a beautiful card for a first birthday.

Joanna made a beautiful Wedding card.

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Tuesday 30th June.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

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May's mid-month inspiration :)

Hello! We are back today with some beautiful mid-month inspiration :)

Henryka has made a beautiful baby card -

Pixie has made a card with a surprise!

(be sure to check out Pixie's blog to see what is inside - here is a sneak peek!)

The theme for May is:

"Wings" (you can interpret it whichever way you choose!)

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Sunday May 31st.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with more mid-month inspirations, until then hope you enjoy the weekend.

Eithne & Michelle :)

Mid month inspiration!

Hello! And happy Friday to you :) Hope you are having a wonderful day, in Ireland this week we are having some beautiful sunny days.

Today we have some mid month inspiration from our design team.

 Sylwia's beautiful card, using die cuts.

 

 Henryka made this beautiful treasure box:

 Pixie's beautiful card -

 Eithne made a birthday card using different die cuts

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is open until midnight Thursday April 30th.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday and if you are crafting, why not give the challenge a go?

Happy crafting,

Eithne and Michelle

Challenge #14 - BINGO!

Hello! Hope your March has started off well :) We had snow here in Ireland a few days last week, so much for Spring weather ;)

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our February challenge, our 1st Birthday for Craft for the Craic. Where has that year gone?!  Thank you for all the lovely, kind comments also, very thoughtful. It was so hard to choose a top three, but with much deliberation our Design Team chose:
#1 - Paper Profusion
#2 - Paper Primrose
#3 - Sweet and Coloured

Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Well done to our top 3 and to everyone who took part.

For March's challenge, Henryka chose the theme. It is:

"Bingo" (You can use one line either diagonally, vertical or horizontal!)

Please make sure to mention what three elements you use!!

Thank you Henryka :)

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme -

Henryka

Yvonne

Sylvie

Be sure to check out the blogs to see which way the Bingo was used!

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is live open until midnight Tuesday March 31st.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, happy crafting,

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Mid Month Inspiration

Hello! Here in Ireland this week it is the school's midterms. Having lazy days are wonderful for reviving the soul!! Today we have some beautiful mid month inspiration from Henryka. February's challenge, the theme is:

"Birthdays or Anniversary" (You can interpret this whichever way you like!)

Today for our mid month inspiration Henryka has this beautiful project, a Best Wishes card:

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is live open until midnight Saturday February 28th.

February's theme is:

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

Happy crafting!

Eithne & Michelle :)

Happy New Year!

Hello, and a very happy new year! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with love, joy, peace and happiness :) Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries for our December challenge. As usual we found it very difficult to decide on a top 3 from all the fabulous creations, but with much deliberation we chose:

Tied first - #1 Annettes Stapylton and #81 Grá O'Neill
Second #23 Amelia B
Third #34 Karien

Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Well done to our top 3 and to everyone who took part.

For January's challenge, our 12th challenge, the theme is:

Your "Favourite Word" (You can interpret this whichever way you like!)

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you, with their take on the challenge theme - Favourite Word:

Geraldine

Yvonne

Henryka

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is live open until midnight Saturday January 31st.

January's theme is:

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, but we would all like to wish you and your family a very happy, peaceful and crafty New Year :)

Happy Crafting,

Eithne & Michelle :)

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Mí na Nollaig (December's) Challenge - Favourite Christmas Colours

Woohoo! It is December. Can't believe it is only a few weeks until Christmas. Have you been crafting much for Christmas lately? We are having very cold weather with freezing fog here, so the perfect excuse to sit in and craft!! This month the theme of the challenge is your 'Favourite Christmas Colours'.

Before we see the DT's beautiful creations, Thank you so much for all the beautiful entries for November. It was so hard to choose a top 3, but our DT chose-
Tied 1st Macarena #55 and Papersniffer #16
2nd Stamping with Meighan #36
3rd Lalky Girl #47

Please take the badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Well done to our top 3 and to everyone who took part.

For December (Mí na Nollaig) challenge, the theme is:

Your "Favourite Christmas Colours" (You can interpret this whichever way you like!)

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Here is what some of our talented Design Team members have to show you:

Henryka

Geraldine

Joanna 

Sylvie

Sylwia

Yvonne

Our challenges are open to ANYTHING crafty or arty - cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered art, crochet, knitting, sewing, cake decorating, painting, drawing, candle making, jewellery making, whatever makes you craft or be creative we would like to see it!

Our challenge is live open until midnight New Years Eve, Wednesday December 31st.

December's theme is:

Hope you have a wonderful Friday, and if you are doing some crafting, why not enter for the craic?!!

We will be back with mid-month inspirations, but we would all like to wish you and your family a very happy, peaceful and crafty Christmas and New Year :)

Nollaig Shona Duit :)

Happy Crafting,

Michelle and Eithne :)

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