Charity cards.

At Jackie Mooney's workshops for as long as I can remember Isobel has organised different swaps. This year we are doing charity cards. Isobel will give anyone who is taking part a little kit with some items in it. We have to make a card using the items & all the cards we make will go into a box & when we have enough then we will decide which charity to donate them to! As daffodil day is coming up & Bab's sells cards for the Irish Cancer Society all year round this months cards will be going to Bab's to sell for the ICS.

I've made 2 so far & have enough bits left over from my kits to do another 2.

Here are the ones I have finished!!
I got the idea for the little squares on the 1st one from a card Bab's made for the Sassy Cheryl challenge!

Everything used was supplied in the kit except for the actual card base!!

I used my ProMarkers to colour the images. 

The ProMarker Combo is

Gold, Canary & Buttercup

Forest Green & Leaf Green.

Pam x

Mami Doodles Challenge 37

This week over at Mami Doodles the challenge is Christmas.

Here are 3 cards I done for the challenge, I haven't crafted for so long so once I started I just kept going, I also couldn't choose which of the many great Mami Doodles Christmas digital images to use.

This first one is using Elisa's newest digi "Under the Mistletoe" & this little cutie is going to be the November freebie so you will get it free with any Mami Doodles purchase for the next month!

ProMarker combo used is

Black & Cool Greys 5-1

Burgundy, Cardinal Red, Berry & Lipstick Red

Forest Green, Lime Green & Lime Zest

Antique White

I used Glimmer Dust to add some sparkly snow & a tartan bow to finish.

I just love this image called "The Storyteller" I think it is so sweet.

ProMarker combo used is

Sky Blue, Arctic Blue & Glacier Blue

Raw Sienna, Mustard & Buttercup

Burnt Sienna, Caramel & Sandstone

Cardinal Red, Berry & Lipstick Red

Bright Green & Leaf Green

Antique White

Blush & Soft Peach

For this card I used "Holly" She is just lovely. Elisa came up with this image after Wendy requested that the Mother Nature image would be great as a Christmas image with holly & I think they could be sisters lol!!

ProMarker combo is

Walnut, Burnt Sienna, Caramel & Sandstone

Blush & Soft Peach

Forest Green, Lime Green & Lime Zest.

I gave her red gem holly berries (for a bit of sparkle) &

used glossy accents on the holly leaves.

To play along with this challenge visit the Mami Doodles Blog. All you need to do is make a Christmas card but remember if you use a Mami Doodles image (including freebies) you will be entered twice.

The prize for this challenge is the last 3 Mami Doodles images released & they are Autumn Girl, Holly & Wanna Play plus one image of your choice.

The challenge will run for 2 weeks so that gives you until the 17th of November to join in!! All you have to do is add your link here.

Looking forward to seeing some great creations.

Pam x

Published yet again!!

I submitted a card & a LO to Crafting Ireland to be published in issue 5 & Yay... My card was published. I am delighted, it really does feel great to see your work in a magazine.

Here is the card I submitted.

I used one of Elisa's newest images, I have a thing for snowmen so fell in love with this image as soon as I seen it & couldn't wait to use it!

I also submitted this LO & although it wasn't published I am still happy with it, I am betting that as each issue of Crafting Ireland comes there are going to be so many submissions but at least it gives me the nudge I need to start doing more scrapbooking!!!

Pam x

I have been published woohoo!!

I decided to submit a card I had made while playing around with the

Mami Doodles Ligia images to Crafting Ireland & I got an email this

weekend to let me know that my card had been chosen to be published!!

I am very honoured to have my card in Crafting Ireland as Jackie Mooney who runs the workshop I have not missed since April 2009 had a stunning card published in the first ever issue & Jess Meyer who's workshops I have also attended was published in the second issue! Also this in this issue (the third) the Spotlight On feature is on Elisa Nishimura who is the designer behind Mami Doodles.

Here is the card I submitted!

Pam x

Baby card.

This is a baby card with a twist as in the baby was 7 months old & getting Christened by the time I got around to making it!!

The name was cut from glitter paper using my eCraft & the bow was made using my bow maker! The papers are downloadable & are from Pink Petticoat.

Pam x

Mami Doodles Cards.

At Jackie Mooney's June 26th workshop Jackie was displaying 8 gorgeous cards (well there were way more than 8 lol) but these 8 were all of the same "girl" only with different outfits & different hairstyles! They are Mami Doodle's Ligia images & I was shocked when Jackie told me that all 8 images were only €2, that is only 25 cent's for each one!!

I had to buy them & I sat down one day & just coloured all of these images.

Here are the ones I have made into cards so far.

For the next one I used another Mami Doodles image as I know Jackie does use 2 images together & I wanted to see if I could do it! It took a while but I eventually got it & this is what I came up with!!

I love these images & I have just noticed while on the Mami Doodles website that Elisa now has 8 boy images for the same insanly low price of €2.

I'm off to get those now!!

Pam X

Altered notebooks.

So my hubbies young cousin was staying with us for a few days & to pass the

time last Saturday we spent a few hours crafting!

This is the notebook I made for my son who was too cool to craft with us

but not too cool for a notebook lol!

This I made for my sister.

This one was for my hubbies aunt!

These 3 were made by Ciara.

These were made by my daughter Lily

This one for her friend.

and for herself

Pam X

Jackie Mooney's June 26th Workshop Cards.

Again I had an awesome day of relaxing, chatting but most of all creating the 6 amazing cards from the kits that Jackie had put together for us!

Here are the wonderful cards we got to make!

I love the summery feeling to this fab easel card!

A lovely quick & easy but effective card!

The butterfly border on this is a brilliant idea.

How cute is this one & I love the sentiment!!

I love this one. I have used tulle before but never thought

of doing anything like this with it!

How clever is that.

Now as much as I love the card above this next one was my fave!

Anyone who knows me well will know why & also the image is just

the cutest!

Looking forward to the July 24th Workshop for my day of relaxation, catching up with friends & to see what amazing creations Jackie has for us!!

Pam X

Charity cards.

My friend Bab's sells cards all year round for the Irish Cancer Society &

I try to help out but last month bab's called on all of her

crafty friend to help out by doing some dog themed

cards for A Dogs Life charity!

I used that reason to get some crafting done just for the sake of crafting

& I really enjoyed it!

Here are the cards I came up with!

The lovely "textured paper" you see one these cards is actually

Wallpaper samples that I got from my local B & Q store!!

Of course all the colouring of this cute little stamp

that I got from Ebay was done using my ProMarkers!

A lot of Cards.

Ok so it has been a good long while since I have blogged.

As usual it has just been a case of not getting a chance with everything else (i.e. real life) but I did manage to get a bit of crafting done.

Most of the following cards are communion cards & I am delighted that the communion season is over for another year!

The image on this card is from Karens Doodles & they are just really lovely, I have the confirmation ones too & she has a fab wedding one too!!

Just a close up of my colouring (think I'm finally getting to know my ProMarkers at last lol) The paper is from the Papermania Birdsong pack!

This one was the first of 3 for the same little girl!!!

The border is punched using an Xcut punch, I really do love these new punches as they seem a lot sturdier than some of the more popular ones out there! Hopefully they will bring out a lot more designs.

The stamp is a Whiff Of Joy one & was coloured using Promarkers although there wasnt too much colouring.

Gems were added using my new I-Rock tool & stencil.

This was the 2nd of the 3 for this girl.

Border punch is again done using an Xcut punch, butterfly & teeny flowers were cut using my eCraft, bow made using bow maker, Karens Doodles image used & coloured with ProMarkers & as with almost all of my cards the sentiment was done with my CraftRobo.

I think this is one of my fave images!!

This was the final card of the 3 & it was a little hard to come up with something!

I wasn't happy with it, felt it was missing something but the customer was delighted with it.

Again its a Karens Doodles image & coloured with ProMarkers, can't remember the brand of paper but I know I have it in a good few colours & I have used them a lot when I get stuck!!

The "stitching" is done using my Sew Easy tool & the Zig Zag attachment head!

Used a Fiskars corner punch on the corners.

This was the first of 2 for the same girl.

It is just as well I found those Karens Doodles images lol!!

Again the usual tools were used ProMarkers, Bow Maker & CraftRobo & I used a paper doily. I found these in my local €2 shop for a pack of 60 with 3 different sizes.

I love yellow & brown together.

This is the 2nd of the 2 & the photo is terrible I know but I only remembered to take the photo when the card was being collected in the evening time so I was chasing the light lol!!

For this one I made the background paper using the stamp & chalk technique I learned at Jackie Mooney's beginners & techniques workshop. I loved this technique & have used it a few times since. It has me on the hunt for nice background stamps!!!

I used some tulle with silver spots that i have had since I first start card making & pleated it along the bottom.

Again my I-Rock tool & stencil was used to add bling.

This candle was for the girl above too.

Yet again I was chasing the light with this & it a Karens Doodles image again.

I added some glossy accents to his shoes to give him nice new shiny communion shoes.

Another communion candle, I really do need to get a new cross Stamp though as I tend to use this one a lot!

I love this image. The lovely Isobel who attends Jackies workshops very kindly let me borrow her stamp & I am delighted that I had the brainwave to stamp it onto some tissue paper!!

Yet another communion card!!!

& another !!! This time using a Whiff Of Joy stamp!

This time I went with a cross cut using my eCraft!

These are Jackie Mooney workshop cards that I personalized when I was asked to make cards the same day for my friends birthday by my mam & brother!

This is the card I made for my friends birthday, at least I was prepared lol!!

The shoe is a digi by Sketching Stamper & was the very first digi stamp I bought!

I coloured the shoe with ProMarkers & went over with an embossing marker then embossed using clear embossing powder!

This is the card I made for my friend from my sister who took the time to ask me to order this in time for the birthday lol!!

I can't remember where I got this digi from but I knew when I seen it that I would use it someday, kind of like most of the digi's I buy!!

This is a christening card using that cross stamp again & itty bitty embossed panels

& of course my Bow Maker

Card for my hubbys much younger cousin. I bought the converse embellishment with her in mind. I still have to buy her a pair of the real things though!!

Wedding card using the stamp & chalk technique learnt at Jackies workshop

A close up of the chalks.

& a matching box too!!

Think that's about it for now!!

Pam X