Jackie Mooney's July 24th Workshop cards.

As I expected I had an amazing day at Jackie's workshop yesterday!

Jackie had 6 stunning cards for us to do this month.

3 were male themed cards

I love the textured gold ball behind the golfer!

This die is a Tim Holtz & makes for a real vintage feeling card.

This card has Jake, Mami Doodles newest digital image & he comes with 2 different hair styles & 4 different outfits giving a total of 8 images for the extremely low price of just €2.

Now for the 3 girlie cards.

This is such a cute stamp, what I wouldn't give for an afternoon rooting through Jackie Mooney's stamp collection! She has so many gorgeous stamps!!

This card had glossy accents on it & really made it stand out!!

There were so many lovely touches to this quick & easy card like the little button flower centre, the snoopy charm, the pearl papers & snoopy's glittery collar!

This next card was definitely my fave.

I just love the Cow Girl image, God only knows when I would use this stamp again but I so want it!!

I also love the effect of doubling the fence dies!!

I am dying for next month to see what Jackie comes up with, no doubt everything will be stunning!

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

Jackie Mooney's May 29th Workshop Cards.

So another great relaxing day was enjoyed this weekend &

as anticipated Jackie Mooney had 6 gorgeous cards for us to do.

This one is so cute & had us all colouring like mad.

Close up of the bricks in the wall, I kind of forget to add little touches

like this when I'm doing my own cards!

I love this little girl stamp.

I was too impatient & starting to feel a bit sickly to cut

around the flowers on top of her hat so I just cut them off

but you can see how it was supposed to look

on Jackies workshop blog here

This one was very elegant.

Just a touch of Stickles to give a bit of bling

& a lace bow & pearl pin for sophistication.

This was my fave to make.

Must get hubby to start picking me up coffee cup holders.

It is a very effective technique.

Very surprisingly my DD picked this from the lot

& told me this was the one she wanted for her next birthday?!?

This one had me in a panic, I stuck the rosette & then

couldn't get it to flatten but I eventually got it.

This was a nice easy one but very effective with the rich looking gold on

the "stopper" part, the background paper

& the Mami Doodles image's dress which was paper pieced.

I can't wait for the June 26th workshop now.

Pam X

Jackie Mooney's May 1st workshop cards.

Wow!! This is my second post of the day but I better post these up now cos I will be going to Jackie's workshop this Sunday & I will be posting those cards up!!

I'm going to start with my fave card from last month! It is a very simple card but really stands out! Of course it is my fave colour too but I just adore that image.

She is soooo cute!!

This was a great card to make!

I love the idea of embossing the punched out piece so that it really gives it a lacy look!!

I love the wet look effect of the glossy accents!

This was a quickie & I think it is adorable, I love the sentiment!

The pom pom flower centres are just too cute.

Another cutie, bit of a theme going on that I didn't notice at the time lol

Another great idea for flower centres & I love those teeny tiny leaves too!!

A very interesting shape that could even work for invitations!!

The inside

& a very elegant looking pin.

Last but not least is this little beauty.

Definitely goes to show that less is more works really well.

Right that's that done.

Will have to try do it a bit sooner in the future!

Pam X

Jackie Mooney's March 2011 Workshop.

I had a wonderful day on Sunday the 27th of March at Jackie's workshop!

I knew I would have though as next month I will be attending Jackie's workshops for the past 2 years & I have never miss a workshop once since I have started going! I work my social life around Jackie's workshops because

1 - I know I would miss something really great if I couldn't go &

2 - It is my day!!

As in for 1 Sunday every month I know I am going to get to create, chat & relax & there is no way I would miss it!!

Here are the cards & Easter basket we made on Sunday

This one was my fave cos we used my fave colour & I just loved the distressed look of this card!

I love this ribbon pin & we first done this at the Newtown Mount Kennedy crafty day!

This was one of my daughters fave's, she loves ladybugs!

This was her other fave! She just loved the little bees googly eyes.

Of course with all the chatting going on I made a mistake but was able to salvage it lol!

This was a lovely quick card & it would also be ideal for an engagement or even a sympathy card (with a different image of course) but this is an idea that will I will use again!

I love the poem in this card but the best part of this card was the flower

which was handmade! I love learning new things & that is guaranteed if you are going to attend a Jackie Mooney workshop!!

Last but not least is the fab little Easter basket we made!

It's the little details like how the fence was embossed so it looked like wood that make you realise just how thorough Jackie really is when it comes to the creations she comes up with each & every month!

Visit Jackie's workshop blog cos I'm not great with a camera so don't do the projects we make any justice.

Newtown Mount Kennedy Crafty Day!

So it has been absolutely ages since I have blogged but after a brilliant, relaxing day of crafting yesterday I decided I really do need to start crafting more for fun & less because I "have to" so I thought it would be best if I started to blog again so that I can show what I am doing!

Yesterday was a really great day, the first half of the day was spent doing cards with Karen (I think she is a Kilcoole craft club member) & the 3 cards we done with Karen were decoupage, now I have to say i am not a fan of decoupage mainly because a) I don't have the patience, b) I'm not the handiest with scissors & c) it never looks right when I do it but I gave it a go, well I tried with the 1st card & it was ok but on the 2nd & 3rd card I just done it my own way & I was happy with how they all turned out.

This is the 1st card we done with Karen, I loved the colors of this one & that deep dark purple card was slightly embossed & was just gorgeous!!

This is the 2nd card we made with Karen & it was definitely my fave of the 3 we made with Karen! The image is a Lily of the valley one & it is just so much cuter IRL.

Last but not least is this sweet baby card. Just so you know, Karens looked sooooooo much better, I kept messing up & eventually just gave up!!

So after lunch we had 3 brilliant projects with Jackie & I knew I would love her projects as I have been attending her workshops since April 2009 & wouldn't miss one EVER because of 2 reasons, the 1st is because for one Sunday every month I get to sit for at least 6 hours & craft to my hearts content, no Lily coming to investigate what I'm up to! The 2nd reason I wouldn't miss one of Jackies workshops is because I don't want to miss out on ANY of her fantastic projects! For 22 months now I have been going to Jackies workshops & at each & every one of them I have done something new & learned something new. The woman is a genius!!

This is what Jackie had to keep us busy!

This was our 1st make with Jackie, I just loved the vintage look of this one! The papers were delish!

Then we had this "box within a box" & it did have choc's in it but Lily was waiting for me when I got in & wasn't long emptying it!

I didn't even get aa chance to take the photo with the choc's in it lol!

Last but definitely not least is this easel card! I love the stamp on this & it was a lovely fresh card to finish the day! The bow on this card & on a few of the others was done using this & it is just the best little thing ever. I can see a lot of my creations with these cute little bows!

The day was just brilliant altogether, nothing could be faulted, I was kept busy but not too busy to have a little catch up with Angela. It was a real treat to have a chat before our time (a whole 2 weeks early, we won't have anything to talk about now at Jackies next workshop lol!!!)