A new adventure for me.

I am very excited to announce that I have been chosen to be a part of the design team for Foamiran Ireland along with 7 other very talented ladies.

I will be joining Agnieszka, Karolina B, Aga C, Ewa Szubra, Nata V, Karolina and Agnes B where we will be bringing you challenges and hopefully inspiring you to take part and try out this great new product. Looking forward to having some fun in 2017.

Pam x 

Mixed media frame.

So this was a very personal project for me and it was a birthday present for my dad that he was a year waiting for but I eventually got around to it and he was delighted with it.

 

This was made for my dad who only found out in 2007 that he was adopted. He found out in 2013 that although his birth mother had passed away he had 2 sisters and a brother who had only found out about him in 2010. After meeting up with one of his sisters and brother, his sister gave him a missal that belonged to his mum and I was also able to find his birth cert once I knew his birth mothers name so both of those are in the frame along with photos of his mum as a young woman and photos of him with his new family.

 

 

The frame is just a basic Ribba one from Ikea that I treated with gold guilding wax to give an aged look. I created a crackled background using glue and then used masks and paint. I added some Foamiran flowers to decorate.

 

The wording was cut on the Cameo.

 

Pam x

 



Foamiran!!!!

So there is a reason I have started crafting again after all this time and crafting because I want to and not because I had a card I had to make for an occasion.

While flicking through facebook noticed a few cards made by Karolina where she had these beautiful flowers made from Foamiran. I had never heard of this so off I went to google, the flowers made from this foam were just the prettiest and I have always loved using flowers on my cards so I kept searching and that is when I came across the facebook page for Foamiran Ireland. I had a little problem though as I had gotten rid of a lot of my crafting essentials because 1. I wasn't getting much time to craft and 2. When I did craft I found I was using my Silhouette Cameo all the time so I had now flower dies anymore and had even gotten rid of my die cutting machine so I contacted Foamiran Ireland to see if it would be possible to get 1 sheet of this foam to try cutting it on the Cameo. I got a reply pretty quickly from Agnieszka (or Agnes for short) and she told me she would send me a sheet to try. It arrived the next morning and while the smallest one was having her nap I dragged the Cameo into the kitchen and started to cut. I was delighted because it did cut on the Cameo and I made my first order from Foamiran Ireland that day, again my order arrived the very next day and I have been experimenting with making flowers ever since. I am well and truly hooked now.

 

This is my first ever attempt.

 

I was pretty delighted with the outcome but the more I played with this foam the better I liked it and have tried so many techniques.

 

These are all my experiments

 

You can see I practiced a LOT!

 

I tried so many ways of making roses.

 

Then I tried a "real rose"

 

This one was for the son to give to his girlfriend for valentines day.

 

So this is why I am crafting for the sake of crafting once again :)

 



I'm Back!!!!!

So it has been a loooong time since I have had time to blog. The last time I blogged I was a mother of 2 and I am now a mother of 4!!!! Toni was born in December 2013 and Maya came along in April 2016 to join Ryan April 1999 and Lily May 2006 so getting time to craft was near impossible but now Toni is at playschool 5 days a week for a whole 3 hours a day (woohoo) and most days Maya will nap when Toni is at playschool giving me a little time to get back into crafting.
I did manage to get a little crafting done and for my birthday in May 2015 I got this as a present from my Mam, Dad and sister.

This made getting crafting done a whole lot easier.

Here are a few cards I got done in between changing nappies :)

 

This was the first card I made using the Cameo.

And here are a few more.

 

 

So I did get to do some crafting and hopefully I will get to do a lot more!

 

Pam X

 

 

Mami Doodles Farewell Blog Hop

This blog hop is to say a huge thanks to Elisa for sharing her wonderful images with the crafting world.

There are 12 DT members (past & present) taking part & there are 12 letters in MAMI DOODLES so we have each been given a letter & have to use that letter to say something about Elisa & Mami Doodles.

My letter is O

So I was very Overjoyed to be picked as a DT member getting to work with Elisa's Oh so cute & Outstanding images.

I am going to miss being part of such a wonderful design team & miss Elisa's gorgeous creations even more :(

Here is a list of everyone doing the blog hop

M - Deirdre

A - Frances

M - Jackie 

I - Jenn

D - Lisa

O - Manuela

O - Pam  - You are here

Next stop - D - Ren-Yi

L - Sarah

E - Stephanie

S - Trinh

Each of the DT members get to choose one person who leaves a comment on their blog to win a Mami Doodles image of their choice.

There is also a big sale on over in the Mami Doodles store where you can get 50% off all of Elisa's beautiful images using the discount code THANKYOU but you better be quick because the Mami Doodles store closes its doors on the 16th of March.

Here is my card for the blog hop.

 This was one of the first Mami Doodles images I ever bought & I still love to use it.

Have fun hopping & check back on Wednesday the 14th of March to see if you have won ;)

Pam x