Happy Halloween!

We are all set for Halloween. The pumpkin pie is made, the witches brew is brewing and the pumpkin is carved :) I thought I would share 2 Halloween LO's with you

2004

2006

Hope you all have a fun Halloween :)

Trick or Treat!

I have been making these witches hats for years, even before I had children of my own, I used to make them for my brothers and sister :) I made this recipe card for this weeks Trick or Treat challenge on the Recipe card challenge blog. I am also entering it into the A spoonful of sugar - kitchen/cooking challenge & Simon Says Stamp challenge for their "all that sparkles" challenge. I used Doodlebug pp & glittery hat sticker ,  Paper Co. brad (I added glitter to it), yellow cs edged with glitter and the Spots and dots Cuttlebug EF.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Cuttlebug scraplift challenge & new folders

I'm so excited! There are 6 NEW WINTER CUTTLEBUG FOLDERS coming out November 2nd!!!! You can check them out here. Aren't they beautiful? I NEED them all :)

Anyway, on to this weeks challenge! We were asked to scraplift one of the DT's beautiful cards. I scraplifted Jackie Gallagher's card. I love the simplicity of it and how pretty it is. Here is my take on it

I used the Victoria EF, Making Memories mocha letter stickers, Papermania flower & button and some twine.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Friday sketchers & Paper Cutz

Here is a birthday card I made using the sketch on Friday Sketchers and the challenge on Paper Cutz, which was to use 3 different pattern papers (all Papermania - For Him). The cute digital stamp is from Digital Delights.

Free digi stamps :)

I have been having lots of fun with digi stamps lately. I have got a nice collection now and best of all they were all free! Here are three links to some really cool, must have, freebie digi's, Digital Delights, Daisy May and Digital Pencil. Enjoy!

A few photos

Last week hubby and I went to Dublin (where I was born and spent half my life) to see the Kevin Smith show, which was fantastic! While we were there, we also went to the Natural History Museum and  the Wax Museum, had lunch in Acapulco's, the yummiest Mexican restaurant ever, Coffee and biscotti in Antonio Carluccio's and basically had lots of fun! Here are a few photos I wanted to share

The Natural History Museum

                                        
Henry Street and view of the Spire at night

 

O' Connell Street and the bottom of the Spire

The GPO, O' Connell Street

 

Acapulco's (best deep fried ice cream ever!)

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Monster Bash Recipe!

This weeks challenge on the Recipe Card Challenge Blog is to use a recipe that could be served at a Monster Bash or Autumn get-together. I used a recipe for "fluffy pumpkin cheesecake pie" that I got fom my friend Anne Bubash, I haven't tried out the recipe yet but I know it's going to be delicious! Hopefully I will get a chance to make it this weekend.  For my card I used some Doodlebug stickers, Anita's ribbon and the cute decoupage cat was downloaded from the Do-Crafts site.

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A fabulous award!

I received a fabulous blog award from my truly talented and inspiring friend Lisa.  Lisa is kind, funny and thoughtful and her work always amazes and inspires me, everything she creates is a work of art. If you haven't visited her blog before please take a few minutes to stop by and check out her beautiful work.

The rules of the award are that I have to share 5 things with you that I am addicted to and then pass on the award to 5 other blogs that I love …..

1. Crafting
2. My Cuttlebug
3. Chocolate
4. Reading (just finished the new Dan Brown book!)
5. The programme that has me hooked at the moment is "In treatment"


The 5 fabulous blogs that I want to pass the award to are....

1. Heather
2. Kathy
3. Wanda 
4. Susan 
5. Judy

ISC & Simon Says Stamp challenges

This weeks challenge on ISC is hosted by Anne and she asked to make a card with a tree on it. I used this weeks Simon Says Stamp sketch challenge, Papermania pp, flower & gem, Imaginisce stamp,  X-cut small flower, ribbon (thanks Heather for the flat bow technique!) and the grey embossed strip is from a wedding invitation.

Thanks for stopping by :)

ISC & Cuttlebug challenges

For this weeks ISC challenge, Madison asked us to create a card using a pumpkin somewhere on it . I combined Madison's challenge with this weeks colour challenge on the Cuttlebug blog. I used a digital stamp from Digital Delights, D'vine swirls embossing folder, Making Memories pp,  Papermania flower (brown) and gem and a Prima flower.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Celebrate your heritage

This weeks challenge on the Recipe card challenge blog is "celebrate your heritage". I used a colcannon cake recipe for my Irish heritage page, some Papermania pp, Stamping Bella -  Good luck a bella stamp, glitter, and a Karen Foster shamrock sticker.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Cuttlebug , Simon Says & A spoon full of sugar challenges

This card is for the Cuttlebug blog , A spoon full of sugar & the Simon says challenges, who all have the challenge theme of "Halloween" this week. I used an image from Digital Delights (who are sponsoring the cuttlebug challenge this week), the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder, Anita's ribbon, Papermania pp & gem and a flower punch.

Thanks for visiting!

Mojo Monday #107

This Saturday we will be celebrating my eldest sons 10th birthday. I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by. I made a card for him using this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I always find it hard to come up with an idea for male cards and usually end up buying one instead. I'm ashamed to say I don't actually own any stamps suitable for male cards. In my defense the nearest craft store to me is about 100 miles away, so  I do most of my craft shopping online, and the online stores that I usually end up buying from, has a very small or no selection of male stamps. I found a really cool "for him" Papermania pp pad at the craft show that I went to last weekend. So for the card I used that pp, Bazzill & Coredination CS, my new "Stars" Cuttlebug EF and some BasicGrey chipboard letter stickers. I hope Adam likes his card :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Apple recipe swap & Bake challenge

Anne/Boobash is hosting a yummy apple recipe swap on ISC. I made a card using one of my hubby's favourite apple desserts, apple fudge cake :) I used Coredination cs, Doodlebug pp, frills Cuttlebug embossing folder, Studio G clear leaf stamp and an apple button. I'm also submitting this recipe card for this weeks "bake" challenge on the Recipe card challenge blog .

Thanks for stopping by :)

ISC World card making day challenge

Katherine/Dokis challenged us to make a card for WCMD and as WCMD is celebrated internationally, we were asked to make a card using the theme of "the country of our heritage/birth or where we live". This was the perfect opportunity for me to try out my new Goodluck Bella stamp! I used the colours of the Irish flag for my pp (Papermania) and  cs. The green cs is embossed with the CB Victoria folder, the flower is Prima and the brad was a gift.

If you would like to see another Irish themed card, please stop by my lovely friend Kathy's blog. Kathy is in Australia and made a beautiful Irish flag card for WCMD. Please stop by her blog, it is full of beautiful and inspiring cards, you will love everyone of them.

Thanks for visiting and hope you all had a great WCMD  :)

Magnolia Blog Candy

Magnolia Down Under is giving away some amazing blog candy! Go check it out!

Pumpkin Pie

I made this recipe card for the Paper Cutz pumpkin pie challenge. I used Making Memories pp, Jolees pumpkin embellishment, buttons, organza ribbon and a bow made with the Bow Easy tool.

Thanks for stopping by:)

Paper play challenges

This weeks Paper play challenge is to create a card  using predominantly white with just one other colour as an accent. I used my Swiss dots and D'vine swirls CB embossing folders and one of my favourite stamps at the moment, Inkadinkado snowman  stamp. I stamped the image with Versa Color atlantic ink and finished the card off with a bow made with the Bow Easy.

Thanks for visiting :)

Cuttlebug challenge & Scrapsketch

This is the final week of the Cuttlebug blog's birthday palooza :( I have had so much fun with the month long challenges and have tried out so many new ideas and techniques for it. I can't wait for next years!

This week, the challenge is to make thank you cards for your chosen party theme, mine being a "cupcake decorating party". I used this weeks Scrapsketch card sketch, Studio G cupcake & letter stamps, CB tiny bubbles & frills embossing folders, Coredination cs, glitter, Papermania flower & brad &American crafts ribbon.

                                          

Thanks for visiting :)

Blog candy

 Chris is giving away some awesome blog candy for her birthday. Please stop by and wish her a happy birthday and enter her blog candy while you are there:)