5 Day Card Making Craft Break

at the beautiful 

Westport Coast Hotel 

Sunday 31st of March to Friday 5th of April 2019

5 Nights Dinner, Bed and Breakfast for €275 pps

Single supplement is €15 per night. 

The hotel can accommodate 3 in a room. 

but the price is still €275.00 pps

Everyone is very welcome

If you love Card Making

You will love this craft break,

Where you will learn lots of different techniques

Meet new friends and pick up loads of inspiration and top tips

where to buy from, the best products, and everyone's favourite craft essentials.

Classes Mon/Tue/Wed.

at the Order of Malta Hall

St Johns Place Westport

Time 11.00 to 4.00

25.00 each day 

Full Details HERE

If you have any questions please email me, HERE

many thanks Yvonne Tune

Christmas at my house

I went for white and silver with touch of blue for my hall way.

The panel was suppose to be a hall runner, but was so small 

I turned it in to a door hanging and added the floral display

Stair Garland

my lovely white tree which was a present from Roberta

 a few years ago,

each year I add a few more Newbridge Decorations

This is a fabric panel 

wrapped around a piece of padded ply wood,

Snowman fabric panel

Few of my snow men

Out side

 Fresh floral wreath

A new addition to the family

from Anna B

Sitting room

Kitchen

A few Handmade cards I received 

Mabel

Linda Cameron

Anne Rogers

Patricia O Leary

Joyce Boyle

Roberta

Aiveen

Anne Lennon

Thanks you ladies I love them. 

I had a Swap with Kay Roche,

we had to make 6 handmade decorations in a matching box

She sent me 6 beautiful tags and a pretty cards

This is my swap to Kay

I made her 6 Tartan Cone Posies

Which I scented with Christmas oil.

Hello Everyone checking in

Few more Christmas Cards to share

21cm Sq card

Christmas Magic

A beautiful gold glitter embossed red hessian

With central panel in green and gold.

17cm Handmade Wreath  made with artificial ivy, 

muslin, rein deer moss,

Tiny pine cones, red paper poinsettias, and tiny berries

finished with a gold bow, and a handmade soft clay angel.

15cm Aperture box card

with pretty snow scene 

miniature Christmas trees,  wooden rein deer embellishments.

And muslin, snowballs, pearl snowflakes, surrounding the aperture, 

finished with silver glitter peel-offs and white paper poinsettias.

21 cm Sq A Christmas Prayer

Hessian background, with a navy and gold backing layer

The image is double mounted to give height, with pieces of muslin, behind image.

finished with large paper poinsettias, and die cut leaves.

and a Joy to the World chipboard embellishment.

21cm Sq Festive Fun

Pretty vintage background on a red, and holographic background

The skate boots were made using a Tim Holtz large wooden die.

They were cut in silcer and red, cutting off the blades on the red layer,

 and embossing them with a snowflake embossing folder

A pretty vintage image of children skating

and finished with holly, Ivy and small red poinsettias.

A few cards I made this week

Images from Crafts U Print

New Baby card for Twin Boy and Girl

Anniversary Decoupage 

Anniversary

This lovely card was a swap

from Angela Murphy

from Card Swap Ireland 

With a beautiful Die cuts

and handmade flowers

We have a  Christmas Blue White and silver theme this month

Carlow Christmas Workshop Cards

Winter Wonderland

In White blue and silver

Finished with Paper and Plastic snowflake behind image

Die-cut Christmas Trees

Gathered Lace and Muslin. 

Tiny gold bells Paper Poinsettias and snowballs.

Let it snow

Silver Blue and white card

With a plastic snowflake behind image

Holly Leaves White poinsettias, and silver berries

With a Silver Glittered Wooden Let it snow  Embellishment.

This one is my favourite I Just love the colours

The pretty topper is by Janet K Designs  on Pinterest

We ct the tag out, then matted and layered it onto burgundy, cream and gold 

allowing a 3mm shadow border each layer

It was finished with ribbon, lace and bow.

Artificial pine, ivy, burgundy poinsettias from I am Roses

with gold berries

The silver pine cone charms and tassels  are from Aliexpress 

The Legend of the Holly

Single gate fold card

Finished wit holly and berries

Some Fashion cards

I made recently

Vintage lady with poppy panels

Cream and Gold  Vintage lady with lace and Feathers

her collar was finished with pearl detail and tiny fancy button

Peach and Navy

Love this colour scheme.

Pink and Black

Very on trend for this years fashion colour scheme

Card Art

Fun night cards

We met back at the club night after a summer break 

At our new Venue

Kilcoole Community Centre

Pretty Cream C5 Scalloped Card

in a shabby Chic Style

with Pretty Lace and ribbon detail

and tiny paper roses

Lilac and mint colour scheme

on the pretty 8 inch Sq card

using multi layers and toppers