Hello everyone

Here are the cards we made yesterday

This one is a fold back side gate-fold,

it's an 8 by 8 card with a 2 inch front fold back

With a 4 inch over-layed card

the little card is closed shut, to help balance the design.

8 by 8 decoupage baby boy card

with doily and lace detail and a little bow.

Gardening card suitable for lady or gent.

Double heart Wedding card

with lace and ribbon detail

and finished with flowers and leaves

8 by 8 inch baby girl card

with an aperture embossed  raised panel

finished with tiny decoupage booties

flowers and ribbon bows.

lovely to meet all the new ladies

Ethel and Mary came all the way from Cork, 

and stayed at the Wilton Hotel.

Mary and Kay came from Dublin

and Kay from Kilkenny

Mary from Navan

and Aileen from Malahide

so everyone had a long drive home.

thanks you all for coming

and hope you enjoyed the day

as Promised

the recipe for the Porridge Bead can be found HERE

and here is recipe the Coronation Chicken

1 cup of cream

1 cup of Mayonnaise

1/2 cup of curry sauce

1/2 jar of mango chutney

add about 6 poached chicken breasts

to serve 6 people

This is a great summer dish, thanks Liam for sharing.

and can be eaten hot or cold.

I am delighted to share some news with you

My Blog has been long listed for an Irish Blog Award

If I am luck enough to be short listed for an Art and Culture Award

I will let you know.

and would appreciate a vote if you have time

Voting starts on September 7th and I will add the nominate button if I get through

many thanks everyone

Yvonne xx

Hello everyone

Here's the 2 lovely cards we made at our

August Fun night here in Kilcoole

The 1st one is an all white card

For a Wedding

Using embossing folders

and a lovely sizzix open heart die

we added some feathers leaves and a large paper rose with some beaded pins for detail

The 2nd one is for an Anniversary

and I  chose the Blue Danube

for the theme

using a lovely vintage image of a couple waltzing

We did a shabby chic style for this card 

tearing the backing layers for a shabby effect

and finished the card with paper roses and leaves.

thanks to everyone for coming

Aiveen, Anne L, Barbara, Anne R, Roberta, Margaret, Liz, Anne Rowe, and our new member Dolores,

thanks for a great night girls

Happy Crafting 

Yvonne xx

I am having loads of problems with my computer

so I am working on an old laptop,

so bear with me for a few weeks, while my computer is being repaired.

Hello everyone

What a wet and miserable day/week it's been

the kids go back to school on Thursday,

and I bet the sun will arrive, just as they start back.

Few cards to share today

We have our fun night tonight and Clare requested an all white card

and Delores requested a vintage card for a lady, so will share tomorrow what they all make.

My Computer has been playing up, and need to go back to Dell for repairs, 

which will take about 12 days, 

So might not post much until I get it back,

Happy Crafting

Yvonne

August DT Challenge

for Craft for the Craic

Theme,Inspiration from a photo.

this is the photo I choose

it a photo of my back garden

planted with all my favourite flowers

Lavender, Alchemilla Mollis, Sweet William, Peony roses, Delphinium, Lupins, Geranium  and so many more.

but my favourite and always has been is the poppy, it only lasts a few days, and this year the rain destroyed it, so there all cut back, but coming up again, so I may get a second bloom later in the year, 

I pick up the colours from my photo for this card, 

and chose the poppy as the theme

as you know the poppy is the flower of remembrance.

so made my card a "Thinking of you" card.

close up of the handmade poppy flowers

you can find a tutorial HERE

I wrote the poem below to go inside

Happiness is a garden planted

with many flowers.

Some small and insignificant 

Some sweet with their perfume

But the poppy for me

Outshines the rest

In remembrance of a dear loved one.

You can find Craft for the craic on facebook HERE 

Craft for the craic Blog HERE

please pop on to their blog and Facebook page to see what everyone on the DT is sharing this month.

August DT Challenge for
Dragons Lair
Theme, 3 of a kind


For this months Design Challenge
we had to add 3 of a kind, So I went for 3 of the shaped pansy cards and used the tucked in behind the Fold, and added a different colour pansy to each tag.

I used a selection of Lace, Mesh and Doilies to layer behind the fold, and raised the 3 tags.
I cut a selection of pansies to add a decoupage boarder to the fold, and added some ribbon detail.

The background paper is from the pansy a4 background collection  HERE

 The 3 tags are from the pansy shaped cards HERE

I used the beautiful pansy boarder to add some detail to the insert

and found this lovely Poem by my lovely crafty friend

Janyce Cotterill

Pretty Pansies

For the eye to behold

A delight in the garden

With flowers so bold

No matter the season

They Cheer all year through

And there here on this card

With special wishes for you.

By Janyce Cotterill

The beautiful pansy boarder can be found   HERE

Dragons Lair SHOP:  HERE  

Dragons Lair inspirational Blog: HERE  

Dragons Lair Challenge Blog HERE

Dragons Lair FACEBOOK GROUP: HERE 

Don't forget to pop on to Dragons Lair to see what 

 everyone on the DT is sharing this month.

Thanks for looking in

 Yvonne

Some Simple Handmade cards with pretty matching gift tags

This Cards shows you how quick it is to make a card when you have toppers ready.

I have taking the tag from the set above and place it on a Background.

I love making tags from the scraps left over at the end of a card making session.

and turning them into mini little works of art.

Perfect for a wine lover or a thank you to a host for a dinner party,

We will be making a selection of the tags and toppers next week at my class on Saturday the 8th.

but we will be adding a lot more to the designs, to create extra special tags, as keepsakes.

along with toppers. turning them into cards at the end of the day.

 Monochrome wedding card 

Harbour scene with a shell decoupage detail

New baby boy

Cut away Concertina Gatefold

fully extended

Cut away Concertina Gatefold

view of card closed

Elegant vintage lady with dress detail

New baby girl Easel card.

Side view

A few wedding cards I made this week.

 A few recent makes

C5 landscape

8 by 8 inch decoupage

C5 fashion theme

8 by 8 inch Elegant vintage lady

8 by 8 inch fashion theme

Simply Delicious Christmas card with recipes

Quiet a few ladies liked this card on FaceBook
 which I made October 2012

So said I would share it again.

The main image is a Vintage Christmas image from HERE

The Recipes and food clip art are from Printable Heaven, HERE 

It's a simple C5 landscape

Using a cream patterned background on a burgundy layer

I added a strip of Burgundy ribbon and overlayer so pretty cream cotton lace,

I use the lovely image of the little girl baking. which I matted and layered onto cream, burgundy and gold card allowing a 1/2 cm border each layer.

Stuck some gathered lace behind the image,

and stuck it the the right hand side of the card

I Cut out a selection of the recipe ingredient card

and the matching topper.

and layered them with foam pads for dimension.

I made a Pocket to store the recipe cards in for the back of the card

Hope you enjoy having a go, at making it yourself.


I will have a look through some old instructions and add a few more during the week

Yvonne xx

Last nights makes from the fun night

We made our own handmade flowers from a selection of materials

Mesh, Spider web fabric, Non woven fabric, and lace scraps

Added some die cut leaves and ribbon.

In pinks and blue

Pink flower

When the girls left, there was lots of scraps left, 

so ended up making a few more.

Some cards to share today

that I made last week

Lovely teddybear image decoupage

on a patchwork background

With Ribbon, Ric-rac and button detail

This image was but out and then stuck to card, 

and cut again to make it stronger.

I added the organza shawl and ribbon under the chin, 

and secured it at the back, 

and then raised it on the original image. 

and added the selection of miniature paper roses to the hat.

My First Christmas Card for 2015