Kids Crafting .....

..... make a mess-



But they enjoyed it!!

Still Raining ...

So I got myself some nice new wellies ...

wordle.net

playing on the internet .... funnily enought when I uploaded this to the gallery there was one in Irish that had just been uploaded...!!

A couple of layouts ....

Still trying to use up the pink paisley spring fling papers, despite giving some away at a crop recently I still felt like they were hanging around. I still have some left (including a transparency)






Just as well I like them really!!

Scraplifted the idea for this one from somewhere and now I cant remember exactly where ... I think it may have been from 2peas ....I have had the circular paper for ages and its about time I got around to using it...

Three Kids ....

Havent posted any photos of the kids in ages ... . managed to get a rare enough photo of all three recently .. we had decided (well I had decided really) to all dress in black and white for my Dad's birthday ...

Workshop Update...

Another great night over at Whitehall. Its a great crowd. Annamaire runs the class very well. You would never be left stuck for what to do. And her kit is always so generous!!

Of course the having a cuppa handed up to you in the middle of it is simply devine!! Note to self - dont get coffee next time - I was awake for ages last night!!

The book is lovely - but not at all suitable for the photos I took with me. So I will stick to holiday photos and get it done over the next week.

Workshop night ....

Heading over tonight to Whitehall for a workshop with Annamaire from www.thescrapbookstore.ie. Her mum has promised us chocolate eclairs ... yum!!

Oh yea we get to scrap too....!!

We will be working on a mini book so I am printing out photos of the recent trip myself and the girls took to W5 in Belfast. Hope they are suitable.

Cards for my Dad & a layout....

Mum was having a hard time finding a card from herself to dad. She actually phoned me up to ask me to check out the shops near me ! So of course I offered to make one. She was trilled with it. I was pretty pleased myself. I had a bit of fun experimenting with the actual 70. I covered chipboard in black paper, stamped swirls with staz-on. Then used anitas clear embossing over it. I liked the finished effect.



I used Julie's teaching for the one from myself. Printed out the letters in reverse stuck them onto cardboard (used the back from an envelope) then stuck the paper on the other side...



Liadán got in on the card making too....



And a layout ... haven't done any layouts in ages.



(photos are a bit fuzzy .... sorry!)

70th Birthday cakes ......

Did two birthday cakes this month ... both for 70th birthdays.

This one for Mary who attends the crops, a woman who I had to admit I was AMAZED to discover she was celebrating her 70th. I honestly would have only put her as in her 50's.



Then it was my Dad's 70th the week after, so I went with a similar idea. I simply love those starbursts... so simple and easy to make but they look so well.



We made a bit on inroads into the cake saturday night ...



My Dad however (I think) is starting to look and indeed act his age. He enjoyed the get together on saturday...

Bad hair day? I think NOT ....

Liadán's hair can be quite specticular in the morning ....



but you know what ..... I think I beat her :-)