Paper Smooches - Inspiration that helps the mojo

I love it when you find something utterly inspirational, something that just fits and feels like you. Well i did, woohoo! I found a site called Paper Smooches Stamps by Kim Hughes, they have the cutest stamp designs and they ship internationally (US based company). You can try before you buy with their totally FREE stamps by clicking this link.

They also have this great blog called the Sparks challenge blog that really got the creative mojo in full swing! They post up an inspirational image and your challenge is to create a card, tag, layout, altered item (etc) from this image. Why not give it a go. Below is what I did after going through their challenges, a marathon of card making.

Bee Happy - challenge image is striped leaves and a yellow flower, the Bee Happy and the Bee are both FREE didgi stamps from Paper Smooches :)

Love you, hearts is inspired by this image of rainbow words, the "love" is another FREE digi stamp. 

For You, Flowers - inspired by this challenge i love the pure colour of this image and the hint of colour inside of the bunny ears :) The "for you" image is a FREE digi stamp.

Yellow bird is inspired by this image of blue and white frames with a touch of yellow and green. Check out the bird and thanks on the freebie stamps here

Why not get involved in the challenges for utter inspiration and check out the amazing work by other crafters :)

White Box Frames

Woohoo, utterly deligted these arrived today! Both 12x12 and 8x8 White box frames. Most are sold already and another order will be placed with the manufacturer shortly. If you would like to book either a 12x12 or an 8x8 just give me a shout on scraplim@gmail.com 

Specification
white MDF frame - perfect for painting, sanding, inking or leaving as white
the depth from the back to the glass is 2.7cm approx2mm glass frontMDF back
Strut for hanging or standing


Prices
12x12 €20 plus p&p or collection
8x8 €15 plus p&p or collection

Photography for Communion and Confirmation

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Easter Crop & Class

Utterly exhausted but utterly happy :D What a fantastic group of creative women! Thank you all so much for taking the time out and travelling for near and far.

Our class today was inspired by Easter and was called "Little Chick". The idea was to use colours inspired by spring such as white, yellow, pink and green. I love how there was so many interpretations to the class above:

I really hope you all had a wonderful day and to all the newbies i truly hoped you are hooked! Check out the images of our Crafty ladies (sorry Fiona I only got your back :(). I love the faces of concentration :p

Keep an eye out for the next class coming shortly :D

Red, Yellow and Green Wedding Card

My cousins daughters wedding was fast approaching and I wanted to make a card with a difference. Inspired by her colours of red, yellow and green I wanted to create a card that wasn't a traditional wedding card. I trawled through my supplies of scrapbook papers and found a combination of colours that were close. 


At first I found it difficult to see how they would work but as soon as I coloured the chipboard letters I was happy with the combination and there were a number of elements that I wanted to include such as the hearts, rose and bunting, a lot on one card but by keeping to a theme of colours makes it work.

Congratulations again to Lorraine & Nigel, we had a fantastic day and I hope you enjoyed the unusual wedding card :)

Scrapbooking Limerick

I started a group on Facebook recently called Scrapbooking Limerick as a community resource for those interested in crafting in the Limerick area, check out www.facebook.com/scrapbookinglimerick. Not only are we doing scrapbooking but anything crafty & creative. The first crops and classes takes part between 31st March & 1st April with the 1st already booked out.

Email scraplim@gmail.com for any information about the upcoming class or the crops that will be happening on an ongoing basis.  

Upcycle an old dresser

Simon and I were looking for an old sideboard or dresser online for a few weeks to do up, then i came across a link to an number of 60's & 70's furniture on sale in Newcastlewest. We went to view a 70's style sideboard, however when we saw it we knew it wouldn't be suitable but we came across this 60'd formica unit and both of us said yes :)

 

There was a huge amount of work that needed to be done before we could start decorating... stripping all the paper on the shelves, remove the back and base, wash the unit with dettol to remove the musty smell. All handles and hinges removed and cleaned.

Next step was to sand the unit, and I mean really sand it, this took nearly half a day with dust everywhere, Yuck! Then 3 coats of paint with 16 hours between coats. I really thought at this stage we'd never finish it. But we persevered!

Then when the final coat was dry it was time to wallpaper, the new back and the interior shelves, along with putting the handles and hinges back on and new cup hooks replaced.

 

The total cost of all the materials was under €50 and It took Simon and I over a week to do the work. Now that it is part of our home we love admiring the unit and are very proud of the time and effort we put into it. Would we do it again?...... Not a hope, hee hee!