1st Birthday Card

Good Monday morning to you all. A quick post from me todayThis birthday card is for my cute little neighbour, Ryan, who turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. The image is by Cr8H, coloured with Letraset Promarkers. Hope you like it.

I apologise for the messy post. I just updated my browser to Google Chrome and I can't find my way around!!! So far it feels very awkward and I do not like it! :-( Only half of the screen is visible to me, so it is a case of "blind typing"... my mouse is not working, only the keyboard.... this is not normal, right?! Anyone else experiencing problems with Google Chrome?

Big 4 O

And the last card I made this week was for my partner, who turned 40 yesterday! Happy Birthday, Babe!
I am fully aware it lacks inspiration and a lot of things, and that's being generous! but I was pretty tight for time and I had to come up with something at 6am before he got up! Not a card I am proud of, but that's the way it went!
Sentiment by TLC creations, Martini glass by Wendymade; old man drawing from the net.

Hope you are all keeping well. It has been another quick visit to blogland for me today, we'll see when my mojo is back and I feel like blogging properly again. Til then, all the best! xx

Spiderman Fan

 My neighbour asked me to make a card for her nephew, who turns 3 tomorrow and is a massive fan of Spiderman.
Easy theme or what?

Forever Friends

For this second birthday card I used a Forever Friends decoupage sheet. I am not a big fan of either Forever Friends or decoupage to be honest, but I was pretty happy with the final result. (apologies for the dreadful quality of the photo, it was taken at night)

Cool Dude

This is the first of a few birthday cards I have managed to make in the last week. It was for an 11 year old boy; I used a Sans Designs image and Kraft card.
Simple, uh?

Pastels birthday card

You are probably wondering where I have been... Well, I am just taking a little break from crafting, that's all  :-) I haven't had the time, the need or the inspiration, to be honest, for the last month... And today I join the blog world again, just for a bit, to show you a card I made at the weekend. It is for my partner's little niece, who is turning 1 next week.
Nana's Nursery papers; image from Bugaboo. I hope you like it.

Onto some challenges:

Milk Coffee - Anything goes

All sorts - 3 in a row

Di's digis - Pastels

Paper Crafting Journey - Pretty pastels

Cute card Thursday - Happy Birthday

Have a nice week!

Away for a bit

... taking some time off with the family, a well-deserved break.
So I will see you in a few days x

Da girlz {heart} da boyz

Believe it or not, this IS a Valentine's card :-)
I was not going to bother this year, to be honest, cos I have a lot going on and no much time to craft, but since my son got me a LOVE cushion with his pocket money for the occasion, I thought I just had to make the effort.
Still, it is a different sort of Valentine card in the sense that a) it does not have your usual colours or look b) it is not from me to my partner, but from me and my daughter to my partner and my son - aha! hence the Da girlz {heart} da boyz message.
The image is from Sherykdesigns.com and the papers Jak Heath. Coloured with Letraset Promarkers.
Keeping it monochromatic was a challenge that I enjoyed and I must say I do like the all blue colouring :-)

Onto some challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - Monochromatic

I Love Promarkers and Simon Says stamp - Love is in the air

Stampavie- Love

Creative Inspiration - Lots of Love

Dream Valley and Ooh la la - Valentine

OSAAT - Anything goes

Thanks for passing by xx

With gratitude

A CAS Thank You card for my MIL. Image by Raindrop Echo Designs.

Challenges:

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Catch the Bug - Anything goes

Relaxing Birthday

A birthday card for a good friend of mine.

The beautiful papers are A Little Spring in your Step, by Summer Driggs; the sentiment from Raindrop Echo Designs; the cup and saucer image, a freebie from DigiStampBoutique. Hope you like it.

Challenges:

Crafts Your Days away - Get Stitchy with it

Pollycraft Mondays - Chill out

Crafts and me - New image

Catch the Bug - Anything goes

Good luck Teacher

This was a request from our neighbours. One of the kids' teacher is leaving the school; this teacher, an English teacher as well as a GAA coach, has been a source of inspiration and trust for both parents and child. The clients already knew exactly what they wanted in the card so I simply put it together.

The papers are Trymgym and PaperCraft Inspirations. The image is a colouring page by KennyK I found on the net, which I coloured with Letraset Promarkers. The sentiments are computer generated.

Onto some challenges:

Catch the bug - Anything goes

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - New image

Newborn card 3

The last of my baby cards is similar to the previous one; the same digital image by TLC Creations was used, and so was the same backing paper, but the layout was altered slightly. I like trying different sketches and I thought it would be nice to move it around a bit :-)

Challenges:

CES - Check it out

Craft us Crazy - Anything goes

POodles parlour - Anything goes

One sitich at a time and Fab'n'funky - Use a digi

That's all for today

Have a wonderful weekend!

Newborn card 2

For my second card I decided to use this elegant image from TLC Creations. Circle and scalloped Spellbinders, pink pearls and ribbon; sentiment computer generated.

Onto some challenges:
One stitch at a time and Fab'n'Funky - Use a Digi

Diva's by Design - Anythign goes

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamonds or pearls
CES- Check it out
Craft us Crazy - Anything goes
Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Newborn card 1

This week I was asked to make 3 cards for 3 different newborn babies. Here's my first one.
I used a cute Bugaboo image and coloured it with Letraset Promarkers; green coloured papers, buttons and star pearls from my own stash. The sentiment was computer generated.

Onto some challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamonds or pearls

One stitch at a time and Fab'n'funky - Use a digi

CES - Check it out

Cute Card Thursday - Buttons and bows

ABC - In pairs

Christening card

For this card I felt like using embossing folders rather than stamped or digital images. It is for a girl being christened soon. Since I had made a card with pink shades for her when she was born in September I opted for silver and white for her Christening instead.

Challenges:

Moving along with the times - Have a heart
Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

Diva's by Design - Anything goes

1st birthday card

Hello! Long time no blogging! I know, I know... But I am here now, even if it is for a little bit.
This is a birthday card for my daughter's little friend, whose 1st birthday is tomorrow. The image, coloured with Letraset Promarkers is from Dulemba. The papers Daisy and Dandelion, Docrafts; buttons and twine from my own stash.
Hope you like it

Suitable challenges
Cute Card Thursday - Buttons and bows
One stitch at at time and Fab'n'Funky - Use a digital
Poodles parlour - Anything goes

Universal Craft Blog Directory

Welcome to the Crafty Bloggers Link-Up.

This is (hopefully) going to be the biggest list of Crafty Bloggers out there,
it will be a Universal Craft Blog Directory!

It's easy to join....

All you have to do is add your blog to the link below
and then invite all your blog readers to join as well,
and they will invite their blog readers etc etc
and hopefully it will keep being sent forward
& all the crafty bloggers will come back here to the directory & add their name!
Cool huh!

For now it's just under one category: Craft and as the directory list grows,
so will the categories and it will then have it's own blog site!

And to make it easy to remember where the Universal Craft Blog Directory is...
here is a button to add to your blog:

http://craftyrie.blogspot.com/2011/10/universal-craft-blog-directory.html

Rules: There are no rules... Well, I guess there is one, no two rules ...

1.) It's for Crafty blogs (you can determine if your blog is crafty - do you make, create or buy lots of crafty stuff?)
2.) You need to promote this on your blog for the Directory to work!

Step 1: Add your craft blog name to the linky list below - to find the linky button to do this - scroll down past all the other craft links & at the bottom there is a blue box saying "Add your link" - click this.
The easiest & best way to do add your link to avoid any errors is to copy & paste the link direct from your website into the linky box below.
Step 2: Create your own blog post, letting everyone know that a huge Crafty Directory is being made & invite them to pop on over here to add their crafty blog & then to do the same with their bloggy readers.
Step 3: Add the button to your blog so you remember to pop back & peruse the fab new Crafty Directory!

News

Good news first - yesterday it was my 2nd blog anniversary! Wow! 2 years blogging, sharing my cards and projects and receiving many many kind and encouraging comments from the many friends I have made along the way.

So thank you, everyone!

It has been a great journey so far and I hope it will continue this way, with many more crafty projects and friends to share them with.

The bad news is that after 15 months I have decided to step down from the Ooh La La Creations DT. My life is far too busy at the moment looking after 2 little people and I would not want to let anyone down. I haved  loved the experience I must say, the girls in the DT were super! I am hoping one day in the near future I will get back on track and be able to join other DTs.

That's all for now.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
xx

Princess card

My friend's daughter turned 5 last week and it seemed the right thing to make a princess card for her.

Bugaboo image coloured with Letraset Promarkers, digital paper (cannot remember the source, sorry!), die cut buttons.

Challenges:

ABC - H is for Happy Birthday
Catch the bug - Happy Birthday
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes

Sympathy card 2

And the second sympathy card.

Challenges:

Polka Doodles - Vintage/retro

Die Cut Dreams - Sympathy

Thanks for your comments!!

Have a nice week!