The birthday boy and a few cards.

Our little pom, Herbie, has just turned 14. A good age for any dog and most doggy experts say that poms usually live to reach 15 so we had better enjoy our last year with hairy Herbie.

Beaded flowers card

Cat - vintage style embroidered applique

Some Fairy cards - same Tabbycat stamp - 2 different cards

Baby Card - embroidered applique pram also available in white on my Etsy site

April makes for the By The Cute and Girly Design Team

Last month I was lucky enough to be offered a place on the By The Cute and Girly Design Team. This is an inspirational challenge blog for all crafts - not just cardmaking and scrapbooking. This months challenge is Fairytales and there are some great prizes on offer. So pop on over to http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/ for inspiration and varied crafting.

Here are my takes on the Fairytale theme:

1. Flying fairy (machine embroidered picture)

2. Fairy tales ATCs - the little mermaid, Snow Queen and the 3 Little Pigs

3. Fairy Phone Charms

Cards,tags and Driftwood

Havent posted much recently because we have been away in west Clare beachcombing for driftwood for Liam's creations. Here's a driftwood mirror he made for our shower room:

A few recent cards:

Tags (vintage style) made for tag swap:

Patrick's Day and Easter Cards

A few cards I made recently-the scalloped circle is gold but is reflecting everything and looking a bit "bronzy".

The Easter cards are all A5 size.

Cards with Texture (crochet & embroidery)

Here are a few cards I made recently trying to incorporate crochet and embroidery into cardmaking:

Altering household objects

A few days ago I was in the Avoca shop in Rathcoole and spotted a beautiful teapot. It was covered in a button design on a beige ceramic background. Well, there were two things wrong with it; it could only hold about 2 small cups of tea and the price - nearly €35! So, I got thinking, bought a €8 teapot a few days later and custom made a button tea cosy for it. The cosy is crocheted and has about 150 buttons sewn on to it. That was the boring bit. The teapot has made several lots of tea since. It dosent dribble and I have already got an order for another pot plus cosy.

Just trying to make some Springtime decorations for around the kitchen. So I cleaned out a gravy granules container, covered it with paper, made a cone-shaped roof and decorated it with bits from a card that didnt turn out right. the bird comes from a Christmas decoration. The trails of greenery are crocheted.

Angel greeting cards

Here are some angel greeting cards I made recently. They are part of an order for Angel cards, Easter cards and general cards.
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