Tri shutter card and Wish Pastel card

                                                                      Tri Shutter Card

I love playing with new methods and bold colours. So here is a tri shutter card which can be folded in a variety of ways. I have left the middle portion blank to write some good wishes on. You can see how a tri-shutter card is made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjio4gsZ-4

And this is what the inside of the card looks like'

WISH Pastel Card

Did masking with a paper doily and tricolour stamping pad (blue/pink/violet). Then embellish it with lots of ribbons, pearls and bright roses for contrast.

Framed Memories

I have been so busy entertaining guests on their first visit to Ireland.. Now that they have crossed over the Irish sea to visit London, I have some time on my hands again for crafts again!

I put together some old photos and then dug out both new and old embellishments from my stash to give it a vintage look. Memories are arrested in time..so I thought that the wooden clock would be most apt. In the 70s - 90s, letters were handwritten or typed and the wooden typewriter came in handy. We also had scrabble tiles and board games were simply so engaging...

Gave this chipboard frame a makeover. Decoupaged and embellished it with things from my kitchen (chillies, star anise...) from the garden (leaf, fern) and from the beach (sea shells)

Paper Crafting Workshop at Anna Patchwork House

I conducted a paper crafting class at Anna Patchwork House, Oasis Ara Damansara, Malaysia today. It was wonderful to see mothers and daughters come and create stuff together. Both mothers and daughters were very artistic with a good eye for colour coordination. Anna, the owner of the business was very encouraging and friendly.

We did 2 things today: a layout and a trinket box.

A photo can be transformed into a beautiful memory box when you mount it on a layout and embellish it with flowers and jewels.

A trinket box can be used  to keep your precious bling bling or any other small momentos. Or you can fill it with sweets, chocolates or miniature pieces of soap and give it away as a present.

Samples of my work

Products of the workshop by the participants

You can find instructions to make these boxes on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYqDiACEXg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNABRvb_c0

Create T-shirt prints

Just learnt how to transfer cute pictures onto T-shirts and bags. These pictures are actually cut from serviettes. Just peel off the topmost layer and brush it onto the t-shirt with deoupage fabric glue. Handwash only

Baby Shower for Sep

The International Women's Organisation in Limerick had a baby shower for Sep, a nice Iranian lady, this morning and I had left with Sarita a present for the new baby. 

It was a lovely morning...20 ladies were  there.  It is only 2 weeks since baby Lillian Alice was born.

Sarita tells me that my present was MUCH admired - see Sep's smiling face peering round the side.....

                                          The Noah's Ark quilt that I made for Sep

And here she is, little baby Lillian Alice!

The pink flowers heralding the new mother's arrival...

Theresa welcomes  Sep to the baby shower

Sue had knitted a sweet little pale lemon coloured jacket, Sarita had knitted a lemon and white shawl and I had created the blanket. Sep made particular mention of loving that some of the gifts were hand made. 

Nothing like having good friends and making everyone , wherever we are from, feel loved and at home.

Mirror mirror on the wall

I can't leave mirrors alone....

The first one is basic decoupage with a distressed background from gold and blue acrylics.

For the second mirror I used Deco Art transparent Ultra Frost glass paint. The different sections are separated by Redi-lead strips. The strips are flexible and self-adhesive, so creating the outlines of the stained glass design is quick and resembles the lead in a real stained glass project.

Graduation gift pack

This is a graduation gift pack that I've put together for my son Samuel who will be receiving his scroll on 18 May. A bit of everything - the quintessential graduate bear, hand made flowers, chocolates and cash in the bag.

The tag inside the bag