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More Journal pages

2011-03-06T17:55:00.000-08:00

This next one is only started but I couldn't resist showing the beautiful texture and sheen of the Croco paint

My beautiful daughter was confiirmed

I'VE STARTED JOURNALLING!

2011-02-15T17:15:00.000-08:00

This was my start page. An excercise set in the book, Drawing lab for mixed media artists

Basically the objective was to draw a 3D object a child made and give it a context. I chose a Ladybird made by my daughter a few years ago ,of which I had reluctantly decided to get rid . I wanted to keep a record of it so I created this page. I used water soluble crayons,a white and a black journalling pen and the ladybird got a coat of sparkly mod- podge. Click on the pic for a more detailed view

The next challenge I chose from the same book was a cracks in the pavement excercise. This involved finding images in a photograph of a cracked pavement, similar to studying clouds and discovering images within. I found and drew my two dogs and related a story which had happened while out walking them. I used acrylic paint, journalling pens, bubblewrap(to print), newspaper, and an acrylic overlay coloured with sharpies(for the grass)

This page was created using a magazine freebie stencil of a tailors dummy which was coloured with brown furniture scratch removal markers (£ shop)and highlighted with gold foil (lidl). The phrases came from a tub of 4500 Words to Go from K&Co (TK Max). Back ground is Copic marker over Gesso.

This page started out as an excercise in Drawing with alternative tools. I drew a rough portrait of one of my students using an eyedropper filled with Indian ink. Layers of paint,Ink, Gesso,Pen and Gold foil later......This is what I ended up with.

Snow is Falling......

2010-12-06T16:39:00.000-08:00

I've been playing along with Tim Holtz' 12 Days of Christmas. Here are my offerings:

And this is what Two Feet of snow looks like!!!!!

Back from Tuscany

2010-06-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

Chilling Out!

Me and Saoirse

Martin and Michael

I thought I'd better blog a few photos, crafty stuff to follow tomorrow!

CyberCropping

2010-05-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

Well, last weekend I took part in the UKS cybercrop.I was looking forward to a weekend of using up stash and intensive scrapbooking.The cybercrop was very technique driven, which suited me down to the ground. The week before I had checked the supply lists to make sure I had an approximation to what was needed. I began to make a list of things that I didn't have or coud substitute. Woah! 2 Ikea Frames,a large canvas, a heart shaped jig, a chipboard house, a mountain of glimmer mists,archival spray!......This was becoming expensive. I really wanted to take part as I love learning new techniques, so I acquiesced and bought some of these.

The classes were good, some great!I managed two the first night

On Saturday I waited for the House class as I had a feeling it would take some time.........6 hours later I finished, pleased but got nothing else done

On Sunday I did the next two classes

Tired and pleased with the work I'd achieved, I checked in later to discover I'd won a prize for Jumping over Waves. I was disappointed that I hadn't had time to do the challenges and indeed some other classes. Alas the Ikea frames are still sitting in my craftroom, I wasn't impressed with either class. Which brings me to question is there any way of knowing in advance what the class entails? I could have spent my money on some of the new Tim Holtz dies and have got a lot of use from them. I will use the frames for another purpose so all is not lost but I feel a stash budget should be introduced to avoid the class designers going overboard

Half term and Cardmaking

2010-02-21T18:35:00.000-08:00

Dollymount in January fog

2010-01-24T16:24:00.000-08:00

I went for a walk with the furbabies today on Dollymount beach. It was very cold and foggy but the light was amazing. Here are a few of the shots I took of Martin and Saoirse with the dogs

Botanic Gardens

2010-01-02T12:35:00.000-08:00

Cabin fever hit and I was persuaded by my brother to go on a photography walk this morning, organised through Facebook. We went to the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. Met a few like minded people and here are some of my shots.

This little fella posed nicely for us!

Me chillin'

2009-11-29T10:59:00.000-08:00

Before the madness of the season begins, I took one photo to remind me of what it's like to relax!

UKS Cybercrop

2009-11-15T14:48:00.000-08:00

Well I' ve been scrapping slowly all week end, burt I'm happy with the outcome.

St Anne's Park

2009-10-13T14:36:00.000-07:00

Saoirse at St Anne's on Sunday

....and one more

2009-08-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

For this one I used distress inks

OK....

2009-08-25T15:48:00.001-07:00

I just found a few more on the camera. This one is using a brayering technique to create a reflection. I sed the same tecnique on the blue card further down.

The background on this one was created with a cuttlebug folder

This one was coloured using whispers markers and a waterbrush

A decoupaged image using a docrafts stamp ,stamped several times and various elements cut out and stacked.

More cards

2009-08-25T15:32:00.000-07:00

Well it's nearly the end of August and I've spent my time cardmaking. These are two more of the many I made.I'll upload the rest tomorrow.

A Few Cards!

2009-07-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

I recently bought the new Docrafts goody bag and had a little play. It's very good value as there is a lot in it.The only extras used were a leaf punch, scallop punch ,a pearl pen and candy cane Stickles

This one was made using scraps from my stash. The little dragonfly stamp was a freebie with this months Craft Stamper magazine and the sentiment stamp came with a kit from The Scaproom

Again mostly scraps and magazine freebies. The little pearlised flowers were a bargain buy in the Accessorize sale and the sentiment stamp is from the Fiskars easy stamp press range
"Sentiments"

My Boy has finished primary school

2009-06-26T03:43:00.000-07:00

Eoghan graduated from primary school last night! Where has the time gone?

Second post

2009-06-06T17:27:00.000-07:00

Two posts in one day...well technically it's tomorrow. Ithought I would let you know what's been happening in our world lately

Uncle Syl turned eighty and you can see he's a busy man!

My Girls did a spot of windsurfing at the Fleadh Seoil im Malahide

New scraproom

2009-06-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

Remember the photos of my cramped disorganised corner space? Well this is what my studio looks like now...Thank you IKEA and Martin of course!!!

Blog Candy

2009-05-01T03:23:00.000-07:00

The Artistic Stamper are offering fantastic blog candy to a lucky poster before May 3rd

Another lo and Pepper

2009-04-27T16:02:00.000-07:00

Continuing delving into the box of Photos and scrapping what I fish out, another photo of Saoirse at four

....and here she is with the latest addition to the family- Pepper, an eight week old Jack Russell

The coming weeks should be fun. We've taken over 50 photos of him already!

Two new layouts

2009-04-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

I decided to start scrapping some of my older photos as I have boxloads.This one is of my youngest on her first day of playschool.

This one was taken in Dingle when we visited our eldest who was away in the Gaeltacht for a few weeks

ATC swap

2009-04-24T08:59:00.000-07:00

Heres the lovely selection of ATC's from the Jane Austen swap on UKS. Mine is the middle one on the top line.

Cards

2009-02-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

I've been making a set of cards as a present for Mam. I tried out a lot of different techniques

The one above using my cuttlebug

Lo's

2009-02-18T08:07:00.000-08:00

Scrap like you mean it- Use black and white

Scrap like you mean it - Use the provided sketch

Voodoo Vixens little mini book class Secrets, from the UKS cc

Challenge to use only Purple and buttons

Ifa's class

Wild thing Class

Bubbly Funk Class

La Famille en Paris

2009-01-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

Back from Paris and Scapping again!

2009-01-22T11:27:00.000-08:00

Here are two lo's I did for the Scap like you mean it Challenge on UKS. Week three is use chipboard.

I haven't put the jounalling on this one yet.

I love these photos of Martin!

My eldest and youngest at the Hotel de Ville. My charger got damaged on the journey over and as luck would have it(not!), my battery died the first night there! The Kids took some pics but my Dad took more so I'm waiting to see what he has. A pity, as this is the first holiday we've been on together in five years.

Hello Mojo, long time no see!

2009-01-12T17:01:00.000-08:00

Well I didn't post in December so I thought some catch up was in order.
Martin and the lads played a blinder of a gig in the Blue note the Saturday before Christmas
The picture quality is terrible, but he never stays still! He's the Bass player....the one beside the drummer!

My Sunshine made this beautiful creation for the table at school. Dja think something might have rubbed off?

My two "Angels" sitting not so calmly on Christmas eve, waiting for the MAN!

My eldest ( with a bad cold) and her sis
who refused to sit under the tree ( too cool for school) but excited nonetheless.

The aftermath!

Christmas morning there were smiles all around, though the eldest refused to have her photos taken on the grounds that she was too sick.(Check out the hand holding the orange lemsip filled mug!)

Xbox is overwhelming

Who knew that the Jonas bros. could make her smile so much!

Ais with Hell bunny a friend for her Killer rabbit (long story) but Paul knows!!!!

St Stephens Day at the Daly house for Kris Kindle. Finn getting the audiences attention.

I thought I'd better come on and reintroduce my Mojo. His name is Fred and he apparently is bi-polar ie; either full-on or not with the rest of us lol! for the moment he is gathering momentum, so while he's about, I'll show you what he's started:

Lo for week two ( I'm always behind!) of the Scrap like you mean it challenge on UKS

Annamaries Class at the Christmas crop in Donnycarney

Elaines Cass from the same crop......
......and last but not least.....

let me introduce my new, beautiful, cuddly, Grand Niece, Mia. My Godson is determined to make me old before my time!!! Isn't she a dote though?

More Atc's

2008-12-06T07:56:00.001-08:00

I did these for a swap on UKS. I'm finding it difficult to take photos in the Winter light, but you get the idea. The stamps are Inkadoo

Atc-ing

2008-11-26T15:47:00.000-08:00

I apologise for the bad photo. It's very difficult to take photos in this light.This little Atc I've made for a swap. Lots of layers of Distress ink and embossing powder. Stamps are inkadoo.

Hellooooo, I'm back!

2008-11-12T05:37:00.000-08:00

Life got in the way of blogging and crafting!

I attended the Halloween Megascrap on Nov 1st at CityNorth Hotel, Co.Meath. Donna Downey presented her fabulous Paint, Watercolour, Doodle. mini-book class. I had a blast with this one and really enjoyed the mix of techniques. Who knew painting chipboard and acrylic could be such
fun!

Isn't it just the scrummiest minibook!

The other class a textured lo , Washday, was given by Anita Mundt . It involved crocheting a border through holes punched in chipboard and a sewn title. I love the variety of textures in this.

Work in progress

I bought a copy of The Craft Stamper last Friday. There is a lovely tutorial for a card holder which I adapted. It holds 12 cards and will make a nice pressie for someone for Christmas.

I've still to make the cards and finish the cover.

These are a set of Atc's I made for a swap

I stamped the images of the naked lady (I can't remember who made it)

Then I "dressed" her with candycane stickles

The backgound was inked with Fired Brick and Soot Distress inks.I stamped over this with Galaxy Gold Brilliance ink and stamp I made by sticking Foam swirl shapes to a piece of acetate.

Voila! My ten ladies!

Minibook

2008-08-24T12:37:00.000-07:00

I made this book for Eoghan while ago remembering his first skateboard efforts

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Watch the birdie

2008-08-24T05:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a little needlefelted bird which I finished last night. I embroidered around the wings and beak for definition.

New lo

2008-08-23T05:23:00.000-07:00

I did this last night, inspired by Kathys use of crochet flowers! It's a photo taken nine years ago shortly after Saoirse was born and her first visit to Wexford. I usually use bright colours and strong shapes in my los, so this kind of took me by surprise as it developed. I crocheted the flowers months ago just to see if I could, but haven't had much use for them until now.

Playing with my Cuttlebug

2008-08-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

I decided to make a few cards using the little free stamp which came with The Craft Stamper Magazine. I coloured the stamp usingWhispers brushmarkers and Sakura Jelly roll pens. They have a lovely sparkle which doesn't show up so well. The Backgrounds were made using my Cuttlebug embossing folders. They're pretty basic, but I liked the effect.

This one is a little OTT but I wanted an old fashioned romantic effect
I also made a minibook from a kit, which I bought from Rebeccas Scrapbooking Stash, a few months ago. Its for Jen as she loves quirky little peices of loveliness.

I haven't journalled in it yet as those thoughts are for her eyes only.

Crafting during storms

2008-08-18T04:10:00.000-07:00

I still haven't figured out how to upload more than 5 pics at a time from Picasa, so here's part two.
To continue, I still haven't come up with a name for my gal, and I don't even know whether or not she's finished properly, but I'll check out some tutorials on youtube and see if I'm on the right track.

A little needlefelted atc

These are my swaps for the August atc swap on UKS,I hope my swappee likes them. I used distress ink on the background and a variety of image stamps with Stazon. The letter has been part coloured with brush markers

Back from the not so sunny Southeast!!!

2008-08-18T03:58:00.000-07:00

Well we've had rain, rain, and a storm!This is the view of Clone Strand after it abated, wild was not the word for the sea, it was an amazing sight

Here are a few pics of Fairview last Saturday as we tried to make our way into town.

Sandra gave me a pressie of a needle felting kit, so I tried this little woman. I know she's a tad ugly..but she's my ugly and I like her!

Mean while....

2008-08-10T17:27:00.000-07:00

Back at the ranch......or rather in Wexford, my two babies were growing up.

Thanks to my parents, my brother John, his wife Sandra, and my sister Karen who looked after these two so well and allowed us some space to just be us.

The older pair just had a ball without Mam and Dad around

And our Princess turned Twenty one Yesterday.....

I'll be back soon with some more catch up!

Finally....

2008-08-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

Joey, shakin' her thang...or at least the tambourine!!!! Seriously though, she's TBones daughter and a really nice person. I was very happy to be in her company as she has a wonderfully sunny disposition.

The sunflowers which grew......

......at the back of this gorgeous house which a very generous man named Miles loaned to us while he was away in other foreign parts.Thank you Miles, it made our holiday!

I caught this lad in the living room

France Part Trois

2008-08-10T16:36:00.000-07:00

Chez Pierrot in Acizans-Avant where the Liffey Delta boys introduced their own brand of the blues!

The Gite where we spent what was left of the night.

The guys in action.

....and again in Plaisance

Ooops

2008-08-10T16:20:00.000-07:00

We spent nine wonderful days in France in the Midi-Pyrenees
I'm uploading from picassa and can't find the edit button, so this is a continuation from my last post!
This is a cute bistro in a village called Bassous in France where we got a spectacular 3 course meal with wine, coffee and Armagnac for the grand sum of 15 euro per person including tip

This is Wolfie who was an incredible host,raconteur and musician. His girlfriend Marie-Ange is a fabulous cook and gave us more than one beautiful meal

Wolfies bar is open to friends of which he has many

Plaisance, home to Wolfie and summer home of TBone Kelly (a nice little Irish enclave in the making)

What I was up to these past two weeks

2008-08-10T15:56:00.000-07:00

Well Mams Birthday was on the 1st of August so I made this before I left. Who needs Prima beauty marks if you can use your ever mounting stash of Flowers and brads, not to mention bling......

Blog Candy

2008-07-25T00:46:00.000-07:00

Janet is giving away some blog candy here to celebrate her new stamps. Check it out!

More ATCs

2008-07-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

I'm becoming a very lazy scrapper and have only managed to to make a few ATCs for swaps on the UKS.
For this one I used a cardmakers cat template for the outline and drew the paisley design freehand. Butterfly is stamped.

This one is doodled and coloured with Twinkling H2O's, which never photograph well.

These are a set of ten for the Botanicals swap. Distress inked background, stamped and butterflies embossed

My very own Street!

2008-07-22T02:57:00.000-07:00

I recieved my Pretty Little Houses swaps from UKS yesterday. Aren't they great? I have to get my thinking cap on and create a proper street for them!

Home to roost!

2008-07-16T17:09:00.000-07:00

My CJ came home today and it's beautiful! This was my first time to take part in a circle and I was put to the test on a couple of occasions. I hope everyone else in the group is as pleased with theirs as I am with mine. The theme was colour and papercrafting techniques. I wanted to learn new things and I certainly did.

Cover: Mountboard covered with coloured tissue .White paint applied with a baby wipe. Distress ink on the edges and painted with picture varnish

My intro page featured a little quote which came as part of a card swap on UKS

My entry is a mixture of drawing, stamping, rub-ons, and a lot more besides

KathJ's Is a symphony of pink

JulieM chose blue and a stunning waterfall of blue names

Lainey's entry was a rich and sumptuous gold

Audrey's entry and one of my favourites was Orange

Littlebit pulled out all stops with a black and white fabric patchwork...and...... a folded minibook!

Thank you to everyone who contributed. I'll really treasure this CJ.

I'll bind it over the next few days and post the finished product

Some craftwork and other nice things....

2008-07-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

I've been a bit busy for the past few days. My birthday was Sunday, and I awoke to these lovelies and a cuppa in bed. My friend Sandra brought me this gift when she came for a chat on Monday.
Kathy and Sinead treated me to a wonderfully relaxing lunch today, so I feel well and truly spoiled.
Here is the photo of the "new do"

.......and somewhere during my hectic social life, I made this little doodled ATC. I colured it with Twinkling H2O's but you can't really see the gorgeous shimmer in the photo.

All alone

2008-07-05T09:15:00.000-07:00

The littlets have gone to Wexford as of yesterday (Thank you Mam and Dad!) so now the fun begins...........which room will I start on first! This is the only chance I get all year to scour the house and makeit clean again. Any of you that have little ones will know that to clean and tidy with a gang in the house is nearly impossible. It also means lots of scrapping time as a reward for being so industrious!!!!!!
Speaking of which, I experimented with my Cuttlebug folders today. I embossed a piece of blue funky foam but it didn't show up so well in a photo, so I inked it to highlight the embossed areas. Then I had a lightbulb moment, I sandwiched the inked foam between the B and C plates and put it back through the Bug. The results are a little rough as I did it very quickly to test the theory, but it has possibilities as background for ATCs to mention just one

Foam sheet inked up back and front

Printed images from back and front of foam sheet

Blog Candy

2008-07-03T15:59:00.000-07:00

Here

Criminal Behaviour

2008-07-02T16:46:00.000-07:00

I had to appear in court today for not paying a parking fine. Suffice to say, I never want to repeat the experience. To hear a Judge utter the words "Do you plead guilty or not guilty" is most humbling. I got off by the way! More tomorrow.......

Reality check !

2008-07-01T16:53:00.000-07:00

I had my hair done today and felt wonderful. It's a big deal in this house as the scissors and clippers come out a lot for quick fixes. I was going to post a piccie of the "new and improved me" but Hubby came in with the news that a friend had called with good news. This friend, Mark and his fiance, Claire, have been working in Nepal with an orphanage of 25 children. They fund raised before they left here and raised enough money to build showers for the orphanage. They also have paid for fresh fruit to be delivered for a year. You can see their work here. It puts my hairdo into perspective eh! If you can help, please do.If you're not in a position to help, you might as I did, stop and give thanks for what you and yours have, however small.

New lo's

2008-06-30T03:07:00.000-07:00

I finally stopped stroking these beautiful papers and got some scrapping done.

Fabric ATC yumminess

2008-06-22T08:35:00.000-07:00

My good friend Sandra (remember "Needlewoman extraordinaire") has finally started blogging and displaying her very beautiful work. You can see her little gems of creativity here

Busy, busy, busy..........

2008-06-21T12:39:00.000-07:00

....that describes my life for the past few months and, probably most other peoples. I have however managed to get some crafting done if not uploaded, so I'll just change that situation right now

A CJ about Family

CJ " Magic Wings"

CJ " Music"

And these little addictive houses for the "Pretty little Houses" Swap on UKS. Now I know I'm stretching a point with the haunted house....but I think they're purdy. I also gave Robbie the Robo a long overdue workout! The template I designed in Inkscape and I'm very pleased with the outcome.

More Cards for the UKS cc swap

2008-04-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

I signed up for another swap. This time we have to make five cards, matching tags and, a holder. This is what I came up with:

I've added an Atc with a message for the recipient.

Atc's

2008-04-13T17:53:00.000-07:00

These are the ATC's I made for the Film ticket swap on UKS.

The Matrix

Jurassic Park

Lo 'lo, What have we 'ere?

2008-03-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

New lo

More Cards!

2008-03-25T07:41:00.000-07:00

We spent the weekend in Wexford. It is so much easier to tidy a mobile home than an actual house, so I read a whole book, Steven Kings Duma Key (I loved it!) and made some cards! Yes I managed to pack some tools and card. Here are the results:
These two are based on a card designed by Jo Kill. I drew the little skulls and crossbones, the guitar is a magpie moment, it came on a pair of earrings I picked up for 50c
...and these are my own design. I used the cute journalling stamp from the March Scraproom kit and inked them with the tiny Pretty Color ink pads to get two colours on the stamp. The little birds on a branch, I drew and hand cut. I needed to make some masculine type cards for guys who aren't into sport. I think these fit the bill.

Exciting news!

2008-03-19T09:55:00.000-07:00

I just found out I won a place on Shimelles new course , courtesy of the nice people at Design for Mankind YAAYH!

Pretty Cards

2008-03-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

These are a few cards which I made yesterday

This one is based on a card class during the last UKS cc

This one is using some odd toppers and the Banana Frog build a cupcake stamp

This one using odd bits from my scrap box

This featuring items from the docrafts Spring goody bag and based on a card sketch at the Scraproom

The next three are inpired by Jo Kills lovely designs in Papercraft inspirations

Hello Mojo, welcome back!

2008-03-17T03:26:00.000-07:00

Finally, after many months of nothingness, the creative juices have kicked back in. Just as well really as the UKS announced a cyber crop at the end of April.I spent yesterday following Tim Holtz tutorials for the twelve days of Christmas tags as I have some of the distress inks and hadn't really played.The tag book is courtesy of the talented Rebecca of Rebeccas Scrapbooking stash .She's got some lovely stuff there! Here is the result:

Altered Frame

2008-02-24T09:48:00.000-08:00

Found this bargain frame last week in TK Maxx with pieces missing. I added the embellishments on the left, popped a photo in and hey presto!...something worth putting on the wall.

First LO of 2008

2008-01-03T10:16:00.000-08:00

Well ,I started with the intention of doing a lo a day, and so far have managed one! So here it is!

Little things

2007-12-30T11:36:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd post some photos of some of the things I made pre-Christmas

Saoirse turned this.......
.... into this!

I finally got my calendar stamps and finished the class from the UKS Birthday Cyber Crop.
Just in time for the New Year!

...And these are two very excited children on Christmas Eve

2007-12-29T17:29:00.000-08:00

OK! here's a thought.....I was thinking about New Years resolutions and I got to wondering why we don't keep them.Most of my resolutions have to do with something I genuinely don't really want to do , but are considered right or healthy ....or both! Like more excercise, giving up smoking, or God forbid, actually turning up ontime for something!I want to do something that is truly good, that I also enjoy doing, without others approval....Like......Having fun with my kids instead of doing housework...Like being creative instead of making sure the washing is done in the right order ( some people will know what I mean!).....Like living life instead of drudge. I am determined that next year I will live life without others approval...and make sure my babies will will come on the journey with me

only three more sleeps!

2007-12-22T12:18:00.000-08:00

OMG! Another month nearly over! I doesn't seem that long since I last posted.A good thing happened yesterday.I was announced as the runner up in the A card 4 u Christmas comp with this LO

Where has the time gone?

2007-11-24T04:57:00.000-08:00

I can't believe November is nearly over! Time seems to go so fast and looking back on the month it seems filled with the mundane and the average.Anyway I thought I would share a layout I created for my eldest dd who was feeling a little down this month.I love this photo of her and it needed to be scrapped. I used stash from one of the Scraproom kits. I love getting these every month, the service is fantastic, and there's so much variety in them.

More Skateboarding

2007-11-04T18:17:00.000-08:00

Aisling went off to Uisce for the week to do more outdoorsy stuff for college. She left at 9.30am and I miss her already.She'll be back on Friday. We brought the littlets and two friends to the skatepark again for a few hours. Eoghan is getting good fast.He wrecked the skateboard so we're going to have to try repair it as he's getting a new one from Santa and it doesn't look like his old one is going to last until next week never mind December!
I go back to school tomorrow after a whole week's break for mid-term.I'm not sure how i feel about that as I've really enjoyed the time off and being able to focus on my own babies.

Look at the expession on his face! It was worth standing around for two hours on a chilly November day!

All in All a Happy bunch

Christmas Cards

2007-11-02T16:01:00.001-07:00

This is what I was doing this week. Some were based on sketches from the UKS cybercrop. Thank you once again for the RAK Anita, I'm putting it to good use

Some using techniques from the Rock and Roll class again on UkS cc

And this one because it looked just right

Fright Night

2007-11-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we had a Halloween Party. Derm and Ailo brought their babies. Karen brought her big baby and Mam and Dad arrived with a Magnum of Bubbly and a gorgeous choccie cake.

The Boys on their way out to collect goodies! Litte Finn wasn't too pleased to stay behind

Amy recieved a belated birthday present

Saoirse was a Funky Fairy
Nibbling away
Now who's going to get me a refill?

Mid term break

2007-11-02T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ok,so what have I been doing this past week? Well I brought the littlets to a skatepark in Swords.I thought I would get some great shots to scrap!I got one...Those places are seriously dangerous for adults! It's ok for the kids,they have protective gear, but how does one protect oneself from being hit by flying children...not to mention teens.Any hoo here's the one photo I got of my baby boy coming down the ramp and it was the first time he managed to stay upright too! So Yaaayh!!!!

Then on Monday we visited the Halloween house in Killiney.It actually belongs to the brother of a friend. It is a truly wonderful place and he puts so much effort into it every year.if your of a nervous disposition...don't look!

On Tuesday I decided not to be outdone and put up some decs of my own. Ah sure they were only in the ha'penny place
The little witches, I made few years ago. Their names are Jackie, Patricia and Olive!!!! Olive is the one in the middle.

Tagged again!!!!

2007-10-27T16:31:00.000-07:00

Someone is doing their best to make me blog again
Thanks Kathy
Here are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs

Seven Random facts:
1:I spent the afternoon at a Skatepark watching my children practice
2:I bought a packet of Iced Caramels today and didn't share!
3:I need a hairdo..I've about three inches of roots showing.
4:I sat at my desk three hours ago to make Christmas Cards and have been surfing ever since!
5:I'm tired and I want to go to bed.....zzzzzzzz
6:OK back again.I still haven't made any christmas cards
7:I won a pize on UKS for a card I made and I'm over the moon

Ok. I tag sorry abut this girls
LisaP
LisaF
Anita
Gail

I've been tagged!

2007-08-20T01:59:00.001-07:00

LisaPink has tagged me so here goes:

What were you doing 10 years ago? Teaching, fed up with it. About to be pregnant again!

What were you doing 1 year ago? Starting to Scrap in earnest.Just back from a conference in New York and full of ideas and a family holiday in Portugal. Getting ready for a new school term.

Five snacks you enjoy- 1)Crisp and cheese sandwich 2)Danish Pastry (any kind) 3)Club Milk 4)Toasties 5)Koka Noodles

Five songs you know all the lyrics :1)Summertime 2)Your Beautiful-James Blunt 3)Miss Jones- Robbie Williams 4)Cry me a river 5)Go to Sleep little baby- off the sound track from O Brother where art thou

5 Things you would do if you were a milionaire -1)Buy a house in the South of France.
2)Get my teeth whitened and straightened. 3)Make my family's lives easier 4)Build a music studio for Martin. 5)Travel

5 Bad Habits 1)Playing Tomb Raider when there are more important things to be done 2)Smoking 3)Being very untidy 4)Starting things and not finishing them 5)Eating all the wrong things

5 Things You Like To Do.1)Read 2)Create 3) learn new things 4)have Coffee with friends 5)Play with my children

5 Things You Will Never Wear Again 1)Mini skirts 2)Bikini 3)boob tubes 4)Leather trouses 5)Maternity clothes

5 Favorite Toys -1)My Scrapping stuff 2)Camera 3)Laptop 4)Mini disc player 5)Car

Ok. I tag Kathy

Raiding and Scrubbing

2007-07-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my addiction to Tomb Raider has kicked in.The littlets are in Wexford with Mam and Dad.I've been cleaning since they left and looking for lost artifacts with Lara in between.There has been no scrapping done I'm afraid.I need to sit down with my photos and look for inspiration.On with raiding as I'm nearly finished the game and I can't rest until I've put this baby to bed!

Fresh Starts and Do-overs

2007-07-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was filled with lots of tidying, so....I now have a tidy work area. Its not perfect, I need more storage space and less furniture! The lovely Ironing Angel ,Poliana, came for two hours and rid me of the curse of the ironing pile. So that was a very good thing!And the talented Rosaleen came to perform miracles on my hair, which she never fails to do..and that was another very good thing because today I felt more feminine.
Today I was able to scrub and clean my tidy workspace so now it smells good too! My two good friends, Jackie and Patricia are coming to lunch so I've to get up early and fetch veggie stuff for them to eat.Saoirse is going to see "Annie" (her b'day pressie from Karen )and I've to pack a case for her and Eoghan 'cos they're going to Wexford for the week with Mam and Dad.I am looking forward to getting some scrapping done.Theres a craft demo on at Inspiring ideas on Saturday..so I might have to go just to check it out...as you do...for research purposes!

2007-07-10T13:31:00.000-07:00

I have had the best weekend.I recieved lots of lovely pressies for my birthday on Friday. Went stash shopping with Sandra (needlewoman extraordinaire!)on Saturday.Had dinner with my parents on Sunday...there's nothing quite so good as a Sunday dinner at Mams. Yesterday was quite boring really, just housework and.So I tried this from an Origami book Eamonn gave me on Sunday

And today I had some time before I took the littlets to a Birthday party so I finally got the crochet to work. Yaaaayh!!! Now to use them on an lo....mmmmm

Slideshow

2007-07-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

Quiet house!

2007-07-05T11:20:00.000-07:00

Saoirse was at a friends house having a sleepover last night and they've just rang to ask if she could stay again tonight.I don't know my peace because herself and Eoghan have been bickering a lot lately. Anyhoo this is what I managed to do today

All in a weekend

2007-07-04T16:29:00.000-07:00

I did some catch up today with housework ( isn't that a nasty word?). So I'll show you what I got up to at the weekend

.....and today I did this

Today I start

2007-07-03T17:00:00.000-07:00

Well!...this is a new departure for me. Normally I keep a creative journal to document my progress and, make myself do something creative every day.I've decided to take the plunge and put this diary online....so ...this is my first effort today.....I've created a blog!