Butterfly Gatefold Card

Hi all today I would like to share this card I made recently, it was slightly unusual in that it was for a couple who were both turning 50 and were having a joint party. It is a 6" square gatefold held closed by a band containing the sentiment. I tried to keep the colours as neutral as possible and the embellishments to a minimum, as I didn't want it to be too frilly or feminine, so I chose a butterfly and some diamante's which I think worked really well, even if I do say so myself!

inside

Inside was simply decorated with a panel of co-ordinating card and a verse, I left the two side panels blank as it was from a group of friends and they all wanted to write messages.

back view

I made a mini envelope and attached it to the back for the "gift". I really enjoyed making this card as it was a little different to normal given the specifics I had to follow. Thanks for stopping by and if you have any comments or queries I would be delighted to hear them

Nicola

Kids Classes

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone...... at our class this week we embraced our National day and made two St. Patrick's Day themed projects. The first was a card for which  the children made their own backing paper by gluing strips of scrap paper to a piece of cardboard and then embossing it, they matted and layered it onto an A6 card and embellished it with diamantees, and a flower and shamrock they made from punched shapes. The second project was a little bag/box which could be used to hold treats or keepsakes, I had the boxes pre-scored but the children assembled and decorated them with paper, ribbon and punched shapes. 

 

  

We will have two classes over the Easter break,  Wednesday 25th March & Wednesday 3rd April 

*Classes will run from 11am to 2pm*

*We will make 4-5 projects per class*

*Projects will be different both days*

*Suitable for boys and girls*

*All materials provided*

*Cost €20 per class or €35 for both*

*Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment*

Nicola 0864007001 Nicolacrowe@eircom.net

A new beginning

Well it is safe to say that I have been pretty rubbish at keeping my blog up to date, but I have a promised myself that I will try much harder to up date it regularly. Over the last few months I have done a couple of exciting things and learned some fab new techniques along the way, which I have been trying out in my projects. The first of which was a workshop with Yvonne Tune, a truly enjoyable day from which I came away really  inspired, you can visit Yvonne's Blog  here.
The second exciting new venture I had was starting to teach a Kids Class we are already 4 weeks in and I can't believe how much I am enjoying it, the kids are so enthusiastic and it is such fun to teach them. Here are some photos of what we have made so far....

Thanks for stopping by today I will be back again soon :) 

Beginners card class

Our little card group meet, at my house (Bettystown) on a Wednesday morning from 11am and we usually make two cards,I try to include a few techniques each week. I supply all the materials and the cost is €15.

I have a facebook page where I post pictures of my work https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crafty-Cards-by-Nicola/162893923724859

If you are interested in joining us please email craftycardsbynicola@gmail.com we would be delighted to have  you :)

Hi all,

Recently I started teaching a beginners card making class at in my home on a Wednesday morning, and today I would like to share some of the projects we have made so far. This black and white card is an A6 easel card, the image is a papermania stamp stamped with black staz-on ink and highlighted with red berry  pro-marker, the papers are from the papermania capsule collection.

 This next one is made using a really useful fold, the squashbook fold, it is an 8x8 piece of card , it is decorated with papers from the DCWV holiday stack and the image is a papermania topper which has been heat embossed with clear embossing powder and adhered using foam pads, the embellishments are card candi and a green ribbon... the photo on the right shows the inside of the card when opened out.

       

Using the squashbook fold again but this time the papers are 6x6 in size and there are 6 pieces in total, they are stuck together back to back and closed with a ribbon and bead, the paper and the image are from the First edition paper Christmas village range.

 This next card is A5 in size with an A6 size card in the center with the images on again the papers used to decorate are  DCWV holiday stack, the photo to the right shows the inside where I have made a pocket to hold four christmas recipes which I downloaded from http://www.printableheaven.com/

This card is made with two 12.5 cm square cards joined together at the back the image and papers used are First edition paper Christmas village range and I used gold and green card from my stash to build up the layers the flower was made layering die cut flowers and ribbon finished with a gem and some stickles.

We still have a couple of free spaces in our class so if you or anyone you know would like to learn how to make cards similar to these please email craftycardsbynicola@gmail.com for more info.

Thanks for stopping by today

Hi there I would just like to say a big thank you to everybody who took the time to read my post from yesterday and for all the lovely positive comments and well wishes I have received, I really appreciate all the support x

Today I went to my scrapbooking class at Elaine's and this is the layout we created... using basic grey papers, Tim Holtz border die, x-cut border punch, lace, flowers and a brad!!

I am fairly new to scrapbooking but I can feel myself really getting in to it, oh dear just what I need another crafty obsession lol :D I really enjoy these classes because not only is Elaine a fantastic teacher but the other Ladies in the group are so friendly and welcoming. We had lovely relaxed morning spent in 

good company, creating beautiful layouts with lots of coffee and scones on hand... what more could you ask for on a Monday morning ;) Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to  leave a comment x

Hi there as you can see this is my first blog post and I am very new to all this so please bear with me while I try to figure out what I am doing lol :D Creating this blog is the second new thing I have done this week, the first was making a daybook from scratch, so I think it would be only right that the first photo's I share are of this Daybook

This daybook was made for a swap for a facebook group I belong too. Thank you for stopping by my blog and please feel free to leave a comment.